Hay Festival Comunitario Querétaro

Lecture by Elisa Guerra

Schooling in the era of artificial intelligence

Thursday 4 September 2025, 10am –  UTEQ, Delegación Epigmenio González

With the arrival of large language models such as ChatGPT, the whole world has been turned upside down. Will our brains be replaced by technology? What are the risks and the opportunities? Elisa Guerra, educator, author of La enseñanza en la cuarta revolución industrial and a member of the UNESCO International Forum on the Futures of Education, will try to answer an important question: can schooling survive the invasion of artificial intelligence?

Lecture-workshop with Rafael Volta

The book of outsiders

Thursday 4 September 2025, 11am –  COBAQ, Delegación Santa Rosa Jáuregui

El libro de los outsiders is the literary and audio-visual project of Rafael Volta, who gives a voice to those who are not usually named. This is not the Queretaro of the «outstanding figures» of the Heraldo de Navidad, but of those who walk on the fringes. A tale that tells of Queretaro from the periphery.

Juan Carlos Casas, María Yolanda García Ibarra and Carlos Talancón in conversation with César Báez

Thursday 4 September 2025, 12pm –  Centro Cultural La Lagartija

Three Querétaro authors published by Letra Capital talk to the editor of the publishing house, César Báez: Juan Carlos Casas, author of Pajarito; María Yolanda García Ibarra, with Las locas de la casa; and Carlos Talancón, adoptive son of Querétaro, author of Vislumbres.

Workshop with Adolfo Córdova

The character poem: between story and verse

Friday 5 September 2025, 10am –  LEO AC - Casa Hogar Santa Rosa de Lima

The epic oral poetry of works such as the Iliad, the Odyssey and the Mahabharata focuses on memorable characters. Inspired by this tradition is the «character poem»; at this event with Adolfo Córdova we will create one, with a narrative heart but poetic limbs. To give it life, we will need a name, a body, a place and a wish.

Workshop with Trinidad Olarte

Friday 5 September 2025, 10am –  LEO AC

Trinidad Olarte (Colombia) draws stories that have never been told before and that, by turning into books, become told. Her most recent work has been to illustrate La jugada del día by Ariadna Sánchez Hernández, a tale about how a love of baseball and dedication can change lives and leave an indelible legacy.

Workshop with Adolfo Córdova

The character poem: between story and verse

Friday 5 September 2025, 4pm –  Parque de la Mantarraya, Delegación Félix Osores

The epic oral poetry of works such as the Iliad, the Odyssey and the Mahabharata focuses on memorable characters. Inspired by this tradition is the «character poem»; at this event with Adolfo Córdova we will create one, with a narrative heart but poetic limbs. To give it life, we will need a name, a body, a place and a wish.

Conversation with Edgar David Aguilera and Alfredo Rodríguez Karmix

Kalimán

Friday 5 September 2025, 5pm –  Biblioteca Juan de Dios Bátiz Paredes. Delegación Josefa Vergara

There is a superhero whose powers reside in the mind, the body and in an unbreakable spirit. With his white tunic, turban and an emerald with a K on his forhead, Kalimán was, and continues to be, an icon of Mexican and Latin American pop culture. Together with his associate Solín, he has been fighting evil since the 1960s, on radio and in bestselling comics. He also conquered cinemas in the 70s. Considered to be the first Mexican superhero, he showed us that there is no weapon more powerful than the mind, and that «whoever controls the mind, controls everything». Conversation with Edgar David Aguilera y Alfredo Rodríguez Karmix, co-screenwriters of Kalimán: El despertar.

Caminalee: route around the Delegación Carrillo Puerto district

Friday 5 September 2025, 6pm –  Delegación Carrillo Puerto

CaminaLee is an initiative that organizes routes, so that people’s feet can connect with their brains, letting us listen to stories, characters, tales, legends and adventures, allowing us to see the past differently. With CaminaLee, we will visit some of the landmarks of Carrillo Puerto district, seeing the most important sites and hearing some of the city’s legends. Each will be explained, and with rests on the way, we will talk about historical figures and even draw them.

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Workshop with Ana Grimaldo

We make our own aqueduct

Saturday 6 September 2025, 10am – 11.40am –  La Alameda

The children who participate in the Aqueduct workshop will learn with Ana Grimaldo about the historical importance of the Queretaro acueducto, an icon of the city, and about how water reaches our homes. They will complete a city map, build their own aqueduct together, and see how it can transport water.

Braulio Guerra Mendoza

Starry tales: explorers of the universe

Saturday 6 September 2025, 10am –  Zorro Rojo

Become a cosmic explorer with Braulio Guerra Mendoza in this astronomical adventure. We discover far-off galaxies, brightly-coloured nebulae and clouds of stars that shine like jewels in the sky. Weather permitting, we will look at the sun, safely, using a phone screen and a telescope that everyone will be able to use. To finish, we will send the universe a symbolic message with our very own cosmic ray. An experience for looking at the sky, but also leaving something there.

Workshop with Tere Alcántara

Radio without borders

Saturday 6 September 2025, 10am –  Albergue del CAMMI

Tere Alcántara invites the children to become broadcasters for a day and discover a love of the radio. This workshop will be about the secrets of the medium, discovering the power of their voices —working on breathing, diction and intention—, as well as teamwork, as they design and record their own radio programme. From the creation of content to presenting it, they will become the creators of their first programme.

Workshop with Andrés Cota Hiriart

The axolotl, an emblematic creature

Saturday 6 September 2025, 10am –  Pinal de Amoles, Biblioteca Justo Serra

There is a real-life monster that lives underwater, able to regenerate its limbs and which is always young. This is the amphibian known as the axolotl, and it is… Mexican! In this fascinating conversation with the Mexican biologist and writer Andrés Cota Hiriart will tell us anecdotes, curiosities and surprising information about this small and mysterious animal that always seems to be smiling.

Community workshop by La Otra Bandita

Ideas in Movement

Saturday 6 September 2025, 11am –  La Solana

Ideas en Movimiento is a series of itinerant and community artistic workshops for children and teenagers from the peripheral areas of Queretaro. Games, cooperative dynamics and the Little Mobile School are the tools used to demonstrate how creativity can transform communities. The route will end at the Foro Cultural de Ideas, where participants will share their proposals, reminding us that ideas, once sown in community, flourish.

Community workshop by La Otra Bandita

Ideas in Movement

Saturday 6 September 2025, 11am –  Mercado El Tepetate

Ideas en Movimiento is a series of itinerant and community artistic workshops for children and teenagers from the peripheral areas of Queretaro. Games, cooperative dynamics and the Little Mobile School are the tools used to demonstrate how creativity can transform communities. The route will end at the Foro Cultural de Ideas, where participants will share their proposals, reminding us that ideas, once sown in community, flourish.

Workshop with Sens

The Cat and the Cucumber

Saturday 6 September 2025, 11.30am –  Zorro Rojo

The Internet is full of viral videos of cats that jump when they see a cucumber. This strange fact is the starting point for The Cat and the Cucumber, the children’s book by Marisa Ebsworth, illustrated by the Queretaro artist, Sens. A story about the friendship between Pepe, a black cat, and Carlos, a cucumber, who become inseparable and have adventures together. At this workshop we will meet Pepe and Carlos, create our own imaginary characters, and put them onto paper with the help of Sens.

Workshop with Gina Jaramillo

Emotional letter box

Saturday 6 September 2025, 12pm –  En el Semáforo se Aprende

With the Emotional Letter Box, Gina Jaramillo (Mexico) proposes ways for children to talk about their feelings and name and understand what they are experiencing. At this event the broadcaster and writer will help readers to express their emotions through emotional education.

Edgar David Aguilera and Alfredo Rodríguez Karmix

Kalimán

Saturday 6 September 2025, 12pm –  La Otra Bandita

There is a superhero whose powers reside in the mind, the body and in an unbreakable spirit. With his white tunic, turban and an emerald with a K on his forhead, Kalimán was, and continues to be, an icon of Mexican and Latin American pop culture. Together with his associate Solín, he has been fighting evil since the 1960s, on radio and in bestselling comics. He also conquered cinemas in the 70s. Considered to be the first Mexican superhero, he showed us that there is no weapon more powerful than the mind, and that «whoever controls the mind, controls everything». Conversation with Edgar David Aguilera y Alfredo Rodríguez Karmix, co-screenwriters of Kalimán: El despertar.

Talk with Jumko Ogata

Antiracism and feminism

Saturday 6 September 2025, 12pm –  Casa de la Cultura Cayetano Rubio

It is not enough to feel antiracist or feminist. Racism and sexism must be fought actively in our communities, in our homes, on the Internet. However, it is only right that we wonder when and how to do it. These are questions that are tackled by the feminist and antiracist activist Jumko Ogata (Mexico), who will explain to us how to take steps against these structural evils in our society. She is the author of the practical guide ¡Quiero ser antirracista! and she has contributed to the anthologies Tsunami 2 and Hermanas del ñame.

Community workshop by La Otra Bandita

Ideas in Movement

Saturday 6 September 2025, 12pm –  Hércules

Ideas en Movimiento is a series of itinerant and community artistic workshops for children and teenagers from the peripheral areas of Queretaro. Games, cooperative dynamics and the Little Mobile School are the tools used to demonstrate how creativity can transform communities. The route will end at the Foro Cultural de Ideas, where participants will share their proposals, reminding us that ideas, once sown in community, flourish.

Workshop with Jemima Peláez

Biciteca Akari

Saturday 6 September 2025, 12.30pm –  Centro Cultural Gómez Morín

There is a mobile library on two wheels that has over two hundred stories and books, and which can become a space for sharing literature. With reading-matter for all ages, the Biciteca Akari promotes social inclusion, creativity and socio-emotional education through sharing stories. At this event with Jemima Pelaez we can see the Biciteca Akari for ourselves, exploring tales that help to boost identity, self-esteem and acceptance, aiming for each participant to take away a new view on harmony and inclusion.