The way to re-enchant students with mathematics through the magic of theater has been the great success of this pedagogical comedy.

Around 350 people, mostly students and teachers from schools in Coquimbo and La Serena, participated in this theatrical performance called “Historias Matemágicas al Cubo”, a production that recreates, through three short plays (“En Redes con Polígona” , “Zero Stress” and “The Death of 8”), mathematical concepts in an entertaining way. 

This pedagogical comedy is directed by the Theater Cast of the Extension Directorate of the University of La Serena - ÉTÉULS - which, in a playful way and in a familiar and colloquial language, gives students simple teachings about mathematics with the objective to encourage and re-enchant students through representations and exercises in logic, arithmetic, geometry and algebra.

The director of this great theater project, Catalina Cvitanic, stated that she was surprised and very happy with this latest presentation, due to the great turnout and interest that the students showed throughout the entire play and in the discussion, when the performance began. a round of questions. “I am very excited because we have to think that these students are encouraged by their teachers, it is not on their own initiative, so the fact that they enjoy a play where mathematical topics are discussed fills us with pride because we would be fulfilling our purpose with it. But what I find much more valuable is that they are interested in asking questions, and very varied questions, both about the mathematical topics discussed in the play, and those referring to technical aspects of the staging; That is, they show an interest that goes beyond the simple fact of having witnessed a work that has mathematics,” said Cvitanic.

It should be noted that the play was not only of interest to the schools in the region, but also to a Theater Academy, of which five of its students attended this pedagogical work in order to learn and learn about theater techniques. Daniel Aguayo, a member of ÉTÉULS and who personifies “Zero”, expressed his surprise that this mathematical comedy generates cross-cutting interest among different types of audiences. “I was very impressed that a Theater Academy came and asked me about theater techniques, so that is very valuable. “This is a play that anyone can come see because it is entertaining, in addition to the mathematical content it contains,” said the “Zero Stress” actor.

The objective of the Theater Cast, ÉTEULS, is to continue carrying out these pedagogical works and specifically, to end the question of who killed the number 8. Therefore, continuing with this project and making it known to its school audience is its main objective. This intention will materialize again on August 14 when this production opens the curtain again. 

For further questions, or school reservations, you can contact the ULS Extension Center, located at Prat 446, La Serena, at email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 51 2 or 204171 phone.

The activity takes place once a month and is one of the most anticipated events by its loyal audience.

With stories, prose, romantic and nostalgic poems, the Poetic Café was started by the director of the Mistraliano ULS Center and Dr. of Philosophy and Letters, Rolando Manzano, an activity carried out in the Extension Center of the study house and which had a great announcement. About thirty people - of all ages, poetic tastes and geographical locations - were the lucky ones to enjoy, hear and recite their best poems or literary pieces by emblematic artists.

The Poetic Café is a space that takes place once a month and has a very good reception among people who enjoy this art, since it is “a very good opportunity for people who like literature, letters, to have the opportunity to make known what they write, what they read, and in that sense they can have this beautiful opportunity once a month to share with other people who have the same affinity, their same taste,” said Manzano. Likewise, the literature academic added that this project has been in operation for many years and that the reception of this art in La Serena is improving over the years. “We have been making this Café for 7 or 8 years, every month (…) the reception is very good, that is, the production that is taking place in La Serena is of good quality and that makes our audience remain loyal to us ( …) I must already be at the 100 coffees - more or less - that we have made in these 7 or 8 years,” he commented. 

The audience is very loyal and looks forward to these activities, since for them it is a great meeting point, where age, where they come from and their style of enjoying poetry is not relevant nor is it an impediment to sharing with others. people their own works. Gladys Carvajal is one of them, who maintains that she has been writing since she was very little. “It is what I know how to do (…) it is a gift that comes from above and it must be made known (…) I really like these meetings that we have with Mr. Manzano, I find them to be something formidable,” he indicated. For her part, the cheerful and effusive radio communicator and writer from Oval, María “Totó de la Vega” added that this activity is a necessary and pleasant space for those who like to write poetry regardless of its style.

In the two hours that this literary space lasted, not only the attendees' own works were unveiled, but also great pieces by renowned national and foreign artists, such as Pablo de Rokha, Nicanor Parra, Pablo Neruda, Jorge Teillier, Mario Benedetti, Héctor Gagliardi and others. The Uruguayan Melany Martínez, who came across this literary event by chance, was very surprised to hear poems by the great Mario Benedetti, adding that this literary cafe is a great meeting place. “I found it very beautiful, people sharing and being free and promoting poetry, which I think is the most beautiful thing there is these days (…) Mario Benedetti is a great poet of ours, Uruguayan and I am a fan, I love his poetry” concluded Martínez.

The last member of the Parra Clan will portray his unknown but rich life as a lyricist, comedian, circus artist and popular singer-songwriter in a 45-minute medium-length film.

An unmissable activity is the one that the Extension Directorate of the University of La Serena has prepared for this Thursday, July 10, a day in which the medium-length film “El Parra minus Parra”, the work of Óscar Parra Sandoval, will be announced. , better known in the artistic and circus field as “Tony Canarito”. The film directed by visual artist Jorge Catoni and produced by Milton Izurieta, in just 45 minutes, seeks to portray the life of “Conchito de los Parra” in an “old-fashioned look.” The presentation is free of charge and will take place at 19:00 p.m. in the Aula Magna Ignacio Domeyko ULS, located at Benavente 980, La Serena. 

Óscar Parra Sandoval, comedian, lyricist and popular singer-songwriter is the youngest of the first generation of the Parra Clan and despite carrying with him one of the most important surnames nationally and worldwide, he is the least known member of this talented family. However, his artistic career of more than 60 years has been linked to the circus show and folklore, imbuing him with his particular stamp of “huachaqueo, chuchuleo and tintoleo” that has led him to perform on various stages in our country, whether in Beginning as a folklorist (“El huaso Parra”), he later separated himself from his last name, but not from his guitar, and continued his route in the tents under the pseudonym “Tony Canarito”.

In his circus role and with the artistic and musical virtue that characterizes this family, Óscar invites the public to see his medium-length film “El Parra minus Parra.” “I am Óscar Parra the youngest, brother of Violeta, of Roberto the great chucheta, of Lautaro, Lalo, Hilda, Elba and Nicanor and that is why with love I play the guitar and in the name of our country, Óscar Parra greets you,” points out that at 84 years old and being one of the Parras who remain alive - along with the anti-poet Nicanor - he resists retiring. Today, Oscar “Tata picarón” Parra is determined to disseminate his artistic career “No matter what!”, which has led him to manage his own medium-length film despite his delicate health.

This documentary will be presented for the first time in the city of La Serena under the lens of director Jorge Catoni and the production of Milton Izurieta. Bringing this medium-length film to the Coquimbo Region, through the Extension Directorate of the University of La Serena, is a great opportunity for these two professionals and colleagues. “It is super good that it is presented and that it is in the context of being shown through a University, I am interested in it being that way because it has the most educational function,” stated the director of the film.

Likewise, Catoni added that this project, first, would be based only on an intimate compilation of Óscar Parra's artistic career, in order to leave a record of his career, but later the decision was made to publish it. “Don Óscar only wanted to leave a record of his work, nothing more. In fact, first of all, the project was so unpretentious that he said he wanted to leave it as a gift for his children and grandchildren. We did all this by launching it (…). He only had the desperation to leave a record, already at his age, 80 years old, he saw that he had little left to live and he had to leave something before he died,” stated the visual artist.

“El Parra minus Parra” seeks to end the anonymity of “Tata picaron” through this film. For all those who wish to meet the youngest and the second living member of the great Parra Clan, the ULS Extension Directorate cordially leaves the community until next July 10.

The ULS Symphony Orchestra will present a high-quality show, especially dedicated to lovers of music and passion. This is “Symphony Tango”, which under the direction of the outstanding maestro Francisco Núñez, once again seeks to captivate, with a renewed proposal, the traditional musical genre.

On this occasion, the Symphony Orchestra of the University of La Serena presents a show where classic orchestral arrangements are fused into popular songs. “The idea comes from my own relationship between symphonic music and popular music, I usually work equally in both worlds and obviously I couldn't resist the temptation of bringing them together in the same show,” says director Francisco Núñez, who in 2013 surprised the local public with “Víctor Jara Sinfónico”.

Núñez adds that “I tried to popularize the symphonic format instead of symphonicizing the popular format, I wanted to find a happy medium between the two and, although I was quite suspicious, already starting to rehearse it, I am very happy with the result. There are many songs, I have worked on the arrangements for each of them and the result is quite attractive and we hope that it will be the same for the public, the idea is to revisit songs that are very recognized in a symphonic format.”

The selected repertoire includes works such as ''Verano porteño'', ''Nostalgias'', ''A fuego slowly'', ''Se dice de mi'', “Malena” and “Canciónesperada”, which will be performed by the singers Katy Campos and Pablo Moraga, with great experience in popular music and who establish an interesting relationship with the public. The bandoneonists Rodolfo Jorquera and Cristian Molina join in, who, as the director stated, “are essential, since it is a beautiful instrument and nothing can imitate it.” 

The piano, another essential, will be played by Francisco Núñez himself. “It is something that makes me very happy, since it is very entertaining music, with a lot of virtuosity and that the OSULS is working with intensity and a lot of enthusiasm,” said Núñez.

The group and their guests promise to enchant those who attend the La Serena Monumental Coliseum on Friday, July 4, at 20:00 p.m. Tickets for this show have a value of $3.000 for the general public and $2.000 for students and senior citizens and are now available at the Extension Office of the Music Department of the University of La Serena, Larraín Alcalde S/N, La Serena , during office hours and at the Monumental Coliseum box office, on the same day of the concert.

The activity seeks to support students who have already taken ICT courses before to resolve doubts or advance their learning of these technological resources.

With the aim of uniting and encouraging older adults to acquire new knowledge about technology, such as the use of social and digital networks, academics Eva Toro and Karina Núñez, professionals from the Educational Computing Center of the U. de La Serena, will teach on Tuesdays, July 15, 22 and 29, and on Wednesday, July 30, the workshop “Reinforcing my technological knowledge”, which seeks to remember and reaffirm the contents of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) already known to adults. greater. 

This workshop, organized jointly by the Extension Directorate and the Educational Informatics Center (CIE), seeks for participants to reaffirm the knowledge acquired in previous workshops on knowledge and mastery of digital tools. Professor Eva Toro stated that the idea is to “do a recapitulation of the workshops that we have already worked with adults, that is, introduction to ICT, social networks, connecting to the internet and other smaller workshops, such as my digital album ( …) it was taken as an initiative to make this memory of what we have seen during previous years.”

Likewise, it is intended to cover new knowledge and provide solutions to the doubts and concerns that older adults have about digital concepts. In the first instance, it is vitally important to "remember what has been worked on with them, since the learning rates that each one has are different, and they have not had the option of reinforcing, of having someone to consult this acquired learning", added the academic.

In this way, the Extension Directorate in conjunction with the ULS Educational Computing Center cordially invites all those who wish to participate in this activity and navigate digital knowledge. For more information, go to the Information Office of the Extension Center (Prat 446) or contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and phone number 051-2-204171.

This collection arrives in Chile to travel through the different cities from north to south. 

This Thursday, July 3 at 17:30 p.m. The photographic exhibition “Archaeological Finds in Germany” will be inaugurated, brought to Chile by the photographer Svend Hansen and the German Embassy in our country. The exhibition will be open to the public from July 4 to 15 in the Exhibition Hall of the University of La Serena, located at 950 Benavente Street, La Serena, from Monday to Friday from 11:00 a.m. to 14:00 p.m. and from 16:00 p.m. :18 to 30:XNUMX hours.

The exhibition will show a selection of 45 photographs of some of the most important archaeological finds on German soil from the last 500.000 years. “Each object represents an object from daily life, rituals or celebrations and is from all the long stages in which human beings lived as hunters and gatherers and then the expansion of towns, the economy and the migration of people.” peoples,” commented Eva Birke, head of the Office of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) at the ULS. 

Birke announced that in the exhibition there will be photographic material as important as “the Celestial Disk of Nebra”, which is the oldest known representation of astronomical phenomena, which generates a link with the astronomy of the region. Furthermore, he added that “the visitor will encounter pieces not only from one culture, but from many influences and from many cultures of Europe. It is an offer from the German Archaeological Institute and the German Embassy (…). It is another point of view to discover more about the history of Germany and Europe.”

This exhibition is the result of the union of more than 10 European museums, which lent their best paintings and their most important collection pieces to show in the most complete way the most significant stages in German and Central European history.  

“Hosting the exhibition in the University Exhibition Hall is hosting the exhibition in the heart of the city of La Serena and also the University and the visitor can discover the historical eras of Germany. I think it can also be an exchange or a very lively conversation about what they can see in the exhibition and also perhaps establish an interest with Germany and with the language and culture, or also find things that they saw on a visit to Germany," he said. Birke.

This activity is part of the exhibition cycle of the Extension Directorate of the University of La Serena and has the collaboration of the German Embassy in Chile, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the German Chilean Institute of La Serena.

For more information and queries, go to the Information Office of the ULS Extension Center (Prat 446) or contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and phone 51-2204171.