This course is an opportunity for all older adults, and not so old, who have not yet entered today's technological society. 

Until May 9 or until available places are exhausted, registration will be open for the workshop on ''Introduction to the use of ICT'' or information and communication technologies, which will be held on Tuesdays, starting May 20 and until June 17, from 15:00 p.m. to 16:45 p.m., at the Educational Computing Center (CIE), located on the Isabel Bongard Campus of the University of La Serena. The workshop, which is part of the XXIV School for the Elderly, organized by the ULS Extension Directorate, lasts 12 pedagogical hours and will be taught by teachers Eva Toro Morán and Karina Núñez Varela, both CIE professionals. It has a unique value of $6.000 and, according to one of the speakers, its objective is to teach literacy to older adults so that they integrate into this new technological society and learn to use these tools that not only include the computer, but also digital cameras, social networks. , which are also part of the knowledge that can be acquired in subsequent workshops. 

''This course itself is to help you enter the first phase, to turn on the computer, to know the parts of it and what it can be used for. We are going to teach two fundamental tools that will help them transmit information, which is Word and the Internet, so that they begin to navigate and see sites such as newspapers, cooking sites, their bank, different platforms that can be managed and in a safe way,'' said Eva Toro, course presenter.

The invitation is for those people who wish to learn on their own initiative or out of necessity, since according to experience, students enroll for different reasons. ''Older adults arrive who have notebooks, who have the tool and don't know how to use it,'' commented the speaker, who also invited everyone to live a new experience, lose fear and connect with technology. 

For more information about this workshop, call 2204171, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or go to the Extension Center of the University of La Serena, located at Prat 446.

The activity invites a reflection on the papacy as such, what its value is, its meaning for the church and for Christianity in general.

Next Monday, April 28, at 17:00 p.m., the conference ''New era of the papacy: Francis and his reform'' will be held belonging to the cycle ''Opening Horizons'' of the XXIV School for the Elderly of the U. of La Serena. On this occasion, the inaugural activity will be given by Marcelo Sepúlveda, Master in Dogmatic Theology, in the Auditorium of the Mutual de Seguridad C.Ch.C, Los Carrera 330, 3rd Floor, La Serena. 

The conference is organized by the ULS Extension Directorate with the collaboration of the Los Andes Compensation Fund. It will delve deeper into Pope Francis and what he represents, as a novelty in many ways, for the life of the church, and the good news that he has meant to world opinion. Why does this happen? What are the scope of this novelty? What can we expect? They will be part of the topics that can be discussed in the activity. 

In the words of the rapporteur, ''the idea is to delve into the novel aspects that the papacy is representing in the way Pope Francis exercises the Petrine ministry. Let's pay attention, from the start, to the name chosen for the exercise of the Petrine ministry. Francisco is the first time that it has been chosen as a pope's name and, clearly, it refers to one of the most important saints in the history of Christianity and not only that, but by choosing the name Francisco, he chooses a way of living Christianity that It is the one that he wants to strengthen and highlight, and that seems relevant to me,'' he emphasized. 

Along the same lines, the rapporteur announced that the activity will necessarily remember and allude to the figure of Saint Francis of Assisi. ''Everything that he meant in his time, the revolution that he implied and the invitation to move forward in a church that was quite complicated and that invites the church to move forward in a certain way, through poverty, simplicity , focusing on the core values, etc., which is a bit what Pope Francis is doing now,'' Sepúlveda stated. 

The ''Opening Horizons'' cycle is part of the Program for the Elderly, promoted since 1991 by the Extension Directorate with the aim of contributing to the comprehensive training of the elderly through conferences on current regional and national topics.

For more information on this free entry activity, call 051-2-204171, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or at the Extension Center, located at Prat 446, La Serena.

The Extension Directorate and the Mistraliano Center of the University of La Serena announce the start of the new cycle of its traditional Poetic Café that will inaugurate the 2014 programming this Thursday, April 24, at 19:00 p.m., at the Extension Center . On this occasion, it will be held in tribute to the birth of Gabriela Mistral, so the theme will be contextualized in her literary work.

The activity will be directed, as usual, by Dr. Rolando Manzano Concha, director of the Mistralian Center of the house of higher studies, who leads this meeting space for all literature lovers who wish to participate in pleasant creative meetings. and poetic inspiration around a warm coffee.

For more information on this free entry activity, call 2204171, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or at the Extension Center of the University of La Serena, located at Prat 446, La Serena.

The works are inspired by a healing process of the exhibitor, who suffered the loss of her first child. 

''Sanación'' is the name of the exhibition by the regional artist Rocío Salvador (Rocío Rojas Santibáñez), which will open on Friday, April 25, at 17:00 p.m., in the Exhibition Hall of the University of La Serena (Benavente 950) and which brings together works of intuitive painting and visionary art, as well as a selection of mandalas, fabrics and dream catchers, elements that helped her overcome a difficult moment in her life and that motivated the artist to take refuge in art'', as she herself comments. 

The exhibition, a compilation of the highlights of the graduate of the ULS School of Design in the last period, is loaded with color and symbolism, which speaks of the inner strength that led her to intuitive painting and, consequently, to visionary art. like the art of flow. In addition, it includes art in its entirety, incorporating various disciplines of painting and inner discipline techniques (contemplation, visualization and meditation): dream catchers, as ornamental figures of a symbolic nature and mandalas (or mandalas) as spiritual and symbolic representations. rituals of the macrocosm and the microcosm, used in Buddhism and Hinduism.

In Rocío's words, the exhibition ''travers visionary art and intuitive painting, and the name alludes to the fact that this entire exhibition is inspired by a healing process, after going through a difficult moment that consists of the loss of my first child. . It was something difficult but I took refuge in art and through art I moved forward and well everything that is creativity flowed, I immersed myself in visionary art, which is a branch of art that proposes transcending the physical world and portraying a broader vision. of knowledge, including spiritual or mystical themes,'' he stated. 

The exhibition ''Healing'', framed in the 2014 cycle of the ULS Extension Directorate, will be open to the public from Monday, April 28 to May 19 during Monday hours from 10:30 a.m. to 14:00 p.m. 15:30 p.m. to 18:00 p.m., and from Tuesday to Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 14:00 p.m. and from 15:30 p.m. to 18:00 p.m.

Under the direction of maestro Sebastiano De Filippi, the group prepares a special repertoire that includes the participation of outstanding national lyrical singers.

The OSULS will celebrate this Saturday, April 19, its traditional Holy Week concert, a long-awaited event that each year surprises the public in the area and the tourists who visit the Coquimbo Region each year on these dates. 

On this occasion, the members of the professional cast will share the stage with the performers Andrea Aguilar (soprano) and Vanessa Rojas (contralto), who will have a special participation.

As detailed by maestro De Filippi, who debuted at La Serena with great success thanks to the concert ''Bella Italia'', it is a totally different program from the previous one, which will include the Symphony No. 49 in F minor ''Pasione'' by Maestro Franz Joseph Haydn, ''Exsultate, jubilate'' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and finally ''Stabat mater'' for soprano, alto and orchestra by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, works of great character and intensity, which also require an organ.

''One of my specialties is doing vocal repertoire, it's usually a lot of fun. We are working very hard so that the result captivates the public,” said the director, who added that among the qualities of the OSULS is the versatility to adapt to the works. “It is a fairly young orchestra, with a very fast reaction to what one can ask or suggest and that is very good, because they have the enthusiasm and energy, the willpower and the interest to work well at a sustained pace like the of these weeks,'' said De Filippi.

The concert will take place at 20:00 p.m. at the Municipal Theater of La Serena. Tickets for this concert can be purchased on the day of the event at the venue's box office and the prices are $3.000 for the general public and $2.000 for students and seniors.

The activity also included three guest musicians.

More than 60 people, distributed in two rooms, enjoyed the oboe concert ''Susurros de Latinoamérica'', performed by José Luis Urquieta Plaza, oboist of the Symphony Orchestra of the University of La Serena. 

As usual, the intimacy of the rooms of the ULS Extension Center generated a respectful space and great admiration for the presentation of the artist, who also invited other musicians from the institution's Music Department to also show their art. to the community. 

This activity was very well received by attendees, who appreciated the organization of this type of activities. “I want to congratulate him and the entire organization of the University of La Serena that allows citizens who are fans of classical music, as well as certain instruments that are part of the repertoire, to come for free. This is valued because deep down it allows, within the daily routine, to end a day with this type of music, it is a cultural haven linked to music and very good music," commented Robinson Hernández, in charge of Culture of the Municipality of La Serene.

On the other hand, the oboist thanked the invitation and shared his perception of the concert. ''I am very happy (...) and excited for the public. I had a nice reception and was also very enthusiastic about this activity that the Extension Center does. I think it is very valuable to have the possibility of having a chamber music season, for which I have nothing left but to thank the Extension Directorate for this instance,'' commented José Luis Urquieta.

>While the person in charge of Culture of the Extension Directorate, Natalia Ahumada, was very satisfied with the results of the activity. "The program chosen by the musician included compositions by different Latin American references, where he also surprised the attendees with the incorporation of other musicians from the University's Music Department in one of the final pieces 'Marcías para Oboe y Copas de Cristal'. The public was grateful and friendly, as well as interested in participating in future activities of this court," he stated.