Leisure Guide: Selected attractions for the weekend of November 14 and 15

Science for children at the Botanical Garden. Just like attention, curiosity also seems to be in crisis. How to foster it among so many screens that deliver immediate answers and rewards? In nature, those who know say, and even better if you add some science. That is what the Kids Fair will be about, which will take place at the Viña Botanical Garden: experiments and dynamics for children that, rather than seeking certainties, will broaden the range of questions. Address: National Botanical Garden (Cam. El Olivar 305, Viña del Mar). Schedule: Saturday and Sunday, from 10:00 to 18:00. Entrance: From $2 thousand. "The Four Seasons" in a park. The Parque del Recuerdo cemetery, for those who do not know, has another park inside it called Más Parque, which can be entered without a funeral or a buried relative. It has a lagoon, a plant labyrinth, and an activity board, which this Saturday includes a concert of Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons," performed by the Camerata de la U. Andes and Nazaret Beroiza's violin. Address: Más Parque (Vespucio 555, Huechuraba). Schedule: Saturday, 12:00. Entrance: Free. Kevin Johansen and Joe Vasconcelos at Ladera Sur. Ladera Sur Festival 2026: nature, science, culture, and more than 15 live bands. Photo: Kevin Johansen / Emmanuelle Nemoz. Emmanuelle NEMOZ/AMP. This is the fifth time that Ladera Sur—the closest thing to a Chilean NatGeo—has launched its own festival, where they always manage to balance debate, workshops, and exhibitions on conservation and environmental awareness, with Chilean entrepreneurship and live music. On Saturday, Joe Vasconcellos and Amigo de Artistas will play, and on Sunday, Kevin Johansen and Chinoy will be there. La Tercera subscribers have a 10% discount. Address: Parque Santa Rosa de Apoquindo (Colón 8914, Las Condes). Schedule: Saturday and Sunday, from 10:00 to 21:00. Entrance: $17 thousand on ticketmaster.cl. Sandwich Fair in La Reina. The temperature is rising, and it seems hunger is too: every weekend there are more and more festivals or events that invite you to eat and taste, to try, savor, and chew. Now it is the turn of the Sandwich Fair, an event that will bring together some of Santiago's best burger joints, griddles, and burger places—such as Barra de Pickles or Uncle Fletch—and their respective aromas and delicacies, all in one place. Address: Parque Padre Hurtado (Bilbao 8105, La Reina). Schedule: Saturday and Sunday, from 11:00. Entrance: From $3,450 on puntoticket.cl. The Santiago Library turns 21. For decades, it was a beautiful but sad bureaucratic building, responsible for making and storing public purchases, but twenty-one years ago its imposing Art Deco facade housed the Santiago Library, the largest and most modern in the country. They will celebrate with children, its main visitors: there will be a playground, storytellers, plays, many goats, and craft workshops. Address: Santiago Library (Matucana 151, Santiago). Schedule: Saturday and Sunday, from 11:30 to 17:00. Entrance: Free. Human and National Design at the GAM. More than a democratization of design, what AI has caused is an aesthetic homogenization in which every image, no matter how different, looks equally unappealing. To resist it, the Design Station is being installed these days in the GAM's CityLab, a space with exhibitions—such as a collection of Chilean seventies vinyl records or a printed art fair—workshops, and collections by national designers. Made 100% by humans. Address: CityLab Gam (Alameda 227, Santiago). Schedule: Saturday from 10:00 to 21:00, Sunday from 10:00 to 14:00. Entrance: Free. Fish, seafood, wine, and cumbia. Seafood always tastes better with a good white wine, and a good white wine (almost) always leaves your body ready to dance some cumbias. Oysters, a chardonnay, and a candombe for José, performed live by Viking 5: that is the menu of Mar y Vino, a festival that will have tastings from vineyards in the Maipo Valley, cooking demonstrations—from restaurants such as Casa Las Cujas and Demo Magnolia—and musical shows. Address: Mercado Central (Ismael Valdés Vergara 874, Santiago). Schedule: Saturday and Sunday, from 11:00 to 19:00. Entrance: Free. De la Parra and his 100th work. Marco Antonio de la Parra, psychiatrist, playwright, and legend of Chilean theater, is also a record-holder: at 74 years old, he stars in his hundredth dramatic work, a monologue called Míster Skakespeare, where he plays a man who claims to be the Bard of Avon while playing vinyl, playing pool, and reflecting on fame, success, and death. Directed by Pablo Schwarz, it is his first and only performance in Concepción. Address: Teatro Biobío (Costanera Silva Henríquez 477, Concepción). Schedule: Saturday, 19:00. Entrance: From $9 thousand on ticketplus.cl. Night literary sale at MUT. If night is usually the time when one decides to read books, it would be logical to think it is also the best time to buy them. At MUT, they have no proof but also no doubts, and that is why they are embarking on a second Night of the Bookstores, with author signings, discounted sales, talks, launches, and live jazz until the early hours of the morning. Well, only until 23:00. But it is almost midnight. Address: MUT (Apoquindo 2730, Las Condes). Schedule: Saturday, from 18:00 to 23:00. Entrance: Free. Collective planting in San Joaquín. Contributing a grain of sand to society is a phrase that is always said but never clarified: who needs a grain of sand? Isn't it more of a nuisance or dirt than a contribution? In San Joaquín, they make it a bit more literal with this collective planting of pocket forests. In their beautiful Parque La Castrina, neighbors and volunteers will be able to truly contribute with a grain of earth to have a better environment. Address: Parque La Castrina (Pintor Murillo 5707, San Joaquín). Schedule: Sunday, from 11:00 to 13:00. Entrance: Free.