Whether you’re craving poetry with a side of wine (a near-constant craving), looking  for reflections on Latin American literature, or in the mood to peruse striking photography centered around urban life, this weekend in Buenos Aires does not disappoint.

Poetry and live music at Catalino Restaurant 

Thursday 31 — 7 p.m.

Catalino Restaurant (Maure 3126, Colegiales)

Tickets are AR$10,000, and must be reserved in advance

Fruta Picada Vol. III wraps up its vibrant cultural series at Catalino Restaurant. The final edition of this intimate, standing-room-only event blends Latin American poetry, live music, shared food and good wine — celebrating friendship and creativity. 

Singer-songwriter Julieta Venegas and author Selva Almada will lead the evening, bringing together songs and readings from iconic voices like Chavela Vargas, Liliana Felipe, Irene Gruss and Diana Bellesi.

Enjoy Catalino’s seasonal dishes served in small-plate format, and browse a curated selection of books by regional authors from Salvaje Federal, available at discounted prices. Space is limited, so early booking is recommended.

Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos Literary Festival

Runs through Friday 1 with various times and events

Centro Cultural de España en Buenos Aires (CCEBA) (Paraná 1159, Recoleta) and select libraries in CABA 

Free admission

The Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos Festival (Hispano-American Notebooks Festival) runs through Friday celebrating the present and future of Spanish-language literature. The Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos magazine event includes panels, workshops, poetry readings and talks, bringing together more than 20 authors from Argentina, Latin America and Spain, including Selva Almada, Mónica Ojeda and Julián Herbert.

The festival offers insights into narrative, poetry and cross-genre work. The workshops required advance registration. Look out for a poetry reading Thursday evening and a DJ set by Herbert closing the festival on Friday at 9 p.m. Check the full program online.

Two new photography exhibitions at Fundación Larivière

Open Thursday to Sunday, from noon to 7 p.m.

Fundación Larivière (Caboto 564, La Boca)

General admission: AR$5,000, retirees and students: AR$2,500, under 18 and La Boca residents: Free

Mi país no es Grecia (My Country is Not Greece) is the first retrospective exhibition of renowned Peruvian photographer Juan Enrique Bedoya. Curated by Alexis Fabry, the show brings together more than 250 photographs spanning the history of the prolific artist. To accompany the exhibition, Ediciones Larivière will publish a bilingual book focused on the artist’s career and body of work.

“Lima is facing the sea and has a relationship with the sea and summer. La Costa Verde is an area of open beach for working classes… and I was interested in recording this,” Bedoya explained about a section of photos during the opening of the exhibit.

Bedoya’s work spans from portraits of marginalized figures in Lima to striking images of popular architecture that celebrate mural graphics found along the Peruvian coast and inland regions. His work offers a visual and social interpretation of Peru’s urban and human landscapes, including previously unseen as well as iconic pieces.

In the neighboring building you can see Swiss photographer Gian Paolo Minelli’s Archivo 1995. Buenos Aires, encuentro con treinta artistas (Archive 1995. Buenos Aires, encounter with thirty artists) curated by Laura Buccellato.

Over several months in the summer of 1995 Minelli photographed thirty iconic artists of the time in their studios and in urban spaces around Buenos Aires, including Pablo Suárez, Marta Minujín, Pablo Siquier, Marcelo Pombo and Miguel Harte. The exhibition recovers and updates a valuable visual record of Argentina’s 1990s art scene, and presents previously unseen works from his archive.