Culture has been a bridge of commitment between Cuba and the United States, Cuban ambassador Jose Ramon Cabañas said during the opening ceremony on Tuesday night of a festival that is being held an important U.S. institution in Washington.
The festival ”Artes de Cuba: From the Island to the World”, which gathers about 400 artists from that nation, opens its doors today in the United States with a show featuring music figures.
Some 400 Cuban artists will perform a great festival in one of the most active cultural institutions of the United States, the John F. Kennedy Center for Stage Arts.
With the participation of Juan Carlos Camaño, president of the Latin American Federation of Jornalists (FELAP), Cuba celebrated today the World Press Freedom Day.
Havana’s city historian Eusebio Leal arrived in San Jose today invited by the Presidency, which will award him the National Order Juan Mora Fernandez in the Rank of the Grand Cross, Silver Plate.
The Cultural and Friendship Association PHILCUBA sponsored the launch of the book ”Fidel Castro y la Revolución Cubana” (Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution) in this capital.
The American John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts considers a pleasure to open its doors to those who want to celebrate Cuban culture during a great festival whose preparations march perfectly today, according to organizers.
The Mexican Independent Company ”Conjuro Teatro” will premiere at the City Theater ”Yo soy el rey del mambo,” by Cuban playwright Ulises Rodriguez, the House of Scenic Memory (CME) confirmed here today.
The documentary Olé, Olé, Olé!: A Trip Across Latin America” and a photographic exhibition about the tour of the legendary British band The Rolling Stones will be premiered today in this capital.
Students and ballet teachers from several countries will pay a tribute today, at Teatro Nacional de Cuba, to the outstanding U.S. dancer and choreographer Lorna Burdsall (1928-2010).
The Havana World Music Festival prepares its fifth edition and announces a program with world-class artists, its organizers confirmed this Monday.
Many hotel and tour operators from Cuba are exhibiting their latest options at the World Tourism Fair in Paris, which is taking place at the Exhibition Park in this capital.
En los días capitalinos de la XXVII Feria Internacional del Libro tuvo su primera presentación; pero la efectuada en el Centro Cultural Submarino Amarillo, del Vedado, en La Habana, podría catalogarse de especial.
Starting today, Cuba’s main theaters will exhibit the drama ”¿Por Qué Lloran Mis Amigas? (Why Do My Friends Cry?), a feature-length film made by Cuban moviemaker Magda Gonzalez.
The presentation of the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba at Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) will be a wonderful opportunity to learn more about the culture of the island, considered today an authority of that North American institution.
Cuban dance company Acosta Danza celebrated its nomination to British Robert Robson Award in the Manchester Theatre Awards Monday.
The National Ballet of Cuba (BNC) has announced that it will perform the classics Giselle and Don Quixote in a tour of the United States, in the coming months of May and June. The company led by the legendary dancer Alicia Alonso will present Don Quixote in Chicago on May 18, 19 and 20, and on the 29 and 30 at the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington.
On Mondays in February, and those corresponding to March, are defined by master Argelia Fragoso, as another act for the rescue of the Cuban song and its way of interpreting, in the Popular Singing Workshops
Cuban musicians Jesus Chucho Valdes and Gonzalo Rubalcaba will offer a concert on the first days of March in the capital of Austria, as part of a group of events for the Konzerthaus of Vienna, Cuban cultural institutions reported here Wednesday.
A new edition of the book ”Silvio, que levante la mano la guitarra”, by Cuban authors Luis Rogelio Nogueras and Víctor Casaus, will be launched today at the 27th edition of the Havana International Book Fair.
