Havana, cuba.-Two sculptures of the U.S. novelist Ernest Hemingway have a particular impact on tourists who visit Cuba from all over the world. The first one is a bust is in the coastal town of Cojimar, east of the capital, after crossing the tunnel under the bay, where the author was very close to local […]
Los Angeles, United States.-The legendary Cuban band Los Van Van will perform on Saturday at the Latin Music Festival in Miami, an event that will mark the beginning of the orchestra”s 2017 U.S. Tour. The band, also known as The Train of Cuban Music, founded by the bassist, arranger and composer Juan Formell, will perform […]
Maestro and Choreographer of the Cuban ballet Alberto Mendez, received in the city of Camaguey the Espejo de Paciencia (Mirror of Patience) distinction, the maximum award given by this province for his contributions to the development of ballet both in Cuba and abroad.
Havana, Cuba.-US plastic artist Ben Jones expressed his dissatisfaction with the stance of US President Donald Trump, opposed to enhance relations between his country and Cuba, where he”s presenting a personal exhibition. Most US citizens dont like him, said the artist who recently arrived in Havana with some of his works that on exhibit at […]
From July 21 until the Thursday 27 it will take place in Santiago de Cuba the traditional carnival, the most popular cultural and recreational event of the people from this city.
Havana,Cuba.- The outstanding Cuban jazz musicians Chucho Valdes and Gonzalo Rubalcaba will perform individual concerts at the Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso in August, said organizers today. The concerts, organized by the Cuban Institute of Music (ICM), are included in a program of summer concerts that has the two musicians as one of […]
Dominican singer Sergio Vargas with his orchestra arrived this Monday in Havana, where he will perform for the first time next Friday 21 with Cuban troubadour Tony Avila.
Havana, Cuba.-The Culinary Association of Cuba,FACRC, has graduated 24 Chefs of international ranking in its course corresponding to 2016-2017. One of the teachers according to a press release from that organization, Jorge Junco, expressed recognition for the quality of the group that was graduated in this ocassion. FACRC presidente, Chef Eddy Fernández, mentioned the importance […]
Cuban orchestra Los Van Van offered a massive concert, which closed the festivities of Lisbon, as reported by representatives of the Cuban Embassy in Portugal.
Camaguey, Cuba.-The central city of Camaguey, in the province with the same name, is ready to open the 7th Festival of Comic Art from July 5th to 8th with the presence of outstanding Cuban comic writers. The organizing committee of the event, held in cooperation with the Council of Plastic Arts in the province, scheduled […]
Havana, Cuba.-More than 50 books will be launched on Friday in the main cities of Cuba, as part of the Festival of Arts, said today Edel Morales, vice president of the Cuban Institute of the Book (ICL). The traditional ‘Evening of the Books’ will be held in Havana across 23rd, one of the main streets […]
Havana, Cuba.-Students of the International School of Cinema and Television in Cuba began discussing their theses today to graduate in specialties such as Direction, Screenplay, Editing, Documentary, Production, Sound, Photography, Television and new media. In total, 43 students finish the course 2016-2017 and, according to the institution, come from Venezuela, Spain, Brazil, Panama, Denmark, El […]
Havana, Cuba.-Music once again proved its ability to join cultures and being an effective diplomatic mechanism in the interesting concert program offered by the Stanford Junior Symphony Orchestra (SJS) in this capital. The American symphonic band, directed by Anna Wittstruck, assumed a demanding and inescapable repertoire for any group after combining works by classical and […]
Paris, France.-Cuba has called on UNESCO for a greater commitment by all states to face climate change and recalled the serious implications of this phenomenon for the planet, diplomatic sources said today. During the intergovernmental preparatory meeting for the Declaration on Ethical Principles in Relation to Climate Change, the Cuban delegation recalled that the implications […]
With the show The Magic of Dance with a full house in the San Lorenzo Auditorium of El Escorial, in Madrid, the National Ballet of Cuba concluded its season in Spain.
Havana, Cuba.-Award-winning North American filmmaker, Oliver Stone, has expressed today his support for Cuba facing the U.S. policy change proclaimed by President, Donald Trump, to the detriment of the relations with this Caribbean country. The writer and director signed the message sent by the National Association of Cuban Writers and Artists (UNEAC) to the friends […]
Havana, Cuba.-The 12th International Seminar on Journalism and Tourism has began sessions today in this capital, in times that the leisure industry in the island is showing a strengthening and the media devotes more attention to its benefits. Hilda Prieto, organizer of the event, said that about 60 journalists from 10 countries, including those from […]
The Covarrubias Hall of the National Theatre will be next Sunday at eleven a.m. the first scale of the Minnesota Youth Symphony Orchestra, which will be presented in Camaguey next June 28 and in Santiago de Cuba next Thursday 29.
Erick Roman Sanchez, Ambassador of the Republic of Costa Rica in Cuba, visited the International School of Film and Television of San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV) in the province of Artemisa, to strengthen the collaboration links.
