As tribute to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, the book ”Ahí Viene Fidel” (Here Comes Fidel) was presented to remember the events that occurred after his physical disappearance on November 25, 2016.
Deborah Rutter, director of the renowned John F. Kennedy Center in the United States said that Cuba is a cultural power, while announcing a festival dedicated to Cuba from May 8th to 20th.
The tour of the National Circus of Cuba by Italian cities will be an excellent opportunity to transmit to the public of this country the happiness, joy, rhythm and color of the Caribbean island, stated the organizers.
A Cuban anthological piece called ”Juramento” was sung before the ashes of Fidel Castro in the Cemetery of Santa Ifigenia Wednesday, to give a start to the 32nd International Chorus Festival.
The 21st International Arts and Crafts Fair, FIART 2017, began Tuesday in Havana with the participation of exhibitors from 17 countries.
Professors and students of the Cuban Higher Institute of International Relations Raul Roa (ISRI) launched today a special edition of the magazine Politica Internacional dedicated to historical leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro.
The 39th International Festival of the New Latin American Cinema, which will take place in this capital city from December 8th to 17th, will pay tribute to U.S. director James Ivory with eight films from his fruitful career, said organizers today.
Paris, France.- Cuban First Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Martha del Carmen Mesa, has supported at UNESCO the adoption of a World Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications at university level, which would help strengthen cooperation in the sector. According to diplomatic sources, when speaking on the Education Committee at the 39th General Conference of […]
Cuba was elected to join the UNESCO Executive Board for the period 2017-2021, in the elections held today at the 39th General Conference of that United Nations organization.
The President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Raul Castro Ruz, has congratulated today the Jose Marti Studies Center (CEM), which is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its foundation this year, Granma newspaper reported.
Groups from Mexico, Argentina, El Salvador and Colombia will perform from September 22nd to October 1st at plazas in Havana, as part of the Festival of Latin American Music Patria Grande, said today organizers.
Havana, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) US singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright will perform a concert on September 24 at Havana”s Gran Teatro Alicia Alonso (Gthaa), where he will share the stage with local artists, organizers confirmed here today. During the recital, scheduled for 17:00 local time, the musician will be accompanied the Symphonic Orchestra of the Gthaa, […]
Matanzas, Cuba.-The organizers of the International Puppet Workshop of Matanzas (Titim) today confirmed that the XIII edition will be from April 24 to 29, 2018, in theaters and open spaces of this Cuban city. Dedicated to the puppet theater in the Caribbean, to Puerto Rico, and Guiñol Fidel Galbán, from Cuba, the management committee called […]
Cuban company Acosta Dance announced this Thursday that it will present two world premieres next September, by relevant choreographers Goyo Montero, from Spain, and Sidi Larbi, from Belgium.
Havana, Cuba.-Organizers of the first edition of the international electronic music festival, Eyeife, scheduled here for September 26-30, hope to turn the Cuban capital into one of the main venues of that music genre in the world. The Eyeife poster invites the participants to mix electronic music with rhythms associated with the African musical origins […]
Camaguey, Cuba.-The French city of Toulouse will receive an exhibit dedicated to Latin American hand made puppets and dolls of the Cuban socio-cultural project Carsueños, based in the Cuban eastern central city of Camaguey. Nearly two decades of work are endorsing the work of the project, completely addressed to handicrafts. There will be a similar […]
Havana, Cuba.-The Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods (FCBC) summoned today the 21st International Handicraft Fair Fiart 2017, scheduled for next December as part of the Iberoamerican Year of Handicraft to be commemorated in 2018. The same as in previous editions, organizers extend the invitation to Cuban and foreign artisans whose work is expression of handicraft […]
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.
