Havana, Cuba.-With a varied program of activities, Havana is celebrating from today to June 4th the Festival of Chinese Culture, on the occasion of the 170th anniversary of the arrival of inhabitants of that country to Cuba. One of the objectives of this event is to highlight the influence of Chinese customs and traditions in […]
From June 2 to 5 Las Terrazas community, in the province of Artemisa, will reanimate with the celebration dedicated to Fernando Borrego, born in those hills and known as Polo Montañez.
Cuban singer-songwriter Liuba Maria Hevia will offer a concert in the Colombian city of Medellín next June 2, in which she will sing several songs from her album Vidas paralelas (Parallel Lives)
Havana, Cuba.-The exercise of memory as an act of critical thinking and emancipation centers debates of the 6th International Colloquium on Cultural Diversity in the Caribbean, inaugurated today in this capital. Organized by Casa de las Américas, the event will be held until Friday and brings together representatives from various countries around a program that […]
Havana, Cuba.-The 2nd edition of the European Movie Festival in Cuba will exhibit 19 films coming from 16 nations from June 1st to 11 in this capital, announced organizers of the event here. Petra Rohler, representative of the cultural section of the German Embassy in Cuba, was happy when she knew that the film ‘Fukushima […]
The Cuban group of popular music Havana D´Primera began this Thursday a tour by the United States, which will take place until next May 29.
Buenos Aires, Argentina.-The book ”The Golden Age,” by Cuban National Hero Jose Marti, was one of the most sought after books by Argentinian readers that stopped by the stand from the island nation at the Buenos Aires literary fair. The space of the Cuban Chamber of Book at the fair, which began on Monday, was […]
Havana, Cuba.-With the presentation of the Brazilian band Damas de Ferro, opened today its doors in this capital the fairground Cubadisco 2017, which will host until May 21 a varied cultural program. Cuba Pavilion will host concerts, exhibitions, presentations of phonograms and conferences, as part of the twenty-first edition of the country’s biggest discography event. […]
Cuban group Buena Fe won the Grand Prix in 2017 Cubadisco for their album Sobreviviente (Survivor), as part of a contest recognizing the best of national discography
Havana, Cuba.-The Cuban capital will host the 4th International Colloquium on Cultural Diversity in the Caribbean from May 22 to 26. Participants will talk about memories and border conflicts. The event is organized by Casa de las Americas and includes exhibits, master conferences, audiovisual forums, concerts and book presentations on subjects such as geopolitics, heritage […]
The Argentine musical and humorous group Les Luthiers received today in Spain the 2017 Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities.
Cienfuegos, Cuba.-American trumpeter, Byron Stripling, has paid tribute today to his compatriot, Louis Armstrong, during a jazz concert accompanied by awarded Cuban pianist, Aldo Lopez Gavilan. Considered among the best jazz players and performers of his instrument in his country, Stripling performed for an audience that filled the centennial Tomas Terry Theater in this city, […]
New York, United States.-Cuban gallery La Acacia culminates today its participation in the Context New York Art Fair, which brought together institutions specialized in contemporary and modern art from 50 countries. The Cuban art gallery attended the second edition of the event with a selection of works by artists Frank Mujica, Ariamna Contino, Alex Hernandez, […]
A massive and enthusiastic welcome gave the residents in the Eastern city of Holguin to the participants in the Romerias de Mayo (May Pilgrimages), during the inaugural parade this Wednesday and the traditional ascent of the Aboriginal Axe to Loma de la Cruz.
Havana, Cuba.-Cuban and Colombian musicians will share the stage from May 9 to 14, as part of the 6th Festival A bridge to Havana, organizers confirmed today. The event promotes the cultural exchange between both countries and includes concerts in this capital, and in the provinces of Villa Clara, Matanzas, Cienfuegos, and Artemisa. According to […]
Havana, Cuba.-The Irene Rodriguez Company will dance in the United States and Colombia in May, as announced by the dancer and dancing company director with the same name Thursday. Irene Rodriguez, a dancer, director and choreographer, a winner of the 2012 Ibero American Choreograhy Award, said that her company will perform at the WWCI Studios, […]
Havana, Cuba.-Over the next few months, Cuba will celebrate French culture with a wide-range activity program that will be held on Thursday with the 20th edition of the French Film Festival, the organizers said. The event will be opened at 8:30 pm local time at Charles Chaplin Movie Theater and will include the showing of […]
París, France.-UNESCO Director General, irina Bokova, saluted the celebration in Cuba of the International Jazz Day 2017, date in which big representatives of the genre worldwide will meet in Havana. ‘For UNESCO it is an honor to associate again with the Institute of Jazz Thelonious Monk and the Cuban Institute of Music to hoist jazz […]
Havana, Cuba.-The classes, workshops and conferences of the XXIII International Meeting of academies for the teaching of ballet began today in the main school institution of this art in Cuba, with representatives of a dozen countries. The National School of Ballet Fernando Alonso will host the intense academic day, unique of its kind in the […]
San Jose, Costa Rica.-Prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso appreciated today here, also on behalf of members of the National Ballet of Cuba, the welcome given by Costa Rican audience and authorities. ‘I am very pleased by the love and welcome given by the Costa Rican people’, Alicia Alonso told the Prensa Latina news agency at […]
