Culture

26 June, 2017 Cuba Hosts Seminar on Journalism and Tourism

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 […]

21 June, 2017 Minnesota Youth Symphony Orchestra to Play in Cuba

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.

16 June, 2017 To Increase Exchange between Cuban and Costa Rican Cinema

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.

15 June, 2017 Music Publishers Recognize Yoko Ono as Composer

The National Music Publishers Association officially recognized Yoko Ono, John Lennon´s widow, as co-author of the emblematic song Imagine, at its annual meeting in New York.

7 June, 2017 National Lyric Theatre Celebrates Anniversary

The National Lyric Theatre, directed by Maestro Roberto Chorens, will celebrate its 50th anniversary next Friday 9 at five in the afternoon, in Gonzalo Roig Hall in Havana.

5 June, 2017 Alicia Alonso Distinguished in Spanish Tour

Cuban Alicia Alonso receive in Spain the gold medal and the Friends of Music National Award that the Ciudad de Ubeda International Festival of Music and Dance grants.

3 June, 2017 Singing in Cuba for Peace in Venezuela

Venezuelan and Cuban musicians will perform a political-cultural show, in the emblematic Salon Rosado (Pink Hall) of La Tropical, tomorrow at four p.m. with free entrance to the public

1 June, 2017 Chicago Harp Quartet to Perform in Cuba

Havana, Cuba.-The Harp Quartet of Chicago, United States, will hold two concerts in Cuba along with the local Symphony Orchestra of Amadeo Roldán Conservatory, the Cuban Music Institute reported. The shows, scheduled for June 2-3, in the Covarrubias Hall of the National Theater, will feature the leading ensemble of harps in North America. According to […]

31 May, 2017 French Artist Maurice Renoma Exhibits in Havana

Havana, Cuba.-As part of the activities for the Month of French Culture in Cuba, renowned and famous photographer, painter and designer Maurice Renoma will bring a part of his images and stage work, organizers said. The exhibit will be opened Friday at the Cuban Art Factory of Havana, and it will be opened up to […]

30 May, 2017 Cuba Remembers The Beatles and Reiterates Call for Peace

Havana, Cuba.-To pay tribute to The Beatles from Havana today is an acknowledgment of the cultural movement they originated and an opportunity to reiterate the Cuban people”s call for peace, said journalist and critic Guille Vilar. At a press conference, the cultural promoter and director of major music programs said that the concert planned for […]

30 May, 2017 Cuba Celebrates Chinese Culture Festival

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 […]

29 May, 2017 Revelry for Polo Montañez in Las Terrazas

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.

25 May, 2017 Outstanding Cuban Singer Will Sing in Colombia

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)

23 May, 2017 6th Colloquium on Cultural Diversity in the Caribbean Begins in Cuba

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 […]

23 May, 2017 Nineteen Films Confirmed for European Festival in Cuba

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 […]

19 May, 2017 Cuban Orchestra Makes Americans Dance

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.

18 May, 2017 Positive Result by Cuba at 2017 Buenos Aires Book Fair

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 […]

18 May, 2017 International Fair Cubadisco Proposes a Varied Cultural Program

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. […]

15 May, 2017 Grand Prix 2017 Cubadisco to Buena Fe

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