Jazz pianist and trumpet player Rembert Duarte performs in concert on Thursday March 25th at the Theater of the Cuban Fine Arts Museum on Trocadero St. in Old Havana. Entrance: 5.00 MN for Cubans and 5.00 CUC for tourists. Telephone: 861-5777, 862-0140.
Read MoreA concert paying tribute to Pablo Milanes is set for the Mella Theater in Havana on Monday March 15 at 8:30 p.m. Milanes’ daughters Lym, Soilen and Haydee with join on stage with Raul Torres, Beatriz Marquez, Pepe Ordaz and Adriana Rodriguez among others. Entrance, 5 MN for Cubans and 5.00 CUC for tourists. Telephone: 833-5651 and 833-8696.
Read MoreSinger Haydee Milanes and her group have their peña every Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. at the Piano Bar on 3rd and 8th Streets in Havana’s Miramar District. Entrance is Free.
Read MoreThe Cuban Sports Institute and Olympic Committee announced yesterday that the Fifth National Sports Olympiad will take place from May 15-29 in nine Cuban provinces. The event takes on greater importance for testing the island’s athletes since Cuba decided not to participate in the Central American and Caribbean Games to take place this July in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.
Read MoreAs in any country, Cuba has a set of regulations and requirements governing marriage between Cubans and non-Cubans as well travel and/or residence abroad for Cubans. Although the details of the processes may differ from one country to another, they tend to be lengthy and, at times, entail substantial costs.
Read MoreFor the April 3-5, 2010 period, the schedule of services in the Russian Orthodox Church in Havana is as follows:
On Saturday, April 3rd, you must be at the Church at 11:30 at night. The Easter Service begins at midnight and goes until about 3 in the morning (April 4th). There is a break.
Read MoreWomen should have greater participation in leadership posts in Cuba, but for this to happen it is necessary to “re-conceptualize the masculine and the feminine, and redistribute domestic chores,” said Isabel Moya, director of the Editorial de la Mujer publishers in statements during the first Women’s Workshop, organized in the island’s capital by the Comptroller.
Read MoreCuban opposition member Guillermo Fariñas was hospitalized in the central city of Santa Clara after having suffered his second collapse after the start of a hunger strike to demand the release of political prisoners in the island, reported sources close to the dissident, who has expressed his decision to die if the government does not meet his demands.
Read MoreEl Salvador will officially open its embassy in Cuba on Saturday March 13, after that Central American country’s president, Mauricio Funes, re-established diplomatic relations with the island on June 1, 2009, reported the local press. The inauguration ceremony will be attended by Salvadoran Foreign Minister Hugo Martínez, who is in the Caribbean nation since yesterday.
Read MoreIndustriales won their sixth straight playoff game on Thursday to take a 2-0 lead over Havana Province in the Western Division finals. A grand slam by Alexander Mayeta in the fifth off reliever Jonder Martinez stunned fans at San Jose de las Lajas accustomed winning games on pure pitching.
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