Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

Cuba’s Dayron Robles Edges US Rival

Dayron Robles recorded the top 60-meter indoor hurdles time of the year on Saturday, 7.48 seconds in Stuttgart, Germany. He needed every fraction to beat David Oliver of the USA who clocked 7.49.

Movement in Old Havana

“What a sad bride,” Amelia said while finishing her drawing. But the girl was not painting a wedding. Around her —running from side to side— were three other young woman dressed in white lace. They moved their bodies with intensity as their black hair contrasted with the bright morning sun. (18 photos)

Pop Art Show in Cuba

In the 1950s, the term “pop art” came to be used for those works of art that had daily-life elements, characteristics and images that emerged from consumer society and political conflict. Likewise, this exhibit brings a profusion of politics and satire.

Cuban Painting from France

Currently, two Cuban painters who now reside in France are exhibiting their work here in Havana at the Victor Hugo Cultural Center through February 15. The exhibit titled “Cimarrones en Montmartre” (Runaway Slaves in Montmartre), is by painters Francisco Rivero and Lorenzo Padilla.

Spain’s Ed Minister Travels to Cuba

Spanish Minister of Education Angel Gabilondo will travel to Cuba next week to participate in the 7th University 2010 International Congress, announced the embassy of that European country. Gabilondo will be accompanied by the deans of several Spanish universities.

Bolshoi Ballet Coming Soon to Cuba

After a 30-year absence from Cuban stages, the Russian Bolshoi Ballet returns to Havana for a performance on February 13th at the 5,000 seat Karl Marx Theater.

Cuba to Host Russian FM Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov heads for Cuba next week to hold talks with Cuban leaders and attend the 19th Havana International Book Fair to which his country is this year’s special guest.

From Chemist to Painter

The gallery of painter Marcia Beatriz Diaz Amador can be discovered in historic Old Havana at 58-B Chacon Street (between Cuba and Aguiar streets). Passersby and neighbors alike —taking walks and running their daily errands— form a part of her paintings as characters of quotidian life.

Havana Cop: “I Could Care Less”

BBC Mundo blogger in Havana, Fernando Ravsberg, reported Thursday on an unpleasant encounter with the police “for having drank a coffee and conversed with a [Cuban] journalism student who I had helped with his graduating thesis.”

Cuba Tent Hospital Welcomes US MDs

Seven young US doctors who studied medicine on scholarships in Havana arrived at the Cuban field hospital in Croaix des Buquet, Haiti yesterday to lend a hand in the treating of Haiti’s earthquake victims.