Since the middle of September, I’ve been attending a graduate level course every Thursday on “Notions of Race in Cuba.” Those taking the course make up a highly diverse group in terms of age and fields of study, an element that enriches the discussions.
After having completed difficult studies at the University of Havana, I now have the privilege of working for one of the most prestigious magazines in our country: Revolucion y Cultura.
One of the reasons that brought me to this school was the need to improve my English, since I didn’t get the training I needed at the university. I can see that the teachers employ an excellent methodology and are very well prepared.
The gallery “Espacio Abierto” (Open Space), located in Havana’s Vedado district at the headquarters of the magazine Revolucion y Cultura, is celebrating the holding of the 2012 Olympic Games in London with the exhibit El Deporte, derecho del Arte (Sports, the Right to Art). (10 photos)
At the problematic time of 4:30 pm on Wednesday, I took the route 5 bus to get from the Havana municipality of Vedado to Old Havana. To my delight, the vehicle wasn’t so crowded — like it usually is — so I tried to walk to the back.
Dancing “casino” (Cuban salsa) is a delight. In it, an unusual power flows from any pair of dancers in the middle of their performance, with this energy sometimes multiplying as we witness the choreographic movements of a rueda de casino (casino dancing with multiple partners).
In the middle of the fifth year of any major at the University of Havana, two issues greatly concern most students: their thesis (the culminating trial that validates them in the specialty they’re studying) and the job they’ll be placed in upon graduation.
A few days ago I witnessed one of the newest ways to woo a girl. I was on the beach when a young man approached us, a friend of mine and me.
On the floor where I live is a beautiful garden. For some time, many of the residents of this fourth level had proposed beautifying the common areas.
A non-practicing Catholic, rocker, photographer (non-artist), irreverent and somewhat pessimistic, are some of the definitions attributed to the personality of Gonzalo Gonzalez Borges (1959).