Culture Archives - Havana Times

Making Movies in a Cuba with Hardened Censorship

Miguel Coyula and Lynn Cruz talk about their ‘Chronicles of the Absurd’, a film that won awards abroad and was censored in Cuba.

For this 15th Biennial, I have seen works at the Casa de las Americas Latin American Gallery and the National Museum of Fine Arts (12 photos)

The Fair is not just a marketplace but is also a platform for cultural exchange and the preservation of traditions. (30 photos)

I’ve attended the last 35 Festivals almost without interruption, and the decline began with the reduction in screening venues.

Today’s featured artist is Francisco el Hombre from Brazil with “Triste, Louca ou Má” from his album SOLTASBRUXA recorded in Havana (2016).

In the book, British journalist John Carlin retells the story of Zoilamerica Narvaez and her denunciation of Daniel Ortega’s sexual abuse.

Amidst nature, a project began to take shape, including several schools: Dance, Fine Arts, Performing Arts, Music, and Ballet. (17 photos)

Today’s featured band is ChocQuibTown, a Colombian hip-hop group that fuses various musical genres, with the song “De Donde Vengo YO”. (2010)

International cultural and human rights organizations call on the Cuban authorities to immediately release artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara.

A hand has crossed out “Long live Cuba without communism” on the monumental ’Wooden Cloud’ installed in the Plaza Vieja in Havana