The initiative will host every Cuban work of fiction, documentary or animation that was filmed in 2012 and 2013, if they meet the quality standards set by the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC).
Read MoreCuban artist Maykel Herrera dedicated his current exposition “Sintonía de un patrimonio” (Symphony to a heritage) to Habana Radio, the first station that opened the doors to promote his art. Herrera returns to the faces of children, cartons, chicks, sepia tones and the whites, blues of the Cuban flag, among others. (11 photos)
Read MoreDon’t miss the Angolan cultural conferences, the symposia on Pedro Pablo Rodriguez and Daniel Chavarria and the meeting of historians on Cuba – Africa Relations. Likewise, editors and translators will discuss the market for the first ebooks for sale online in Cuba.
Read MoreThe fifth edition of extreme rock music festival “Brutal Fest 2013” will take place from February 14 to 24 on the island, where it will feature five foreign bands, reports the official newspaper Juventud Rebelde.
Read MoreThrough a new cataloging service that’s available online, the materials accumulated by libraries in historic Old Havana are now publicly available, reports the Cuban Information Agency (AIN).
Read MoreThe popular Cuban duo Buena Fe will perform on February 22 in the US city of Miami to promote their new record “Dial.” Buena Fe will also tour Venezuela, Ecuador and Chile in the first trimester of this year, while this weekend they will give three concerts at Havana’s Karl Marx Theater.
Read More“Krudas are so revolutionary that they had to emigrate.” Since then, every return by the singers Pelusa and Pasita has brought us several songs full of the experiences of being two lesbian feminist rappers from “the musical island” and survivor-dissidents of the air-brushed images of Cuban hip hop.
Read MoreCuban actor Caleb Casas lives and works as an actor in Colombia, a country with many cultural ties to Cuba. “I’m in another country making a living at what really makes me feel realized,” he told HT in his interview in Havana.
Read MoreThe success of the Cuban literacy campaign changed the course of the island’s history and made it a sought-after program. Today Cuba helps other countries via a modernized audio-visual literacy teaching program called Yo sí puedo!
Read MoreThe festival was scheduled for April 9, 2011 at the Homestead Speedway racetrack, but it was canceled by the facility’s owners, who claimed that information was withheld from them. The organizers denied their arguments and have filed for damages of a million dollars.
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