Cuban musician Basilio Repilado, the son of Compay Segundo (the famed Buena Vista Social Club member and an exponent of the traditional trova), died on Monday in Havana at the age of 68, said sources with the Cuban Music Institute.
Read MoreThe president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of America, Hawk Koch, in addition to the actress Annette Bening and director Lisa Cholodenko, will attend the 34th edition of the Festival of New Latin American Cinema.
Read MoreThe Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center will be celebrating the 110th anniversary of the birth of the most internationally recognized Cuban visual artists through exhibits, panel discussions and videos.
Read MoreIt’s been over two years since I visited the “Grand Theater of Havana.” It’s the home of the Cuban National Ballet and the place where I had the opportunity to come face to face with dance (me – someone who can’t even do an old danzon step). (33 photos)
Read MoreVarious new publications of the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC) will be presented during the 34th International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, which begins its activities Tuesday.
Read MoreThe photo exhibition “Immerse Yourself in History,” which displays some of the world’s diverse cultural heritage submerged for more than 100 years, can be seen at the Real Fuerza Fortress in the Old Havana historic district.
Read MoreThe film Una Noche (One Night), co-produced between Cuba, Britain and the United States, will be shown during the 34th International Havana Film Festival, being held from December 4 to 14, reported the Café Fuerte website.
Read MoreThe 34th Havana Film Festival opens on Tuesday, December 4, at over a dozen theaters with 566 full length fiction movies, shorts and documentary and animated films showing from 46 countries. This year’s 11-day moviegoers’ marathon is dedicated to young filmmakers in general and Puerto Rico.
Read MoreCuban writer Leonardo Padura warned this week at the Casa de las Americas about the “disastrous state” of novelistic creation in Cuba because of the difficulties faced by islanders who write,.
Read MoreCuban authorities have protested a move out of Miami to create a band with the identical name of the historic Cuban band “Riverside,” founded in 1938 and still active on the island today.
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