We present you our Havana Cultural Calendar for November. Since many of the venues for concerts and other activities do not publish a monthly calendar of events we will be adding onto our calendar as the month progresses and further information is made available.
Read MoreAbstract painting possesses a strange way of calling attention to itself. Its enigmatic, ambiguous and overwhelming character compels viewers to establish varying sets of interpretations, ones that sometimes become intensely bitter. (9 photos)
Read MoreFamous Cuban painter and sculptor Agustin Bejarano accepted a plea bargain and was sentenced this week in Maimi to 3 ½ years in prison and 10 years probation for molesting a 5-year-old boy.
Read MoreThe 23rd Havana Ballet Festival opened on Sunday with the ballets “En la noche” and “La fille mal gardée” at the newly reopened National Theater of Cuba. The festival continues in the Cuban capital through November 7th. (20 photos)
Read MoreCuba’s famed Singer Omara Portuondo took the stage at the Mella Theater in a gala last week to open a festival put on by Cuban TV. Also performing were musician Waldo Mendoza, singer Sory, the Los Embajadores trio and Puerto Rican singer/songwriter Dany Rivera. (12 photos)
Read MoreThe 20-person jury is still out, trying to reach a verdict for the winners of this year’s 5-category HT Cuba Photo Contest. We’ve decided to let our readers also have a chance to view the photos that made it to the semifinal round. (196-photos)
Read MoreMusic is the art, theory and technique of combining sound with melody and harmony. Pedagogy is the discipline of educating and teaching. The person I interviewed, Adriana Asseff, has succeeded in merging these two pursuits.
Read MoreThe musical project called La Yucafunck held their first concert last weekend before a packed and enthusiastic audience at the National Theater in Havana. They played classic jazz, bossa nova and Cuban conga music. The band is made up of a dozen talented young musicians including Aldo López Gavilán, Harold López Nussa, Ruy López Nussa, Robertico Martinez, Michel Garcia, Juan Carlos, Evaristo Denis, Claudio Poirot, Dj Jigue, Gretel Barreiro, David Torrens, Mikel y Avi. (17 photos)
Read MoreThe Big Band Ribe, a jazz and concert band from Denmark, performed on Tuesday at the Casa de la Guayabera, located in the central province of Sancti Spiritus.
Read MoreSpain’s Verbum publishing company will soon present two titles by Cuban writers living on the island — Lina de Feria and Josefina de Diego — at the Center for Modern Art in Madrid.
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