Five hours of blues performed by many of Cuba’s top jazz performers took place last Friday at the Cultural Center in Plaza, Vedado. Led by Bobby Carcasses, it was quite an evening for lovers of good music only blemished by a sometimes faulty sound system and a total lack of chairs. (22 photos)
Read MoreThe film Una Noche (One Night), by the British filmmaker Lucy Mulloy, will be premiered on September 8 at Havana’s La Rampa Theater, reported the newspaper Juventud Rebelde. The US-Cuban-British co-production focuses on the misadventures of a strange love triangle between the two youth and the sister of one of them who tries to cross the 90 miles that separate Cuba from Miami.
Read MoreThe following is the monthly calendar (in Spanish) of film showings at the Cinemateca de Cuba which includes the Charles Chaplin theater and the Charlot videoteca, both located on 23rd St. between 10th and 12th in Havana’s Vedado District.
Read MoreThe International Festival of Cuban Rumba “Timbalaye 2012” was held recently in Havana. Participating were groups from Mexico and Venezuela, as well as numerous Cuban rumba groups. The event highlighted the involvement of children in rumba, as a guarantee of its continuation. (26 Photos)
Read MoreThe 4th HT Cuba Photo Contest will close for entries on September 15th. To date we have received submissions from 54 persons for some or all of the five categories. The contest is open to both professional and amateur photographers from Cuba and around the world.
Read MoreThe authors of the five best-selling titles in Cuba this summer — three of them about sexuality — were awarded on Friday on Havana’s Paseo del Prado esplanade during the Festival of Books and Reading.
Read MoreWe present you our Havana Cultural Calendar for September. Since many of the venues for concerts and other activities do not publish a monthly calendar of events we will be adding onto our calendar as the month progresses and further information is made available.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 MoreAward-winning Cuban jazz musician Chucho Valdes said on Sunday in San Jose, Costa Rica, that his retirement from the stage is still far off, but that when he finally has to do that, his suffering will be “of a grand magnitude.”
Read MoreFor us it’s primarily an art to be enjoyed by looking at it. It doesn’t try to make you think or reflect; it’s merely to be observed. It’s for the public to enjoy and be remembered later as something nice or interesting, nothing more. That’s why I gave it that name, “Ojos” (Eyes).
Read MoreCuban experts on Thursday began studying rock paintings that were previously unknown to scientists on the island. These representations are located in the Los Panaderos Cave, in eastern Holguin Province.
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