Preparations Underway for Official Havana Poetry Festival
Organizers of the 16th International Poetry Festival of Havana are preparing to receive artists from 40 countries from May 21 to 24.
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Cuban Actors AWOL in New York
Two of the lead actors in the Cuban Film “Una Noche” abandoned their planned tour in the US as soon as they landed for a stopover in Miami. Cubans who touch US soil have an automatic fast track to permanent residency under the Cuban Adjustment Act.
Read MoreCuban Singer Arema Arega Negussie
Versatile and charismatic, Arema Negussie Arega, is a young promise of Cuban music who is almost ready to explode as a supernova. After studying music and visual arts, she composes much of what she sings, although I’ve also heard her perform songs in English.
Read MoreCuba Denies Entry to Singer Manolin
The musician Manolin, known as “The Doctor of Salsa,” complained on Thursday through the Facebook social network that the Cuban government had “not authorized” his entry onto the island to record an album.
Read MoreA Daring Cuban Film
“Y, sin embargo”, the latest release by the Cuban cinema, isn’t a film directed specifically at children. Yet many of those who paid their two pesos at the box office were confused when they entered the theater having read that the cast included kids from the highly popular children’s theater group “La Colmenita.”
Read MoreCuban Dancer Jose Manuel Carreño Planning Flamenco Debut
The Cuban dancer Jose Manuel Carreño will debut as a flamenco dancer during the gala for the 25th anniversary of the Spanish Ballet of Cuba, which begins Thursday in this capital.
Read MoreAlternative Projects in Cuba: Bursting the Bubble
Adolfo “Fito” Cabrera and Miriam “Mirita” Real are a couple who have taken up the challenge of independent artistic production. In a country marked by institutional inertia and the omnipresent shadow of censorship, they defend thematic autonomy and opt for dialogue whenever possible.
Read MoreEstado de SATS premieres censored documentary
The Estado de SATS online initiative, coordinated by physicist Antonio Rodiles, will be showing documentary “Awakening” (Despertar) on April 20 following its exclusion from the recently concluded Exhibition of Young Filmmakers festival.
Read MoreLow-Budget Film Festival Opens in Gibara
The Low-Budget Cinema Festival (Spanish: El Festival de Cine Pobre), held annually in the eastern Cuban town of Gibara (Holguin), is beginning its tenth edition today, which will run through April 22 with over 110 works in the competition.
Read MoreHavana’s Movie Theater Dilemma
In Cuba, in contrast to other countries, the movies aren’t a luxury but a form of entertainment that’s accessible to people of all incomes. A ticket costs two pesos in national currency (US 10 cents).
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