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City in Motion Returns to Old Havana

Wide participation by national and foreign artists is expected for the XVII Old Havana International Meeting of Dance in Urban Landscapes: City in Motion, to be held from April 18 to 22.

Youth Film Festival Kicked Off in Havana

The eleventh Youth Film Festival is taking place in this capital from April 3 to 8 with the participation of 87 audiovisual works entered in the competition.

Chinese Prints Premiered at Cuban Exhibit

For the first time in Havana, through the exhibit “Prints of the New China” (1949-2009), one can appreciate the use of ancient printing techniques. Curated by Shi Lan and Cheng RongYi, the display offers a long aesthetic march over the past six decades. (14 photos)

Pablo Milanes Concludes Mexico Tour

Cuban singer Pablo Milanes gave a concert on Tuesday during the 26th Zacatecas Cultural Festival before thousands of people at the Plaza de Armas in the Mexican capital

‘Habanastation’ at New York’s Havana Film Festival

Cuban filmmaker Ian Padron will open the 13th edition of the Havana Film Festival (April 12-20) with his award-winning film Habanastation, which will be seen for the first time by the New York public.

Int. Poetry/Music Festival Starts Today in Cuba

The Eighth International Nicolas Guillen Symposium and Festival of Music and Poetry opens today in Havana. Topics include “The Race Question in Literature and Art,” “Great Anti-racist” Figures” and “Forms of Rebellion in Africa.”

Major Exhibition of Chinese Prints in Havana

The exhibit “Engravings of the New China” (1949-2009) was opened on Saturday by the Chinese ambassador, Zhang Tuo, at the San Francisco de Asis Convent in Old Havana.

The Two Souls of Socialism

The justified popular rejection of the “socialist” model that existed in the USSR and Eastern Europe and its versions in China, Vietnam, North Korea and Cuba, is a reflection and cause of the loss of credit that the ideas of socialism as such have undergone.

Guido Daniele and his ‘Manimales’ Show in Cuba

“Life is in our hands” seems to say the Italian painter Guido Daniele in his exhibit “Manimales,” in an exhibition displayed last week at the Lombillo Palace Gallery in Havana., Cuba. (27 photos)

Teresita Fernandez: A Singular Cuban Troubadour

Three generations of Cubans have grown up listening to compositions and interpretations by Teresita Fernandez. She is a non-stop troubadour, as she calls herself, and an educator who possesses a doctorate degree in education.