Culture

The book “The Forbidden Stories of Marta Veneranda” by the Cuban-born writer Sonia Rivera-Valdes, was presented here yesterday at the Havana International Book Fair.

A new edition of the historic interview granted by Fidel Castro to Tomas Borge twenty years ago was presented yesterday by the Nicaraguan writer and politician at the historic San Carlos de la Cabaña Fortress, the principal site of the Havana International Book Fair.

Today’s presentation of the book “Frank, Varela, Gerardo and Santiago: Troubadours of Heresy,” at the Havana Book Fair, will be accompanied by a concert given by trova singers at the Casa de las Americas cultural center here in the capital city. The concert will be broadcast live on large screens in the streets near the Casa de las Americas center.

Cuban rumba was officially declared a national cultural heritage, in a ceremony held on Wednesday at the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC).

Cuban singer-songwriter Pablo Milanes will give two concerts in Costa Rica, on February 23 and 25, six years since his last stage appearance in that country, reported that Central American country’s newspaper La Nacion

A hemispheric meeting of novelists began on Tuesday in Havana with representatives from Ecuador, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Uruguay, Peru, Mexico, Chile and Cuba

The book Viajes de Miguel Luna (The Travels of Michael Luna), by the Cuban writer and Minister of Culture Abel Prieto, was presented yesterday afternoon to a packed audience at the Pavilion Cuba expo center in downtown Havana.