Argentinean writers picked up three literary laurels and two honorable mentions yesterday, while awards were also presented to authors from Haiti, Cuba, Brazil and the United States at the Casa de las Americas in Havana.
Read MoreThe exhibition “Traveling Without a Map: Cuban Art from the ‘80s,” with works by 53 artists from the island, was opened yesterday in a Mexican gallery, according to information from the Yucatan newspaper.
Read MoreThe National Ballet of Cuba will be in Canada from February 3 to 18 on a tour of six cities.
Read MoreCuba’s premier Flamenco troupe, ECOS, performs at the Mella Theater in Havana on February 10-12.
Read MoreThe following is the monthly calendar of film showings for February 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 MoreHavana’s Obrapia Street is in full swing, with the mixture of sounds causing even the cobblestones to vibrate in this historic part of town. “Corran la voz” (Spread the word), says Ele Valdes (who sings and dances with her usual grace). Her group, Sintesis, plays in the district the first Friday of every month at the Casa de Africa center. (9 photos)
Read MoreThe jury for the Casa de las Americas Literary Award today resumed their activities in Havana after having concluded — in the city of Cienfuegos — all of the readings of the competing works.
Read More“Influencia” is a group of young jazz musicians from Santiago de Cuba that in November 2011 participated for the first time in the International Competition of Young Jazz Artists – “Jojazz.”
Read MoreThe eleventh Biennial visual arts festival in Havana will host an environmental sculpture that is atypical for the island’s art scene. The creation will be set up in a pubic area of ??the capital city during the Biennial, to be held from May 11 until June 11 in Havana.
Read MoreUruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano opened the 53rd annual Casa de las Americas Literary Awards today in the Che Guevara Hall of that Cuban cultural institution in Havana.
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