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Ancient Music Made in Cuba from Ars Longa

HT interviews soprano Teresa Paz, the director of ancient music group Ars Longa. As she noted, “Our group occupies a tremendous place within the context of defending Cuba’s musical legacy!”

Laughing Seriously in Cuba

I received his first drawings at the beginning of 2007. This was precisely in the middle of the “e-mail war” that shook the conscious of a sector of Cuban academia and public opinion, though unfortunately for only a brief time. Lazaro Saavedra (born in Havana in 1964 and graduated from the Superior Institute of Art in 1988) is a faithful exponent of the generation of visual artists of the 1980s.

Cuba Cinema Award to Eslinda Nuñez

Cuba’s coveted National Cinema Award for 2011 was received by actress Eslinda Nuñez at the headquarters of the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC) in the capital. Some of her most memorable roles were in the films Lucia (1968), Memories of Underdevelopment (1968), Cecilia (1981), Amada (1983).

Cuban Artist Looking Inwards

Desgaste is the first individual exhibition of this young 28-year-old artist who has previously participated in several group expositions.” This work has taken me two or three years of experimentation to develop, without knowing if it could or could not be developed as a form of art,” notes Yomer Fidel Montejo Harrys. 13 FOTOS

I Stand with the Reviled Cuban Painter Pedro Pablo Oliva

Pedro Pablo’s words today testify to a deep love for the nation, a critical spirit and the longing to overcome problems and injustices that affect the ordinary person. He strives to get “closer to the truth,” as he has said.

Video-Debate in Havana on Venezuela

A book presentation and video-debate on Venezuela today takes place this Saturday June 11 in the Mariano municipality of the Cuban capital.

Cuban Rocker Hiram Casas of ‘The Shepal’

According to Hiram Casas, the vocalist with the Cuban rock group The Shepal, “Here in Cuba we continue to have problems assimilating and offering opportunities to subcultures whose content contrasts with what is already established.”

“Oceans” Premieres in Cuba-French Film Fest

With a documentary that came in at 50 million euros, the Festival of French Cinema opened in Cuba, and already the movie Oceans, by Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud, has had a major impact on audiences in the capital city. The showing includes 17 feature length films and runs through June 30th at several Havana cinemas.

Cuba Mirrored by “Habana Abierta”

The band is still the voice of a generation, half in Cuba and half outside of the island because of the exodus caused by the country’s economic and political situation. Each one of their members has a very particular style, very different but at the same time complementing each other. When recording their CDs, they choose each member’s best songs and they form a musical mixture that is nothing less than pure energy and Cuban talent.

Cuba’s Coco Solo Social Club

The family history of writer Manuel Martínez rises up in large, black letters on the walls and ceilings of his house in a low-income neighborhood of the Cuban capital. Photos and objects from times past complete this different kind of a book, which you can start reading from any point.