Here is the cultural calendar for June 2011 put out by the Cuba Absolutely website. It includes happenings in music, dance, and theater and the visual arts, etc. in the Cuban capital. We also include the postings by the Cuban website Kewelta Habana.
Read MoreTwo of the country’s most important historic events took part in the building: the ceremony marking the end of Spanish domination and beginning of US military intervention, and where the Republic was set up and its first president (Tomas Estrada Palma) took office. (34 photos)
Read MoreMichel combined his own figure – the protagonist of all the pieces – with elements of pop iconography and famous artists from Marilyn Monroe to Andy Warhol, not to mention his idol Madonna.
Read MoreAn example of this is the unfortunate occurrence experienced by one of our most prominent figures in the visual arts: the painter, national arts award-winner and teacher Pedro Pablo Oliva.
Read MoreThis occurs despite the institution being characterized by the country’s top leaders as “the most democratic in the world.”
Read MoreIn addition to rallying the country’s composers, the Asociación Cubana de Derecho de Autor Musical (ACDAM) is offering its space to promote musical forms that don’t enjoy wide acceptance – as is the case for trova, canto lirico (lyrical song) and jazz. (12 photos)
Read MoreThe Cuban female vocal group Sexto Sentido came together in 1997. The quartet has a strong jazz and rhythm and blues sound with a Brazilian influence as well as from its Cuban roots. We interviewed Yudelkis La Fuente, the director and lead singer.
Read MoreA showing of films from Spain in the new millennium opened Thursday at the Charles Chaplin Cinema in Havana. Accompanying the festival is a photo exhibition on Spanish actors and actresses by the Mexican photographer Cesar Saldivar. The festival continues through May 31.
Read MoreYat -Sen Chang is currently the principal dancer with the English National Ballet of London. He comes from a family that has given important names to Cuban dance.
Read MoreHis lyrics are sharp and fearless. Vivanco is clearly not detached from his reality; instead he uses it, as he says in one refrain, like “a bell at the tip of the whip.”
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