“Humor from my Pen,” an exhibition of political cartoons by Gerardo Hernández Nordelo one of the imprisoned Cuban Five, opens Saturday, June 4, and runs through Friday, June 17th at the Old Venice Jail Gallery, 685 N. Venice Boulevard, Venice, California.
Read MoreThe exhibition “Autorretrato” (Self-portrait) assembles almost a hundred pieces created over the last ten years by the acclaimed Cuban artist Nelson Dominguez, with recurrent issues such as the family and nature. (20 photos)
Read MoreThe 3rd Havana Times Photo Contest closes its mail box to entries in one month on June 15th. For all the information on how to participate visit this post: http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=37103
Read MoreI arrived as the Duo De Reyes was changing sites, moving from the Plaza de Armas to the La Mina ice-cream parlor. “Nosotros somos personas honradas. Independientemente de nuestro trabajo, cuidamos el turismo. No porque el gobierno nos lo exija, pero lo hacemos.”
Read MoreYanira and Tahimi met two years ago in this same garden space that Sara Gonzalez now shares with friends and trova musicians. Since then they’ve only seen each other in the street because Yanira’s family won’t understand that “their little girl” is romantically involved with another woman. On the other hand, Tahimi broke “all the rules of morality,” according to her mother. (11 photos)
Read MoreThose in Cuba making a push for the acceptance of sexual diversity on the island, as well as promoting AIDS prevention, had their cause celebrated on stage this past weekend with gala artistic performances at Cuba’s largest theater, the 5,000-seat Karl Marx. (13 photos)
Read More“After picking back up on my work, now I can’t stop. In fact it’s been like this since the launching of my disk “Te quiero bien.” Now we’re finishing up with the last details on another recording work.”
Read MoreHere is the cultural calendar for May 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.
Read More“In a performance in Santiago de Cuba, we covered our entire bodies up with newspaper because we were prisoners of information. We had a pipe to breathe through, but that pipe was connected to a suitcase that was also wrapped in paper; that is, we breathed information. Later we got to a park and there we ripped off all those newspapers and then walked naked among the people….”
Read MoreNo single Cuban or foreign website can claim to have all the listing of cultural happenings in Havana. Some do a more complete job than others and they all have their strengths and weaknesses. Here at HT we post monthly the What’s On magazine of Cuba Absolutely in Spanish and English (Usually available 3-5 days into the month). To add to their effort we also want to call attention to Kewelta Habana, a Cuban site in Spanish only, with a lot of information on the cultural world of the capital.
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