Cuban filmmaker Alejandro Brugués is preparing a horror comedy titled Juan de los muertos (John of the Dead), the first film of this genre produced in the island, the Cuban Institute of Cinema Arts and Industry (ICAIC) reported. The film, whose shooting will begin next September, is a co-production with Spain’s La Zanfoña Producciones. This will be Brugués’ second film, having previously directed Personal Belongings.
Read More“Two lovers in a pink convertible went to an abandoned drive-in theater. There, they got undressed; mutually surrendering their souls, in silence. The moon, observed them, serenely.”
Read MoreCuban filmmaker Marylin Solaya premiered in the Cuban capital’s Charles Chaplin theatre the documentary En el cuerpo equivocado (In the Wrong Body), which tells the story of Mavi Susel, the first transsexual who underwent a sex change operation in the island in 1988, reported IPS. In the coming days HT will present a review of the documentary.
Read MoreThe Hip-Hop 2010 International Symposium will begin today in the Cuban capital with the participation of artists from Mexico, Haiti and the United States, the local press reported. The event, during which workshops, concerts and lectures will be given, is sponsored by the Cuban Rap Agency, the Institute of Music and the Hermanos Saíz Association.
Read MoreArte en La Rampa (“Art on the Ramp,” in reference to Havana’s sloping 23rd Street) is a well attended event that takes place every year in summer, and where its most important site is Pavilion Cuba, in the Vedado district. (26 photos)
Read MoreThe documentary 1912, Breaking the Silence employs images, quotes, and music to trace the history of Afro-Cubans— their beginnings, leaders, adaptation to the environment and inclusion in the Creole society, their thinkers, their courage, and the discrimination and marginalization that led to the massacre of 1912, the famous “Race War.”
Read MoreCuban pianist Alexis Bosch and his Cuban Jazz project will participate starting today and until August 18 in the Oslo Jazz Festival and the Sildajazz, Haugesund and Varanger Festivalen, all in Norway. Bosch is considered an heir to important Cuban jazz musicians such as Felipe Dulzaides, Emiliano Salvador and Chucho Valdés.
Read MorePM Records cultural institution, presided over by Cuban singer-songwriter Pablo Milanés, will carry out next September 4 in the Cuban capital the first edition of the Propositions Festival, an alternative space of respect for human diversity and nature.
Read MoreIn the group, made up of children between the ages of eight and fourteen, the rule is that once a child reaches their age limit, those members are replaced by other children who are studying at the accordion academy directed by the maestro. The group’s international premiere took place in 1999 at the Washington Symphony Hall with a successful engagement that would propel them to countless cultural venues across the Americas, Europe and Asia. (28 photos)
Read MoreThe Cuban summer is its second month and a full schedule of cultural activities in the capital is underway. Here are some of the listings for music, dance, visual art, theater, etc., for the month of August.
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