The city of Remedios, one of the first eight townships founded by the Spanish colonizers in Cuba, is celebrating today its 495th anniversary, reported IPS. The city, located to the north of the central province of Villa Clara, is especially known for its “parrandas,” a carnival whose fireworks and floats attract every year thousands of tourists. The next Remedios carnival takes place this coming December.
Read MoreCuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez will conclude today his tour of the United States with a concert in the city of Orlando, Florida, reported the media in Miami. Rodríguez also performed in Washington, San Juan, Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. According to his representative in the U.S., Hugo Cancio, the artist plans to retire to spend more time with his family.
Read MoreCuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez asked President Barack Obama to free the five Cubans imprisoned in the United States charged with espionage during a concert at Washington’s DAR Constitution Hall.
Read MoreCuba’s Buena Vista Social Club music band arrives Tuesday in the United States where it will tour the cities of New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, seven years after its last performance in that country, reported IPS. The group became famous in 1998 thanks to a documentary made by German filmmaker Win Wenders and concerts in Europe and North America.
Read MoreI’d already heard that the Cuban duo was well-liked by the public in this country of tangled mountains and great rivers. But as I approached the Teresa Carreño Theater recently, it was confirmed by me that a wide section of Venezuelan music lovers avidly follows the songs of the two Guantanamo natives. (11 photos)
Read MoreHT brings you a monthly cultural calendar compiled by the Cuba Absolutely website in PDF format. The listings include any major events as well as some of the off-the-beaten-track “peñas” and art showings in large part attended by Cubans.
Read MoreCuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez backed the release of the political prisoners on the island and also demanded that the Cuban Five, imprisoned in the United States charged with espionage, be set free, reported IPS. He spoke at a press conference in New York, one of the stopovers of his tour of the United States. According to Rodríguez, the Washington-Havana conflict should end because it has caused “too much distress, too many absences, too much missing, too much sorrow.”
Read MoreThe group is characterized by its recognition of the feminine stamp in all its facets. One of the refrains they sing goes, “Women today are asserting themselves by challenging society.” (15 photos)
Read MoreThe director of the National Ballet of Cuba, Alicia Alonso, will travel today to the United States to receive a tribute by the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) for her 90th birthday, reported the Cuban ballet company’s press office. Alicia danced with the ABT between 1941 and 1948, at the beginning of her career, when she interpreted Giselle, considered by specialists as the pinnacle of her artistic life.
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