Cuba’s popular singer/songwriter Pablo Milanes said on Friday that he does not expect to receive reprisals for his critical statements to the Spanish press about the Cuban government. “For many years I’ve been openly criticizing what from my perspective is bad about my country and I’ve never been subject to a reprisal, much less my family.”
Read MoreMany of the people who had the good luck of seeing the documentary and who greatly enjoyed it, don’t like rap, in fact can’t even stand to listen to it for more than half an hour. Many of the people who pass CDs of Los Aldeanos from hand to hand, or from flash memory to flash memory – because these recordings aren’t produced by the State’s EGREM or by Colibri Studios or any of the other official studios in the country, nor are they sold in the stores – don’t even know what Hip Hop culture is. But you have to hear Los Aldeanos.
Read MoreA full-length documentary film “Eso que anda” (Still going strong) by director Ian Padron won first prize of the competing works in the 11th edition of the Santiago Alvarez in Memorium International Documentary Film Festival.
Read MoreThe Puerto Rican hip hop and alternative reggaeton band Calle 13 has a date at Havana’s Anti-Imperialist bandstand for a free concert on March 23. The announcement appeared on a website of Rene Perez “Residente”. Rene said this time the arrangements took place without problems after two unsuccessful attempts. “Were going for the people because I want people to listen to me and I want to listen to them.”
Read MoreThe photographic exhibition “A flor de piel: Antología de un autorretrato,” by Peruvian artist Anamaria McCarthy, opens Friday, March 12.
Read MoreThe Mella Theater presents the Compañía Rosario Cárdenas de Danza Combinatoria. Rosario Cardenas, on this occasion with music of the duo Karma y Franqui Corbea, invites us to an interpretation of reality and sexuality through the expression and movements of her “danza combinatoria.”
Read MoreThe Spanish Ballet of Cuba will present the work Carmen in the Sala Garcia Lorca of the Gran Teatro de La Habana on March 12, 13, 14.
Read MoreCuban singer-songwriter William Vivanco will be presented on Saturday, March 13, in the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes.
Read MoreThe rock group Tesis de Menta will be featured this Saturday 13 at Club Amanecer. Tesis de Menta is one of the most recognized rock groups on the island. Its music – a mixture of rock & roll with Cuban rhythms – gives this group a group a personal stamp.
Read MoreThe group Aceituna sin Hueso will be presented in the Café Teatro Bertolt Brech on Sunday March 14.
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