Colombian singer Juanes will give his concert for peace on September 20 in the Cuban capital’s Revolution Square. Juanes will be accompanied by his compatriot Carlos Vives and Spaniard Enrique Iglesias, among artists from the island including Silvio Rodriguez, and other guests from abroad, reported IPS.
Read MoreThe 2009 El Rotilla Festival will welcome 16 DJs from Cuba in the Havana beach resort of Jibacoa from August 14-16, reported IPS on Friday. The event includes, in addition to the presentation of electronic music, concerts by hip-hop and rock bands, performances, video art and the screening of films.
Read MoreA Cuban version of the musical Beauty and the Beast has been playing for the last month at the Havana Amphitheater. With a cast of lyrical performers under the direction of Alfonso Menendez, the work moves the audience for both its wardrobe and staging.
Read MoreUntil very recently, a great deal of the ballet public and experts on the island were accustomed to referring to the “English school” as something cold and distant that had little or nothing to do with our sensitivity. That prejudice has been shattered, happily, with the Royal Ballet’s recent visit to Havana.
Read MoreColombian singer Juanes will give a concert dedicated to peace on September 20 in the Cuban capital. The musician will perform together with singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez and the Los Van Van band, among other artists from the region.
Read MorePianist Rembert Duharte and Nautilus will delight jazz enthusiasts on Wednesdays August 5 and August 12 at the Amelia Bar-Restaurant at the Miramar Trade Center located on 3rd Avenue between 78th and 80th streets of the city of Playa.
Read MoreAs if to remind us that we live on a Caribbean island, the group Remanente has a concert set for Thursday August 6 at 7:00 p.m. at the La Costa de Cojimar club on the east side of the capital. The seven musicians that comprise the band play a variety of Caribbean rhythms with an emphasis on Reggae.
Read MoreThe Cuban band Pupy y los que Son Son, will perform in a free concert on Saturday night August 8 (10:00 p.m.) at the Jose Marti Anti-Imperialist Plaza along the Havana Malecon seafront.
Read MoreBenicio del Toro was back in Havana this week to accept an award from Cuba’s Writers and Artists Association (UNEAC) for his lead role playing Ernesto “Che” Guevara, the Argentine revolutionary in the two-part four and a half hour film directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Read MoreThe Cuban Revolution “needs change” and “young blood, who trust all those compatriots who made it possible,” said Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez in statements to the press in Asunción, Paraguay. Silviohas continuously suggested that the Cuban government should rescind the expensive and sometimes difficult to obtain exit visa required for Cubans to travel abroad.
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