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Tigers Living in Havana

The “Three Trapped Tigers” exhibition by artists Douglas Perez, Luis Camejo and Kelvin Lopez will be on show at the Galeria Collage Habana on San Rafael Street in Central Havana, until the end of July. (18 photos)

The Music of Cuban Artist Danay Suarez

A self-taught artist, Danay Suarez ventured into the world of music when she was 15 years old. She would perform at concerts organized by the Cuban Agency of Rap and was prominent on Havana’s underground rap scene, collaborating with groups such as Los Aldeanos, Krudas, Raudel and Papa Humbertico.

Searcy Foote / Spoon River (video play)

This is the third chapter in the video/theater series based on Edgar Lee Masters’ poems, written in the Spoon River Anthology. This episode focuses on the story of a young anarchist’s life, Searcy Foote. (18 photos)

Alternative Cinema in Havana from the Latin American and Caribbean African Diaspora

The Afro-Cuban Alliance* invites Havana Times readers to attend the first edition of the Alternative Film from the Latin American and Caribbean African Diaspora Festival, which will take place at the Cultural Center in Havana’s Plaza municipality from Friday June 25th until June 28th, 5 PM – 8 PM.

The Jazz of Cuba’s Roberto Fonseca

Roberto Fonseca is a multitalented Cuban jazz musician, composer and bandleader. Born into a musical family, he first started out with percussion before switching to piano when he was 8 years old.

Carlos Mejia Godoy: Nicaragua “Cannot Lose Hope”

In 1979, a young Carlos Mejia Godoy sang for a people’s armed revolution that was trying to overthrow the Somoza dictatorship. Forty years later the singer and composer is in exile for the second time. Now he is singing for a civic rebellion…

Religious Cults on Show in Havana’s Obrapia Street

This exhibition’s central theme is popular cults in Africa and Cuba, cults with a long-standing tradition and validity in both peoples. Religious images, small allegorical sculptures, idols, ancient tools, crowned by a beautiful wall hanging, created by the unequalled painter Mendives, belonging to the museum’s own collection.

Celeste Mendoza and Her Rumba

Celeste Mendoza, a.k.a. “La Reina del Guaguanco”, was the first woman to sing this form of rumba, having been an exclusively male genre until then. Today we bring you her music.

Nicaragua: “Under Your Ashes”, a Song About Loss and Hope

Music quickly became an essential element of the civic protests that began in April 2018, against a new family dictatorship that has made Nicaragua bleed. A new generation of artists, including Bruno Cortina, was moved to compose the soundtrack of this new civic rebellion, which has left 326 dead, more than 700 political prisoners and the forced exile of some 60 thousand people.

Rio Club Opens for Cuban Rock Fans

On Friday May 18th, I heard on the radio that El Jonny, now the Rio Club, would be reopening. I was pleased to hear the news as I had always been curious to visit this club that was built before 1959. It is located in Havana’s Playa municipality, between the river that passes through and 5th Avenue in Miramar.