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Havana World Music Festival March 21-23

The Havana World Music Festival in its sixth edition is set be held in Havana on March 21-23.

Film on the Execution of Eight Medical Students in Cuba

“Inocencia” (Innocence), the new Cuban film now in movie theaters, is based on the tragedy of eight medical students who were executed in 1871. The movie tells us how these young people were charged with a fabricated crime and the punishment that followed.

Singer Hernaldo Zuniga Cries Out for His Nicaragua

Hernaldo Zuniga knows every detail of the horror that has torn Nicaragua apart since April 2018 and knows that during demonstrations against the dictatorship thousands chanted in the streets of Managua, “They’re going… they’re going to hell forever,” it’s his most political composition, that now is seen as prophetic.

Havana Percussion Festival March 4-10

The Havana International Drum Festival and Contest in its 18th edition takes place from March 4 to 10, convened by the National Center for Popular Music. The program of the event includes concerts, international percussion competitions, casino dancing and Rumba dancers.

Tens of Thousands at Aid Concert for Venezuela

The concert hosted by British billionaire Richard Branson is being held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today in the Colombian city of Cucuta on the end of the Tienditas border bridge, which the Venezuelan opposition wants to use to take tons of foreign humanitarian aid into the country on Saturday.

“Aid Live” Concert for Venezuela Ready for Friday

More than 30 singers and bands will give a free public concert this Friday on the Tienditas International Bridge, located between Colombia and Venezuela, for which they hope to collect more than 100 million dollars that will be donated to the Venezuelan people due to the humanitarian crisis they suffer.

From Science to Art with Dioblan Hernandez

“Ojos del Alma” is an exhibition by Dioblan Hernandez Torres, a Mechanical Engineer turned artist, that was recently taken down at the Fajad Jamos Art Gallery in Alamar, and now part of it just opened on Saturday at the Frida Kahlo Gallery, in Central Havana’s Cultural Center located on Carlos III Avenue. It will be there until March 9th.

Cuba’s Publishers Play Limited Role in Their Own Fair

General feedback after an event that was interrupted by cold February rain and winds suggest that our publishing houses are still present, but their real offers, for any user present at retail points, is a lot less than what is predicted for a country where the State exercises a powerful monopoly on published books.

“My Way” was a Hit in Cuba Too

A young French woman living in Marbella sang “Comme d’habitude” masterfully in the 1968 edition of the Voice of Spain, a competition like Got Talent, but focused on singers with no real recognition in the world of music. “My Way” (A mi manera in Spanish) are versions of the French song that made its mark in Cuba.

Highlights from Havana’s Medieval Music Festival

Havana’s Medieval Music Festival took place during the first 10 days of February. Here are some of the highlights from my going to some of the different events. (17 photos)