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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreMore 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.
Read More“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.
Read MoreGeneral 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.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreHavana’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)
Read MoreIt becomes clearer as the years pass by that Havana’s International Book Fair (Feb. 7-17) is instead a Vanity Fair. Published authors are the ones who write politically correct books and Cuban Writers and Artists’ Association (UNEAC) acclaims its prodigal sons, censoring other voices within the Island’s intellectual circle.
Read MoreA documentary, “La Arrancada” (On the starting line) about a Cuban family facing an uncertain future has its world premiere tonight Feb. 12 at the Berlin International Film Festival, one of the world’s most prestigious cinema events.
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