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Yaima Saez: A Cuban Voice Like the Great Ones

Cuban contralto Yaima Saez’ voice transports to the golden age of Cuban music. “It is a privilege to be placed alongside such renowned figures,” she told us during her interview for Havana Times.

Cuban Singer Santiago Feliu Dies at 51

Cuban singer/songwriter Santiago Feliu, 51, died suddenly this morning in Havana, sources close to his family to Radio Rebelde. According to relatives, Feliu suffered a severe pain in the chest and died of a heart attack before he could reach the hospital.

“Conduct”: Romance of the Bad Boy in Cuban Theaters

Conducta (“Conduct”), Cuban filmmaker Ernesto Daranas’ most recent feature, is currently being screened in movie theaters around Havana. Having explored the winding labyrinth of prostitution and procurement in Los dioses rotos (“Broken Gods”), his previous film, Daranas now takes on another sensitive issue – one that is barely talked about.

Havana’s Street Art

Graffiti is part of the urban environment of all the world’s major (and not-so-major) cities. While some forms of graffiti are veritable works of art, others undermine the city’s aesthetic beauty and norms. (20 photos)

Cuba’s 2014 International Book Fair

Cubans who love to read anxiously await the month of February. In a few days, the cobblestoned walkways of Havana’s Cabaña Fortress will feel the steps of thousands of people, individuals of all ages who will visit the different exhibition areas and book stands that commonly grace Cuba’s International Book Fair.

“There’s a Group of People Who Say…”

At the close of the 1960s, the Cuban Film Art and Industry Institute (ICAIC) headed by Alfredo Guevara was one of the few institutions that could claim a measure of autonomy in terms of cultural policy and had the financial resources at its disposal to gather restless young artists under the banner of an innovative cultural project.

Remembering Pete Seeger in His Own Words & Songs

The legendary folk singer and activist Pete Seeger died Monday at the age of 94. For nearly seven decades, Seeger was a musical and political icon who helped create the modern American folk music movement. We air highlights of two appearances by Seeger on Democracy Now!, including one of his last television interviews recorded just four months ago.