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Cuba: Jazz Plaza Festival Starts Tonight

The music of Arturo O’Farrill (from the US) and the young Cuban pianist Harold López Nussa, will open Jazz Plaza 2013 at Havana’s Mella Theater . The festival runs through Sunday, December 22.

Vladimir Malakhov’s Manager Paul Seaquist on the Dancer’s Ten Days in Cuba

Paul Seaquist, manager of the man who is considered the century’s best dancer, speaks to us about Vladmir Malakhov’s recent visit to Cuba in an exclusive interview for Havana Times. “We’ve decided to return and to continue contributing to the arts in Holguin,” he told us.

Mexican Film “Heli” Wins Havana Film Festival Top Award

The movie “Heli”, a controversial love story between a young girl and a young policeman set in a background of violence and drug trafficking in Mexico, won first prize for fiction at the this year’s Havana Film Festival. “I try to film what bothers me or catches my attention,” said the director Amat Escalante. “It’s the reality around me that I see, I touch ,” he added .

Cuban Musician Diego Gutierrez’s “A Taste of Salt”

Diego Gutierrez belongs to a group of Cuban folk musicians that some refer to as the “lost generation.” So called, perhaps, because of the unfair neglect of the media or the consequences of internal situations decided by the country’s cultural policies, their music, undeniably rewarding, has nevertheless treated us to some of the most important moments in recent Cuban music history.

Cuba Crafts Expo/Sale in Pictures

Many readers have shown considerable interest in seeing what is being offered at the FIART artisans fair taking place at the fort across from Havana Bay through December 22. This is another attempt to show some of the work on display and the atmosphere at the popular event. (45 photos)

Cuban Arts and Crafts at the Fortress

The Cuban International Arts and Crafts Fair (FIART) is being held at the San Carlos de la Cabaña fortress located across the city bay – possibly as part of a strategy to increase sales.This year’s event,, lasting through December 22, has taken one more step towards becoming the ideal space for the international promotion of Cuba’s craft products. (32 photos)

Havana’s “Problem-Filled” Film Festival

The most common thing one hears young and not-so-young people say is that they prefer watching European films, because “they’re not in the mood to see so many social problems.” That’s a curious thing to say during the 35th Havana Film Festival, an opportunity to see the latest films made in the continent and, in the meantime, have a look at films from other parts of the world.

“They Are We” Premieres in Cuba

The thing I appreciate the most about Christopher’s work is her intention of showing a face of Africa different than the one divulged by the media, of telling a hopeful and happy story. “They Are We” had its first screening at the British Embassy residence in Havana and will soon be shown at different festivals.

Che on My Mind (review)

“This is the story of how Che haunts me,” states Margaret Randall at the outset of her new book, aptly termed “a poet’s reminiscence of an era.”. “His memory draws me to revisit his life, ponder the attraction he exerts long past death and read anew his writings and what others continue to write about him.”

Afro Bantu from Pinar del Rio, Cuba

The Afro Bantu troupe are descendants of the Congos and preserve their ancestral traditions, they play the three Yuka drums: cachimbo, caja, y mula. This ethnic group live in the province of Pinar del Rio, in the hills of the municipality of Luis Lazo, where their ancestors lived. (27 photos)