A stylist is a professional who acts as a beauty consultant, providing clients with advice on the basis of the fashions and trends of the moment. Ruben Alejandro Collantes, whom we interview today, is such a professional in Santiago de Cuba.
Read MoreIf you can read Spanish and would like to see what films are playing at the Havana Cinemateca in November visit this post on the Spanish side of HT.
Read MoreWith the publication of the winners & special mentions we conclude the 5th HT Photo Contest. This year we had three winners from Cuba: Jaime Prendes (Gardens), Eduardo Garcia (Lines) & Orlando Garcia (Dance). Linda Klip´(USA) won for (Transportation) & Marcin Jucha (UK) for (Rain). (15 photos)
Read MoreThe Danza Abierta Company presented fragments of “Showroom” and of the work in progress “Sinfonia de sentidos” (Symphony of senses”) by Susana Pous, a Spanish dancer and choreographer living in Cuba, at the recently concluded Women Create Festival in Havana. (x photos)
Read MoreCuban musicians Yusa and Yissy Garcia took the stage together for the first time at a concert held in Old Havana’s Plaza Vieja to close the Ellas Crean (“Women in the Arts”) Festival. (26 photos)
Read MoreIn the 90s, one of the places I frequented to escape from the long power cuts common at the time was La Piragua (near Havana’s ocean drive), where break dancers from different parts of the city performed. There, one felt a wave of joy and physical energy which colored the somewhat somber landscape, young people who escaped poverty, delinquency, prostitution and even worse tragedies through the mystery of bodily movement.
Read MoreThe 20-member jury of the 5th HT Cuba Photo Contest is currently making their selections among the finalists. Thirty-one photographers have at least one photo in the final round. Sixteen of those have two or more entries in the finals. (58 photos)
Read MoreI could never hear the voice of Celia Cruz (1925-2003) on a radio station in Cuba. It wasn’t because I didn’t want to. It seems that the Cuban government’s motives , while not explicitly explained anywhere, are reduced to not publishing or allowing airspace to those artists and intellectuals who criticize them or who are opposed to his government.
Read MoreFor the 5th HT Cuba Photo Contest we received 538 pictures from 90 participants competing in the five categories: Dance, Gardens, Lines, Rain and Transportation. The jury, comprised of 20 persons living in 10 countries, is now in session. Here are all the pictures making it to the Second Round. (189 photos)
Read More“It’s him, he’s going to play!” some surprised members of the audience exclaimed on seeing renowned Cuban musician Leo Brouwer walk on stage, after many years of being absent from Cuba’s stage as a performer. (24 photos)
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