Artists of different trends in the visual arts and different generations engaged in a project of artistic creation which integrates various techniques of painting with snapshots from different photographers who accompanied Fidel Castro at different historical moments.
Read MoreThe ballet has always been one of the cultural activities I enjoy attending the most. Once again, Santiago de Cuba had the pleasure of staging a performance by a prestigious company at the main hall of its renowned Heredia Theatre.
Read MoreCuba will once again host the Brutal Summer Fest heavy metal rock event from August 15-25 with foreign and local bands participating, reports Prensa Latina.
Read MoreThe endnotes of What Lies Across the Water* opens with: “The truth is — everybody lies.” But I believe author Stephen Kimber when he says that as part of his research for this book he read the more than 20,000-pages of United States of America vs. Gerardo Hernández ” from opening gavel to final sentencing.”
Read MoreFernando Alonso, dancer and grand maestro del ballet cubano, passed away in Havana on Saturday at the age of 98. Fernando founded the Ballet Nacional de Cuba along with his wife, ballerina Alicia Alonso, who still directs it.
Read MoreTwo months ago, I interviewed Heidi Ponce de Leon for my article “The Good Life in Cuba.” During our conversation, she told me that one of the activities of her studio (Estudio Cleo) was organizing was a workshop for kids, scheduled for the month of July. I ended up going with my 10-year-old niece on July 20th. (9 photos)
Read MoreCuban musician Descemer Bueno’s second album, Bueno, (the musician’s last name, meaning “good” in Spanish) uses the ballad genre as a rhythmical base for several, experimental fusions, attesting to the insatiable creative search that often impels the artist.
Read MoreThough I didn’t listen to much rock music in my teens, I never once said I didn’t like it. I knew it was a question of taste and the fact I wasn’t yet prepared for that kind of music, that I hadn’t discovered the genre yet.
Read MoreJenny Peña is a young soloist and concert musician on the island who manages to coax an almost magical sonorous quality from her instrument, infusing deep emotion into each musical note. “It’s difficult being a woman, but we live through our music just like men do.”
Read MoreA number of programs on Cuban radio and television aim to introduce the new generations, and remind the old ones, of the most notable figures of Cuban music of all time. However totally or partially excluded are Cubans who decided to live outside the country, leaving generations oblivious to their work.
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