The 2nd Havana Spoken Word Festival takes place on July 8-14 with the presence of several international guest artists. Among the foreign participants are the Norwegian Sarah Camille Osmundsen, and a show with paintings, documentaries and recitals from Costa Rica.
Read MoreThe Cinemateca de Cuba will be featuring Italian comedies during the first half of July. During the second half of the month the cinema will be closed for reparations.
Read MoreThe now traditional La Rampa Art Fair opened today at Havana’s Pavilion Cuba, with multi-cultural activities including music, literature, utilitarian crafts, visual arts and film. The popular summer fair will extend until September 1, noted Prensa Latina.
Read MoreMore and more closets are being torn open across the island, to the ultimate benefit of Cuban culture. This past Saturday (June 20) saw the inauguration of an art exhibition showing a collection of homoerotic drawings by renowned Cuban painter Servando Cabrera Moreno (1923-1981).
Read MoreFlamingos, artificial trees, an elaborate sofa which sprouts from a wooden log, a stretch of lawn which invites you to take off your shoes and take a relaxing stroll across the gallery – these are some of the elements of the garden which address our senses – even our sense of touch – and help us feel and remember that we are a part of nature. (12 photos)
Read MoreYanier Gómez is one of the young prodigies trained by the Cuban Ballet School, who was invited to the Stars of American Ballet Gala, presented on the island during Havana’s last International Ballet Festival. “We live with the social challenges that stem from my country’s economic problems,” said Gomez in his interview with HT.
Read MoreMany are the paths that took contemporary Cuban sculptor Wiliay Mendez Paez to the visual arts. In his pieces, painting, sculpture and poetry become tools used to delve into, reflect upon, evoke and question different socio-historical aspects of Cuba’s reality today. (27 photos)
Read MoreCuban filmmaker Yosmani Acosta won the Best Director award at the prestigious New York City International Film Festival on Friday for “Pablo”, his feature film shot in Camaguey. The film also obtained the Best Supporting Actor award, bestowed on Omar Franco.
Read MoreUS filmmaker Oliver Stone is making a movie about the life of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who died of cancer in March, said the South American country’s current president Nicolas Maduro. “(Stone) is making a very beautiful film… it’s about our commander Chavez,” said Maduro.
Read MoreThe Guaracheros of Regla are a troupe that each year can be seen at carnivals in Havana, with its rumba dance, drums and colorful costumes. It would be impossible to imagine a carnival in Havana without the participation of the Guaracheros. (30 photos)
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