Clarinet player Haskell Armenteros directs the Vientos Nueva Camerata chamber music group and at the same time performs with the popular Grupo Compay Segundo band. Nonetheless, we found out that the clarinet wasn’t exactly the instrument that first captured his interest in music.
Read More“He’s not a well-known painter,” my friend said, “but the artist’s work is very interesting. Cesar Towie does cityscapes in watercolors.” This made me think old cars and views of the Capitolio Building or the Cathedral. However his work is of “ruins, shored up buildings, structures virtually destroyed.” (17 photos)
Read More“People organize and seek new forms of collectivism when those that exist don’t meet their interests. I consider myself a part of that process,” Esteban Morales, economist and a specialist on hemispheric policy, told HT.
Read MoreCinema and theater director Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti spoke with Havana Times about his most recent and controversial work for the stage, La Hijastra, in addition to sharing some exclusive revelations with us.
Read MoreWe saw that Cuba avoided widespread famine like what was experienced in North Korea, which is a point that generates a lot of attention.
Read MoreDonato Poveda is a Cuban artist who emerged from the movement called “Nueva Trova”, someone whose work conserves the glory days of Cuban music. He agreed to give an exclusive interview with Havana Times after having lived for many years outside of the island.
Read MoreAbraham Ortiz is a Cuban who has lived the last year and a half in Spain. In his first visit back to the island he shares with us his perceptions of life across the Atlantic and here in Cuba. Today we bring you part two of his interview with HT.
Read More“I am convinced that in the not so distant future not only the women but all of Cuban society will become a great country where all of us live together with firm values and respect for our neighbors, without the need to emigrate in order to satisfy the most elemental needs,” said Rebeca Monzo in her interview with HT.
Read MoreI met Abraham Ortiz in late 2003 in a course on narrative techniques. For seven years we had shared the dream of being writers and the frustrations of living in Cuba. His life changed in 2010 when he married a Spanish woman and left the country. After a year and seven months, he has returned…to visit.
Read More“To me, choreography represents a manifestation of intimate and public rebellion. It also involves a service and a possibility of establishing contact based on memory and emotions,” said Laura Domingo in her interview with HT.
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