Two Cuban women — Estela Estevez and Eria Arrate — came together in order to create, and soon they will taking their works to the United States. As they commented, “The ‘Isla project’ proposes a search related to the feeling of ‘isolation.’”
Read MoreJoaquin P. Gonzalez Cabrera flashes past like a whirlwind skating down Alamar Avenue. In one hand he grips a rubber tube to protect his knees and elbows in case he falls and on his head he has a helmet that says “Alamar, Lone Skater.”
Read MoreMembers of the popular rap duo Doble Filo (Yrak “Vitalicio” Saenz and Edgar “Edgaro” Gonzalez) granted an exclusive interview to Havana Times. As they noted, “There has always been a wall of misunderstanding when it comes to promoting rap music in Cuba.”
Read MoreThrough a friend I got to know Maria de las Mercedes Gonzalez Amade, a young Havana woman who was physically challenged from an early age. Mercedes walks with great difficulty and life is a constant struggle for her to stay on her feet. Despite it all she still tries to make the most of things.
Read MoreA new edition of the Alamar rap festival (Feb. 24-26) was what prompted this interview with Rodolfo Rensoli. He and Grupo Uno were the principal promoters of the festivals between 1995 and 2000 that first revealed the existence of a “rap” movement in Havana and perhaps in all of Cuba.
Read MoreAdrian Berazain: “I define myself as a person who makes songs, has a good time and makes people think.”
Read MoreRuben Aja Gari always has his camera in hand, he wanders the streets of Santiago de Cuba in his hunt for every detail of daily life, which he later gives back to us made into art.
Read MoreGabriela Lara is a Mexican writer. She has spent twenty years of her life publishing books and magazines, mainly academic works. Having worked over that time in a retreat-like environment correcting pages, one day she decided to join others to demand an end to the crimes taking place across her country.
Read MoreCuban poet and performer Luis Eligio Perez Meriño has been a controversial figure even outside his most common center of action: The Omni Zona Franca Project, which has inspired opinions ranging from mythical to the scandalous. (14 photos)
Read More“Hermanos de Causa” (Brothers of the Cause), the well-known Cuban rap group founded in 1997, has been a member of the “Cuban Rap Agency” since 2010. Their latest cause: getting Magia Lopez removed from the directorship of the agency. Soandry del Rio Ferrer, explains his reasons.
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