The 22nd Cuba Book Fair is a small window to Angola, and through it we can capture a glimpse of the culture and identity of that nation, linked to our past. Much is said about the bonds of friendship between Cuba and Angola. Indeed, the phrase serves as a hook to attract people to the “Cabaña” fortress. (21 photos)
Read MoreThe Contemporary Dance Company of Angola performed last weekend at the Mella Theater in Havana, as part of its activities in Cuba by the African country that is the guest of honor of the XXII International Cuba Book Fair 2013. The show entitled “Conducive Landscapes” is inspired by the work of Ruy Duarte de Carvalho. (30 photos)
Read MoreMartha Le Parc thrives on what she knows well: the popular cultures of Latin America and other parts of the globe. She’s also well-versed in academia, as some of these great tapestries remind us of the works of Annalise Albers, Paul Klee, Piet Mondrian and Wassily Kandinsky. (15 photos)
Read MoreCuba recording artista X Alfonso gave a concert at the Mella Theater in Havana on the night of Saturday February 16. HT was on hand to snap pictures for our readers. (30 photos)
Read MoreYesterday morning, Cuba’s 2013 International Book Fair opened its doors to the public. Although this is the twenty-second such event held here since 1959, one can argue that book fairs are a tradition in Havana. Writer Jose Lezama Lima described them in the pages of the Diario de la Marina newspaper as far back as 1949. (37 photos)
Read MoreFebruary 14 is a day of transformation for the city. Old Havana is taken by storm with couples and families seeking to relax in the main plazas and side streets. Although the change doesn’t affect the characteristic aspects of the area — with its book sellers, cartoonists or the stall selling oranges in Cathedral Square — this area of the city looks different on Valentine’s Day. (25 photos)
Read MoreSan Lazaro Street begins at the legendary steps of the University of Havana and ends near the no less famous Paseo del Prado esplanade. It’s a long street, possibly the longest in Havana, running through the municipalities of Revolution Square, Centro Habana and coming very close to Old Havana. (36 photos)
Read MoreCuban artist Maykel Herrera dedicated his current exposition “Sintonía de un patrimonio” (Symphony to a heritage) to Habana Radio, the first station that opened the doors to promote his art. Herrera returns to the faces of children, cartons, chicks, sepia tones and the whites, blues of the Cuban flag, among others. (11 photos)
Read MorePlaza Vieja is without a doubt one of the most beautiful squares located in Old Havana. However its name wasn’t always the current one. When it was first built in 1559 with the aim of expanding the city it was called Plaza Nueva. Later, in the 18th century, it was called Plaza del Mercado. (30 photos)
Read MoreThe French “Spiderman” Alain Robert showed up in Old Havana on Tuesday and scaled the Angela Landa primary school building in Plaza Vieja. A large crowd of students and adults gathered to see the man who the day before had climbed the 27-story Habana Libre Hotel. (29 photos)
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