The 30th Havana International Fair (FIHAV 2012) came to a close over the weekend with the organizers optimistic about the results. Business representatives from 57 countries took part and contracts were signed over a week for more than US $300 million. HT was on hand to give our readers a glimpse of the event. (25 photos)
Read MoreBetween the town of Casablanca, on the other side of the Bay of Havana and Matanzas, extends the only electric railway in Cuba, known as the Hershey Train. The electrified track was built in 1916 by the Hershey Corporation, the chocolate manufacturer in Pennsylvania, USA. (28 photos)
Read MoreGerman Theater Week took place at the end of October at numerous Havana theaters and other spaces. The performances were coupled with workshops, book presentations and documentary films. We bring you pictures from several of the plays. (16 photos)
Read MoreWe conclude the 4th HT Cuba Photo Contest by publishing the winners and special mentions. We had two winners from Cuba: Leonardo Oña Pacheco in the Musicians category and Eduardo Javier Garcia in the category of Uniforms. Carolyn Looby of Australia for Games, Bill Klipp of the USA for Pets and Mariska Verbeij of The Netherlands for Trees. (15 photos)
Read MoreWhat would you do if you received a letter that someone wrote to you five years earlier? And what if later they told you that it had been tucked away in the back of a painting? Well, don’t be surprised if something like that happens. It would be fruit of the overflowing imagination of an artist: Leafar Delgado. (16 photos)
Read MoreI’m sure that at some time in my life I’ve wanted to pull back the curtain of a theater and see what happens behind the scenes, to witness the swirl of activity before the characters go on stage. That’s what Yailin Alfaro Guillen did with her photo expo “En Attendant”. (10 photos)
Read MoreAbstract painting possesses a strange way of calling attention to itself. Its enigmatic, ambiguous and overwhelming character compels viewers to establish varying sets of interpretations, ones that sometimes become intensely bitter. (9 photos)
Read MoreThe 23rd Havana Ballet Festival opened on Sunday with the ballets “En la noche” and “La fille mal gardée” at the newly reopened National Theater of Cuba. The festival continues in the Cuban capital through November 7th. (20 photos)
Read MoreCuba’s famed Singer Omara Portuondo took the stage at the Mella Theater in a gala last week to open a festival put on by Cuban TV. Also performing were musician Waldo Mendoza, singer Sory, the Los Embajadores trio and Puerto Rican singer/songwriter Dany Rivera. (12 photos)
Read MoreThe musical project called La Yucafunck held their first concert last weekend before a packed and enthusiastic audience at the National Theater in Havana. They played classic jazz, bossa nova and Cuban conga music. The band is made up of a dozen talented young musicians including Aldo López Gavilán, Harold López Nussa, Ruy López Nussa, Robertico Martinez, Michel Garcia, Juan Carlos, Evaristo Denis, Claudio Poirot, Dj Jigue, Gretel Barreiro, David Torrens, Mikel y Avi. (17 photos)
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