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The Restoration of Havana

Havana’s historic district, declared by UNESCO as a cultural patrimony of humanity, is changing its appearance and being admired by all types of visitors, nationals as well as foreigners. They have the chance to see the conservation and restoration work being carried out by the city’s Office of the Historian. (21 photos)

“Havanastation”: A Game or Reality?

For many Cubans it is important that we have a film speaking openly about the different social classes that coexist in Cuba. This movie shows two of those classes (though we know there are more). (9 photos)

Moons

Is the moon the quintessential place of dreams? I imagine it is, otherwise we wouldn’t use the phrase “you must be on the moon” so much when referring to someone who has their mind on something beyond what’s supposedly this reality. (17 photos)

Soviet Avant-garde Expo in Havana

Photographs, collages, posters, propagandistic pamphlets, books and magazines designs, and artist photomontages pick up the rhythm and the colors of an epoch: the years following 1917 when the main principals of Soviet art were established. (24 photos)

Eduardo Sosa at the Casa del ALBA

Perhaps by chance but maybe out of conviction, one day Eduardo Sosa decided to become a trova musician. If it was by chance, he had good aim. If this was something he resolved to put all his energy behind, then he succeeded at that too. (8 photos)

The Fire Festival of Santiago de Cuba

On July 9, thousands of people converged on Michelson Boulevard to witness the culminating activity of the Caribbean Festival: The burning of the Devil. This ceremony consists of the beating of drums while flammable materials are used to construct a giant effigy that symbolizes evil. (66 photos)

Cuba’s Pedro Luis Ferrer in Concert

“It’s very nice to sing these songs without censorship, without having to discuss them with any official,” noted Pedro Luis Ferrer at a concert on Sunday in Havana. The singer added: “If we don’t say what we think, we can’t defend this country.” (7 photos)

Cubans Making a Living

This photo spread is of Cubans working on their own or in state run small businesses. Fruit, Vegetable, juice and pastry sellers, butchers, taxi and truck drivers and driving school trainers, arts and crafts sellers, restaurant and boutique workers, barbers, flower and newspaper sellers. (45 photos)

A Visit to the National Hotel of Cuba

Riding along Havana’s seaside Malecon Avenue, one will discover a unique building constructed in 1930 that today still continues to attract locals and visitors alike. The emblematic National Hotel of Cuba sets atop an elevation looking out toward the Caribbean Sea while accompanied by a mysterious aureole and legends. (27 photos)

Hemingway Returns to Cuba

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) came to life on Friday thanks to Canadian actor and playwright Brian Gordon Sinclair who delighted his audience in a one-only performance at the Ambos Mundos Hotel in Old Havana. (10 photos)