Today I got up earlier than usual. When the alarm clock sounded at 5:50 a.m., I’d already been up for a while puttering around in the kitchen. I was moving from here to there, shifting around from one way to another, but I still felt uncomfortable. My whole body ached. The day before I’d watched the game between our Guantanamo and Granma.
Read MoreDeclared a national monument for its historical and cultural values, the Cristobal Colon necropolis is the most important cemetery in Havana. It was founded on October 30, 1871. (32 photos)
Read MoreThe date for the holding of the fifth Critical Observatory of Cuba Social Forum is approaching, but does everyone know what it is, or its history or who its members are? (30 photos)
Read MoreLittle Susan doesn’t know who Terry Fox was, but ever since she was born she’s watched her family train hard and run in the marathon that carries the Canadian’s name. (42 photos)
Read MoreTitled “En Confluencia,” a musical presentation led by guitarist Eduardo Martin takes place every second Sunday of the month at 5:00 p.m. at the Casa del ALBA Cultural (556 Linea Avenue at the corner of D Street in the Vedado neighborhood of Havana). (10 photos)
Read MoreThis was the tenth annual “Fiesta of the Drum,” which during each of its years has presented an opportunity to listen to quality live percussionists. (14 photos)
Read MoreMs. Rosa Cruz e Silva, the Angolan minister of Culture, visited Cuba at the invitation of Cuban Minister of Culture Abel Prieto. Among the activities carried out by Ms. Cruz in Havana was a visit to the Casa de Africa museum, where she participated in a press conference and delighted in the presentations of age-old African cultures presented at the institution. (24 photos)
Read MoreSpecial markets (known as agricultural fairs) are being held in all the municipalities of the capital on the last weekend of the month (on Friday, Saturday and Sunday). The rest of the month, government-run markets and smaller but much more expensive ones can be found in the neighborhoods. (26 photos)
Read MoreI discovered this building in 2010. I was walking down Carmen Street on the way to a friend’s house and curiosity stopped me. Of course I wanted to know the previous use of this enormous building, now half destroyed and that looked completely abandoned. (18 photos)
Read MoreLeo Brouwer, the famed Cuban musician, composer and orchestra conductor, paid a recent visit to the Callejón de Hamel cultural project in Centro Habana. There was rumba, dancing and singing. (27 photos)
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