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New Choreographies from Alicia Alonso

With several choreographies of Prima Ballerina Assoluta Alicia Alonso, The Days of Dance took place in Havana at the end of April at the Mella and Miramar Theaters. (29 photos)

Cuba Bids a Last Farewell to Juan Formell

Personalities of culture as well as political figures came on Friday to pay tribute and say a final farewell to Juan Formell a great of Cuban music. Formell and his band Los Van Van have been popular for decades in Cuba and far beyond its borders. (16 photos)

Cuba Mourns Van Van’s Juan Formell

Cuban musician Juan Formell, founder and director for more than four decades of the legendary band Los Van Van, died on Thursday, reported the evening Cuban National TV News. Director, bassist, arranger, composer, singer, and record producer, Formell was born in Havana on August 2, 1942. (7 photos)

Cuba May 1st Workers Parade in Pictures

Cubans turned out in mass for the annual International Workers Day parade in Havana on Thursday. Organized by the Communist Party and the CTC, the only trade union allowed on the island, it emphasized labor’s blanket support for the government. (42 photos)

Works of Cuban Visual Artist Yasser Castellanos

Yasser Castellanos is a self-taught painter, graffiti artist and MC. He has been exploring people’s relationship with the divine since 1998.

Evangelicals in Cuba – God as Witness

At the entrance to the Havana Bay tunnel on Thursday and Sunday evenings a large gathering of people of all ages belonging to the Victory Outreach International church takes place with a specific objective: the word of God. Here are some pictures of what I saw on Easter Sunday. (30 photos)

Havana’s Nightly Cannon Fire Ritual

Following the 9-o-clock firing of the cannon, Havana was divided into two areas: the area within the city walls and the area outside it. The opening to the city was announced at four thirty in the morning every day with the firing of a cannon as well. (28 photos)

Cuban Artist Recreates “The Hole” Where Cuban Five Were Held in Isolation

During the month of April an unusual installation is showing at the Havana Fine Arts Museum titled “No Agradezcan el Silencio” (Don’t thank the silence) by artist Alexis Leiva Machado (Kcho). (20 photos)

Cuban Artist Tomas Sanchez Shows Works in Cuba after 27 Years

Tomás Sanchez had not had an exhibition in Cuba since 1987. Though some of his paintings were occasionally exhibited in a number of biennales in Havana, there had been no solo exhibitions by the artist since that date. The artist had been blacklisted (his yoga and meditation practices weren’t well seen at the time).(13 photos)

Dance in Old Havana Urban Landscapes

The 19th International Encounter of Dance in Old Havana Urban Landscapes: City in Movement took place last week in Old Havana with participating artists from 15 countries and the Cuban dance company Retazos as the main hosts. (20 photos)