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)
Read MoreCuban 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)
Read MoreCubans 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)
Read MoreYasser Castellanos is a self-taught painter, graffiti artist and MC. He has been exploring people’s relationship with the divine since 1998.
Read MoreAt 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)
Read MoreFollowing 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)
Read MoreDuring 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)
Read MoreTomás 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)
Read MoreThe 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)
Read MoreOne would think the city has been bombed out. Sancti Spiritus, Cuba’s City of the Holy Spirit, will turn five hundred in June of this year, and the heart of its old town has all but vanished. (18 photos)
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