For the 5th HT Cuba Photo Contest we received 538 pictures from 90 participants competing in the five categories: Dance, Gardens, Lines, Rain and Transportation. The jury, comprised of 20 persons living in 10 countries, is now in session. Here are all the pictures making it to the Second Round. (189 photos)
Read More“It’s him, he’s going to play!” some surprised members of the audience exclaimed on seeing renowned Cuban musician Leo Brouwer walk on stage, after many years of being absent from Cuba’s stage as a performer. (24 photos)
Read MoreTo disseminate the work of female Cuban artists and creators, the Ellas Crean (Women who create) Festival opened last week in Havana.The gala was led by the National Ballet of Cuba, dedicated to lovers of the romantic style of Alicia Alonso, and there were some more modern pieces as well. (35 photos)
Read MoreAs part of the activities organized for the “Year of Photography”, Havana’s Casa de las Americas is treating us to a new and highly interesting temporary exhibition titled “Los primeros padres: Imágenes de la America indígena en el siglo XX” (First Nations: Images of Indigenous America in the 20th Century). (22 fotos)
Read MoreA program for the elderly sponsored by the Havana Historian’s Office, has as one of its tasks to rescue traditional Cuban cuisine. And who better than our grandmothers who make magic every day to put a plate of food on the table. (23 photos)
Read MoreLocated in the municipality of 10 de Octubre, Havana’s neighborhood of Luyano is a large urban quarter bordering with Santos Suarez and Lawton. The Calzada de Luyano, the avenue where most of the photographs below were taken, a busy, cafeteria-filled thoroughfare that cut across the neighborhood. (40 photos)
Read MoreThe famous Spanish guitarist Paco de Lucia gave a spectacular concert this week at the Karl Marx theater in Havana as part of V Leo Brouwer Chamber Music Festival. In the introduction,, Brouwer said that Paco’s concert is an experience that will never be repeated because he is always evolving . (28 photos)
Read MoreCuban pharmacies were at their most magnificent at the close of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. At the time, people went to these establishments not only to purchase the medicinal products prescribed by their doctors, but also to get together and converse. Today they are museums. (28 photos)
Read MoreThe Church of Our Lady of Mercy celebrated an Eucharist after nine days of prayer services leading up, and a procession in her honor that ends the festivity. The iconography used to represent the virgin is defined from the 16th century, mainly consisting of Mercedario habit: tunic, scapular & cloak, all in white. (29 photos)
Read MoreThe interesting and novel works of two artists have been on display at The Reino de Este Mundo gallery, in Havana’s Jose Marti National Library, since the beginning of September. The joint exhibition, titled Ambivalencia del cuerpo imaginario (“The Ambivalence of the Imaginary Body”), features the works of visual artists Cirenaica Moreira (Cuba) and Maira Ortins (Brazil). (22 photos)
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