A new version of Virgilio Piñera’s play “Aire frio” (Cold Air), presented by the Argos Theatre, began a series of tributes to the Cuba poet, novelist and playwright in the year of the centenary of his birth. You can still catch it the last two weekends of March. (11 photos)
Read MoreFor the first time ever comedians from the provinces of eastern Cuba gathered in Guantanamo recently in a competition that will lead up to a major national humor event: Aquelarre 2012. (22 photos)
Read MoreThe calendar for February is highlighted by the 21st International Book Fair and numerous concurrent cultural happenings though Feb. 19. The Kewelta Habana cultural calendar is the most complete place to find what’s happening in the Cuban capital.
Read MoreCuban writer, playwright and theater director Humberto Arenal died yesterday in Havana at the age of 85. The author of El sol a plomo (1959), Los animales sagrados (1967) and Quien mato a Ivan Ivanovich? (1995), Arenal won the National Prize for Literature in 2007.
Read MoreA fateful but heroic passage in the history of Cuba is known today as the “Villanueva Day,” and that date was chosen in memory of those dramatic artists to celebrate Cuban Theater Day. (17 photos)
Read MoreVicente Revuelta, a leading contemporary Cuban theater figure, died early yesterday morning here at the age 82. The funeral is scheduled for today at the Colon Cemetery.
Read MoreCesar Evora, a popular film and television actor in Cuba and a major star in Mexican telenovelas, is currently visiting the island. This past Friday, Evora met with teachers, administrators and students from the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), where he graduated from its Theater Arts College in 1986.
Read MoreWith lots going on the first week of January 2012, the Kewelta Habana cultural calendar is the most complete place to find what’s happening in the Cuban capital. Another well done source on Havana culture in English and Spanish is the Cuba Absolutely website.
Read MoreFor fifty years there wasn’t a Saturday or Sunday when children in Santiago couldn’t enjoy theatrical presentations dedicated just to them. The “Santiago Puppet Theater” (El Teatro Guiñol Santiago) has been the stage of thousands and thousands of performances. 25 PHOTOS
Read MoreHere is the cultural calendar for November 2011 put out by the Cuba Absolutely website. It includes happenings in music, dance, and theater and the visual arts, etc. in the Cuban capital. For additional cultural happenings consult the highly informative Kewelta Habana calendar website.
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