Jacqueline Arenal, a Cuban in Macondo
In a leap of three decades, the actress who gave life to Sofía in “Explosion in a Cathedral” returns to...
A photo, four singer-songwriters and a domino table
Silvio Rodríguez provides context to a snapshot that shows him, Pablo Milanés, Vicente Feliú and Noel Nicola around a game...
Alexander Abreu and the thousand-answer letter
Cuban music is not an entelechy, it is a social construction in which human beings and their representations, their common...
Impromptu for Chucho Valdés
The creator of Irakere turns 83. Celebrating it is also a reason to review his work and genius in the...
Wynwood, where art revived a forgotten neighborhood
One of the largest open-air galleries was not always the artistic heartland we know today.
Omara Portuondo retires permanently from the stage
Her last performance will be next Sunday in Budapest, “where she will be honored by the Orchestra and the audience,”...
My Matanzas of theaters
My first trip to the city with the theater as a pretext was in 2007. And it was very important...
After more than a decade, La Colmenita again on tour of United States
The prestigious children’s theater company will perform in the cities of Tampa (Florida), New York and Washington DC with the...
Viengsay Valdés, thirty years of steel and cloud
She made her debut at the Teatro Apolo in Güira de Melena in 1994; today she is a prima ballerina,...
Festival with Cubans living abroad returns in November for its third edition
This year the event will have a hybrid format (in person and virtual), and will bring together various cultural presentations...
Waldo Balart, all the colors of the spectrum
A nonagenarian Cuban painter spends his mornings in his Madrid studio, in front of a canvas, surrounded by brushes and...
Cuba inside: David Estrada’s photographic stories
Living and telling the experiences of the inhabitants of coastal and rural communities has changed this young Cuban’s life.
Brenda Navarrete: “I defend my roots”
A cultivator of Afro-Cuban music, she released her video clip “Iyalodde,” dedicated to Oshún, as part of a trilogy of...
Silvio Rodríguez: “They say I’m changing, as if it were possible to regret my life”
In a statement published on his blog under the title “Solo así” (Only this way), the singer-songwriter responds to the...
City mirrors
With an inefficient drainage system, sometimes a drizzle is enough for hundreds of potholes and corners to reflect, on a...
Rainbow warriors are not afraid of the truth about themselves
Pierre Jean González and Cedric Leiba Jr. got Broadway eating out of their hands because they have plenty of inventiveness...
Being Lola Amores
Her work on Cuban stages, and the recognition she has earned in cinema make her one of the faces of...
Silvio Rodríguez: “In difficult times I think art is even more necessary”
The singer-songwriter talks about “Quería saber,” his new album about to be released and from which two singles have been...
Alexis Díaz-Pimienta, demiurge and tightrope walker
The Cuban writer and improviser is the most recent guest on the program “Aprendemos juntos.”
Buena Vista Social Club album to give greater luster to Grammy Hall of Fame
The legendary album Buena Vista Social Club, which caused a worldwide hit in the 1990s, from New York to Tokyo,...
A night in Havana with Laurin Talese
The vocalist and composer from Cleveland, Ohio, was in Havana in April and shared part of her repertoire with the...
Yolanda Correa: “Every dancer has an impossible step”
She has been a first dancer in three companies. After her time at the National Ballet of Cuba, the Holguin...
Dancers in Old Havana
Until this Sunday, Havana’s historic center is hosting the 28th edition of the International Festival of Dance in Urban Landscapes...
Greta Reyna: “I only feel like a demiurge in my personal life, in which my work is implicit”
The artist reacts against expiration, calculated or not; she believes that things have more than one life.
Silvio and Pablo in Argentina, evocation at the turn of forty years
On April 5, 1984, the first of the Cuban singers-songwriters’ concerts was held in a country that had just returned...
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