Eduardo Guerra: Art can cure and heal
Eduardo Guerra was born in the western province of Pinar del Río, but since as child he suffered from asthma,...
The (Not So Secret) Weapons of Daymé Arocena
The day of her second Santeria birthday – April 24 - , Daymé Arocena was not in Cuba, but rather...
A Cuban who corresponds with kings and heads of State
“Montevideo, May 11, 2006. It is with great pleasure that I greet you and thank you for your words, which...
Cuban lens in New York
When the frequent groups of students from U.S. universities and colleges come to Cuba motivated to know part of its...
Heartbeats
Latido (Heartbeat) -the new show that begins it performance for the first time on May, at the Great Theater of...
Cuban ninjas
Víctor Manuel Moratón works every morning in his nearest WiFi zone. He always gets there very early, going from La...
Design Havana, sustainable art in Cuba
A year ago the First International Design Biennial of Havana officially announced the Design Havana Contest to promote on the...
Valdés Brothers, Chucho’s children
During his childhood, sometimes in the early morning hours Jessie Valdés got up and found his father working. “I would...
The children of Onan live far from Chechnya
In Chechnya there is no homophobia. Rule out a miracle. The thing is that there are no homosexuals, the authorities...
Cuban jazz in New Orleans
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, more commonly known as Jazz Fest, is arguably the biggest and best festival of...
Young Cuban jazz to New York
They are traveling to New York with jazz as their passport. They are 17 Cubans, students from different music schools,...
The days that Havana was jazz
Finding Esperanza Spalding walking along the Prado Promenade close to the Capitol Building; bumping into Marcus Miller taking pictures on...
Herbie Hancock and the jazz embrace in Cuba
Herbie Hancock said it without flattery or smugness: “Cuba is the perfect place to celebrate jazz.” It could seem a...
Havana, world capital of jazz
Starting this Monday a universal celebration is taking place in Havana. The Cuban capital was chosen by UNESCO as the...
The circus or life
Her favorite circus is the U.S. Ringling Brothers, and she loves when the audience says: “How is it possible that...
A Night for the Jazz Revolution
Legends of the American and Cuban music will join in concert on April 30 at the Great Theater of Havana...
Eduardo Abela: ” My Essence is Absolutely Cuban”
Eduardo Abela Torrás (Havana, 1963), who lives and creates in Havana, is the son and grandson of renowned visual artists...
Susana Camino: Writing between Cuba and Germany
Cuban writer Susana Camino has lived almost three fourths of her life in Germany. She left the island when she...
Zafiros, a family history
“Miguelito, there are some foreigners who want to make a documentary about us,” Los Zafiros’ El Chino of said one...
Alejandro Pérez: “When I shoot a video clip I’ve already seen it before”
For Alejandro Pérez at times the story of a song rapidly comes out, for others it takes weeks. During the...
Havana in motion
Dancing in the streets, on the cobblestones, taking a look into a house and embracing the people with dance is...
The Cuban Art of Capturing the Yes I Do
A wedding picture must resemble the bride and groom. Capturing what they feel, the atmosphere of the bridal veil, the...
An art brut exhibit in Cuba
Cuba already has its own catalogue of art brut or outsider art, headed by Misleydis Castillo and Jorge Alberto Hernández...
A Cuban in theater in Arizona
When Melissa Quintans decided to immigrate to the United States, her artistic career was at its full peak of recognition....
Roberto Diago: “I am my race, my history”
Curator Alejandro de La Fuente and visual artist Juan Roberto Diago have achieved an unprecedented event: presenting in the premises...
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