January 10, 2020
With Lester Hamlet, the director of films like Casa Vieja and Fábula, we spoke exclusively about his first telenovela.
Source: CubaSi
January 10, 2020
The Theater of the National Museum of Fine Arts in the capital receives today Cuban pianist and composer Aldo López-Gavilán with his offer of a unique concert alongside recognized musicians from the island.
Source: CubaSi
January 9, 2020
Starting this month, the prestigious Cuban dancer and choreographer Carlos Acosta will assume the direction of the Royal Ballet of Birmingham, one of the three main companies in the United Kingdom.
Source: Cubatel
January 9, 2020
If instead of the Invasor newspaper, this article were from a gossip magazine, the story would go something like this: "Cuba's First Lady, Lis Cuesta Peraza, attended the inauguration of Argentine President Alberto Fernández wearing a black elasticized muslin dress with twill sleeves stamped with floral motifs, signed by the prestigious fashion house Guayza".
Source: Invasor
January 8, 2020
Invited to the Santiago a Mil International Festival of Performing Arts, the Cuban company Acosta Danza made a successful debut this week at various venues in the Chilean capital under the general direction of dancer and choreographer Carlos Acosta.
Source: Prensa Latina
January 8, 2020
The musician Harold López-Nussa will bring Cuban jazz from Havana to New York during his first tour in 2020, Harold round trip.
Source: Prensa Latina
January 7, 2020
As a tribute to the immense work of the renowned Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez and, especially to the 50 years of his emblematic song 'Óleo de mujer con sombrero', the third edition of the lyrical project by Helson Hernández will arrive, under the label "Silvio Rodríguez Bel Canto".
Source: CubaSi
January 7, 2020
Ivette Cepeda and her group Reflexión begin this weekend the new concert season, with the proposal "Two by Two", at the Teatro Martí on January 10 and 12 (7:00 p.
Source: Cubadebate
January 6, 2020
Although Ana was unable to achieve what would have been her first major international award, she has become one of the great protagonists of the ceremony.
Source: Hola
January 6, 2020
Cuban singer Haila María Mompié has released the first images of her acting debut in a new telenovela by director Lester Hamlet, where she plays a lawyer.
Source: Asere
January 5, 2020
The best of Cuba and New Orleans' musical talent will come together this month in a series of concerts in Havana, as part of the cultural exchange project Getting Funky in Havana, the event's official website reported today.
Source: Prensa Latina
January 5, 2020
Cuban actress Yare Santana plays the role of Jenny Infante, granddaughter of the famous Mexican cinema golden age actor Pedro Infante, in the new Netflix film, "Como caído del cielo", which premiered on December 24th.
Source: Asere.com
January 3, 2020
The renowned Cuban actress Ana de Armas returned to her native land to see out the year that is ending with her family and childhood friends.
Source: Asere.com
January 2, 2020
The first prima ballerina of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba (BNC) Viengsay Valdés was appointed General Director of that company by the Minister of Culture, Alpidio Alonso.
Source: Cubadebate
January 2, 2020
A harsh blow to the culture of Santa Clara and Villa Clara was the sudden death of the popular singer Lucía Labastida, who died at the age of 45 as a victim of an aneurysm, in the early morning of January 1st, 2020.
Source: Vanguardia
January 1, 2020
The video clip "Yo soy el punto cubano" directed by Alejandro Pérez and performed by David Blanco.
Source: CubaDebate
January 1, 2020
Iván Cañas, a renowned Cuban photographer, died on Sunday, December 29th due to "complications" from pneumonia after being admitted to the hospital just over a month ago.
Source: Asere
December 31, 2019
On December 30th, the most famous street character of the Cuban capital would have turned 120 years old: José López Lledín, the well-known Knight of Paris.
Source: Juventud Rebelde
December 31, 2019
Harry Villegas (1940-2019), known as Pombo, his war alias, and one of the three surviving Cubans from the guerrilla detachment led by Cuban-Argentine commander Ernesto Che Guevara that fought in Bolivia in the 1960s, died in the Cuban capital at age 79.
Source: Sputnik
December 30, 2019
Cuban singer-songwriter Raúl Torres celebrated 30 years of artistic life with the official release of the albums "Niñito Historia" and "Vendedor de Nubes" at the National Theater.
Source: CubaSi
December 30, 2019
The prominent commentator Juan Antonio Salamanca, who left an irreplaceable void in sports broadcasting, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Palmar de Junco, in the province of Matanzas.
Source: Granma
December 29, 2019
The website La Razón has put before its readers a list of the best albums distributed in Mexico in 2019.
Source: La Razón
December 29, 2019
Alejandro Mirabal sets new record in the category of "Most historic shipwreck locations visited".
Source: Récord Guinness
December 28, 2019
Cuban mountaineer Yandy Núñez conquers Mount Aconcagua, the highest elevation in America "I dedicate this summit to my son Yngvi, whom I will not be by his side on his second birthday, and to my wife," declared Yandy Núñez Martínez.
Source: Asere.com
December 28, 2019
Poetess Lina de Feria was awarded the 2019 National Literature Prize, an award given to writers who have enriched Cuban literature and culture in general, as public recognition of their body of work.
Source: Granma
December 26, 2019
Aroldis Chapman made his Major League debut exactly at the beginning of this decade, but it wasn't until 2012 that he became the closer for the Cincinnati Reds on a full-time basis.
Source: Swingcompleto.com
December 26, 2019
The album "Pasaporte", released in 2013 by multi-awarded Cuban trumpet player Alexander Abreu and his group Havana D'Primera, was recently included in the list by American newspaper Los Angeles Times of the 10 best Latin albums of the decade.
Source: Asere
December 25, 2019
The only survivor of the plane crash on May 18 of last year in Cuba, Mailén Díaz Almaguer, celebrated her 21st birthday on December 23.
Source: Cubadebate
December 25, 2019
Happy these days is maestro Joaquín Julio Betancourt Jackman, a camagüeyano violinist, orchestrator, composer and music producer.
Source: Granma
December 24, 2019
Alex Cuba, whose real name is Alexis Puentes, a native of Artemisa, performed on a stage on the Island after settling in Canada more than 20 years ago.
Source: Granma
December 24, 2019
The Cuban multimillionaire Roberto Polo has been recognized this week as the world's best collector of modern and contemporary art by Metropolitan Magazine New York.
Source: ADN Cuba
December 21, 2019
The President of the Republic proposed to the National Assembly of People's Power the appointment of Manuel Marrero Cruz, current Minister of Tourism, to the position of Prime Minister.
Source: Granma
December 21, 2019
Like the best athlete, accustomed to winning national and international awards, but in this case, in music, our Omara Portuondo, the Diva of Buena Vista Social Club, has just received the Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts in Spain.
Source: Granma
December 20, 2019
Acosta Danza, a company directed by Principal Dancer Carlos Acosta, will perform in Chile in the first days of January 2020, as part of the International Festival Santiago a Mil.
Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias
December 20, 2019
Before the end of the year, the Book of the Month dedicated its space on December 17 to children's literature, with the presentation of the work Papaloteando, by writer Nersys Felipe, belonging to the El Duende collection, by Ediciones Loynaz.
Source: La Jiribilla
December 19, 2019
New artists join the lineup for the seventh edition of the Havana World Music Festival (HWM), which will be held on March 19, 20, and 21, 2020.
Source: Vistar Magazine
December 19, 2019
The well-known Cuban presenter Edmundo García has announced on his social media Facebook that he will be returning to the city of Miami to resume his program "La tarde se mueve", which will now be broadcast on Youtube.
Source: CubitaNow
December 18, 2019
The renowned Cuban musician X Alfonso invites this Thursday, December 19th to Inside X Alfonso, a question and answer session open to public exchange at Fábrica de Arte Cubano (FAC), the institution reported.
Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias
December 18, 2019
Alfredo Rodríguez's debut in Argentina alongside his countryman Pedrito Martínez and Cameroonian Richard Bona, which took place on December 9th at the Vorterix Theater in Buenos Aires, can be summed up like this: naturalness, courage, ease; all of it sounding great.
Source: OnCuba News
December 16, 2019
As part of the celebrations for Culture Workers' Day, Fátima Patterson, actress and National Theater Award winner in 2017, received the Key to the City today, at the provincial gala commemorating the date.
Source: Granma
December 16, 2019
The National Council of Visual Arts (CNAP) hosted the jury in charge of awarding the National Prize for Visual Arts, the highest award in the field of visual arts granted in our country.
Source: La Jiribilla
December 15, 2019
The music of the legendary Benny Moré returns today to the Teresa Carreño theater in Caracas, by the hand of Cuban maestro Joaquín Betancourt and the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Venezuela.
Source: CubaSi
December 15, 2019
Cinderella (Cinderella) a film in which Camila Cabello will make her debut as a film actress, according to a Hollywood media outlet recently reported, will also feature Nicholas Galitzine in the role of the Prince, also joining the cast are Idina Menzel as Evelyn, who will bring to life the evil stepmother and Billy Porter as the indulgent fairy godmother.
Source: Show News
December 14, 2019
The Cuban mountaineer Yandy Núñez Martínez is preparing to depart for Argentina to attempt to conquer the summit of Aconcagua, another imposing challenge following his spectacular climbs of Mount Elbrus (5,642 meters) and Pico de Orizaba (5,636), the highest peaks in Europe and Mexico, respectively.
Source: OnCuba News
December 14, 2019
Cuban singer Erick Iglesias Rodríguez, known artistically as "Cimafunk", will be part of the guest list for the "Isle of light" festival, which will take place next Saturday, March 14, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Source: Asere.com
December 13, 2019
The 2019 Arcadia List presented 100 books written exclusively by female authors in Spanish, including works by 3 Cuban women.
Source: Cibercuba
December 13, 2019
Arturo Montoto is one of the undisputed masters of Cuban visual arts at the moment; he works in his studio-home in Guanabacoa.
Source: OnCuba News
December 12, 2019
At the age of 65, boxer in the light flyweight category Jorge Hernández, who is a glory of Cuban boxing, died in the early morning hours of Thursday, December 11, 2019.
Source: CubaSi
December 12, 2019
The wrestler Ismael Borrero and the discus thrower Yaimé Pérez were chosen as the best Cuban athletes of 2019.
Source: CubaDebate
