January 22, 2020
The novelist, poet, essayist, and ethnologist Miguel Barnet received this Tuesday in Havana the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of the Arts, for a body of work that has explored and contributed to revealing valuable areas of Cubanness, with a recognized ethical and social vocation.
Source: Cubadebate
January 22, 2020
The renowned Cuban pianist Marcos Madrigal will participate in the Rapsodia Underground concert season, to be held in the city of Naples, Italy.
Source: Cubadebate
January 21, 2020
After more than 20 years of residing in Spain, Octavio Carrera González, former professor at the University of Havana, was elected Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Masonic Council of Spain, the highest figure of "liberal" freemasonry in that country.
Source: Diario de Cuba
January 21, 2020
Many follow him with permanent loyalty at each of his performances in Cuba and on international stages, overflowing with emotions from his exquisite music always imbued with fine poetry, managing to become enraptured by that lyricism that only the sensitivity of his inspiration promotes from the profound and intimate expression of his feelings or valuing his virtuosity in all its dimension simply by hearing his name: José María Vitier.
Source: Radio Enciclopedia Popular
January 20, 2020
Historian and chronicler of Cuban baseball Ismael Sené Alegret passed away Saturday, January 20 in the morning in Havana, Cuban press reported.
Source: Diario de Cuba
January 20, 2020
Orlando Cantó, founder of the Van Van orchestra, died on Friday in Havana at the age of 82, as announced by the group on its social media.
Source: Asere
January 19, 2020
The renowned Cuban artists Luisa María Jiménez and Patricio Wood began this 2020 with a new joint project that will surely bring more than one joy to the admirers of good Cuban cinema.
Source: Asere.com
January 19, 2020
The Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) held a tribute at the Villena Hall of its national headquarters to Cuban filmmaker Octavio Cortázar (1935-2008), on the occasion of the 85th anniversary of his birth.
Source: Bohemia
January 17, 2020
The La Palma Film Commission office, through which the Cabildo promotes the island as a natural film set, has received a visit from renowned Cuban actress and director Blanca Rosa Blanco and producer Carlos de la Huerta, from the Cuban Institute of Film Art and Industry, with the objective of finalizing all the details for the upcoming filming of a documentary, produced by the aforementioned Cuban ministry, about the effects of emigration on the island of La Palma and which will be recorded not only on the Beautiful Island but also in Cuba.
Source: CubaSi
January 17, 2020
The outstanding Cuban Paralympic athlete Omara Durand has been nominated for the 2020 Laureus Awards, which recognize the best athletes of the year.
Source: Granma
January 15, 2020
Artist and businessman Pitbull will be the master of ceremonies for the 2020 edition of Premios Lo Nuestro (PLN), the only award show exclusively for Latino artists in the United States.
Source: El Universal
January 15, 2020
A tribute to Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez at the Santa Clara cultural center La Luna Naranja, followed by the usual jam session, served as the closing, last Sunday, of the 24th edition of the National Trovadores Festival Longina canta a Corona.
Source: CubaSi
January 14, 2020
A tribute to Cuban trova and, especially, to the work of Pablo Milanés was represented in the concert offered by Cuban Haydeé Milanés at the La Caridad theater in Santa Clara.
Source: CubaSi
January 14, 2020
Arlenis Sierra is a cyclist who continues to grow and amaze us with her performances.
Source: CubaSi
January 13, 2020
Less than a year after his last performances in Washington, in March and April of 2019, Cimafunk and his band offered a concert at Union Stage in the U.
Source: Cubadebate
January 13, 2020
The Teatro Metropólitan, in downtown Mexico City, will host on January 29 at 8:30 p.
Source: DCubanos
January 11, 2020
Cuban visual artist Rafael San Juan is grateful today that the Honoris Causa Internacional Foundation, established in Mexico, decided to name him Man of the Year 2019.
Source: Cubasi
January 11, 2020
He is not a regular at gyms or weightlifting, nor does he have prominent biceps… So where does Yasmani Fonseca Estrada get his strength from, a young man from Camagüey visiting Santiago, who can pull heavy cars with a rope in his mouth, as if it were a minor effort.
Source: CubaDebate
January 10, 2020
With Lester Hamlet, the director of films like Casa Vieja and Fábula, we had an exclusive conversation about his first telenovela.
Source: CubaSi
January 10, 2020
The Teatro del Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in the capital hosts Cuban pianist and composer Aldo López-Gavilán today with his unique concert offer alongside renowned instrumentalists 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 major 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 fitted black muslin dress with twill sleeves printed 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 debuted successfully this week in several venues in the Chilean capital under the general direction of dancer and choreographer Carlos Acosta.
Source: Prensa Latina
January 8, 2020
Musician Harold López-Nussa will take Cuban jazz from Havana to New York during his first tour in 2020, Harold back and forth.
Source: Prensa Latina
January 7, 2020
As a tribute to the immense body of 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 Teatro Martí on January 10 and 12 (7:00 p.
Source: Cubadebate
January 6, 2020
Although Ana was unable to win what would have been her first major international award, she has become one of the big stars of the ceremony.
Source: Hola
January 6, 2020
Cuban singer Haila María Mompié has shared the first images of her acting debut in a new telenovela by filmmaker 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, according to the event's official website announced today.
Source: Prensa Latina
January 5, 2020
Cuban actress Yare Santana plays the role of Jenny Infante, granddaughter of the famous actor from the golden age of Mexican cinema Pedro Infante, in the new Netflix film, "Como caído del cielo", released on December 24th.
Source: Asere.com
January 3, 2020
The renowned Cuban actress Ana de Armas returned to her native land to say goodbye to the year that is ending with her family and childhood friends.
Source: Asere.com
January 2, 2020
Viengsay Valdés, prima ballerina of the National Ballet of Cuba (BNC), has been appointed General Director of that company by the Minister of Culture, Alpidio Alonso.
Source: Cubadebate
January 2, 2020
A hard 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 this 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, renowned Cuban photographer, died on Sunday, December 29th due to "complications" from pneumonia after being admitted to the hospital a little over a month ago.
Source: Asere
December 31, 2019
On December 30th, the most famous street character of the capital of Cubans 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 three Cuban survivors of the guerrilla unit led by Cuban-Argentine commander Ernesto Che Guevara who 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 launch of the albums "Niñito Historia" and "Vendedor de Nubes" at the National Theater.
Source: CubaSi
December 30, 2019
The outstanding commentator Juan Antonio Salamanca, who left an irreplaceable void in sports narration, will be exalted to the Hall of Fame of the Palmar de Junco, in the province of Matanzas.
Source: Granma
December 29, 2019
The site La Razón has submitted to readers' consideration a list of the best albums distributed in Mexico in 2019.
Source: La Razón
December 29, 2019
Alejandro Mirabal sets a new record in the category of "Most historic shipwreck locations visited".
Source: Récord Guinness
December 28, 2019
Cuban alpinist Yandy Núñez conquers Mount Aconcagua, the highest elevation in America "I dedicate this summit to my son Yngvi, whom I will not be at his side for his second birthday, and to my wife," declared Yandy Núñez Martínez.
Source: Asere.com
December 28, 2019
Poet Lina de Feria was awarded the 2019 National Literature Prize, an honor 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 full-time closer for the Cincinnati Reds.
Source: Swingcompleto.com
December 26, 2019
The album "Pasaporte", released in 2013 by the multi-awarded Cuban trumpeter 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 sole survivor of the plane crash on May 18th of last year in Cuba, Mailén Díaz Almaguer, celebrated her 21st birthday on December 23rd.
Source: Cubadebate
December 25, 2019
These days, maestro Joaquín Julio Betancourt Jackman, a violinist, orchestrator, composer, and music producer from Camagüey, is in good spirits.
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
Cuban multimillionaire Roberto Polo has been recognized this week as the best modern and contemporary art collector in the world by Metropolitan Magazine New York.
Source: ADN Cuba
