Culture

Attended by delegations from 42 countries and over 300 participants from the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, the guest of honor, the 35th Caribbean Festival, which will run until July 9, began on Friday.»

The 9th International Festival Danzón Habana begins today in this capital with the participation of singers, bands and dance companies from nine countries.»

Cuban artist Jesus Lara is to reveal a piece dedicated to Prima Ballerina Assoluta Alicia Alonso, within a personal exhibition at the 12th Biennial of Havana.»

The Caguayo Foundation, presided by Cuban sculptor Alberto Lescay, is paying tribute to Wifredo Lam, one of Cuba’s most universal painters, at the 12th Havana Biennial.»

A joint U.S.-Cuban ballet production was launched in Havana Sunday, amid warming ties between the two nations.»

Speaking to the Guardian during the Cannes Film Festival, the actor who has played Che Guevara demonstrated his support for renewed diplomatic ties.»

After having been displayed in galleries of Sancti Spiritus and Havana, Raul Abreu’s Cerca del mar y del monte (Near the sea and the woods) photographic exhibition has finally settled in the Museum of Colonial Architecture of Trinidad.»

Internationally awarded Uruguayan author and journalist Eduardo Galeano died Monday of lung cancer at age 75 in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, according to local newspaper Subrayado.»

The need to find new alternatives other than book fairs, so as to draw literature closer to readers, was highlighted in Sancti Spiritus by the Minister of Culture, Julián González Toledo, who also said that this event will continue to be held every year.»

Already returned to its usual venues around Serafin Sánchez Park, and the boulevard, the 27th International Book Fair opens doors this Wednesday in Sancti Spiritus, central Cuba, with a tribute to late local outstanding teacher and poet, Raul Ferrer. Researchers like Ramón Luis Herrera, Julio M. Llanes, and Mercedes Fernández will talk about the legacy of Ferrer, whose best known »