Culture

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 »

The greatest literary feast which is celebrated every year throughout Cuba will be held next week in the central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus.»

Cuban troubadour Pedro Luis Ferrer performed last Wednesday night, at Trinidad’s Municipal History Museum, former Cantero Palace. He was accompanied by his daughter Lena, and his brother Raul Ferrer.»

Young Cuban artists will give tonight a great concert in the emblematic University of Havana stairway in solidarity with the people and government of Venezuela, in view of the recent U.S. aggressive escalade against the South American nation.»