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Cuba’s Jazz Plaza 2021 goes online this January

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 22/01/202123/01/2021

This January is Cuba’s 36th Jazz Plaza Festival and not wanting to cancel it due…

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  • Cuban Art

Cuban cartoonist Ares wins the 2020 national comedy award, together with Juana Bacallao

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 24/12/2020

The Cuban illustrator, painter, and cartoonist Arístides Hernández (Ares) in December received the 2020 National…

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  • Cuban Film

Annual Latin American Cinema Festival still takes flight in Havana

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 20/12/2020

“Cuban cinema is trying, in the midst of so many setbacks, to take flight.” These…

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  • Cuban Art

Rafael Zarza wins Cuban National Visual Arts Prize 2020

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 19/12/202024/05/2021

If there is an image of a bull in a Cuban painting – often portrayed…

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  • Cuban Music

Huberal Herrera Lescano and Edesio Alejandro jointly win the Cuban National Music Prize 2020

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 26/11/202019/12/2020

This week the jury of the 2020 National Music Award, made up of Digna Guerra,…

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  • News from Cuba

What is the impact of the US blockade on culture in Cuba?

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 20/10/202019/12/2020

Fernando Leon Jacomino, Cuba’s Vice Minister for Culture, spoke to an international conference online this…

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  • Cuban Music

8 May declared Day of the Cuban son

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 18/10/2020

May 8 has been declared ‘Day of the Cuban Son’ in homage to this music-dance…

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  • News from Cuba

Cuba to celebrate National Day of Culture 20 October

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 17/10/202007/11/2020

On 20 October each year Cuba celebrates their National Day of Culture ‘Jornada de la…

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  • News from Cuba

National Award honours cultural work in Cuban communities

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 11/10/202018/10/2020

To recognize the projects and initiatives that promote artistic development and the rescue of Cuban…

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  • Cuban Dance

A conversation with Cuba’s 2020 National Dance Award winner Johannes Garcia, maestro of AfroCuban dance theatre

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 11/10/202023/10/2020

Johannes García, director of the Cuban Traditional Dances company (Compañía de Danzas Tradicionales JJ), will…

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  • Cuban Music

Cuban musicians nominated for Latin Grammys 2020

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 11/10/202020/03/2021

Cuban music and musicians garnered most of the nominations in the 2020 Latin Grammy’s Best…

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  • Cuban Dance

Cuban Carlos Acosta receives Dance Magazine award in US

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 23/09/202023/09/2020

Dance Magazine, from the US, on 23 September recognized the solid international career of top…

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  • Cuban Music

Cuban minister criticizes US media campaign against Cuban artists, especially musician Alexander Abreu

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 17/09/202024/09/2020

Cuba’s Minister for Culture, Alpidio Alonso, criticized US media campaign against Cuban artists including the…

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  • News from Cuba

Havana Club and Skepta

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 01/09/202023/09/2020

Havana Club has joined forces with the lyrical champion and top UK grime legend Skepta…

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  • Cuban Music

Concert for Cuba: A tribute to Cuban doctors

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 20/07/202021/07/2020

Cuban artists including Los Van Van and Alexander Abreu, plus US artists Tom Morello, Michael…

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