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Havana prepares to celebrate 500 years with broad city renovation programme

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 18/04/201806/06/2018

by: Cuban News Agency A wide ranging development programme is being carried out in Havana…

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  • Cuban Dance

Miguel Iglesias, director of Danza Contemporanea de Cuba, wins National Dance Award

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 18/04/201806/06/2018

by: Cuban News Agency Miguel Iglesias, director of the prestigious company Danza Contemporánea de Cuba,…

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  • Cuban Film

Sergio and Serguéi: Cuban cinema among the stars – interview with director Ernesto Darano

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 19/01/201830/12/2018

From: Juventud Rebelde/La Jiribilla ‘Sergio & Sergei’ was one of the most anticipated Cuban films…

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  • Cuban Music

Cuban National Music Award for Jose Luis Cortes, architect of timba

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 15/01/201818/10/2018

The Cuban National Music Award 2017 has been awarded to José Luis Cortés “El Tosco”,…

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Cultural events coming up in Cuba in 2018

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 01/01/201818/07/2018

Are you going to be in Cuba in 2018? Here are some of the main…

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  • Cuban Film

Cuban films in the Havana Latin American film Festival this December

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 06/12/201706/06/2018

Representing Cuban film in the official selection for the 39th International Festival of New Latin…

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  • Cuban Dance

A Salsa music hug: Cuban record label promotes salsa collaboration with Puerto Rico

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 16/11/201725/04/2018

Cuban record label promotes salsa collaboration with Puerto Rico with top Cuban singers Yumurí,Mayito Rivera, Haila, El Indio, Tania Pantoja and others

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  • Cuban Art

Artist Choco receives prestigious Cuban National Visual Arts Award for 2017

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 15/11/201725/04/2018

by: LaJiribilla.cu/presentecubanart.org  06/11/17 Cuban artist Eduardo Roca Salazar, known as Choco by colleagues and the…

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Yesterday 15 April marked 60 years since the US military invasion of Cuba at Playa Giron/Bay of Pigs defeated against the odds by Cubans. Cuban artists at the time responded after the event with some powerful works. Some of the famous paintings are on show in Havana via a virtual exhibition by Raul Martinez, Mariano Rodriguez and Servando Cabrera. #Cubanart #cubanartists #PlayaGiron
Happy birthday today to brilliant Cuban jazz pianist and composer Roberto Fonseca. If you haven't checked out his album 'Yesun' do so now! Looking forward to live concerts in the future. Check out a review of his album last year https://cuba50.org/2020/01/26/cd-review-roberto-fonseca-yesun-the-album-i-always-wanted-to-make/
The International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade is commemorated every March 25, to pay tribute to all victims of slavery.
Cuban actor Mario Balmaseda has won the Cuban National Film Prize 2021. He has been a star of many great Cuban films such as 'One way or another' and 'The man from el Maisinicu' as well as a Brechtian theatre actor and dedicated to taking theatre to the remotest parts of the island.  #cubanfilm
To celebrate International Womens Day – meet ten Cuban women – actors, filmmakers, writers, musicians, dancers, directors – who have made waves in Cuban culture – but you may not have heard of.
On a day like today 20 February the wonderful Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer was born in 1927. He passed away 15 years ago but his memory lives on with so many great Cuban songs. He was a great singer of son but sang many boleros with buena vista social club. Which is your favourite Ibrahim Ferrer track?

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