Since 2009, Havana Cultura has teamed up with the eclectic London DJ Gilles Peterson to reveal some of the hottest talents of Havana's present day music scene. From studio jams led by top musicians to DJ influenced dance music, this Havana Club led initiative has celebrated the inspiring variety and talent of young Cuba.

At the end of March Brownswood and Havana Cultura are releasing a new EP from Cuban singer, composer, arranger, choir director, and band leader Daymé Arocena. At just 22 years old, Daymé is already a skillful, charismatic presence in Cuban music.

We have a copy of the book 'Making a Scene: Cuban Women's Short Stories' to give away to celebrate International Women's Day on 8 March.

The 24th International Book Fair closed its doors in Havana in February after 10 successful days of visits by local and foreign readers interested in the broad literary offer.

One of my first images of Laritza Bacallao was through a television show on Saturday night. The young singer was shown backstage waiting for her turn in some artist's concert. That scene I could never forget when she was asked about the expectations of her performance.

While the U.S. government has been negotiating with Cuba to normalize relations between the two countries,organizations in Tampa, USA, have been working to reconnect the city's historic ties with the island nation.

This is a fascinating and touching documentary bringing together the feelings and hopes of Eric, a young Cuban teenager who has cerebral palsy, his family and their amazing community project for children with disabilities in central Cuban town Ciego de Avila, a story of a disabled boy who helped Che Guevara in 1958, and a Cuban singer songwriter who is worried about globalisation.

Watch this fabulous video of Sexto Sentido singing 'Song to Eleggua', a prayer to the god of the crossroads, in Cuban sincretic religion Santeria.

Las ventanas (Windows), a short fiction film that was shown on TV in Cuba last year, has consolidated the position of Maryulis Alfonso (Ciego de Avila, 1988) in the line of feminist discourse which showed since her early works.

This autumn, one of the highlights of the 6th Salon of Contemporary Cuban Art was Caridad Blanco's exhibition Las otras narraciones: Una década de animación independiente (The Other Narrations: A Decade of Independent Animation). In a conversation with Abelardo Mena, the curator talks about the show and animation as a medium in Cuban art and culture.

Arts Instructors Rosa Ismery Gran­dal González, from Pinar del Río and Orvis Mor­gan Thaureaux, from Guantánamo, received this February 19 the Life-Achievements 2015 Olga Alonso National Prize, thus recognizing the example of Olga Alonso, which is kept alive and is followed by thousands of instructors, that like her, are faithful to the service of teaching the art of artistic creation all over Cuba.

Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.- Fernando Brugman, acting Director of the Regional Culture Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of UNESCO, acknowledged on Tuesday this city's efforts to preserve its material, spiritual and natural heritage.

Celina Gonzalez, the Queen of Cuban country music (Musica Campesina), died today in Havana at the age of 86, after a long illness. Born in Matanzas (1928) she was a very successful singer and composer. She sang on stages all over the world, with Benny More, Nat King Cole and many others. In the 1940s she met Reutillo Dominguez from Guantanamo, a great guitarist and vocalist, and they became the duo Celina y Reutillo (a couple in life and art). Celina and Reutilio also wrote Yo soy el punto cubano: the recording was a hit in many countries throughout the world. In 1964 they separated and Celina began her solo career.

Carlos, as well as a number of other Royal Ballet artists, were recipients of a variety of accolades at this year's National Dance Awards. Carlos was honoured to receive the De Valois Award for Lifetime Achievement. His Royal Ballet colleague Natalia Osipova won Outstanding Female Performance for her acclaimed performance in Giselle, as well as Best Female Dancer. The Royal Ballet's Francesca Hayward also won, collecting the Emerging Artist Award.

"This is a film we had to make, a very necessary film." This is what filmmaker Marilyn Solaya firmly said about 'Vestido de novia' ('Wedding Dress') in statements to the press during the 36th International Festival of New Latin American Film. Comments by the filmmaker and cast members."This is a film we had to make, a very necessary film." This is what filmmaker Marilyn Solaya firmly said about Vestido de novia in statements to the press during the 36th International Festival of New Latin American Film.