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How the US blockade against Cuba impacts the development of arts and culture

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 18/10/2018

On 31 October, the United Nations General Assembly will vote on Cuba’s annual resolution calling…

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  • Cuban Music

CD Review: Adalberto Álvarez y su son: Casino…el baile popular

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 17/10/201804/08/2020

This album of non-stop quality Cuban Casino dance music is a treasure for any lover…

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London Latin Jazz Festival, 16-20 October, London

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 14/10/201818/11/2018

  Guest curator and musician Eliane Correa will present her 8-piece project that fuses Afro-Cuban…

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London: CineCuba free monthly film club September-November 2018

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 12/10/201828/12/2018

24 September- Dare to Dream (2017) dir. Jennifer Wager, US. Documentary explores the global impact…

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  • Cuban Music

You Need to Hear This Afro-Cuban Funk Jam From Cimafunk

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 10/10/201807/11/2019

Cimafunk is a forward-looking Cuban artist who’s crash landed on our radar with  “Me Voy.” “Me…

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London: Chucho Valdes: Jazz Bata, 3-5 November 2018

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 10/10/201818/11/2018

Cuban pianist, composer and bandleader Chucho Valdés has been a key figure in the evolution…

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4th Havana Glasgow Film Festival 6-11 November 2018: Women in Film

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 09/10/201818/11/2018

Since 2002, Glasgow has been twinned with Havana, and the Havana Glasgow Film Festival aims…

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  • Past events

London: Pa’Que Bailes Cuban salsa weekender, 17-18 November 2018

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 07/10/201818/11/2018

Weekend of Cuban dance classes and live bands including Gerardo y los Rumberos All Stars…

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Our top 5 Cuban Culture reads for Black History Month

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 06/10/201819/10/2018

A Biography of a Runaway Slave 50th Anniversary Edition 2016 Compelling life story of Esteban…

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  • Past events

London: Friday 23 November:Jazz Cubano! Spectacular triple-bill

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 05/10/201828/12/2018

Omar Sosa + Yilian Cañizares + Arturo O’Farrill + Alfredo Rodriguez at The Barbican, London Omar Sosa is…

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London:Tuesday 27 November – Guitar Spectacular with Ahmed Dickinson

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 03/10/201828/12/2018

An evening of music for guitar performed by Cuban classical guitarist Ahmed Dickinson plus Mēla…

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Watch video about music education in Cuba

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 02/10/201804/08/2020

Students in Cuba receive more than 3,600 hours of high-quality music education over the course…

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Bournemouth: Made in Cuba dance weekender, 30 November – 2 December 2018

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 01/10/201814/01/2019

A Celebration of Cuban music and Dance with 2 days of classes 11am till 6pm &…

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Biography of a Runaway Slave: book review

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 01/10/201818/11/2018

Given there are few written testimonies by enslaved people anywhere, this, “the first personal and…

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  • Cuban Art

Luis Martinez Pedro: surrounded by water: Cuban painting on show in Havana

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 14/08/201818/10/2018

by: La Jiribilla, Cuba The work of Luis Martínez Pedro can be appreciated in all…

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