Havana, June 28 (RHC)-- A group of renowned Cuban percussionists are participating in KoSa Cuba interactive workshop, a Canadian initiative to enjoy and learn about the role of percussion instruments in Cuban music. The event is being livestreamed on Zoom due to the Covid-19 pandemic.... More

Havana, June 27 (RHC)-- U.S. Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA), advocated the normalization of relations between his country and Cuba, in the framework of the 18th Ernest Hemingway International Colloquium, held virtually from Cuba June 24th through the 26th.... More

Santiago de Cuba, June 26 (RHC)-- The director of Casa del Caribe Orlando Vergés has announced that due to the complex epidemiological situation in Eastern Santiago de Cuba, generated by the Covid-19 pandemic, all the previously planned in-person activities in the framework of the 40th Caribbean Festival, have now been officially cancelled.... More

Havana, Cuba, June 26 (RHC)—And this week Cuban singer Omara Portuondo was awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts by the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Sports, in a ceremony presided over by the King and Queen of Spain.... More

Havana, June 17 (RHC)-- The Hermanos Saíz Association of Young Artists celebrates its 35th anniversary this year, and as part of activities, there is a series of debates among Young Cuban creators focused on the speech by Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro known as ‘Palabras a los Intelectuales’ ‘Words to Intellectuals’, given during Fidel’s first meeting with Cuban writers and artists in 1961 at the José Martí National Library.... More

Havana, June 16 (RHC)-- As of June 20th, the Chicago-based platform HotHouse will present the documentary film "Sacha, un niño de Chernobyl" (Sacha, A Child of Chernobyl), directed by Cuban film-makers Roberto Chile and Maribel Acosta Damas.... More

Havana, June 16 (RHC)-- The Havana International Poetry Festival concluded with a meeting of poets at the Rubén Martínez Villena Center, belonging to the Association of Writers and Artists (UNEAC). The closing session was dedicated to Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (Che) and Mayor General Antonio Maceo on a new anniversary of their birthday, on June 14th.... More

Havana, June 16 (RHC)-- The Cuban film ‘Buscando a Casal’ by filmmaker Jorge Luis Sánchez, is nominated to the 8th edition of the Platino Award of Ibero-American Film, the gala of which is set for October in Madrid, Spain.... More