Renowned Cuban pedagogue, Leonela Relys, designer of the literacy method Yes, I Can, with which more than eight million illiterates in the world have learned to read and write, died of cancer in Havana... More
Cuban writer, Eduardo Heras León, has been granted the 2015 National Literature Award by the Cuban Book Institute for the work of his entire life... More
The Laura Alonso Ballet Company of the Havana based Prodanza Center received a standing ovation with Swan Lake in the prosperous southern Chinese city of Shenzhen... More
Havana’s International Book Fair is set to run from February 12th through 22nd at the Morro- Cabaña complex with the launching of some 900 books... More
The United Buddy Bears Project that promotes tolerance, understanding and peace among nations will shortly arrive in Old Havana’s San Francisco or San Francis Square... More
The library of the Havana based Casa de las Américas cultural institution received a donation of digital archives that treasure part of the audiovisual work by documentary makers Estela and Ernesto Bravo... More
The traditional Saturday of Books in Old Havana’s Arms Square Ironwood Street will launch two books published by the Jose Marti Publishing House... More
The exhibition Interior Dance, from the National Theater to the House of Obrapía, by painter and drawer, Osvaldo García, opened in that Old Havana cultural center... More
The 19th Scientific Workshop of Social African American Anthropology and the 8th Storytellers Encounter Afropalabra Festival got underway in the Cuban capital... More
Emblematic Cuban radio announcer, Eduardo Rosillo, passed away in the Cuban capital at the age of 85... More
The Cuban National Ballet Company held its traditional January 1st Gala at Havana’s National Theater celebrating the 56th anniversary of the victory of the Cuban Revolution... More
The so called “Diva of the Buena Vista Social Club Project”, Cuban singer, Omara Portuondo, has just released a new album titled That Old Black Magic, bewitching audiences all over the world... More
Cubans are celebrating the 110th birthday of renowned Cuban writer and intellectual, Alejo Carpentier, on December 26th... More
Old Havana’s San Francis of Assisi Square will be the venue of the New Year Concert “Por Mi Habana” on Saturday, December 27th, starring Cuba's National Symphony Orchestra... More
Everybody seems to know The Payret Theatre, on Prado and San Martín and directly across from Capitolio. Payret has a long history. It opened its doors on January 24th 1877 and was called "The Red Coliseum," for being completely upholstered in red. Overlooking Central Park, this theatre was revamped in 1951, with seating for 1,890, keeping the same name that it was given in 1877. The architecture of the building blends perfectly into the eclectic neighborhood... More
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