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MAY 2013 - LaHabana.com
WHAT’S ON
LA HABANA
!
MAY 2013
Cubadisco 2013 – Cuba’s premier
music awards ceremony
May 18-26
page 8
63rd Ernest Hemingway
International Bill Fishing Tournament
May 20-25
page 20
20th ‘Romerias de Mayo’
International Festival
May 3 - 8, 2013
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WHAT’S ON
HAVANA
! May 2013
What’s On La Habana, May 2013 is all about the music at Cuba’s
premier music awards ceremony, Cuba Disco which takes place from
May 18-26 in Havana. As well as a selection of Cuba’s best
contemporary musicians expect to see the first performances of
music composed by Juan Formell, founder and director of Los Van
Van, with symphonic arrangements by Joaquín Betancourt.
Elsewhere in Havana you will seldom be far from the sound of music.
Look out for Miramar’s new jazz club (Café Jazz Miramar) and a new
rap venue, La Sesión at Delirio Habanero.
For those of you looking to follow in Hemmingway’s footsteps you
should head out to Marina Hemingway in the Western suburb of
Havana for the 63rd Ernest Hemingway International Bill Fishing
Tournament where from May 20-25 competition will be fierce
amongst those hoping to land the big one…
With the opening of Milano Club Lounge the world of Bling-Bling has
arrived in Havana, check out the best restaurants, bars and clubs in
town and see who’s up and who’s down in Elena Vega’s dining guide.
We are continuing to try and improve this digital guide and hope that
you like the new features. Any feedback and/or notices about events
are always appreciated. You can contact us at
[email protected].
Cover picture by Ivan Soca
HAVANA CULTURE
ART | 3
PHOTOGRAPHY | 5
DANCE | 6
MUSIC | 8
PERFORMING ARTS | 16
OTHER | 18
FOR KIDS | 19
OTHER EVENTS & FEATURES
63RD ERNEST HEMINGWAY FISHING TOURNAMENT | 20
MAY 1 AT PLAZA DE LA REVOLUCIÓN | 22
20TH ‘ROMERIAS DE MAYO’ FESTIVAL | 23
CAYO LARGO - AN ABSOLUTE BEACH PARADISE | 24
HAVANA GUIDE
THE BEST BARS & CLUBS IN HAVANA | 25
THE BEST PLACE TO EAT IN HAVANA | 26
ELENA’S UPS & DOWNA TO DINING OUT IN HAVANA | 27
DIRECTORY / ADDRESS BOOK | 29
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ART
WHAT’
S ON
HAVAN
A
ACCENTUS
!
Biblioteca Pública Rubén Martínez Villena
Opens May 10
Exhibit by the Cuban sculptor José Villa Soberón, is
made up of ten small-scale pieces whose leitmotiv is
the circle. José Villa Soberón’s sculptures are
scattered throughout the island, although two stand
out in Havana: John Lennon in El Vedado and
Caballero de París in front of the Basílica Menor de
San Francisco de Asís concert hall in Old Havana.
MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES
CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION
Through July 22
The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes is celebrating its
100th birthday with two exhibitions related to the
anniversary: El Museo Nacional de Cuba. Orígenes
de la colección, refers to the museum’s first
exhibition in 1913 and shows pieces from its present
collections and others which later became part of
the collections of other Havana museums. Hitos.
Crecimiento de la colección de arte en el Museo
Nacional (1913-1963) includes significant instances in
the museum’s life, such as the loan of artwork by the
San Alejandro Art Academy in 1913, the purchase of
pieces from the Italian collector Salvatore Buffardi in
1925, and the legacy of Rafael Carvajal in 1954. From
April 24-26, experts will lecture on such topics as
collecting, restoring, education and promotion
SALVADOR GONZÁLEZ: UP
CLOSE & PERSONAL
by Ricardo Alberto Pérez
To speak of Salvador González Escalona and Callejón
de Hamel is practically the same thing. The man and
the alley have merged their fates into one. Born in the
central-eastern province of Camaguey in 1948,
Salvador is proud to have Cuba’s most popular open-air
art gallery, which has become a shrine to Afro-Cuban
religions through the artist’s stunning pictorial
fantasies. The buildings within the...
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ART
WHAT’
S ON
HAVAN
A
Opens
May 10
Revulsión, graduation
exercise of University of the
Arts students Liuby
Hernández Tamayo and
Yacel Izquierdo Díaz,
presents installations which
tackle the concepts of
power and liberty from the
resources of contemporary
graphic art.
Factoría
Habana
Opens
May 10
In El ardid de los
inocentes, Cuban artists
Celia y Yunior, Ricardo
Miguel Hernández, Grethell
Rasúa, Luis Gárciga,
Marianela Orozco, Néstor
Siré and Renier Quer, use
photography, video and
installation art to delve into
the one-to-one relation of
individual/urban context.
Taller de
Serigrafía
René
Through
May 18
CACA en el taller, yearly
show of the work carried
out by the Club de Amigos
del Cartel (CACA) [Poster
Friends Club].
Casa
Oswaldo
Guayasamín
Portocarrero
Casa de la Opens
May 24
Poesía
Sala
Martínez
Villena.
UNEAC
Through
May 26
Huella soviética [Soviet
Influence], by artists Alain
Martínez, Jorge Luis Sanfiel,
Camilo Villalvilla, Juan
Karlos Echeverría and
Rolando Quintero, takes
another look at a topic that
is still present in presentday Cuba at many levels.
Cartel cultural, by Rolando
de Oraá, Muñoz Bach 2012
Prizewinner for its
excellent design, is a
collection of 32 posters
created for theater.
Throughout Group show Yo cuento, tú
Centro
Provincial May
recuerdas, de los jóvenes
de Artes
artistas Rubén Darío,
Plásticas y
Alejandro Figueredo, Yomer
Diseño
Fidel, Gabriela García y
Rafael Herrera, entre otros.
Galería
Génesis
Miramar
Throughout Cuatro universos, una
May
visión, a group exhibition
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by artists Carlos Guzmán,
Carlos Verdial, Eduardo
Abela and Luis Ulises
García.
!
Centro
Hispano
Americano
de Cultura
Throughout
May
El cartel polaco de ahora
en lo adelante is a
collection of almost 100
pieces that includes posters
and illustrations from the
1990s to the present day.
This show confirms the long
and successful Polish
tradition in graphic art.
Centro de
Desarrollo
de las
Artes
Visuales
Throughout
May
The 14th Prize-winners’s
Salon awarded first prize to
La obra perfecta, by Lainier
Díaz López, multimedia
with video showing in real
time. With this prize, the
jury acknowledged the
quality and objectivity in
presenting the idea and the
level of conceptual
consistency that supports
it. Other pieces that
received awards from
different institutions were
Por encima del hombro,
installation by María Carla
Llanes Pereira, and Café, by
Osvaldo González Herrera.
Instituto
Superior
de Diseño
Throughout Mi guagua y tu autobús is
May
an exhibition of works by
students from Havana’s
Design Institute and the
Multidisciplinary Image
Institute if Quebec that
deals with the topic of
public transportation as
seen and experienced by
each of the artists
photographic manipulation,
typography and mostly
conceptual art.
Centro de Throughout Cartografías de lo
May
Arte
(im)posible exhibits pieces
Contempo
by artists Francis Naranjo
ráneo
(Spain), Juan Castillo (ChileWifredo
Sweden), Ingrid Wildi
Lam
Merino (Chile-Sweden),
Joaquín Sánchez (ParaguayBolivia), René Francisco
Rodríguez and 4ta
Pragmática Pedagógica
(Cuba) and Abel Barroso
(Cuba), who dialogue about
the problems that assail
man today.
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PHOTOGRAPHY
WHAT’
S ON
HAVAN
A
!
JORGEJ PEREZ’S FAREWELL-TO-CUBA
‘More than a photographer, I am a robber of memories
and stories that I try to capture in every image. Through
my pictures, I reveal my phantoms, my longings, my loves
and hates, my sorrows and joys. All mixed with bits of my
personality, because in each photograph there is some
feature of my own history… before immigrating to this
new city and new life, I said goodbye to each piece of life I
was leaving behind on our island. Because in these
pictures there remain the memories, the motherly
embrace, a poetic sunset seen from the Malecón, an old
song or the odd kiss stolen from a past sweetheart.’ Jorge
J. Pérez
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RAFAEL BAUTISTA’S PIXAMUNDO
COMES TO CUBA
Rafael Bautista takes big pictures; they fill the screen with
rich colors and a depth, which belies the pixels on the
computer screen. He titles his blog, Pixamundo – travels
from around the globe, which has superb images from
city to countryside to beach, East, and West. We are
delighted that Cuba is at the top of Rafael’s list of places
to visit. He considers that ‘the people, architecture, and
colors are a photographers delight. Plus the sounds,
scents and energy of the island continue to draw me
back.’
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REVOLUTION/EVOLUTION by JACK
KENNY
“Jack Kenny’s photographs are a compassionate window
onto the everyday beauty and longing of the Cuban
people. Kenny takes us with him on his travels around the
island of Cuba, capturing the grace that hides out in
humble villages in the countryside and the street energy
that literally explodes throughout the city of Havana. We
learn how life is lived in Cuba today, with equal parts joy
and uncertainty, and with the unending generosity that is
the hallmark of the Cuban spirit.”
Ruth Behar, professor of Anthropology at the University
of Michigan
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Through
Galería
Latinoame July
ricana.
Casa de
las
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Un esquimal con un zorro
blanco que acaba de
cazar, an exhibition by 20
young Chilean artists
revises the image that
outsider have of Chile. This
show is one of the events of
Photographic Year
organized by Casa de las
Américas.
Centro
Hispano
Americano
de Cultura
Throughout
May
Al fin…el mar is an
exhibition of submarine
photographs, most of which
have never been shown
before, taken from 1963 to
1976 by the mythical Cuban
photographer Alberto
Korda, author of the
worldwide famous
photograph of Che Guevara.
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DANCE
WHAT’
S ON
HAVAN
A
!
XXV FESTIVAL
LA HUELLA DE ESPAÑA
Plaza de Armas / Plaza de la
Catedral / Teatro Mella / SalaTeatro Museo Nacional de Bellas
Artes / Fundación Fernando Ortiz /
Casa Balear de Cuba / Espacio
Barcelona-Habana
May 19-26
Founded in 1989 by Cuba’s prima ballerina, Alicia
Alonso, the Spanish Imprint Festival is a reminder
of the strong Spanish component in Cuban culture
and idiosyncrasy. It is a festivity of dance, music,
visual arts, lyrical song, poetry and theater of the
culture and customs of the Spanish provinces and
communities and their influence in Cuba. This year
it focuses on the Balearic Islands, an autonomous
region of Spain. The festival will begin on May 19,
6pm with traditional dances performed by
Spanish associations in Cuba. The official opening
will take place with a gala performance at Plaza de
Armas, at 9pm. A highlight during the festival will
be the performances of dances from the Balearic
Islands at Plaza de Armas on the 26th beginning at
11am.
Rumba
Ballet
Sala Avellaneda. Teatro Nacional
El
Palenque
Teatro
Raquel Revuelta
Saturdays, 3pm
El Patio de la Rumba: weekly meeting with rumba dancers
and musicians from the Conjunto Folklórico Nacional and
guests.
May 31, 8:30pm
The Ballet Nacional de Cuba presents Shakespeare y sus
máscaras, choreography by Alicia Alonso, music by Charles
Gounod with orchestra adaptations by Juan Piñera, and
written by José Ramón Neyra based on William
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
Centro Hispano Americano
May 25,
5pm
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Flamenco show with Joel Zamora and his
company.
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DANCE
Callejón de Hamel & the beat of the conga drums
By Victoria Alcalá
Although Calle Hamel is really just an
extension of Calle animas, between
Aramburu and Espada it is known as
Callejón de Hamel for the fascinating
arts and dance project created by
Salvador Gonzales Escalona in this run
down Cayo Hueso neighborhood.
Salvador has painted large bright AfroCuban murals on the walls of Calle
Hamel, combining a mixture of abstract
and surrealist design with phrases
giving advice and warnings about
danger, death and life. Salvador
describes it as a community based
project, ‘from el barrio, to el barrio and
with el barrio.’ Although this now
attracts many tourists the events held
here, and especially the rumba is still
worth visiting. There is a small bar in the
street, which sells a strong drink of rum
and honey, CUC 2 and a stall, which sells
herbs, representing spiritual and
curative roles within Santeria.
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La
Teatro
rumba
Raquel
de Cayo
Revuelta
Hueso
Callejón de Colores
Every Sunday 12 to 5pm
First Saturday of the month at 10am
Held to honor the different Orishas, this is a very popular
event, attracting large enthusiastic crowds.
A chidren’s event in which one child is chosen to represent
Callejón de Hamel
Te
Teatro
Con Raquel Revuelta
Pena de los Abuelos
Last Friday of every month at 8.30pm
Second Sunday at 10am
Features poetry, theatre, paintings and music
An event for grandparents, although everyone joins in!
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MUSIC
WHAT’
S ON
HAVAN
A
CUBADISCO 2013
!
May 18-26, Havana
Initially announced to be held in the city of Holguin,
CUBADISCO 2013 will remain in its usual venue of Havana.
This year, the event will be dedicated to young musicians,
concert music and the violin, with Ecuador as the guest of
honor. In addition, Cuban violin tradition, which began in the
19th century with three giant violinists, Claudio José
Domingo Brindis de Salas, José White and Rafael Díaz
Albertini, will be honored with a contest for young
performers and several concerts devoted to the instrument.
Among the major attractions in the festival’s program will be
the first performances of music composed by Juan Formell,
founder and director of Los Van Van, with symphonic
arrangements by Joaquín Betancourt; performances by
Brulé, a group from the Sioux Indian reservation in the US;
the concert Brouwer Flamenco, as a tribute to Leo Brouwer
who many consider the greatest Cuban musician of all time;
a violin concert organized by Manolito Simonet with over
100 violinists; and the concert Locos por la música [Crazy
About Music], which will bring together a group of the most
popular Cuban musicians in a wide range of genres and
styles.
As always, the event will include a theoretical symposium
that will be held at the Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo
de la Música Cubana (CIDMUC) [Center for Research and
Development of Cuban Music] and which will focus on the
digital commerce of music in Cuba and the role of the
industry in the process of creation, among other topics.
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PROGRAM
Plaza de San Francisco
MAY 17
Teatro Nacional, Sala Covarrubias
3:00 pm
Concert with Spanish singer David de María and his
band. Guest performance, Buena Fe
Teatro Karl Marx
9:00 pm
Concert with Spanish singer David de María and his
band. Guest performance, Buena Fe
MAY 18
Biblioteca Nacional José Martí
3:00 pm
Choral concert
Teatro Nacional, Sala Avellaneda
9:00 pm
Award Ceremony Cubadisco 2013
MAY 19
Teatro Nacional, Sala Covarrubias
11:00 am
Opening Gala with the National Symphony
Orchestra, conducted by Enrique Pérez Mesa, and
Ecuadorian violinists Eva Steinsleger and Jorge
Saade; operatic singer Nora Long and violinist Anton
Millar from the US. Special guest stars: Juan Formell
and Los Van Van musicians.
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5:00 pm
Performance by the children’s theater, dance and
song company La Colmenita
Plaza de San Francisco
8:30 pm
Violin concert organized by Manolito Simonet with
over 100 violinists
MAY 19 - 26
Salón Rosado Benny Moré
8:30 pm
19- Enrique Alvarez/ Azucar Negra.
20- NG La Banda/Pupy y Los que Son Son.
21- Haila María Mompié/Manolito Simonet y su
Trabuco.
22- Tania Pantoja y su Grupo/Elito Revé y su
Charangón.
23 - Giraldo Piloto y Klimax/Bamboleo.
24- Maykel Blanco y su Salsa Mayor/Paulo FG y su
Élite.
25- Anacaona/Pachito Alonso y sus Kini Kini.
26- Orquestas Aragón y Original de Manzanillo.
MAY 20
CIDMUC calle G número 505,
entre 23 y 25, El Vedado
9:00 pm
Opening of the Cubadisco International Symposium
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CUBADISCO 2013
program (continued)
MAY 20 - 24
CIDMUC calle G número 505,
entre 23 y 25, El Vedado
MAY 24
10:00 am
MAY 20 - 22
2:30 pm
Workshops on the musical industry
MAY 21 - 26
Pabellón Cuba
2:30 pm
Concerts with nominees and prizewinners of
previous Cubadisco fairs.
MAY 21
Teatro Nacional, Sala Covarrubias
MAY 22
3:00 pm
Performance by the Symphony Orchestra of the
University of the Arts
Teatro Nacional, Sala Avellaneda
Casa del Alba
6:00 pm
Concert with Latin American music in tribute to the
late President Hugo Chávez
Teatro Nacional, Sala Covarrubias
6:00 pm
8:30 pm
Concert Locos por la música [Crazy About Music],
with performances by Manolito Simonet y su
Trabuco, Interactivo, Kelvis Ochoa, Adrián Berazaín,
Mauricio Figueiral, David Blanco, Septeto Nacional,
Pupy y los que Son Son, Ernesto Blanco, Tony Ávila,
Polito Ibáñez, Haila, Waldo Mendoza, Yumurí y sus
Hermanos, Lázaro Valdés y Bamboleo, Qva Libre, Los
Muñequitos de Matanzas and Elito Revé.
MAY 24
Obispo y Tacón, La Habana Vieja
Show in tribute to Benny Moré, with performances
by Buena Fe, Pedrito Calvo, Tania Pantoja, Waldo
Mendoza, Barbarito Torres, Leandro Camargo,
Laritza Bacallao and Luna Manzanares, among
others.
Casa del Alba
MAY 23
Teatro Nacional, Sala Covarrubias
Teatro Nacional, Sala Avellaneda
6:00 pm
Performance by Brulé, a group from the Sioux Indian
reservation in the US
Teatro Nacional, Sala Covarrubias
8:30 pm
Concert by the Matanzas Symphony Orchestra,
conducted by María Elena Mendiola and Esther
González Tristá, with performances by violinist
Alfredo Muñoz and the Youth Symphony Orchestra
of the Amadeo Roldán Conservatory, conducted by
Daiana García, with performances by Ernán LópezNussa (piano), Alejandro Acosta (guitar) and Laura
Ortega (clarinet). Special guest: Ernán Trío
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8:30 pm
Concert by the Villa Clara Symphony Orchestra,
conducted by Jorge López Marín and Irina Toledo,
with performances by Niurka González (flute) and
Javier Zalba (saxophone); and the Santiago de Cuba
Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Guido LópezGavilán and Daria Abreu, with performances by
Braulio Lavañino (violin) and Aldo López-Gavilán
(piano).
Teatro Karl Marx
8:30 pm
Gala with students from art schools and award
ceremony of the National Violin Completion
Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA)
4:00 pm
Concert by the National Concert Band
Theoretical session of the Cubadisco International
Symposium
CIDMUC calle G número 505,
entre 23 y 25, El Vedado
Obispo y Tacón, La Habana Vieja
4:00 pm
Concert by the National Concert Band
6:00 pm
Concert with Latin American music in tribute to the
late President Hugo Chávez
8:30 pm
Concert by the Villa Clara Symphony Orchestra,
conducted by Jorge López Marín and Irina Toledo,
with performances by Niurka González (flute) and
Javier Zalba (saxophone); and the Santiago de Cuba
Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Guido LópezGavilán and Daria Abreu, with performances by
Braulio Lavañino (violin) and Aldo López-Gavilán
(piano).
Teatro Karl Marx
8:30 pm
Concert Locos por la música [Crazy About Music],
with performances by Manolito Simonet y su
Trabuco, Interactivo, Kelvis Ochoa, Adrián Berazaín,
Mauricio Figueiral, David Blanco, Septeto Nacional,
Pupy y los que Son Son, Ernesto Blanco, Tony Ávila,
Polito Ibáñez, Haila, Waldo Mendoza, Yumurí y sus
Hermanos, Lázaro Valdés y Bamboleo, Qva Libre, Los
Muñequitos de Matanzas and Elito Revé.
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MUSIC
JAZZ
La Zorra y el Cuervo
10pm to 2am
Wed 1
Oscar Valdes & Diakara
Thu 2
Oscar Valdes & Diakara
Fri 3
César López
Sat 4
César López
Sun 5
Roberto Fonseca & Temperamento
Mon 6
Roberto Fonseca & Temperamento
Tue 7
El Chewy
Wed 8
Oscar Valdes & Diakara
Thu 9
Oscar Valdes & Diakara
Fri 10
César López
Sat 11
César López
Sun 12
Grupo Balance
Mon 13
El Chewy
Tue 14
El Chewy
Wed 15
Oscar Valdes & Diakara
Thu 16
Oscar Valdes & Diakara
Fri 17
César López
Sat 18
César López
Sun 19
Roberto Fonseca & Temperamento
Mon 20
Roberto Fonseca & Temperamento
Tue 21
Grupo Balance
Wed 22
Oscar Valdes & Diakara
Thu 23
Oscar Valdes & Diakara
Fri 24
César López
Sat 25
César López
Sun 26
Grupo Balance
Mon 27
El Chewy
Tue 28
Emilio Morales y Los Nuevos Amigos
Wed 29
Oscar Valdes & Diakara
Thu 30
Oscar Valdes & Diakara
Fri 31
César López
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Casa del
ALBA
May 11,
6pm
May 11,
Centro
5pm
Hispano
Americano
de Cultura
Ruy López-Nussa
(percusionista) y La
Academia
Oscar Valdés and Diákara
Café
Teatro
Miramar
May 25, 11
p.m
Roberto Carcassés, his trio
and guests
Teatro
Nacional.
Sala
May 26,
6pm
Concert with Jorge Reyes
(bass) and guests
Covarrubias
Sundays,
Centro
10pm
Cultural
Fresa y
Chocolate
Jazz Peña with Julito Padrón
and David Alfaro
Delirio
Habanero
(Teatro
Nacional)
Sundays,
5pm
Michel Herrera
Museo
Nacional
de Bellas
Sundays,
5pm
Michel Herrera
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MUSIC
JAZZ
RAP
Café Jazz Miramar
New jazz club (opens May 3) at the Cafè
Miramar de ARTEX (CineMiramar), on Calle 5ta
esquina a 94, Miramar Playa.
Opens 2pm
Shows: 10 pm - 2 am
Cover: 50.00 MN or CUC 2.00
Wed 1
Snack Jazz, Video Jazz and Dj Jazz
Thu 2
Dj Session
Fri 3
Harold López-Nussa
Sat 4
Roberto Carcassés, trio and guests
Wed 8
Roberto Fonseca & Temperamento
Miguel Ángel de Armas
Thu 9
Jorge Luis Pacheco
Fri 10
Yissy and his band
Sat 11
Roberto Carcassés, trio and guests
Tue 14
Carlos Miyares and his trio
Fri 17
Aldo López-Gavilán
Sat 18
Roberto Carcassés, trio and guests
Thu 23
Emilio Morales and Los Nuevos
Fri 24
Rolando Luna
Sun 26
Yissy and Dj Session
Tue 28
Héctor Quintana and his band
Wed 29
Alejandro Falcón
Thu 30
Emilio Morales and Los Nuevos
ROCK
Casa de la Saturdays,
5pm
Music
Miramar
Café
Cantante,
Teatro
Nacional
Sundays,
4pm
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Performances of the rock
band Gens
Los Kents, a “dinosaur” of
Cuban rock, play their hits
from the 60s and 70s.
El Sauce
May 3,
9pm
Cancha de May 11,
2pm
Cojímar
Hermanazos
Anónimo Consejo and
Brebaje Man
Maqueta
de La
Habana
May 25,
5pm
Hermanazos
Delirio
Habanero
Teatro
Nacional
Friday at
5 pm
La Sesión at Delirio
Habanero
Cuban rap has a new spot
every Friday at 5 pm at the
Delirio Habanero club
located in the Teatro
Nacional. Called “La Sesión,”
this is an excellent option
for lovers of this music
genre, which is the pièce de
résistance. La Sesión,
however, is not only about
rap--guests include the best
DJs in Havana, singers and
musicians from other
genres, visual artists and
actors from the stage.
Shows are hosted by the
Cuban actress Edenis
Sanchez and rapper Bárbaro
“El urbano” Vargas. La
Sesión is sure to become
one of rap/hip-hop’s
favorite spot in the Cuban
capital.
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MUSIC
Contemporary fusion
Saturdays,
Centro
Cultural El 9pm
Sauce
Don
Cangrejo
Café La
Rampa
May 2, 10
pm
Dinner concert with the
popular singer and
composer Raúl Paz.
May4, 8:30
Sala
Avellaneda pm
. Teatro
Nacional
Concert by singer and
composer Elaín Morales,
who is making a name for
himself in international
circuits with his interesting
fusion of jazz, son,
bossanova and flamenco.
Discoteca
Escaleras
al Cielo
May 19,
10pm
Aceituna sin Hueso and
their lead violin put out an
interesting interaction of
Celtic, Indian and Cuban
sounds
Casa de la Mondays,
Música de 5pm
Miramar
Performance by the fusion
band El Micha.
Tuesdays,
5pm
Havana D’Primera with a
selection of its repertoire
that includes salsa, balads,
jazz...
Fridays, 10
pm
Son combined with
elements from jazz, pop,
rap, punk and Caribbean
rhythms in the
performances by Klímax,
led by Giraldo Piloto,
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Fridays
Friday night party venue of
midnight to choice/last resort. Look for
2am
a young and beautiful
Cuban crowd. David
Torrens and Kelvis Ochoa
perform regularly.
Wichy D´Vedado, one of the
best DJs in Havana.
Restaurant May 4,
8:30pm
e Divino
Discotemba La Máquina de
la Melancolía. Trovador
Frank Delgado and the
popular actor Luis Alberto
García, who becomes a DJ
here, offer a demanding
selection of pop, rock,
Cuban alternative music,
pieces by singersongwriters and audiovisual
materials.
Café
Cantante,
Teatro
Nacional
Fridays,
11pm
Mondays,
Centro
10pm
Cultural
Fresa y
Chocolate
In “Lo que la radio nos dejó”
or What the Radio Left Us,
singer-songwriter Santiago
Feliú performs cover
versions of Spanish rock
and pop music from the 60s
and 70s, which along with
American and British rock
music, were very much in
vogue in Cuba then.
Wichy D´Vedado, one of the
most famous DJs in Havana
with the best of World
music.
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MUSIC
Bolero, folkloric, son & trova
Pabellón
Cuba
Casa del
Alba
May 3, 17,
31, 5pm
Performance by trovador
Silvio Alejandro, one of the
representatives of the socalled “intelligent song.”
The best tres player in
Cuba, Pancho Amat and
Cabildo del Son with a
sample of the most Cuban
of Cuban song and dance
styles: Son.
May 17, 5pm
Centro
Cultural
Pablo de la
Torriente
Brau
Cuerda Joven, a project
dedicated to the younger
generations of Cuban
trovadors, especially those
from other provinces who
are little known by
audiences of the capital.
La Pérgola. May 26,
Ministerio 6pm
de Cultura
El Pergolazo, with
trovadores Samuel Ávila
and Diego Cano
Centro de
la Décima
May 26,
4pm
El Jardín de la Gorda with
the performances of
trovadores from every
generation.
Barbaram
Pepito´s
Bar
Mondays,
9pm
Get-together with singersongwriter Frank Delgado,
popular for his caustic
humor which he faces
reality with, and guest
trovadors.
Jardines
del 1830
Tue & Thu,
8:30pm;
Sun, 5pm
Performances by one of the
most popular bands in
Cuba, Moncada, with an
extensive repertoire of
Cuban and Latin American
music.
Café
Concert
Adagio
Thursdays& Performance by Maylú, the
Saturdays, all-around singer of the
10pm
May 3, 8 pm With his beautiful and
powerful voice, Eduardo
Sosa and guests perform
highlights of Cuban trova of
all time.
May 4, 3pm Intimate get-together with
Centro
Iberoameri
the Ad Líbitum duo.
cano de la
Décima y
el Verso
Improvisado
May 4,
Sala
Avellaneda 8:30pm
. Teatro
Nacional
Casa de
África
May 16,
Sede
provisional 5pm
del Museo
Nacional
de la
Música
Concert by singer and
composer Elaín Morales,
who is making a name for
himself in international
circuits with his interesting
fusion of jazz, son,
bossanova and flamenco.
moment, whose repertoire
goes from arias of famous
operas to international pop
hits and Cuban and Latin
American song.
May 4, 4pm Performance by Síntesis.
May 11, 3pm Performance by the
folkloric group Obiní Batá.
Casa de la May 4, 7pm Santiago García combiness
Cultura de
a beautuiful voice with total
Plaza
mastery of Cuban popular
music.
Restaurant Fridays,
9pm
e Santo
Ángel,
Plaza Vieja
May 11, 7pm Marta Campos, renowned
singer of contemporary
songs with a trova feel to
them.
Piano bar
Tun Tun
Saturdays,
5pm
Saturdays,
Centro
10:30pm
Cultural
Fresa y
Chocolate
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A meeting with singersongwriter Erick Sánchez,
who is very much attached
to the island’s popular
music sounds and the daily
experiences of ordinary
Cubans.
Performance by the singersongwriter Ihosvany Bernal.
Performance by Yeni
Sotolongo, a young figure
of Cuban song who boasts
an exceptional voice and
varied repertoire.
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MUSIC
Classical
Basílica Menor de San Francisco de Asís
6 pm
May 27
The Byelorussian pianist Alexandra
Beliakovich will play works by Debussy,
Liszt, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff and
Stravinsky.
May 2
The Swiss clarinetist Ulrich Nyffeler will
play works by Mozart, Astor Piazzolla
and Jenny Peña.
May 4
Concert by the guitar orchestra
Sonantas Habaneras, conducted by Jesús
Ortega.
May 28
The Spanish pianist Gustavo Díaz-Jerez
will play a program based on works by
Albéniz.
May 11
The chamber orchestra Nuestro Tiempo
and pianist Maité Aboy, conducted by
Enrique Pérez Mesa of the National
Symphony Orchestra, have announced a
program with music by Mozart.
May 29
Johann Sebastian Bach will be the center
of the recital by the pianist Simone
Dinnerstein from the US.
May 30
The South Korean pianist Khowoon Kim
will play works by Rossini-Liszt, William
Bolcom, Granados and Mussorgsky.
May 31
Yuan Sheng from China has announced a
piano concert with works by Chopin,
Debussy, Moszkowski and the Cuban
composer Ernesto Lecuona.
May 16
Recital by pianist Claudia Lastra.
May 18
The D’Accord duet (Marita Rodríguez,
piano, and Vicente Monterrey, clarinet),
along with clarinetist Aylet Roque will
play Eight Pieces, op. 83, by Max Bruch.
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MUSIC
Classical
Sala de Conciertos Ignacio Cervantes
(antiguo Casino Español)
Oratorio San Felipe Neri
May 4, 4pm The workshops organized by the project
“European Classical Music in Old
Havana” will close with a concert by the
School-orchestra conducted by Walter
Reiter.
May 5, 6pm The Somtres ensemble, made up by
Evelio Tieles on the violin, Alejandro
Martínez on the cello and Karla
Martínez on the piano), has announced
an attractive program with pieces by
Schubert, Schumann, Massenet,
Rachmaninoff, Debussy and Mozart.
May 9, 7pm Works by Vivaldi, Jean Françaix and
Villa-Lobos, among other composers,
will be played by bassoonist Frank
Alejandro Suárez, accompanied by a
chamber orchestra of young musicians.
May 7, 6pm Pieces by the Polish composer Witold
Lutoslawski will be played by his fellow
countrymen Pawel Blaszkowski (violin)
and Jan Olechowski (piano).
May 12,
6pm
May 19,
6pm
The flutists Alberto Rosas and Niurka
González, the wind quintet Santa Cecilia
and the La Habana, Chamber Orchestra
conducted by Daiana García, will play
works by Ibert and Bach.
“Danzones,” “danzas” and contredanses
from the Cuban musical patrimony
make up the program of the Piquete
Típico Cubano orchestra, conducted by
Jorge Vistel Columbié.
May 18,
4pm
The Ondina duet (Niurka González, flute
and María del Henar Navarro, piano, will
play works composed especially for flute
and piano
May 25,
4pm
Concert dedicated to young violinists
and the violin which is the focus of
Cubadisco 2013.
May 30, 7
pm
Concert celebrating the 54 anniversary
of the debut of Cuban soprano María
Eugenia Barrios.
Casa del Alba
May 25,
6pm
The Chinese pianist Wenqiao Jiang will
play Liszt, Bartók, Granados, Menotti
and Chopin.
May 31,
5pm
May 26,
6pm
Works by two great Cuban pianists and
composers will be played by Wenqiao
Jiang (China) and Willanny Darias
Martínez (Cuba). The book Ignacio
Cervantes y la danza en Cuba, written
by the Cuban pianist and teacher
Salomón Gadles Mikowsky will be
launched that evening.
Palacio del Teatro Lírico. Sala Gonzalo Roig
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May 26,
5pm
Seis por derecho, a project conducted by
guitarist Rosa Matos.
The guitarist Luis Manuel Molina
conducts the Cuerda Dominical project.
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PERFORMING ARTS
WHAT’
S ON
HAVAN
A
!
CALIGULA
Teatro Trianón
Fri & Sat, 8:30pm; Sun, 5pm
Caligula. El Público theater company
reruns one of its most successful and
provocative plays of their repertory, by
French novelist, essayist, and dramatist,
Albert Camus.
Gaia Teatro
May 11-12,
8:30pm
Gaia Teatro de La Habana presents
Lazos rotos, a show that tackles gender
violence through dance theater
Sala Adolfo Llauradó
Fri & Sat,
8:30pm;
Sun, 5pm;
through
May 12
Teatro del Sol reruns Manteca, dramatic
comedy by Alberto Pedro. The dilemma
of three brothers of a Cuban family who
have to decide, on New year’s Eve, the
fate of the pig they have been raising
the entire year, serves to dig deep into
the harsh domestic reality of the 1990s.
Sala Argos Teatro
Fri & Sat,
8:30pm;
Sun, 5pm
Argos Teatro premieres Fíchenla si
pueden, a version by its director, Carlos
Celdrán, of La Putain Respectueuse by
French dramatist and novelist Jean Paul
Sartre, the major exponent of the
philosophy of existentialism, with Yuliet
Cruz in the leading role escorted by
Alexander Díaz, José Luis Hidalgo,
Waldo Franco and Marcel Oliva. The
viewer once more will face the
challenge of elucidating where truth,
justice and ethics truly lie.
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Centro Cultual Bertolt Brecht. Sala Tito Junco
Fri & Sat,
8:30pm;
Sun, 5pm
Directed by Tony Díaz, Mefisto Teatro
continues this month with the musical
Fresa y chocolate, based on Senel Paz’s
short story El lobo, el bosque y el
hombre nuevo, which served as
inspiration to Tomás Gutiérrez Alea for
his internationally famous film. With
Rayssel Cruz in the role of Diego, music
by Eduardo O Bourke Sr. and Eduardo O
Bourke Jr., and choreography by Denis
Martínez, the production aims to
acquaint younger audiences with a work
that is a classic in Cuban literature, both
in the book and film versions, for the
topic it tackles: homophobia in Cuban
society.
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PERFORMING ARTS
Blue/Orange by La Peña Meisner de la
Habana
Blue/Orange is a multi-award winning play written by
British dramatist Joe Penhall, and first performed at the
Royal National Theatre in 2000. The play is set in a British
psychiatric hospital. Christopher, a young Black man
from a poorer district, has been diagnosed with
Borderline Personality Disorder following a psychotic
episode. After 28 days in the care of young registrar, Dr.
Bruce Flaherty, Chris is due to be released. But Bruce
fears that his patient's belief that his father is Idi Amin,
and the fact that he insists that oranges are blue, are
warning signs of schizophrenia. If Chris is released into
the community he could well suffer a terrible breakdown.
A power struggle ensues…
Blue/Orange is not so much about mental illness –
although that is its framework – as it is about power. And
ego. And racial prejudice. As the two psychiatrists - one
young and scrupulous, the other older, set on his own
agenda, and utterly ruthless -- square off, the patient
becomes the battleground. It’s a wonderful chess game
of sorts.
La Peña Meisner de la Habana
La Peña Meisner de la Habana is an unofficial group
consisting of actors and directors who have studied
previously with Stephen Bayly at the Escuela
Internacional de Cine in San Antonio de los Baños. It was
formed in January 2012 and is dedicated to creating
realistic performances in film and theatre. In the Spring
of 2012 the group mounted its debut production, Las
Tumbas Olvidadas, an adaptation of Edgar Lee Master’s
Spoon River Anthology, as part of La Semana Británica.
In addition to the British Embassy, the group received
support from the Escuela Internacional de Cine y
Televlsion, and the Cuban Council of the Arts. The work
was very favorably received, and commended for its
refreshingly direct and truthful performances.
WHAT’
S ON
HAVAN
A
!
The Presentation
The work – a three-hander - has been translated by
Cuban scriptwriter Julio Carrillo, and will be presented
with two casts – one all-male and one all-female – playing
alternate nights. Top Cuban stage and film designer
Alain Ortiz will create the set and costumes. The players
are, of course, all Cuban, a mix of up-and-coming and
well-known actors:
Robert: Hector Noas/Maridelmis Marin
Christopher: Yarlo Ruiz/Idalmis Garcia
Bruce: Ernesto Fidel del Cañal/Yeny Soria
Blue/Orange will be mounted at the Teatro Bertold
Brecht from 6 June 2013 for one month, as a presentation
of Teatro del Publico. The intention of La Peña is to tour
the production both nationally and internationally.
The 100x100 Club
La Peña, as an unofficial group, needs to raise funds in
order to mount its productions.
In the case of
Blue/Orange, we have support from the British and
Norwegian Embassies, the EICTV, the Escencia Group,
and several UK private patrons – representing about
50% of the production budget.
Several Habaneros business people and arts patrons
have decided to get behind the production and have
formed a sponsorship group, the 100x100 Club, with the
idea of asking for donations of 100cuc as a form of
patronage. Members will be invited to the premiere and
opening night party, and their patronage will be
recognized in the theatre program and all printed
publicity. Will you join this illustrious group, support
Cuban talent, and become a sponsor of this unique
endeavor?
Contact details: Idalmis Garcia:
[email protected] / 5 283 5586
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OTHER EVENTS
LA NOCHE DE LOS MUSEOS EN
LA PLAZA DE ARMA
Plaza de Armas, Old Havana - May 18
The Historian’s Office of the City of Havana will
celebrate International Museum Day with La noche
de los museos en la Plaza de Armas. There will be
two guided tours: La Habana del siglo XVIII [18thcentury Havana] and La Habana del siglo XIX [19thcentury Havana]. Both will set out from the wooden
street in front of the Museum of the City (Palacio de
los Capitanes Generales) at 6pm and 7pm,
respectively. The celebration will close with a
concert in the Museum’s courtyard.
XI ENCUENTRO DE MANEJO Y
GESTIÓN DE CENTROS
HISTÓRICOS.
Convento de San Francisco de Asís, Old
Havana -May 7-10
The 11th Encounter on Management of Historic
Centres will have as central topic “Creative and
supportive undertakings, a strategic alternative for
the development of historic centers,” with the
participation of experts from Cuba, Mexico,
Colombia, Spain and Ecuador. Eusebio Leal,
Historian of the City of Havana, will open the event,
which includes lectures, panels, papers,
presentations and tours round Havana’s Historic
Center.
FERIA ARTE MAMÁ
Pabexpo - Through May 11
On the occasion of Mother’s Day, May 12, over 500
crafts artists from all over Cuba will exhibit and
sell the best of their production: ceramics,
textiles, wood, glass, household goods, furniture,
footwear, clothing, jewelry, papier maché, flower
arrangements and much more.
III FESTIVAL POR LA CULTURA RASTAFARI
Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño -May 11, 2pm
Dedicated to the Rasta family, this project aims to eliminate stereotyped concepts regarding the members of
this Afro-Caribbean religious group, through visual arts, music, dance and film.
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FOR KIDS
WHAT’
S ON
HAVAN
A
!
SUEÑO DE UNA NOCHE DE
VERANO
Teatro de Títeres El Arca
Fri, Sat & Sun, 3pm
The El Arca Puppet Theater premieres
Sueño de una noche de verano, based
on William Shakespeare’s immortal A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, with music
by Mendelssohn.
ADVENTURES IN THE
CIRCUS
Circo Nacional de Cuba
Fri, 7pm; Sat & Sun 4pm and
7pm
Continuing to entertain with great acts
presented with energy and Cuban
idiosyncrasy, Cuba’s National Circus is
over 100 years old. For the winter
season the CNC orchestra directed by
Ramón Núñez is adding some noise!
LA MUÑECA
NEGRA
Sala Hubert De
Blanck
Saturdays &
Sundays, 5pm
The Hubert de Blanck
theater company
presents its version of
José Martí’s La muñeca
negra, a short story
especially written for
children.
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Teatro
Karl Marx
May 26,
5pm
A favorite of every kid,
Lidys Lamoreaux, will
perform her songs along
with Rosa Campos and the
children’s choir Diminuto.
Plaza de
San
Francisco
de Asís
May 19,
5pm
Performance by La
Colmenita, Cuba’s top
children’s theater, dance
and song company.
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63rd ERNEST HEMINGWAY
International Billfishing Tournament
May 20-25, 2013
(Based from Marina Hemingway Marina, Playa, Havana)
Like all the best fishing stories, mine
began in a bar…
By Stephen Gibbs
One evening in Havana, I was introduced to a
man called Stewart, an affable commercial
manager in a London building firm. It turned out
he was part of the English team in this year’s
Hemingway fishing tournament. In fact, he was
the only Englishman on his boat, and he was
taking on recruits. Two days later, we were a
mile off the Havana coast, hoping to strike lucky
in what I was told was the oldest big—game
fishing competition in the world.
The Torneo Hemingway is one of those remnants
of pre—revolution Cuba that just won’t die.
Maybe that is not entirely unconnected to the
fact that Fidel Castro himself is a previous
winner. There is a photograph of Ernest
Hemingway handing him the trophy in 1960. It
was the only time the two men ever met.
Since then, the event has had its ups and downs.
By the mid—sixties, when almost all the Cuban
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bourgeoisie (as they were being described by
then) had left the island, only a few locals were
taking part. Then, in the late seventies, Jimmy
Carter instigated a détente with Cuba, and a
huge flotilla of fishermen came over from
America. The 1980 tournament was cancelled, as
that summer the waters were filled not with
marlin, but with thousands of Cuban rafters
heading for Florida.
These days, with the Bush administration
threatening heavy fines on American vessels
that visit Cuba, very few take the risk. And all
Cuban citizens now need special government
permission to set foot on a boat, which does not
help matters.
But the tournament goes on. This year there
were fifteen boats competing. One was full of
gregarious Frenchmen. Another with distinctly
organised—looking Czechs. And then there were
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fin of a massive blue marlin. Marlin are
notoriously aggressive fish. They don’t bite their
prey. They attack it. The reel beside me started
spinning. Stewart grabbed it and began to wind
it in.
the Russians, all with RUSSIA written in large red
letters on their T shirts. I had been told that one
of the crews had sneaked an American citizen on
board. Was he disguised as a Russian, I
wondered?
To be honest, we all looked a slightly motley
bunch. Think big—game fishing and you might
imagine huge, gleaming boats with names like
“Wet Dream,” and immaculately turned out
crews. But when the Americans don’t show up,
it’s not the same. Most of the boats were hired in
Cuba. They were simple, functional vessels. The
only opulence was the setting.
Tantalisingly close to the coast of Havana is
what Hemingway called the “great blue river.” It
is where the Gulf Stream brushes past the island,
and the sea floor plunges to a depth of nearly
6,000 feet (almost 2,000m). Cruising in the
warm current at this time of year are hundreds
of the Rolls—Royces of fish: the blue marlin.
Behind our boat we tried to tempt them with
squid—like lures, in garish colours.
But the fish got away. That happened two more
times before the day was over. Back at the
marina, the Czechs were already celebrating
their win—they had tagged four marlin. The
consolation prize was a ticket to the gala dinner
that night. There, I found myself talking to the
man who was the captain of Fidel Castro’s boat
in 1960. Maybe it was the sea air, or old age, but
Julio had none of the timidity you so often find in
Cubans when you raise the F—word in
conversation.
“Fidel knew nothing about fishing,” he said. “But I
was a good teacher, and he listened.”
Julio, it turned out, had coached more than a
few revolutionaries in this exclusive sport. Che
Guevara, for one, whom he described as “a bad
fisherman.” In Cuba, where Che has been
elevated to something close to a god, that
sounds almost blasphemous. I asked him which
country he thought produced the best anglers in
the world. Without hesitation, he pointed north
towards Florida.
Cuban fishermen seem to miss the competition,
and the money their American visitors once
provided. If ever the two countries settle their
differences, the first to return will be the men in
boats. The sea which divides these two unhappy
neighbors might yet bring them closer together.
The hours passed by. I began to wonder what
was the point. Stewart tried to explain. “It’s a
hunter—gatherer thing,” he said, as he sipped a
beer, and eased his large frame into a more
comfortable position.
These days, the idea of tournament game fishing
is in fact less hunter—gathering than
tag—and—releasing. No longer do the winners
have their photo taken next to their towering,
bleeding catch. Instead they bring the live fish
alongside the boat, attach a marker to it, and let
it go.
By midday we had caught nothing. Our
conversation, and the boat, drifted along.
Stewart was just explaining the ins and outs of
London property development when we were
reminded that underneath us, something even
more cutthroat was going on.
One of our bright orange lures burst out of the
water. Behind it, I caught a glimpse of the grey
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International Workers' Day
May 1 at Plaza de la Revolución, Havana, Cuba
Hundreds of thousands of Cubans filed through
Havana's Revolution Square on Wednesday, May
1, 2013 in a May Day parade that paid tribute to
Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan leader…A sea of
workers, many wearing red shirts like those
favored by Chavez and carrying signs with his
image, paraded past a giant statue of 19th
century Cuban independence hero Jose Marti in
the vast square where Cuba holds its biggest
political rallies.
This was actually somewhat lower key than
during many years’ past when upwards of a
million people would gather to listen to one of
Fidel Castro’s invariably long speeches.
Whatever your politics this is a chance to
experience and feel the atmosphere and energy
which remains in the Cuban revolution and to
get an insight into Cuba today. You should
remember that it starts and finish early
(typically you should aim to get there for 8am),
so put your walking shoes on, a hat for the
drenching sun and Vamos a la Plaza!
History and background to May Day
May Day, or Worker’s Day, is celebrated in honor
of the Martyrs of Chicago, seven company
employees in the US who were killed in 1886 for
going on a strike demanding an eight-hour
workday. During the Congress of the Second
International held in Paris in 1889 with
representatives of workers from several
European countries, the French delegation
presented the initiative of preserving the
memory of the Chicago martyrs through public
demonstrations for better working conditions.
One year later, the first May Day was celebrated
in different parts of the world, including Cuba.
Until 1959, the May Day demonstrations were
held to denounce the exploitation of workers in
the country. With the triumph of the Revolution
on January 1, 1959, May Day became a holiday of
the working class who every May 1 fill Plaza de la
Revolución joined by students, agricultural
workers and the armed forces in support of the
Revolution.
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Romerías de Mayo
May 3-8 / City of Holguín
According to the Spanish custom of placing a
cross at the highest point of a town or village in
order to prevent epidemics or natural disasters,
on May 3, 1790, the Franciscan friar Antonio de
Alegría placed a cross on the hill that marks the
geographic north of the city of Holguin. The
people of Holguín would make pilgrimages each
year to the Wooden Cross and this led to May 3
being declared a holiday for the city since 1945.
It was not until 1994, however, that through an
initiative of the Hermanos Saíz Association of
young artists that this pilgrimage became what
it is today, a week-long festival of every
manifestation of the arts. The Romerías begin
precisely with a pilgrimage to the Wooden Cross
carrying the Taino Axe with them. The festival is
presided by both the axe and the cross, symbols
of the mixture of elements that constitute Cuban
culture.
As every year, the city of Holguin is getting
ready to receive hundreds of creators from
every manifestation of the arts. In its 20th
edition, 200 artists from 25 countries have
confirmed their participation, as well as a similar
number of Cuban artists, such as David Blanco, X
Alfonso, Moneda Dura, Obsesión (who will launch
their album Disco negro, prizewinner at
Cubadisco 2012), Causa Justa (with their album
Kminos, also a prizewinner at Cubadisco 2012
and the Cuerda Viva Festival), Onda Livre, Las
Positivas, Buena Fe, DJs Iván Lejardi and Eddy
GT, Danza Teatro Retazos, Danza Abierta, Ballet
Lizt Alfonso and Mirón Cubano Theatre
Company, just to name a few. The popular
celebration, which links tradition and modernity,
will be characterized, as always, by its broad
spectrum, bringing together writers, singers,
rockers, rappers, folk groups, visual artists,
actors and dancers who join Holguineros in a
marathon-like program in various parts of the
city
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Cayo Largo
An absolute beach paradise
If you are looking for paradise, you will not go
far wrong in Cayo Largo. Slung 177 kilometers
south of the underbelly of Havana province,
Cayo Largo is the largest and easternmost of the
numerous coral cays that comprise the
Archipiélago de los Canarreos. This boomerangshaped, low-lying sliver of land boasts some of
the most gorgeous beaches in Cuba. The sugar
white sands extend along almost 20 kilometers
of shoreline. They dissolve into gin-clear
turquoise ocean waters where the snorkeling
and diving are simply superb and the beaches
go on forever including the world class Playa
Sirena. Thanks to Robert Majo for his superb
pictures provided below.
billeted far away from the hotels, you'll leave
with virtually no sense of the country itself. And
most of the few services here (a bank, medical
clinic, and disco) are five kilometers away in the
workers and administrative village: El Pueblo.
Choose your hotel carefully. There are only six to
pick from. They vary markedly, from the
unexciting Hotel Club Cayo Largo to the
attractive four-star Sol Cayo Largo, plus there's
a fishing lodge (Villa Marinera) nestled up to
mangrove-lined shallows. All the hotels are run
on an all-inclusive basis and concentrate along
Playa Paraíso, where high surf occasionally
makes enjoying the watersports all but
impossible.
Most vacationers here fly in from Europe or
Canada for a week or so of relaxing on the
beach, snorkeling, boozing, and not doing much
of anything else. You're a captive audience,
given the distance from the mainland and the
relative paucity of things to see and do. Other
visitors fly in for one- or two-night excursions
from Havana or Varadero.
An excursion shuttle ferries visitors to and from
Playas Sirena and Paraíso, twin stunning swathes
of white sand that have a beach grill and
watersports. And sailboat excursions take you to
nearby uninhabited cays sprinkled like diamonds
across the sapphire sea, including Cayo Iguana,
named for the large population of endemic giant
lizards appearing as baked and lifeless as the
ground they walk on.
The main drawback here: No Cubans are
allowed and other than the hotel workers,
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HAVANA’S BEST
CONTEMPORARY BARS & CLUBS
EL COCINERO
Calle 26, e 11 y 13, Vedado
Open noon to 3am daily
El Cocinero opened in February 2013 and
has instantly become a smash hit. Located
underneath the imposing brick chimney of
the same name (which used to be a
vegetable oil factory), this bar/restaurant
is reached via 3 flights of circular stairs,
which go up vertiginously lighthouse style.
It is worth the effort to reach the sunken
roof, which has ample space for drinks and
food. This place has a renovated industrial
space look, good music, nice décor and has
attracted a mixed crowd of affluent young
Cubans, expatriates as well as families for
dinner which is also (for now) served on
the roof terrace.
A young British DJ plays a Sunday evening
set from 6pm, which is worth checking out.
Teatro Bertolt Brecht
El Gato Tuerto
No se lo digas a nadie Don’t tell anyone!
Calle 13, e/I y J, Vedado
T. 830 1354 / 832 9359
Late night place to hear Bolero
Calle O, entre 17 y 19, Vedado
T. 833 2224
El Cocinero
Melem Bar
Havana’s coolest and best new bar/restaurant
Calle 26, e 11 y 13, Vedado
Young hip crowd – can get smoky
1ra y 60, Miramar
Don Cangrejo
Privé Lounge
Friday night party venue for young & beautiful crowd
Ave. 1ra No. 1606, entre 16 y 18, Miramar
T. 204 5002
(It is never late here)
Calle 88A No. 306 e/ 3ra y 3ra A, Miramar, Playa, Playa
T. 2092719
Ecaleras al Cielo
Sangri-La
Nightclub attracting a mostly LGBTQ crowd
658 Zulueta Street, between Gloria and Apodaca, Old Havana
T. 863 3009
Young hip crowd, modern basement venue
42 y 11, Miramar
Espacio
El Sauce
Hip new bar with valet parking
Calle 10, entre 5ta y 31, Miramar
Open air nightclub – attracts the best Cuban singers
Avenida 9na #12015, entre 120 y 130
T. 204-6428
La Fontana
El Tocororo
South Beach Miami style comes to
Havana outside + cozy renovated basement
Calle 3ra A, esquina 46, No. 305
Miramar, Havana
T. 202 8337
3D BAR
Mostly expatriates with Cuban friends, live music
Calle 18, entre 3ra y 5ta, Miramar
T. 204 2209 / 202 4530
Recently opened, smallish place, quite cool
Malecon entre Paseo y Presidente
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HAVAN
A
!
MILANO LOUNGE CLUB
Ave 3ra No 2404
E 24 y 26, Miramar, Playa, La Habana
(53) 7 203 4641
While Milano may be the new kid on the
block, opening in mid April, 2013 in
Miramar’s burgeoning entertainment
district, there was nothing modest about
the smart party that announced its arrival
loaded with bling-bling. This is a beautifully
decorated Miramar mansion, which could
have walked in straight from South Beach,
Miami. All white lines, minimalist and stylish.
You can eat inside the main house, on the
smallish terrace (our choice) or out in the
pleasant garden (watch out for chairs
sinking into the ground though!). There is a
small chill-out space inside although truth
be told this is a place for a party, get your
DJ and fill out the garden with the glitterati
of Havana.
20 Best places to eat in Havana
El Atelier (Experimental fusion)
Le Chansonnier (International)
Calle 5 entre Paseo y 2, Vedado tel: (7) 836 7075
Calle J No. 257 entre Línea y 15, Vedado
Tel: 832 1576
Bohemia (Café)
Calle 21, esquina 14, Vedado
El Chanchullero (Spanish tapas)
La Buena Vida (Vegetarian)
Teniente Rey 457ª bajos / Bernaza y El Cristo
tel:(07) 872 8227; 05 276 0938
No 917, Calle 46, entre 11 y 9na. tel: (07) 202 5816
La Carboncita (Italian)
Ave. 3ra No. 3804 entre 38 y 40.
tel: (07) 203 0261 / 290 4984
La Casa (International)
Calle 30 No. 865 entre 26 y 41. tel:(07) 881 7000
Calle 10 (International)
Corte del Principe (Italian)
Calle 9 esq. 74, Playa
T. 05 255-9091
El Deluvio (Italian)
Calle 72 No. 1705 entre 17 y 19, Playa
T. 202 1531
Doña Eutimia (Cuban-creole)
Calle 10 No 314 btwn Avs 3 & 5, Miramar. Tel: 205-3970
Callejón del Chorro No. 60, Habana Vieja
T. 05 281 5883; 05 270 6433
El Beduino (Arabic)
El Divino (International)
5ta entre 4 y 6, Miramar
Calle raquel no. 50 e/ Esperanza y Lindero
Reparto Castillo de Averhoff, Mantilla
Bollywood (Indian)
Calle 35 No 1361, entre La Torre y 24, Nuevo Vedado
Tel: 883 1216
Café Lauren (Spanish)
Calle M No. 257, entre 19 y 21, Vedado
Tel: 831 2090 / 832 6890
Casa de Miglis
Lealtad 120 entre Ánimas y Lagunas tel: (7) 864 1486
El Azador del Rey (Grilled meats)
3ra e 18 y 20, Miramar
Havana Chef (Spanish)
Calle 24 No 360 entre 21 y 23, Vedado
T. 830 1410
Los Nardos
Paseo de Martí (Prado) 565 entre
Teniente Rey y Dragones. tel: (07) 863 2985
El Piccolo (Italian)
5ta A No. 50206 entre 502 y 504,
Guanabo, Habana del Este tel: (7) 796 4300
Río Mar (International)
3A y Final # 11, La Puntilla, Miramar
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Elena's up and downs to dining out in Havana?
by Elena Vega
The boom in paladars has continued unabated during the past month with the opening of Milano (see
below), which must be the swishiest place to date and takes the bling rating up several notches.
Overall there does seem to be something of a wall-which has been hit in terms of creativity which has
definitely flat-lined. If this heralds a return to core dining principals all good, I simply have the feeling
that sometimes everyone seems to be chasing the same clientele using the same chef…
Growing pains…
DOWNS:
Pricey butter or oil for your bread at Milano
Milano opened to a big splash on April 20, 2013. This is an extremely good
looking place, decorated in white and with a huge window looking out on
the front yard that faces 3rd Avenue in Miramar. The food is O.K. but
overpriced and the service is below mediocre. In our last visit we ordered a
basket of their delicious homemade olive oil and rosemary bread, but it was
brought without any oil or butter, so we asked for some. Ten minutes later
we were presented with two tiny bowls (one with oil and one with butter)
and informed that our bread would go up in price from 2 cucs to 5 cucs,
because the bread did not come with any spreads. In my humble opinion
that is beyond ridiculous but I am still willing to give them the benefit of the
doubt since they are new and the waiters very obviously lack experience.
3rd Ave. # 2404, between 24 and 26, Miramar. Tel. 203 4641.
The lack of flexibility at some paladares
Who hasn’t ordered a half order of serrano ham? Or a steak with a different side dish? Accommodating orders
to the clients’ desires is a characteristic of many good paladares in the city and of most good restaurants in the
world. Unfortunately there are some establishments that lack that flexibility and refuse to modify the dishes as
they are described in the menu. Two recent examples of this in Havana are El Idilio, which couldn’t serve a half
order of serrano ham and cheese, and El Patio, which couldn’t replace a smoked sausage for a red chorizo in the
sausage plate. Both restaurants have good grilled food, they just need to remember the first rule of business:
the customer is always right. While we are at this must give a shout out to El Partenon which is always willing to
go that extra mile.
Idilio: Avenida de los Presidentes No. 351, corner with 15. Vedado. Tel. 832 8182
El Palio: Calle 182m between 11 and 13, Siboney. Tel. 05293 5842
The claustrophobic décor at Razones
This is an unpretentious paladar with a simple, but good menu (grilled fish,
grilled pork, garlic shrimp and a few Indian surprises), very friendly staff
and reasonable prices. It is casual and a favorite for many Cuban families
and tourists. Nevertheless there is neither a single window in the place nor
anything in the décor to relieve the cluttered look and claustrophobic
feeling. Some professional help in interior decoration could help, but it is
still a fairly good place food and price-wise. You may want to give it a try
whenever you run out of options.
Calle F, # 2, between 2nd and 3rd, Vedado. Tel. 830 6055
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by Elena Vega
UPS:
The appetizers at Star Bien
What a pretty paladar this one is! I was there on a breezy afternoon with
friends for appetizers and drinks. The place is very good looking, the staff is
helpful and friendly and the food is fantastic. I have to acknowledge that we
did not order any entrée, just appetizers, but all of them were great: we
tried the blue cheese raviolis, the crab croquettes, the breaded fish sticks,
and the cheese balls, among others. Everything was nice. Go and check it
out!
Calle 29 #205, between C and B. Tel. 830 0711
The open space at El Cocinero
This is one of the big “ups” of the last months in Havana. El Cocinero is a
cool and trendy bar located in Vedado in the building close to the iron
bridge with the big chimney. The space is totally open, which may present a
problem during the rainy season, but the owners are planning to open
another dining space in a closed area on the premises. One can have a full
meal at El Cocinero, but the place is better for tapas and drinks. Don’t miss
it!
Calle 26, S/N, between 11 and 13, Vedado. Tel. 832 2355
Smoked pork at NaO
This paladar has been open for just over a year in Havana Vieja, very close to
Avenida del Puerto on Calle Obispo. All the food I’ve eaten here has been
good and so has the service. But one of my favorite dishes at this tiny place
is the smoked pork. I am not particularly crazy about pork, but NaO’s
version has a beautiful and subtle smoked flavor and the pieces are so soft
they just melt in your mouth. Try also the Picadillo, the Ropa Vieja and the
Malanga Fritters with Honey. Overall, one can say that NaO has a great chef
in charge of the kitchen.
Obispo #1, corner with Avenida del Puerto. Tel. 05295 8209
Melazane alla Parmigiana at La Corte del Principe
I previously gave an “up” to this fairly new Italian paladar, located in
Miramar, for its fresh pastas. Those pastas continue to be the strong point
of La Corte del Principe where the dishes are prepared daily with fresh
products available in the market. Nevertheless if you choose not to go the
pasta route there is a great option -- the Melazane alla Parmigiana
(eggplant parmigiana), a delicious thin slice of eggplant fried in batter and
covered in a tomato sauce and parmesan cheese. It is an appetizer but I
could easily have it as an entrée. Remember that in this place you will
usually see a changing menu because every day they have only what is
fresh.
Calle 9 Esq. 74, Playa. Tel: 05 255-9091
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ADDRESS BOOK
WHAT’
S ON
HAVAN
A
CULTURAL CENTRES
!
Ballet Nacional
de Cuba
Calzada 509 entre D y E, El
Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 855 2946
Casa de la
Poesía
Muralla 63 entre Oficios e
Inquisidor, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 1801
Café Neruda
Malecón 355 entre Manrique y San
Nicolás, Centro Habana
Casa y Parque
Simón Bolívar
Casa de África
Obrapía 157 entre Mercaderes y
San Ignacio, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 861 5798
Mercaderes 158 entre Obrapía y
Lamparilla, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 861 3988
Casa Víctor
Hugo
O’Reilly 311 entre Habana y Aguiar,
La Habana Vieja
Teléfono 866 7591
Casa Alejandro
de Humboldt
Oficios esquina a Sol, La Habana
Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 863 9850
Caserón del
Tango
Casa de Artes y
Tradiciones
Chinas
Salud 313 entre Gervasio y Escobar,
Centro Habana
Tel. +(53) 7 863 5450 / 860 9976
Jústiz entre Baratillo y Oficios, La
Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 861 0822
Casona de Línea
Línea 505 entre D y E, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 833 8562
Casa de Asia
Mercaderes 111 entre Obrapía y
Obispo, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 863 9740
Centro Cultural
Bertolt Brecht
Calle13 esquina a I, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 832 9359
Casa de las
Américas
Calle 3ra. esquina a G, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 838 2706-09
Centro Cultural
Dulce María
Loynaz
Calle 19 esquina a E, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 835 2732
Casa de los
Árabes
Oficios 16 entre Obispo y Obrapía,
La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 861 5868
Centro Cultural
Pablo de la
Torriente Brau
Muralla 63 entre Oficios e
Inquisidor, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 861 5162
Casa del
Benemérito de
las Américas
Obrapía 116, entre Mercaderes y
Oficios, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 861 8166
Casa de la
Comedia (salateatro)
Jústiz 18, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 863 9282
Casa del Conde
Lombillo
Centro de Danza Prado 111, entre genio y Refugio, La
de La Habana
Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 863 9131 / 866 0808
Centro HispanoAmericano de
Cultura
Malecón 17 entre Prado y Genio,
Centro Habana
Tel. +(53) 7 860 6282
Empedrado entre Mercaderes y
San Ignacio, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 860 4311-14
Centro de
Teatro y Danza
San Ignacio 166 entre Obispo y
Obrapía, La Habana Vieja.
Tel. +(53) 7 862 9650 / 862 9448
Casa de los
Condes de
Jaruco
Plaza Vieja, La Habana Vieja
Calle 4 número 103 entre Calzada y
5ta., El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 830 3060
Casa Fundación
Oswaldo
Guayasamín
Obrapía entre Oficios y
Mercaderes, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 861 3843
Conjunto
Folklórico
Nacional de
Cuba
Convento de
Belén
Compostela entre Acosta y Luz, La
Habana Vieja
Casa Juan
Gualberto
Gómez
Empedrado entre Aguiar y Cuba,
La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 866 4114
Casa de la Obra
Pía
Obrapía entre Mercaderes y San
Ignacio, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 861 3097
Fundación
Ludwig de Cuba
Calle 13 núm. 509 entre D y E (5to.
piso), El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 832 4270 / 832 9128
Casa de la
Orfebrería
Obispo 113 entre Oficios y
Mercaderes, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 863 9861
Fundación
Habana Club
Avenida del Puerto 262 entre Luz
y Sol, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 4108
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Escuela Nacional Calle 11 esquina a 146, Cubanacán,
de Teatro
Playa
Tel. +(53) 7 208 4923
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CULTURAL CENTRES
Gabinete de
Arquelogía
Tacón 12 entre O’Reilly y
Empedrado, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 861 4469
Instituto de
Literatura y
Lingüística
Dr. José Antonio Portuondo Valdor
Avenida Salvador Allende 710,
Centro Habana
Tel. +(53) 7 878 6486
Instituto
Calle 120 entre 9na. y 13,
Superior de Arte Cubanacán, Playa
(ISA)
Tel. +(53) 7 271 9771
Proyecto
Cultural Arte
Tiempo
Cárdenas 114, bajos, entre Gloria y
Apodaca, La Habana Vieja Tel. +(53)
7 537-8 61 2838
Proyecto
Cultural
Comunitario
Todas las Manos
Trocadero 303 esquina a Águila,
Centro Habana
Tel. +(53) 7 861 3260
Unión de
Escritores y
Artistas de Cuba
(UNEAC)
Calle 17 esquina a H, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 832 4551-53
Tel. +(53) 7 832 4551-53
Unión Latina
Callejón de Jústiz 21, entre Oficios
y Avenida del Puerto, La Habana
Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 866 8142 / 866 8255
Tel. +(53) 7 832 4551-53
Vitrina de
Valonia
San Ignacio entre Teniente Rey y
Muralla, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 868 3561
BARS
3D BAR
Don Cangreco
(Recently opened, smallish place,
quite cool)
Malecon entre Paseo y President
(Friday night party venue for young
& beautiful crowd)
Ave. 1ra No. 1606 entre 16 y 18
Espacio
(Hip new bar with valet parking)
Calle 10, Entre 5ta y 31, Miramar
Melem Bar
(Young hip crowd – can get
smokey)
1ra y 60, Miramar
Sangri-La
(Young hip crowd, modern
basement venue)
42 y 11, Miramar
Tocororo
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NIGHTLIFE
Dos Gardenias
Calle 7ma. y 26, Miramar
Ecaleras al Cielo
658 Zulueta Street, between Gloria
and Apodaca Old Havana
Tel. (537)863 3009
El Gato Tuerto
Calle O entre17 y 19, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 55 2696
El Sauce
Calle 9na. Entre 120 y 130, Playa
Tel. +(53) 7 204 7061
La Cecilia
5ta. Avenida entre 110 y 112,
Miramar
La Maison
Calle 16 entre 7ma. y 31, Miramar
La Pérgola
Ministerio de Cultura
Calle 13 entre 2 y 4, El Vedado
La Piragua
Calle O y Malecón, El Vedado
La Zorra y el
Cuervo
(La Casa del Jazz Cubano)
Calle 23 esquina a O, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 833 2402
Piano bar Hotel
Panorama
Ave. 3ra. y 70, Miramar
Tel. +(53) 7 204 0100
ART GALLERIES
Centro de Arte
Contemporáneo
Wifredo Lam
Empedrado esquina a San Ignacio,
La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 863 9781 / 861 3419
Centro de
Desarrollo de las
Artes Visuales
San Ignacio 352 esquina a Teniente
Rey, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 5279, 862 9295 /
862 3533
Centro
Laboratorio
Artístico de San
Agustín (LASA)
Calle 23 esquina a 35, San Agustín,
La Lisa
Centro
Provincial de
Artes Plásticas y
Diseño
Oficios 362 entre Luz y Santa
Clara, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 3228 / 862 3295 /
866 0280
Colección Arte
de Nuestra
América Haydée
Santamaría
Casa de las Américas
Calle G entre 3ra. y 5ta., El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 838 2706-09
Fototeca de
Cuba
Mercaderes 307 entre Muralla y
Teniente Rey, Plaza Vieja, La
Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 2530
Tel. +(53) 7 832 4551-53
Galería
Avellaneda
Teatro Nacional
Calle Paseo y 39, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 870 4651
(Mostly expatriates with Cuban
friends, live music)
Calle 18, entre 3ra y 5ta, Miramar
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ART GALLERIES
Galería de Arte
Malecón
Calle D, entre 1ra, y 3ra., El Vedado
Galería Carmen
Montilla
Oficios 162 entre Amargura y
Churruca, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 866 4114
Galería Collage
Habana
San Rafael 103 entre Consulado e
Industria, Centro Habana
Galería Factoría
Habana
O´Reilly 308 entre entre Habana y
Aguiar, La Habana Vieja
Galería Forma
Obispo 255 entre Cuba y Aguiar,
La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 2633
Galería El Reino
de Este Mundo
Biblioteca Nacional José Martí
Boyeros entre 20 de Mayo y
Aranguren, Plaza de la Revolución
Tel. +(53) 7 881 1757
Galería René
Portocarrero
Teatro Nacional
Calle Paseo y 39, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 870 4651
Galería Raúl
Martínez
Palacio del Segundo Cabo
O’Reilly 4 esquina a Tacón, La
Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 8091 ext. 151
Galería Raúl
Oliva
Centro Cultural Bertolt Brecha
Calle13 esquina a I, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 832 9359
Galería Roberto
Diago
Muralla 107 esquina a San Ignacio,
La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 3577
Galería
Servando
Calle 23 esquina a 10, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 833 9599
Galería Fresa y
Chocolate
Calle 23 entre 10 y 12, El Vedado
Galería
Fundación
Habana Club
Avenida del Puerto y Sol, La
Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 4108
Galería
Fundación
Ludwig
Calle 13 esquina a D, 5to. piso, El
Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 832 4270 / 832 9128
Galería
Servando
Cabrera
Calle 42 entre 1ra. y 3ra., La Copa,
Playa
Tel. +(53) 7 203 7171
Galería Galiano
Galiano esquina a Concordia,
Centro Habana
Tel. +(53) 7 862 5365
Galería Víctor
Manuel
San Ignacio y Callejón del Chorro,
La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 866 9268
Galería Habana
Línea 460 entre E y F, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 832 7101
Galería Villa
Manuela
Galería Haydee
Santamaría
Calle G entre E y F, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 832 4653
Calle H número 406 entre 17 y 19,
El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 832 2391
Galería 23 Y 12
Galería Julio
Larramendi
Hotel Conde de Villanueva
Mercaderes 202 entre Lamparilla y
Amargura, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 9294 / 862 9293
Calle 23 esquina a 12, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 831 1810
Hotel Los Frailes
Teniente Rey 8 entre Oficios y
Mercaderes, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 9383
Galería La
Acacia
San José 114 entre Industria y
Consulado, Centro Habana
Tel. +(53) 7 863 9364 / 861 3533
Taller
Experimental de
Gráfica de La
Habana
Callejón del Chorro, Plaza de la
Catedral, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 0979
Taller de
Serigrafía René
Portocarrero
Cuba 513, entre Teniente Rey y
Muralla, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 3276 / 861 9354
Tel. +(53) 7 862 3276 / 861 9354
Galería
Casa de las Américas
Latinoamericana Calle G entre 3ra. y 5ta., piso 2, El
Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 832 4653
Galería Mariano
Calle 15 núm. 607 entre B y C, El
Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 838 2702
Galería Orígenes Gran Teatro de La Habana
Prado y San Rafael, Centro
Habana
Tel. +(53) 7 863 6690
Galería Palacio
de la Artesanía
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Cuba 64, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 33 8072 y 861 9796
CINEMAS
Centro Cultural
ICAIC
Calle 23 entre 10 y 12, El Vedado
Cine Acapulco
Avenida 26 esquina a 39, Nuevo
Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 833 9573
Cine Chaplin
Calle 23 entre 10 y 12, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 831 1101
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CINEMAS
MUSEUMS
Cine La Rampa
Calle 23 entre O y P, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 878 6146
Cine Payret
Prado 513, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 863 3163
Cine Riviera
Calle 23 entre F y G, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 830 9564
Cine Yara
Calle L esquina a 23, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 831 1723 / 832 9430
Cine 23 y 12
Calle 23 entre 12 y 14, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 833 6906
Cinematógrafo
Lumière
Cine-teatro
Trianón
Mercaderes entre Obispo y
Obrapía, La Habana Vieja
Línea entre Paseo y A., El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 830 9648
Fundación del
Quinta Santa Bárbara, calle 212
Nuevo Cine
núm. 21254 esquina a 31, La
Latinoamericano
Coronela, La Lisa
Tel. +(53) 7 271 8311 / 271 8141
Multisala Infanta
Infanta entre Neptuno y San
Miguel, Centro Habana
Tel. +(53) 7 878 9323
MUSEUMS
Fototeca de
Cuba
Mercaderes 307 entre Muralla y
Teniente Rey, Plaza Vieja, La
Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 2530
Tel. +(53) 7 832 4551-53
Maqueta de La Calle 28 núm. 113, entre 1ra. y 3ra.,
Habana
Miramar
Tel. +(53) 7 204 2661 / 332661
Memorial José Martí
Plaza de la Revolución
Tel. +(53) 7 882 0906 / 884 0551
Monumento de
la Cárcel de La
Habana
Cárcel entre Zulueta y Prado, La
Habana Vieja
Museo
Antropológico
Montané
Edifico Felipe Poey, Plaza Ignacio
Agramonte, Universidad de La
Habana, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 879 3488
Museo de
Arqueología
Museo de Arte
Colonial
Tacón 12 entre O’Reilly y
Empedrado, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 861 4469
Plaza de la Catedral, La Habana
Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 6440
Museo Biblioteca Calle Paseo 304 esquina a 13, El
Servando
Vedado
Cabrera Moreno
Museo Casa
Natal de José
Martí
Leonor Pérez 314, entre Picota y
Egido, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 861 3778
Museo Castillo
de la Real
Fuerza
O’Reilly entre Avenida del Puerto y
Tacón, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 861 6130
Museo del
Chocolate
Amargura esquina a Mercaderes,
La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 866 4431
Museo de la
Ciudad
Tacón 1 entre Obispo y O’Reilly, La
Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 861 5001
Museo de la
Danza
Línea esquina a G, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 831 2198
Museo Ernest
Hemingway
Finca Vigía, San Francisco de
Paula, San Miguel del Padrón
Tel. +(53) 7 891 0809
Museo
Farmacéutico
Taquechel
Obispo entre San Ignacio y
Mercaderes, La Habana Vieja
Museo de
Historia Natural
Obispo 61 entre Baratillo y Oficios,
La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 863 2687
Galería Mariano
Calle 15 núm. 607 entre B y C, El
Museo Nacional
de Artes
Decorativas
Obispo 61 entre Baratillo y Oficios,
La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 863 2687
Museo Nacional
de Bellas Artes
(Arte Cubano)
Trocadero entre Monserrate y
Zulueta, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 0140, 861 3858 y
863 9484
Museo Nacional
de Bellas Artes
Centro Asturiano (Colección
Universal)
San Rafael entre Zulueta y
Monserrate, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 0140 / 861 3858 /
863 9484
Museo Nacional
de la Cerámica
Contemporánea
Calle Mercaderes, esquina a
Amargura, La Habana Vieja
Museo Nacional
de la Música
Capdevila 1 entre Habana y Aguiar,
La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 861 9046
Museo de Naipes Inquisidor y Muralla, Plaza Vieja,
La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 860 1530
Tel. +(53) 7 835 2027 / 836 0010
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MUSEUMS
MUSIC
Museo
Napoleónico
San Miguel y Ronda, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 879 1412 / 879 1460
Maxim Rock
Bruzón 62, entre Almendares y
Ayestarán, Plaza de la
RevoluciónTel. +(53) 7 877 5925
Museo
Numismáti-co
Obispo entre Cuba y San Ignacio,
La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 861 5811
Oratorio San
Felipe Neri
Aguiar esquina a Obrapía, La
Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 3243
Museo de la
Perfumería
Oficios, entre Obispo y Obrapía, La
Habana Vieja
Palacio del
Teatro Lírico
Nacional
Zulueta 253 entre Ánimas y
Neptuno, La Habana Vieja
Museo Postal
Cubano
Avenida de Rancho Boyeros entre
19 de Mayo y 20 de Mayo
(Ministerio de Comunicaciones),
Plaza de la Revolución
Tel. +(53) 7 870 5581
Sala Lecuona
Prado y San Rafael, Centro Habana
Tel. +(53) 7 861 3077 / 3079
Teatro Amadeo
Roldán
Calzada y D, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 832 4521-22
Museo de la
Revolución y
Memorial
Granma
Refugio 1 entre Monserrate y
Zulueta, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 4091
Museo del Ron
Avenida del Puerto 262 entre Luz
y Sol, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 4108
Museo del
Tabaco
Fototeca de
Cuba
Parque Histórico
Militar MorroCabaña
Sala del
Transporte
Automotor
Mercaderes 120 entre Obispo y
Obrapía, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 861 5795
Mercaderes 307 entre Muralla y
Teniente Rey, Plaza Vieja, La
Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 2530
Tel. +(53) 7 832 4551-53
Carretera de la Cabaña, La Habana
del Este
Tel. +(53) 7 861 6130 / 861 5001
THEATRES
Centro Cultural
Bertolt Brecht
Calle13 esquina a I, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 832 9359
Cine-teatro
Trianón
Línea entre Paseo y A, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 830 9648
Gran Teatro de
La Habana
Prado y San Rafael, Centro Habana
Tel. +(53) 7 861 3077-79
Sala Adolfo
Llauradó
Calle 11 entre D y E, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 832 5573
Sala Argos
Teatro
Ayestarán 307 esquina a 20 de
Mayo, El Cerro
Tel. +(53) 7 878 5551
Sala Hubert de
Blanck
Calzada 657 entre A y B, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 830 1011
Teatro América
Galiano entre Concordia y
Neptuno, Centro Habana
Tel. +(53) 7 862 5416
Teatro Astral
Infanta 501, Centro Habana
Tel. +(53) 7 878 1001
Teatro El Sótano
Calle K entre 25 y 27, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 832 0630
Teatro Fausto
Prado y Colón, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 863 1173
Oficios y Callejón de Jústiz, La
Habana Vieja
MUSIC
Basílica Menor
del Convento de
San Francisco
de Asís
Oficios y Churruca, La Habana
Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 862 9683
Gran Teatro de
La Habana
Prado y San Rafael, Centro Habana
Tel. +(53) 7 861 3077-79
Iglesia de San
Francisco de
Paula
Desamparados y San Ignacio,
Alameda de Paula, La Habana Vieja
Tel. +(53) 7 860 4210
Jardines de la
Tropical
Avenida Tropical y Rizo, Playa
Tel. +(53) 7 881 8767
Liceum
Mozartiano de
La Habana
Avenida Tropical y Rizo, Playa
Tel. +(53) 7 881 8767
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Teatro Karl Marx Calle 1ra y 8, Miramar
Tel. +(53) 7 203 0801 / 209 1991
Teatro Mella
Línea entre A y B, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 830 4987
Teatro Nacional
Paseo y 39, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 879 3558 / 879 6011
Teatro Nacional
de Guiñol
Calle M entre 19 y 21, El Vedado
Tel. +(53) 7 832 6262 / 832 8292
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