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The departure of the British warship, Wave Knight
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Cover photo by Alex Mene showing Erislandy
Savón at the World Series of Boxing match,
in Ciudad Deportiva, December 6, 2013
Welcome to 2014. We hope you had a great Christmas and New Year and thank you
for your continued interest in What’s On Havana—the definitive monthly cultural and
travel guide to Havana.
An absolute must for anyone who likes Cuban boxing are the Cuban Domadores’s next
two home matches in the World Series of Boxing, which Cuba has entered for the first
time. These will take place at the Ciudad Deportiva against the Mexican Guerreros
and Polish Hussars on January 18 and February 1, respectively
Literary buffs will want to check out the prestigious Premio Casa de las Américas
taking place between January 20-30 in Havana and Cienfuegos. Over the years many
of the prize-winning works have become classics of Latin American literature.
In the dance world, there is a varied ballet program including several performances
of The Nutcracker by the Ballet Nacional de Cuba. Try also to see Irene Rodríguez’s
Spanish dance company on January 29 at the Teatro Nacional. In theatre, Carlos
Diaz’s provocative and critically acclaimed Antigone is playing weekend nights at the
Teatro Trianón.
Live music performances includes Frank Delgado and Roberto Carcassés at Privé
Lounge and Miramar Café respectively on Saturday, January 4. Later in the month
don’t miss the incomparable Silvio Rodríguez in Concert at Plaza de San Francisco de
Asís, January 19, 6pm.
Other events this month include the Marcha de las Antorchas which starts out from
Havana University at midnight on January 27 (this is to celebrate the birth of José
Martí) and celebrations in Barrio Chino to mark the Chinese New Year on January 31.
Outside of Havana you should try and make it to Trinidad for the XXV Coloquio de la
Cultura Trinitaria from January 9-11. This most beautiful colonial city is celebrating
its 500th anniversary this year and there is a packed cultural program right up to
January 19.
Thanks to all of our contributors, sponsors, partners and readers. Do please keep
providing us with your feedback, comments and suggestions.
All the best. Viva Cuba!
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contents
January 2014
La isla del día después by Enrique
Camejo p7
By Ricardo Alberto Pérez
Photo by Alexander Mene
havana
culture
Travel
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Irene Rodríguez: tick, tick, tock p12
By Margaret Atkins
Visual arts p4 - Photography p9Dance p10- Literature p14 - Music p15Theatre p22
XXV Coloquio de la Cultura Trinitaria (Jan 9-11)
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Not to miss during January 2014
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Prologue to a
Tragedy, Pas de
trois, Suite generis
& Caleidoscopio by
the Ballet Nacional
de Cuba @ Teatro
Nacional, , 8 pm
I Festival sobre Cocina
Regional Cubana, Jan
12-18
Premio Casa de las
Américas, January
20-30 @ Casa de las
Américas
La Marcha de las
Antorchas , starts
from Havana
University, at midnight
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14
21
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Festival Afropalabra
@ Casa de África (Jan
6-8)
Perfect golfing
weather. Spend the
day playing around
Havana’s 9-hole golf
course. Important
business to discuss
Premio Casa de las
Américas, January
20-30 @ Casa de las
Américas
Raúl Paz @ Basílica
Menor de San
Francisco de Asís, 6pm
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8
15
22
29
Time to let the kids
watch the entire
StarWars series – I
to VI. Black out the
curtains and sleep.
IV Magdalena Sin
Fronteras, January
8-18, Santa Clara
Qva Libre @ Café
Cantante, 5pm
Interactivo @ Bertolt
Brecht, 11pm
Irene Rodríguez @
2
9 XXV Coloquio de la
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23
30
Pancho Amat @ Museo
Nacional de la Música,
5pm
Happy Hour at Bikos,
7-9pm
Japanese night at La
Casa.
Japanese night at La
Casa.
Eve of the Passing
Year @ Barrio China
(Centro Havana)
Happy new year
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Festival de la Trova
Longina, Jan 1-15 in
Santa Clara
Fri
what’s on havana
Cultura Trinitaria Jan
9-11
Bobby Carcassés @
UNEAC, 2pm
Concert by soprano
Bárbara Llanes @
Oratorio San Felipe
Neri, 7pm
Alexander Abreu y
Havana de Primera @
Casa de la Música de
Miramar, 11pm
Sat
Wed
Teatro Nacional, 6pm
Thu
10
17
24
31
Carlos Diaz’s Antigone
@ Teatro Trianón,
8.30pm
Opening Imagining
Cuba@ Fototeca de
Cuba, 6 pm
Opening of Dios
los cría at Factoría
Habana
Aire frío @ Argos
Teatro Fri & Sat,
8:30pm
La magia de la danza
by the Ballet Nacional
de Cuba: @ Sala
Avellaneda, 8pm
Fri
Chinese New Year
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25
Feb 1
Roberto Carcassés
(piano) and his
trio Salvaje @ Café
Miramar, 10.30pm
The Nutcracker by
the Ballet Nacional
de Cuba @ Sala
Avellaneda, 8pm
World Series of
Boxing: Cuban
Domadores vs. the
Mexican Hussars at
Ciudad Deportiva
La Colmenita @ Plaza
de San Francisco, 3pm
Boxing: Cuba vs.
Poland at Ciudad
Deportiva
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19
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Feb 2
Natural Trio (Martini,
Ruly Herrera & Rey
Guerra Jr) @ Privé
Lounge, 11pm
The Nutcracker by
the Ballet Nacional
de Cuba @ Sala
Avellaneda, 5pm
Silvio Rodríguez in
Concert @ Plaza de
San Francisco de Asís,
6pm
Circus @ Carpa
Trompoloco, 4pm &
7pm
Aldo López-Gavilán @
Privé Lounge, 11pm
Harold López-Nussa
& Willian Roblejo @
Privé Lounge, 11pm
Pub crawl:
Esencia Habana,
Espacios, Don Cangrej
o, Sangri-La Las
Piedras & Kpricho.
Frank Delgado @
Privé Lounge, 11pm
Sun
Tue
3
Carlos Diaz’s Antigone
@Teatro Trianón,
8.30pm
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The Amadeo Roldán
string quartet @
Basílica Menor de San
Francisco de Asís, 6pm
Martini, Ruly Herrera
& Rey Guerra Jr @
Privé Lounge, 11pm
Sat
Sun
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Visual Arts
Post-it
Galerías Collage Habana and Galería
Galiano,Through January, 2014
Post-it, exhibition and sale of works resulting
from the competition of the same name, which
aims to present the artistic production of
young Cuban artists. Fifty-six pieces (prints,
paintings, sculptures, photographs, video art and
installations) were chosen among students from
the San Alejandro Art Academy and the Visual Arts
Provincial Academies, as well as three self-taught
artists, all under age 35.
Picassum Tremens
Casa Víctor Hugo
Through January 18
In Picassum Tremens artists Eduardo Abela,
Alicia de la Campa, Sinecio Cuétara, Hilda María
Enríquez, Arístides Hernández (Ares), Pedro Pablo
Oliva, Ángel Rivero (Andy) and Reinerio Tamayo
offer their own personal views of Pablo Picasso.
De Eros,
vampiros y Tapoks
Centro Hispano Americano de
Cultura Opens Throughout
January, 2014
by Juan Padrón, curated by poet and essayist Rafael
Acosta de Arriba, brings out Padrón’s mastery in
drawing and his intelligent humor in an area quite
different from the Elpidio Valdés animated films,
which he is famous for. Sixty pieces made up of
erotic drawings and watercolors accompany over
100 short animated films called Erotips in its world
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Visual Arts
Entre. Exhibición de arte de los Medios Emergentes.
Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales Throughout January
An exhibition by Cuban and German artists which
focuses on how one may “feel” art beyond the
rational paradigms of modernity, is divided into
sessions related to new media art (especially
audiovisuals,
installations,
environmental,
electronic and sound art). What the artists of
this group exhibition all have in common is
experimentation and use of non-conventional
forms of expression. Concerts, workshops and
talks on new media art by the artists themselves
and guest experts in the fields of information
technology, computer programming, engineering
and other sciences related to these contemporary
art forms.
January 8-16
Exhibition by the ENEMA group made up of artists
Camila García, Mari Claudia García, Salomé García,
Duniesky Martín, Alandy Martínez Nasco, Nelson
Miranda, Axis (Cristian Cuevas, Randy Moreno,
Lázaro Piñol y Milton Raggi), Samuel Riera and
Marilyn Volkman.
January 14-16, 10 am
Workshops and talks on new media art by
participating artists and experts in several fields.
January 22-31
Exhibition by artists Fernando Cruz, Alberto
Domínguez, Andrea Sunder-Plassmann and Sigi
Torinus.
Dios los cría
Factoría Habana Opens Jan 17
Curated by Cuban artist René Peña and by
Concha Fontenla, includes visual, artistic, social
and documentary materials spanning from the
1950s to the 1970s, as well as a selection of works
by contemporary artists. The exhibition aims to
question the view of curators as the being that has
to make critical judgments and differentiate what
is good and bad. The artists of this group show are
Adrián Fernández, Aimée García, Alfredo Ramos,
Amilkar Feria, Arién Chang Castan, Cirenaica
Moreira, Duniesky Martín, Eduardo Hernández,
Eduardo Muñoz, Glenda León, Jenny Brito, José
Ángel Toirac, Marta María Pérez Bravo, Pepe
Menéndez, Raúl Cañibano, Reinier Nande, Reynier
Leyva Novo and Rodney Batista.
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Visual Arts
Biblioteca Pública Rubén Martínez Villena
Opens Jan 15
Focusing on the graphical visuality
that accompanied Cuban sugar
harvests from the 1960s to the
1980s. Azúcar shows over 30
posters made Raúl Martínez,
José Papiol, Daysi García López,
Humberto Trujillo Pardo, Jesús
Forjans and René Mederos, among
other graphic designers.
Casa Carmen Montilla
Opens Jan
28, 4pm
The internationally renowned
Cuban artist Eduardo Roca,
better known as Choco, will be
exhibiting a selection of his work
on occasion of the 15th anniversary
of Habana Radio station of the City
Historian’s Office.
Galería Villa Manuela
Through
January 10
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes.
Edificio de Arte Cubano
Through
January 10
La isla del día después is a
collection of watercolors by
Luis Enrique Camejo. In a postimpressionist manner and the
artist’s personal style, the city is
seen under a heavy storm as an
expression of its inner state, as a
reflection of the checkered times.
Opens
January 17
Una raza, la raza humana is
an anthological exhibition that
focuses on the relationship of José
Martí, and Cuba and Key West,
and the impact of Cuba’s Ten Years
Wars. The exhibition will begin
this month with works by Mario
Sánchez and will be open until
March 23.
Casa Oswaldo Guayasamín
Opens Jan 8
In Haiku, made up of excellent
charcoal drawings on Masonite,
artist Yoan Figueroa has focused
on the child’s universe to
depict such issues as loneliness,
existential anguish, physical and
psychological violence, lack of
communication and material
poverty.
Palacio de Lombillo
Throughout La historia es larga, la vida es
January
corta by Luis Antonio Espinosa
Fruto takes a transgressive and at
times ironic look into the complex
relation and interaction between
History and History.
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam
Through
January 11
El poder de tu alma exhibits works
by Roberto Diago that have never
been seen before. The paintings
that are now shown come close
to abstraction and highlight the
poetic association of the material
used and the expressive potentials
of color and texture.
Palacio de Lombillo
Throughout Seisdedos en Cuba, by Spanish
January
artist Juan Manuel Seisdedos,
Mare magnum mare nostrum by
Meira Marrero and José Ángel
Toirac exhbits recent pieces by
the artists, who give their own
personal view of Cuba, sun and
beach.
Salón del Monte, hotel Ambos Mundos
Through
January 11
Evocación lírica exhibits, for the
first time ever, 18 paintings by
National Visual Arts Prizewinner
2012 Ever Fonseca, indefatigable
maker of fables and recreator
of legends from the Cuban
countryside.
exhibits gestural painting, of
random and emotive brush strokes,
akin to psychic automatism of
early surrealist artists.
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Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes.
Edificio de Arte Cubano
Through January 10
La isla del día después
Exhibition by Enrique Camejo
La isla del día después is a collection of watercolors
by Luis Enrique Camejo. In a post-impressionist
manner and the artist’s personal style, the city is
seen under a heavy storm as an expression of its
inner state, as a reflection of the checkered times.
The question is: what could happen the day after
the day on which we are alive? The battle between
certainty and doubt is unleashed and into this very
battle Camejo has ventured to tell us a singular
tale about what is being wrought in that kind of
fathomless hole which is the future, something in
which what we call destiny plays a part.
The artist’s contemplation takes him to view the
island from outside, lifted up on the violent crest
of the waves, at the very moment one is attempting
to reach the spot that is so yearned for, on the
other side of the avalanche, sprayed by the salt
water. There is something valuable in his gesture
that is preserved by his watercolors. He transmits
unexplainable serenity in the middle of that flood
and it helps to multiply the messages found in
each piece.
stamped with the rhythm established by a very
specific mind that proposes new textures within
the reigning state of contingency.
The scenarios give the impression that people
are fleeing towards the diaspora. We feel that this
divisive decision does not turn us into adversaries,
but into rather strange complementary elements.
In one watercolor that bears the characteristics of
a majestic landscape, a boat is crossing the bay;
on the opposite shore, two beings are immersed
in meditation. The silhouettes are tiny but clearly
discernible despite the lowering storm-ridden sky.
Previous work by Camejo has revealed to us the city
in its different phases and in different mutations.
Often he is obsessed with the nocturnal effects
Havana is probably one of the most photographed
cities in the world: between crumbling buildings
and a certain lack of care, foreigners passionately
take in the enigma it presents. Luis Enrique Camejo
washes over certain very specific sites that are
captured in such photos. Some are anonymous
locations spread all over the compass but they are
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provided by concerts of lights that create extraordinary nuances for his paintings. The way he handles
light, including the headlights of cars, is an essential feature of his subject matter. Lights take on a
symbolic function because they evoke the speed of the present.
Now lights have been replaced by a homogenizing effect that covers everything with a whitening
atmosphere, an intense grayness that takes over the protagonists and functions to great effect. It is a
constant spilling over of what cannot be contained and usurps all that it can, installing a new version of
reality. Inert expectant buildings remain in the background, impeccably detailed, witnessing the energy
of the water. And now, night and day fuse together under the effects of fog.
Camejo has positioned us at a crossroads where much speculation can take place; his painting not only
serves the purpose of beauty but that of generating ideas. After viewing the exhibition, one takes to the
city streets again and absorbs the sounds and sensations that reactivate the state of things that draws
out the coordinates of our existence and those of everyone surrounding us
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photography
Ciudades de silencio
Convento de San Francisco de Asís
Throughout January
Photographers Ignacio Barrios, Isabel
Martínez and Alberto Chino Arcos (Cuba)
capture not only the artistic treasures of
each of the sites but also the sensations
that the Père-Lachaise Cemetery in París,
the La Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos
Aires and the Cristóbal Colón Cemetery
in Havana can cause.
Cuba iluminada
Sala de la Diversidad
Throughout January
The exhibition is a collection of
pictures of over 100 important figures
of Cuban culture taken by the Spanish
photographer Héctor Garrido from
2010-2013. During these years, the
renowned photographer has worked
on a project that includes culture in its
more comprehensive meaning–artistic
and literary manifestations, science and
sports.
Del cuerpo y la memoria...
tres fotógrafas iberoamericanas
Galería Latinoamericana, Casa de las
Américas Opens January 27
An exhibition of works by Costa Rican
photographer Karla Solano, Spanish
Beatriz Ruibal and Brazilian Carmen
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Dance
national ballet cuba
The Nutcracker
Sala Avellaneda
Jan 1, 4, 10 & 11, 8 pm; 5 & 12, 5 pm
The Nutcracker, one of the great classical ballets
choreographed by Alicia Alonso, based on the
original version by Lev Ivánov and music by
Tchaikovsky, in a coproduction between Teatro La
Fenice of Venice, Teatro Carlo Felice of Genoa and
the Ballet Nacional de Cuba).
La magia de la danza
Sala Avellaneda
Jan 31, 8 pm
Concert program by the Ballet Nacional de Cuba: La
magia de la danza, an anthology of great moments
of 19th-century classical ballets in versions that
show the respect and creativity with which the
Cuban School of Ballet undertakes tradition:
Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker,
Coppelia, Don Quixote, Swan Lake and The
Gottschalk Symphony, the latter an example of the
most recent Cuban choreography that shows the
possibilities of classical language in expressing the
Cuban essence.
Prologue to a Tragedy, Pas
de trois, Suite Generis &
Caleidoscopio
Sala Covarrubias , Jan 6, 8 pm
Combined program by the Ballet Nacional de Cuba:
Prologue to a Tragedy (choreographed by Brian
McDonald based on plays by William Shakespeare,
with music by Bach), Pas de trois from
Swan Lake (choreographed by Alicia Alonso,
based on the original by M. Petipa and music by
Tchaikovsky), Suite generis (choreographed by
Alberto Méndez and music by Handel and Haydn),
and Caleidoscopio (world premier choreographed
by Alicia Alonso).
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Dance
WORKSHOPS
Taller Práctico Internacional de la Danza
Moderna Cubana Cubadanza 25 Aniversario
Compañía Danza Nacional de Cuba, At Teatro Nacional de Cuba
January 6-17 , August 4-15
The two-week long International Workshop on Cuban Modern Dance, Cubadanza, aimed at professional
dancers and students, teaches different Cuban popular rhythms and dances from which Cuban modern
dance draws on and shows how the pelvic region and the undulation of the torso, among other
characteristics, are the fundamental basis of the Cuban technique of modern dance. According to the
availability of the company for the period in which the workshop will take place, it will possible to attend
rehearsals and demonstrative lessons with first dancers of Danza Contemporánea de Cuba.
Classes will be held Monday-Saturday on the first week and Monday-Friday the second week. The
subjects that will be taught are Cuban Modern Dance Technique, Cuban Folklore, Traditional and
Popular Dances, Barre Technique, Choreography Workshops and Methodology for Teaching Cuban
Modern Dance.
Folklore
FolkCuba. Laboratorios
Internacionales de
Folklore de Cuba
January & July
Sponsored by the Conjunto Folklórico Nacional de
Cuba, the two-week long FolkCuba, International
Folklore Laboratories is held twice a year in
January and July in which experts in Cuban folklore
dances teach Cuban dances and music of African
and Spanish origin, as well as the principal Cuban
percussion instruments. The “secrets” of mambo,
cha-cha-cha, rumba, mozambique, pilón, conga,
and dances and drum beating related to African
religious rites are revealed by outstanding figures
of the Conjunto Folklórico Nacional de Cuba.
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Dance
Special performance by Irene Rodríguez
Sala Covarrubias, Teatro Nacional
Jan 29, 6 pm
Irene Rodríguez
tick, tick, tock
by Margaret Atkins
It is easy to make Irene out among the four young
women who are stamping their feet away. Young
and self-assured, she is running the rehearsal. She
greets us courteously but is perturbed that we are
15 minutes late – no Cuban time with Irene. She
is an adherent to strict discipline and hard work.
Qualities, which she believes, can trump physical
disposition and innate talent.
Not that Irene is short of natural ability – indeed
she was asked at the “ripe old age” of 11 by Eduardo
Veitía, Director of the Spanish Ballet of Cuba, to
join his company. Five years later, she graduated as
a ballerina and became part of the corps de ballet
of the company.
Little did her mother suspect when she enrolled
her daughter in classical ballet at the Andalusian
Cultural Center that Irene would duck out of class
and join the Spanish dance classes which she
clearly found closer to her spitfire nature… and
heart. Irene’s mother is very important in her life.
She is not only her mom but also the company’s
representative. Although her mom’s dream was
for Irene to become a ballerina, she supported her
daughter’s wish of studying Spanish dance. After
her five-year training under Veitía, she became a
full member of the Ballet Español de Cuba where
she rose to First Dancer and also became a teacher,
choreographer and maître.
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She studied Acting at the University of the Arts
(ISA) and received Gold Diploma upon graduation
in 2007. She has played a few roles in the theater
and she is convinced that this experience is an
important factor in her choreographies. When
she auditions dancers for her company, she looks
for integral professionals who are knowledgeable
and skilled in different genres of dancing, as well
as theatrical talent. In her opinion, if you don’t
have dramatic aptitudes, dancing becomes mere
gymnastics. This is why it is not easy for her to find
the right dancers, despite the many schools that
now teach Spanish dance from very early ages.
Little girls donning long black skirts with flounces,
shawls and flowers in their hair on their way to
dance classes after school has become of late a
common sight in Havana.
The girls and boys of the Irene Rodríguez Company
do not hide their pride in being part of this very
young dance troupe founded in January 2012. The
long rehearsal hours, the endless repetitions the
young director puts them through have produced
rave reviews everywhere they have performed.
Apart from the work she carries out with her own
company, she is the Spanish dance choreographic
adviser and maître of the Cuban National Ballet,
and at the request of Alicia Alonso, in 2012 she
became the artistic director of the La Huella de
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España Festival–the Spanish Imprint Festival.
Her many choreographies have been performed
by the Spanish Ballet of Cuba, students from the
Spanish Dance Faculty of the University of the Arts
and outstanding students from the National Ballet
and Opera School, besides her own company.
Some of her most famous choreographies–
acclaimed by both audiences and critics–are Suite
del Sombrero de Tres Picos (a Spanish classic),
Al-Ándalus (Flamenco), the work in two acts
Emigrantes, which covers several dance styles,
including Afro-Cuban, neoclassical and flamenco;
and El crimen fue en Granada based on the poem of
the same name by Spanish poet Antonio Machado
and which garnered her the First Prize at the 7th
Alicia Alonso Spanish-American Choreography
Competition in 2012. This prize is only one in
a long list of accolades and awards received by
Irene as dancer, choreographer, promoter of
Spanish culture in Cuba and collaborator with
the Spanish Associations in the island. Because
of this important work, the Federation of Spanish
Associations in Cuba presented her with the Miguel
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de Cervantes y Saavedra Award for her extensive
career as leading figure in Spanish dance and for
her contribution to disseminating Spanish culture.
Outside Cuba, she has taught summer courses in
Mexico for the PROART Academy for several years.
In front of the camera, you hardly notice Irene
Rodríguez’s restless nature that prevents her
from losing even a second in her life. Courteously
but firmly, Irene lets us know that she needs
to continue with rehearsals for an upcoming
performance. She has talent but she also has drive
and ambition, chutzpah – it should make for a
winning combination.
For more information about Irene see http://www.
irenerodriguezcompania.com
Special performance by the Irene Rodríguez
Spanish Dance Company on occasion of the 15th
anniversaty of Habana Radio of the City Historian’s
Office at Sala Covarrubias, Teatro Nacional, Jan 29,
6 pm
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José Lezama Lima
Premio Casa de las
Américas 2014
Initiated in Havana in 1960 to draw attention to
the most significant literary production in Latin
America—and at a later date, the Caribbean, too—
in the genres of poetry, novel, short story, essay,
theatre and testimony, as well as works in other
languages spoken in the region, the Casa de las
Américas Literary Award has gathered outstanding
figures of contemporary writing, including Miguel
Ángel Asturias, Mario Vargas Llosa, Julio Cortázar,
Alejo Carpentier, Allen Ginsberg, Nicolás Guillén,
Nicanor Parra, Jaime Sabines, Alfredo Bryce
Echenique, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Eduardo
Galeano, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, José Lezama Lima,
Italo Calvino, Camilo José Cela, José Saramago,
to name a few. Throughout the years, many of
the prize-winning works have become classics
of the continent’s literature; thus, each year’s
announcement creates great expectations among
the public, who also have the opportunity to attend
collateral activities programmed during the event.
The jury will be in session in the city of Cienfuegos,
where its members will hold lectures and readings
of their works.
Casa de las Américas will give out three honorary
prizes–the José Lezama Lima Prize for Poetry; the
José María Arguedas Prize for Narrative; and the
Ezequiel Martínez Estrada Prize for Essay. The
prizes will be awarded to significant works written
by a Latin American author, the first edition of
which are in Spanish and took place in 2011 or 2012.
Prizes for unpublished works in the genres of
short story, theater and essay will be given out
during the 55th Casa de las Américas Literary
Award. A Prize for Studies on Women will also
be granted this year. Authors from the English
speaking Caribbean will be able to participate with
works of any genre written in English or Creole
and published in those languages from 2010-2013,
as well as nonfiction Brazilian works written in
Portuguese and published in that language from
2010-2013.
José María Arguedas
Prize for Narrative:
Leche derramada by
Chico Buarque (Brazil)
2013
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José Lezama Lima Prize
for Poetry:
Tiranos temblad by
Rafael Courtoisie
(Uruguay) 2013
Ezequiel Martínez Estrada Prize for Essay:
Lectores insurgentes. La formación de la crítica
literaria hispanoamericana (1810-1870) by Víctor
Barrera Enderle (Mexico) 2013
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MUSIC
modern Fusion & Electronic
The contemporary fusion and electronic music scene has fragmented somewhat over
recent months as new bars and clubs have opened and a number of party promoters
have organized events in parks and public spaces. We highlighted some of the best
bars & clubs in our Havana Guide section.
For now highlights include:
Wednesday nights to see Interactivo at Bertolt Brecht – brilliant group and great venue (starts late!).
The Sunday afternoon Máquina de la Melancolía - Frank Delgado and Luis Alberto García (5-9pm) at
El Sauce has a large following. In Havana’s burgeoning entertainment district along First Avenue from
the Karl Marx theatre to the aquarium you are spoilt for choice with the always popular Don Cangreco
featuring good live music (Kelvis Ochoas and David Torrens alternate Fridays), Las Piedras (insanely
busy from 3am) and El Palio and Melem bar – both featuring different singers and acts in smaller more
intimate venues and the recently opened Kpricho (up on 94 and 1ma) —ultra modern and uber cool.
Café Cantante Mi Habana. Teatro Nacional
Casa de la Música de Miramar
Wednesdays Performances by Qva Libre
Mondays
5 pm
5 pm
Fridays
Performances by Isis Flores
5 pm
Centro Cultural Fresa y Chocolate
Mondays
Casa de la Música de La Habana
Mondays
11 pm
Performances by El Micha
10: 30pm
Wichy D´Vedado, one of the most
famous DJs in Havana, who plays
the best of world music.
Havana Show (audiovisual show)
and guests
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MUSIC
Salsa / Timba
Alexander Abreu at
Casa de Música, Galiano.
Photo by Alexander Mene
Casa de la Música de Galiano
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
5 pm
CLOSED
11 pm
Havana Show (audiovisual
show) and guests
5 pm
CLOSED
11 pm
Havana Show (audiovisual
show) and guests
5 pm
Adalberto Álvarez y su Son
11 pm
José Luis Cortés y NG la
Banda
5 pm
Pupy y los que Son Son
11 pm
Charanga Latina.
5 pm
Tania Pantoja (singer)
11 pm
Pupy y los que Son Son
5 pm
Charanga Forever
11 pm
Tumbao Habana
5 pm
PMM en Discotemba
11 pm
PMM (audiovisual show)
and guests.
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Casa de la Música de Miramar
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
5 pm
Kategoría 5
11 pm
Sur Caribe
5 pm
CLOSED
11 pm
Alexander Abreu y Havana
de Primera
5 pm
J.G y su grupo
11 pm
Adalberto Álvarez y su Son
5 pm
Manolito Simonet y su
Trabuco
11 pm
Alexander Abreu y Havana
de Primera
5 pm
El Niño y La Verdad
11 pm
Alexander Abreu y Havana
de Primera
5 pm
Tumbao Habana
11 pm
Elito Revé y su Charangón
5 pm
Bamboleo
11 pm
Pachito Alonso y sus Kini
Kini
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MUSIC
JAZZ
Privé Lounge
SundayS from 11pm
Jan 5
Natural Trio (Martini, Ruly
Herrera & Rey Guerra Jr)
Jan 12
Aldo López-Gavilán
Jan 19
Harold López-Nussa & Willian
Roblejo
Jan 26
Natural Trio (Martini, Ruly
Herrera & Rey Guerra Jr)
Calle 88A #306 e/ 3ra y 3ra A, Miramar
Privé Lounge combines comfort, quality music,
and a chill atmosphere brilliantly. It’s snug – the
stage accommodates a trio comfortably, a quartet
if the musicians squeeze in a lo cubano – but design
elements like drop down noise- and echo-dampening panels mean it has terrific audio, plus the
musicians who play here (Harold López-Nussa;
Oliver Valdés; Aldo López-Gavilán) are among the
country’s best.
(+53) 7-209-2719
Sunday night is jazz night and provides the perfect
mellow end to the weekend. Musicans play from
11 pm
Asociación Cubana de Derechos de Autor Musical
Café Miramar
Jan 16
6 pm
Peformance by Proyecto de Jazz
Cubano with Alexis Bosch (piano).
Centro Cultural Fresa y Chocolate
Jan 5
Julito Padrón (trumpet).
5 pm
Jan 2
Oscar Valdés (percussionist and
singer) with Diákara.
Jan 4
10:30 pm
Jan 5
5 pm
Centro Hispano Americano de Cultura
Jan 18
5 pm
Oscar Valdés (percussionist and
singer) with Diákara.
8:30 pm
Jan 7
No lo Sé (Switzerland) and Gala
Mayor
Roberto Carcassés (piano) and his
trio Salvaje
Jojazz Afternoons with Danae and
Alami Band
10:30 pm
Kaz George (USA) and Ta’Bueno
Jazz
Jan 8
Special jam session.
10:30 pm
Somavilla
Jan 4
Fiesta
10:30 pm
10:30 pm
Centro Hispano Americano de Cultura
Wena Onda
7 pm
Jan 3
10 pm
Jan 18
Jan 1
Zule Guerra sings blues, jazz, funk,
R&B, feeling...
UNEAC
Jan 9
2 pm
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Peña La Esquina del Jazz hosted by
showman Bobby Carcassés.
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MUSIC
Bolero, Folkloric, Son & Trova
Silvio Rodríguez in Concert
Plaza de San Francisco de Asís, Old
Havana, January 19, 6:00 pm
Concert by singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez, one
of the greats of New Cuban trova. On this occasion
he will be accompanied by Oliver Valdés (drums
and congas), Jorgito Aragón (piano), Jorge Reyes
(double bass) and Emilio Vega (vibraphone). Also
participating will be the much liked singer Ivette
Cepeda and her group Reflexión. The concert will
be held on occasion of the 15th anniversary of
Radio Habana of the City Historian’s Office.
Pancho Amat
Museo Nacional de la Música
Jan 16, 5 pm
In some ways Pancho Amat is an unlikely hero.
He is a spontaneous and unaffected man who
conveys wisdom in an open and frank manner. A
guajiro in the best sense of the word. His great
love is the Cuban Tres, which is part of Cuba’s
most important musical heritage. Over the course
of several decades he is the musician who has
most contributed to universalize the tres through
recordings or live performances with musicians
from Cuba and other countries, such as Joaquin
Sabina, Oscar D’Leon, Pablo Milanés, Rosana, Ry
Cooder, Silvio Rodríguez, Victor Victor, Yomo Toro
and Victor Jara. READ MORE
Festival de la Trova
Longina
Asociación Hermanos Saíz
January 1-15, Santa Clara
In remembrance of one of the greats of traditional
Cuban trova, Manuel Corona, and his immortal
song “Longina,” troubadours of different
generations and from all over Cuba have shared
the stage for 17 years during the Festival de la
Trova Longina. The event includes concerts and
informal get-togethers at La Caridad Theater, the
famous El Mejunje Cultural Center, the Museo de
Artes Decorativas and Casa del Joven Creador in
the afternoons and evenings; theoretical meetings
and the traditional walk to Corona’s grave on the
9th.
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MUSIC
Bolero, Folkloric, Son & Trova
Asociación Yoruba de Cuba
Fridays
Folkloric group Obiní Batá.
8 pm
Saturdays
Casa del Alba
Jan 3
7 pm
Folkloric group Los Ibellis.
4 pm
Jan 30
6 pm
Cabaret Las Vegas
Saturdays
4 pm
Performance by the folkloric group
Yoruba Andabo.
Thursdays
5 pm
Elaín Morales.
5 pm
Saturdays
6 pm
Waldo Mendoza, one of Cuba’s
most popular singers today.
Thursdays
10 pm
Maylú - , whose repertoire goes
from arias of famous operas
to Cuban, Latin American and
international pop hits.
Café Concert El Sauce
Fridays
10 pm
Singer-songwriter Frank Delgado
with his ironic view of society.
Jan 18
9 pm
Jan 25
5 pm
Jan 26
5 pm
3 pm
Jan 25
Folkloric group Obiní Batá
3 pm
Jan 15
3 pm
Casa de la Cultura de Plaza
Jan 11
7 pm
Peña with Marta Campos,
renowned singer of contemporary
songs with a trova feel to them.
Performance by the duet Ad
Libitum.
El Jardín de la Gorda with the
performances of trovadores from
every generation.
Hotel Telégrafo
Fridays
Get-together with Maureen
Iznaga, whose select repertoire
includes favorite Cuban and
international love songs.
A Guitarra Limpia is a meeting
with trovadores accompanied only
by their guitars.
Centro Iberoamericano de la Décima
3 pm
Rock/folkloric band Síntesis
Yeni Sotolongo, a young singer
who boasts an exceptional voice
and varied repertoire.
Centro Cultural Pablo de la Torriente Brau
Jan 11
Casa de África
La Utopía combines live
performances by troubadours,
impromptu performances by the
audience, and videos of important
domestic and international
musicians.
Centro Cultural Fresa y Chocolate
Saturdays
Café Concert Adagio
Peña El Canto de Todos, with
singer-songwriter Vicente Feliú,
one of the founding members of
Cuban Nueva Trova.
Casa de la Música de Miramar
Saturdays
Café Cantante, Teatro Nacional
With his beautiful and powerful
voice, Eduardo Sosa and guests
perform highlights of the best
Cuban trova of all time.
9:30 pm
Versatile contralto Ivette Cepeda,
who has been much celebrated
thanks to the subtleties she brings
to her voice and her wide repertory
of Cuban and international music.
Hurón Azul, UNEAC
Jan 11
10 pm
Mundito González is one of the
most popular Cuban bolero singers.
Piano bar Tun Tun
Thursdays
Peña with trovador Ray Fernández.
5 pm
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MUSIC
classical
Photo by Ivan Soca
Basílica Menor de San Francisco de Asís
Jan 11
6 pm
Jan 18
6 pm
Flutist Alberto Rosas, cellist
Alejandro Martínez and pianist
Yanner Rascón of the Lecuona
Trio will play works by Phillippe
Gaubert and Cuban composers
Juan Piñera, Ernesto Oliva and
Ernesto Lecuona.
Jan 25
Zsaxos, a sax quartet conducted
by Javier Zalba, has announced
a program with works by Bach,
Mendelssohn, and Andrés Alén,
Guido López-Gavilán, Jorge López
Marín and Javier Zalba from Cuba,
Aldemaro Romero from Venezuela
and Pedro Iturralde. Cuban from
Spain.
Jan 28
6 pm
6 pm
The Amadeo Roldán string quartet,
conducted by Leonardo Pérez,
has selected pieces by Mozart,
Gershwin, Cuban composers
Amadeo Roldán and Jorge López
Marín, and Brazilian composer
Heitor Villalobos,.
The popular pop/rock singer and
composer Raúl Paz will sing lyrical
pieces and songs composed by him.
Biblioteca Nacional José Martí
Saturdays
Performances by soloists and chamber ensembles
5 pm
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MUSIC
classical
Casa del ALBA Cultural
jan 5
5 pm
jan 12
3 pm
En Confluencia, conducted by
guitarists Eduardo and Galy
Martín.
Tarde de Concierto, conducted by
the soprano Lucy Provedo.
jan 19
5 pm
jan 26
De Nuestra América, conducted by
pianist Alicia Perea.
Concert by guitarist Rosa Matos.
5 pm
Centro Hispano Americano de Cultura
jan 8
5 pm
Cuba-Canada choir meeting
with the Choir of the University
of Ottawa conducted by Michel
Guimont; the Vocal Leo chamber
choir conducted by Corina
Campos, and the Voces de Ébano
choir conducted by maestro
Eduardo Jiménez
jan 11
5 pm
Pianist Dayramir González and
her group Cuerdas en Trance will
play works from the international
classical and Cuban music
repertoires.
Oratorio San Felipe Neri
jan 9
7 pm
Concert by soprano Bárbara
Llanes accompanied by a group
of prestigious Cuban musicians:
Alicia Perea an Karla Martínez
(piano), Anolan González (viola),
Luis Manuel Molina (guitar);
Habarroco quintet with Julián
Corrales (1st violin), Juan
Manuel Campos (2nd. violín),
Noel Quintero (viola), Carolina
Rodríguez (cello) and Iván Valiente
(bass), and two of Llanes’s students:
Lucelsi Fernández and Ernesto
Chiroldes.
Sala Covarrubias, Teatro Nacional
sundays
11 pm
Concerts with the Orquesta
Sinfónica Nacional.
jan 16
7 pm
jan 27
7 pm
The successful Cuban pianist and
composer Sunlay Almeida will play
works by Leo Brouwer and Harold
Gramatges.
Concert celebrating the 5th
anniversary of the Lyceum
Mozartiano de La Habana.
Sala Gonzalo Roig. Palacio del Teatro Lírico Nacional
jan 26
5 pm
Espacio Cuerda Dominical with
guitarist Luis Manuel Molina.
Sala Ignacio Cervantes
jan 5
6 pm
jan 12
6 pm
Pianist Cecilio Tieles will offer
a Panorama of contradanza and
danza in Cuba with pieces by
Tomás Buelta y Flores, Manuel
Saumell, Juan de Dios Alfonso, José
White, Julián Fontana, Ignacio
Cervantes, Nicolás Ruiz Espadero,
Ernesto Lecuona and José María
Vitier.
Cuban soprano María Eugenia
Barrios and pianist Guillermo
Tuzzio in concert.
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6 pm
jan 26
6 pm
Between Electroacoustic and
Acoustic is the theme proposed by
Marita Rodríguez (piano), Susel
Díaz, Dianys Catá and Vicente
Monterrey (clarinet), Ayamey
Castañeda (oboe), Karla López
( flute), Maylin Sevila (cello), Anabel
Estévez and Lilian Llanes (violin)
and Lisbet Sevila (viola and violin)
in works by Juan Blanco, Juan
Piñera and among others.
Pianist Karla Martínez will play
works by Chopin, Rachmaninoff
and Debussy, among other 19thand 20th-century composers.
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Theatre
Carlos Diaz’s provocatively
brilliant Antigóne
Teatro Trianón
Fri & Sat, 8:30pm; Sun, 5pm
Carlos Diaz and his troupe, Teatro el Publico’s
most recent performance involved a trip back
to the classics, guided and partnered by Rogelio
Orizondo who wrote Antigonón, un contingente
épico especially for them. Carlos is the most wellknown and brilliant Cuban theatre director with
a reputation for directing plays with abundant
nudity, transvestites and subtle winks at the Cuban
national reality. Antigóne does not dissapoint – go
see it for youself!
Aire frío
Argos Teatro
Key play by Virgilio Piñera, considered the most
important Cuban playwright of the 20th century,
in which all the conflicts posed in the original play
are revisited and placed in the context of contemporary Cuban society. Director Carlos Celdrán has
said about this production that he has “centered
the action on any time in Cuba and opened the
horizon to behaviors and characterizations that
are devoid of antiquities, in which the actors could
bring their characters closer to new meanings.”
The play features outstanding actress Yuliet Cruz
who was recently acclaimed for her performance
in Fíchemla si pueden.
Delirio Habanero
Sala Adolfo Llauradó
Teatro de la Luna reruns their acclaimed version of
this play by Cuban playwright Alberto Pedro. Three
delirious characters who believe they are Varilla (a
former waiter at La Bodeguita del Medio Restaurant), and famous singers Benny Moré and Celia
Cruz, meet every evening at a run-down building
to recall a long gone Havana, or to plan a future
that will never be. This production by Teatro de La
Luna has earned the director and the three actors
numerous prizes plus the praise of audiences who
pack theaters wherever they perform.
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For kids
La Colmenita
Plaza de San Francisco
January 25, 3 pm
Special performance by the children’s theater
company La Colmenita.
En Buena Compañía
Carpa Trompoloco
Sat & Sun, 4pm & 7pm
The magical and adventurous world of the circus
continues. Cuba’s prime circus venue, Carpa
Trompoloco, presents “En Buena Compañía” (In
Good Company), the new show featuring, among
other acts, tightrope walkers, acrobats, clowns,
gymnasts, trained animals, and the fascinating
flying trapeze, which was awarded the Grand Prix
during the past CIRCUBA 2013 Festival.
Por los caminos del
mundo
Centro Cultural Bertolt Brecht
Sala Tito Junco
Sat & Sun, 11 am
The play Por los caminos del mundo, by Teatro
Aldaba, combines dance, music and puppets so
that three wandering gypsies may convince us
that it is possible to make dreams come true.
Centro Hispano Americano de Cultura
January 25
11 am
Concert by the Ensemble Vocal
Luna and Schola Cantorum
Coralina choruses condcuted by
Lauren Ávila.
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Teatro de Títeres El Arca
Fri, Sat &
Sun
3 pm
El Arca presents La violeta triste
directed and produced by Adalett
Pérez Pupo.
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January 6-8, 2014
Casa de África, Casa Benito
Juárez, Casa de la Poesía
18th Workshop on Afro-American
Social and Cultural Anthropology,
and 7th African Word Festival
The opening of the cultural year at Havana’s Historical
Center will be marked by the 15th Workshop on AfroAmerican Social and Cultural Anthropology and
the 7th African Word Festival with the presence of
academicians, researchers and artists. The scientific
sessions will be held at Casa de África and Casa del
Benemérito de las Américas Benito Juárez, while Casa
de la Poesía will host the Afropalabra Festival. The event
will travel to Matanzas province, which has a strong
African presence, on January 8 & 9. This will include
visits to different places related to African culture.
Jan 6, 2014
Casa de Africa
10:30 am
Opening of the 17th Workshop on Afro-American Social and Cultural Anthropology and 7th
African Word Festival.
Opening speech by Dr. Eusebio Leal Spengler on the 28th anniversary of Casa de África.
Master lecture by Dr. Miguel Barnet Lanza on the 20h anniversary of the Slave Route
UNESCO Project.
Speech by Herman van Hooff, director of UNESCO’s Regional Bureau for Culture in Latin
America and the Caribbean.
Lecture by Dr. Jesús Guanche on sites of the Slave Route in Cuba.
12:30 pm
Launching of the multimedia on the 10th anniversary of the Slave Route Museum plus
opening of an exhibition dedicated to this event.
Plaza de San Francisco
2:30 pm
Epiphany: Recalling an old tradition, the Afro-Cuban Council will tour the principal plazas
of the Historic Center. Performances by Compañía JJ, Componedores de Batea, comparsa El
Alacrán, children and youth ensemble under the Quisicuaba Sociocultural Project and Los
Zanqueros (stilt walkers)
Plaza Vieja
3:00 pm
Cultural Gala on the 28th anniversary of Casa de África with the performances of Afrocuba
from Matanzas; Afrobantú from Pinar del Río; Espacio Abierto theater company from
Havana, Obbanguala from Mayabeque and Ire Otonogua from Matanzas.
Oratorio San Felipe Neri
7:00 pm
Opening Gala dedicated to the 28th anniversary of Casa de África.
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Jan 7, 2014
Casa de Africa (Room 1)
9:30 am
Lecture by Dr. Gema Valdés: “Comparative analysis between the ritual language of Palo
Monte (Cuba) and palenquero (Colombia.”
Casa de Africa (Room 2)
9:30 am
Lecture by David López Ximeno: “Works by Fernando Ortiz on witchcraft and a bill
witchcraft.”
Casa de la Poesía
9:30 am
Workshop: “Musicality of the oral narrator’s speech” by Brazilian professor Beatriz Mhyrra
Casa de la Poesía
3:00 pm
Lecture by Dr. Mirta Fernández illustrated by Lucas Nápoles, Mirta Portillo, Quin Nzinga and
Georgina Herrera: “Black women in poetry.”
7:00 pm
Festival Afropalabra Gala dedicated to Vitalia Oviedo, Old Havana’s Storyteller, and a tribute
to Georgina Herrera, Mirta Fernández, Coralia Rodríguez, Jesús Guanche and Tato Quiñones.
Presentation of the 2013 Juglar Prize.
Jan 8, 2014
Casa de Africa (Room 1)
9:30 am
Lecture by Dr. Enrique Alemán, director of the Quisicuaba Project.
Casa de la Poesía
9:30 am
Workshop: “Musicality of the oral narrator’s speech” by Brazilian professor Beatriz Mhyrra
Casa de Africa & Casa Benito Juárez
10:30 am11:30 am
Committee sessions
Casa de Africa
11:30 am
Launching of the book Islas del Caribe: naturaleza, arte, sociedad written by Dr. Yolanda
Wood. The book will be presented by editor Dr. José Antonio Baujín.
Casa de Africa & Casa Benito Juárez
2:00 pm5:00 pm
Committee sessions
Parque Guayasamín
2:00 pm
Narration for children with the participation of Rosa Irene Pino, Beatriz Myrrha and Juana
María Fernández.
Casa de la Poesía
3:00 pm
La tarde de los 16 reyes with the participation of poets Israel Domínguez, Sinecio Verdecia,
Wilay Méndez, Osmel Almaguer and Teresa Fornaris, and narrators Silvia Tellería, Mirta
Portillo, Lucas Nápoles and Roberto Cruz. Performance by ballerina Clara Nápoles.
Casa de la Poesía
7:00 pm
Closing ceremony of the Afropalabra Festival
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Colloquium: Jan 9 -11, 2014
Cultural fortnight: Jan 9 - 19, 2014
25th Colloquium on the
Culture of Trinidad
The 25th Colloquium on the Culture of Trinidad will be held during the festivities on occasion of the
500th anniversary of the city of Trinidad, one of the best preserved cities in Latin America and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Colloquium aims to increase its list of documents related to the history
of Cuba’s third town, foster an exchange among researchers of the city and other places in Cuba, and
discuss the historical and cultural events and its connection with information technologies. Work sessions will include other institutions: Casa de la Música, and the Architecture, Archeology and Historical
Museums. Although the Colloquium will be held from January 9-11, cultural activities will continue until
January 19.
I Festival sobre Cocina Regional Cubana, January 12-18
The 1st Cuban Regional Cuisine Festival will take place during the commemoration of Trinidad’s 500th
anniversary. Its purpose is to recover and promote cooking traditions of Cuba. Professional chefs and
aficionados of good food will compete with their recipes. Prizes will be give out for taste and presentation, as well as suggestions of combination with drinks. The event will also include lectures and workshops on the origin and evolution of Cuban regional cuisine.
Jan 9, 2014
Museo Nacional de la Lucha Contra Bandidos
9:00 am
Opening of the 25th Colloquium on the Culture of Trinidad.
2:40 pm3:10 pm
Trova Meeting “Trinida Trova of All Time” with Carlos Irarragorri, Pedrito González, Isabel
Bécquer, and Pepito & Elvis
4:00 pm4:20 pm
Folkloric meeting with the groups Leyenda Folk, and Alberto Pablo & Golván Marín
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Jan 10, 2014
Museo de Arquitectura
9:35 am
Conga on occasion of the Epiphany. Everybody is welcome to join the conga as it goes down to
the Museo Nacional de la Lucha Contra Bandidos.
Museo de Arqueología Guamuhaya
8:30 pm
Opening of the exhibition Cuando la tinta descubre a una villa. Premiere of the videodocumentary on Trinidad by filmmaker Guiomar Venegas
Jan 11, 2014
Museo Nacional de la Lucha contra Bandidos
10:00 am
International panel on Cultural Heritage with the participation of PhDs Gabino Ponce,
Gregorio Canales, Estela Lucrecia Rubio and Nelson Pedro Inda. Launching of e-book.
2:45 pm
Prize-winning ceremony and conclusions. Optional tour of the city.
Selection of cultural events commemorating Trinidad’s 500th anniversary
Jan 12, 2014
Plaza del Jigüe
7:00 am
Mass commemorating the founding of the city
9:00 am
Solemn assembly
Galería Amelia Peláez
11:00 am
Fashion show with clothes made by the city’s artisan dressmakers
Galería Tristá de la Oficina del Conservador
8:30 pm
Opening of the exhibition Cerca del mar y del monte by artist Raúl Abreu
Cine Romelio Cornelio
9:00 pm
Opening of exhibition of Cuban film posters
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Jan 13, 2014
Archivo Histórico Municipal
3:00 pm
Trinidad y su historia documental, an exhibition of the most important documents from the
histroical archives of Trinidad.
Casa Artex
4:00 pm
Exhibition by painter Yudith Vidal Faifé
Plaza Cultural
9:00 pm
Mega-concert with the performance of groups and soloists of the Asociación Hermanos Saíz
Jan 14, 2014
Museo de Arquitectura Colonial
All day
Specialized tour to works in progress that are being undertaken by the Office of the
Conservator of the city of Trinidad and the Valle de los Ingenios: Valle de los Ingenios, San
Isidro de Destiladeros (Archaeological Heritage), slave quarters at Manaca-Iznaga Historical
Site, Azúcar Guáimaro Interpretation Center, Maqueta de la Ciudad Interpretation Center,
Documentation Center of the Office of the Conservator.
10:00 am
Birthday celebration of troubadour Isabel Bécquer’s with the performances of Félix Cintra,
Cofradía duo and Carlos Sentmanat
Jan 15, 2014
Galería de Arte Benito Ortiz Borrel
7:30 pm
Opening of the art exhibition Trinidad en sus 500 with the performance of the Cofradía duo.
Plataforma Central
10:00 pm
Lo que cuenta Santiago Apóstol, gala performance by artists from Santiago de Cuba.
Jan 16, 2014
Plaza Santa Ana
2:00 pm
Performance by the Kabotín Teatro Company
Palenque de los Congos Reales
3:00 pm
Opening of painting exhibition and performance by Trinidad’s Folkloric Ballet
Parque de las Madres
3:00 pm
Performance of the Parranda de Manacanabo and Condado
Plataforma Central
10:00 pm
Elegía a Trinidad, gala performance with artists from Trinidad.
Jan 17, 2014
Parque de las Madres
10:00 am
Traditional Popular Culture on stage with Trinidad’s Folkloric Ballet
Biblioteca Gustavo Izquierdo
3:00 pm
Performance by Trinidad’s Folkloric Ballet.
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Plataforma Central
10:00 pm
Cantándole a mi Habana, gala performance with artists from Havana.
Plaza 26 de Julio
11:00 pm
Salsa and timba with Las Cuevas Orchestra
Jan 18, 2014
Museo de Arqueología Guamuhaya
4:00 pm
Guamuhaya Elegy dedicated to poetry with special guest Nancy Morejón, National
Prizewinner for Literature.
Plataforma Central
10:00 pm
Villas hermanas, gala performance with artists from Havana, Santiago de Cuba and Trinidad.
Plaza 26 de Julio
1:00 am
Salsa and timba with Nacional Orchestra
Casa de la Cultura Julio Cueva Díaz
11:00 pm
Rock concert with the band Arrabio
Plaza 26 de Julio
11:00 pm
Salsa and timba with Sonora Trinitaria Orchestra
Jan 19, 2014
Plaza 26 de Julio
1:00 am
Salsa and timba with Nacional Orchestra
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