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More than 400 proposals from 32 countries are being analyzed by specialists from the Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center, who are already working on the preparation of the X Havana Biennale, which will be 25 years old next year.

The 8th Exhibition of New Producers that is to take place every year sponsored by the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (Cuban Institute of Art and Movie Industry) (ICAIC in Spanish), will open on February 24th until March 1st, was informed to Cubasi.cu by its organizers.

The Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Arts and Industry (ICAIC, after its initials in Spanish) will premiere one movie every month in 2009, said to Cubasi, Omar Gonzalez, president of that cinematographic institution.

The top bands in Cuba are preparing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Cuban revolution on Januaryst 1 with massive concerts held throughout this musical island.

An existence of 50 years for the Cuban Institute of Art and Film Industries (ICAIC) will be celebrated worldwide, that institution´s vicepresident Susana Molina stated.

"Así es Fidel", written by journalist Luis Baez, will open the Reading History Festival ongoing from December 22 to 27 at the Cuba Pavilion in Havana and at several sub-venues around the country.

They are discussing 311 cooperation projects for 2009 on industrial development, agriculture, education, health, sports and telecommunications.

Cuban Artists from this eastern city inaugurated an exhibition of paintings dedicated to the English singer and peace activist John Lennon on the occasion of the 28th anniversary of his death

The book Y si fuera una huella? was presented within the framework of the 30th Havana International New Latin American Film Festival.

Organizers of the 30th International Festival of New Latin American Cinema confirmed on Wednesday that Puerto Rican actor Benicio del Toro will arrive Saturday to attend the special presentation of the film about Ernesto Che Guevara by US filmmaker Steven Soderbergh.

The 30th International Festival of the New Latin American Cinema starts Tuesday with the screening of the Argentinean film "Leonora," by Pablo Trapero.

Transdisciplinary specialists in Havana last week discussed equal access, new carriers of knowledge and digital security threats at the Juan Marinello Institute for Cultural Research.

Cuban Minister of Culture Abel Prieto arrived in Bolivia on Sunday to launch the book Peace in Colombia by leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro.

The Cuban war drama Kangamba was exhibited in this capital city as part of the First
Embassy Movie Exhibition in Mexico, a program which will be held on until next December

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Cuban singer-song writer Celina Gonzalez, best known as the Cuban Queen of traditional Guajira music continues to conquer the world with the albums "Santa Barbara", and "Greatest Hits", recorded by EGREM Record Company.