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Rainfall record set in Eastern Cuba

National Water Resources Institute's estimates show that last month of October's rainfall exceeded the annual average by 314 percent. Read More

Cuban Film Institute pays homage to Luciano Pavarotti

The films show Pavarottis outstanding performances in La Óveme, by Giaccomo Puccini, and acts I, II and III of the opera Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Read More

Cuban puppeteer awarded in Spain

Cuban professor and researcher Freddy Artiles was awarded the 2007 Gorgorito Prize in Spain Read More

Virgilio Piñera 95th anniversary

The release will enable to check out the aging process of both the theatre mounting production and the passions and feelings it stirred up once. Read More

Silvio Rodriguez is planning to visit Chile again in November

According to Eduardo Contreras, his legal representative in the country he will give a free performance during a tribute to Violeta Parra. Read More

Dance Contest at Meliá Varadero Hotel

The experts noted that the prize for the winning couple would be a one-week stay at the Meliá Varadero Hotel. Read More

Silvio Rodríguez on a Spain Tour soon

Silvio Rodríguez was nominated to the 2007 Latin Grammy Awards in the Best Singer-Songwriter Album category with "Érase que se era" (Once Upon a Time), a double CD that "attracted the unanimous attention of the public and critics". The singer-songwriter will perform accompanied by Niurka González (flute and clarinet), Oliver Valdés (percussion) and Trovarroco Trio (Rachid López, Maikel Elizarde and César Bacaró). Read More

US Musicians barred from International Jazz Festival in Cuba

Abel Prieto took part at the opening ceremony of the Jam Session Jazz festival, which was also attended by Cuban Tourism Minister Manuel Marrero, and the event's president, renowned Cuban musician Chucho Valdes. Read More

Cienfuegos Botanical Garden has 400 orchid breeds

Moreover, the garden treasures over 2,000 plants, including more than 70 exotic species, 280 breeds of palm trees, Jaguey (65) and bamboo (23). Read More

Frank Fernández in Colombia

Fernández, labeled one of the most versatile performers of the present day, affirmed hes scheduled to have a presentation in the Colombian Ministry of Culture to launch CD "Dos trovadores" (Two Troubadours) along with Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Danny Rivera. Read More

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