Whats on mohth august

Music

	Musical show Verlo en Vivo Sala Avellaneda, Teatro Nacional, 39 y Paseo, Plaza de La Revolución, Tel. +(53) 7 878 3193	Saturday 4, 11, 18 y 25 Aug, 9pm
	Directed by Gloria Torres with well-known, popular singers and musicians of popular Cuban music.

	Opereta The Princess of Czardas Sala García Lorca, Gran Teatro de La Habana, Prado entre San José y San Rafael, Centro Habana, teléfonos Tel.+(53) 7 861 3077 al 79	Fri 10, Sat 11 Aug, 8:30pm; Sun 12 Aug, 5:00pm
	The Teatro Lírico Rodrigo Prats from the province of Holguín in Havana for a short season with Emerich Kalmann's famous operetta, scripted by Leo Stein and Bela Jembach, with the artistic direction of Raúl de la Rosa

	The Phantom of the Opera in Concert Anfiteatro del Centro Histórico, Avenida del Puerto entre Cuba y Peña Pobre	From 11 Aug, Sat, Sun, 9pm .
	By popular demand, the version in concert for The Phantom of the Opera will be put on again with José Luis Pérez, Maylú Hernández, Kelvyn Espinosa, Heysel Díaz Veloz, Jolie, Yani Martín, Ricardo Oliera and Delvis Fernández in the leading roles plus the performance of the Ballet Teatro América with choreographies by Esperanza Pinal and Alfonso Menéndez.

	Singer-songwriter Ray Fernández in Concert Centro Hispano-Americano de Cultura, Malecón 17, entre Prado y Genio, Centro Habana, Tel. +(53) 7 860 6282	Sat 18 Aug, 6pm
	Ray Fernández will be perfomring at Verdadero Complot, a venue for promoting the best works of singer-songwriters in the Island..

	Gaztelu Zahar all-male choir Centro Hispano-Americano de Cultura, Malecón 17, entre Prado y Genio, Centro Habana, Tel. +(53) 7 860 6282	Tue 21 Aug, 5pm .
	Performance by Gaztelu Zahar, an all-male choir from Hendaia, Basque Provinces, founded in 1945 and specializing in polyphonic songs, conducted by Iñaki Diéguez.

Dance

	Performance of Le Corsaire by Ballet de Laura Alonso Sala García Lorca, Gran Teatro de La Habana, Prado entre San José y San Rafael, Centro Habana, Tel. +(53) 7 861 3077 al 79	Fri 3, Sat 4 Aug, 8:30 pm; Sun 5 Aug, 5:00 pm
	The Ballet de Laura Alonso will be performing the romantic ballet Le Corsaire in three acts and five scenes, based on a poem by Lord Byron, with a script by Saint Georges and Maxilier, and music by Adolphe Adam, choreographed by Iván Alonso and Héctor Figueredo, under the general direction of Laura Alonso, with the assistance of Fernando Alonso, with María Amparo Pérez and Ernesto Fariñas, and Elena Quevedo and Eduardo Pi in the leading roles.

	Tablado, flamenco dance Cine Payret, Prado entre San José y Teniente Rey, La Habana Vieja, Tel. +(53) 7 863 3163	Sun 12, 26 Aug, 9pm
	The flamenco dance company Ecos presents Tablado under the artistic direction of Dany Villalonga.

	A lo grande Sala García Lorca, Gran Teatro de La Habana, Prado entre San José y San Rafael, Centro Habana, Tel. +(53) 7 861 3077-79	Sat 25 Aug, 8:30pm; Sun 26 Aug, 5pm
	Ecos premieres A lo grande, directed by Dany Villalonga.

	El Patio de la Rumba El Palenque Calle 6 entre Calzada y 5ta, El Vedado	Saturdays Aug, 3pm
	"The Rumba Patio", a weekly meeting with dancers and musicians from the Conjunto Folklórico Nacional and guests, dedicated to rumba, one of the most popular Cuban musical and dance genres.

Theatre

	Conversación en la casa Stein sobre el ausente señor Von Goethe Sala Adolfo Llauradó Calle 11 entre D y E, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 832-5373	July 7-29, Fridays and Saturdays, 8:30 pm; Sundays, 5:00 pm
	Still running Conversación en la casa Stein sobre el ausente señor Von Goethe, a one-person play by German playwright Peter Hacks, directed by Argentinean Miguel Pittier and performed by Susana Pérez.

	Weekend in Bahía Sala del Museo de Arte Colonial, San Ignacio 61, entre Empedrado y O'Reilly, La Habana Vieja, Tel.: +(53) 7 862 64 40	Sat, Sun, 5pm
	Nelson Dorr's theatre company revives this play by the late playwright Alberto Pedro, which opened for the first time back in 1987: an incisive and reflective look on the lives and ideologies of two former lovers when she-a resident in NYC-visits Havana.

	Teatro de Las Estaciones Teatro Nacional de Guiñol, calle M entre 19 y 21, El Vedado, Tel. +(53) 7 832 6267 ⁄ 832 8292	From 8 to 19 August
	On the occasion of its 13th anniversary, the Matanzas-based Teatro de Las Estaciones will present three prize-winning plays from their repertoire: 8, 9 Aug, 8:30pm: La virgencita de bronce (2005 Villanueva Award for best production), adult version by Norge Epinosa of the 19th-century Cuban novel Cecilia Valdés. 10, 17 Aug, 5pm; 11, 12, 18, 19, 10:30am and 5pm: El patico feo [The Ugly Duckling] (2006 Villanueva Award and prize-winner at the 2007 Santa Clara National Theatre Festival), a musical version for children by Norge Espinosa, of Hans Christian Andersen's story, with music by Elvira Santiago. 16 aug, 8:30pm: La niña que riega la albahaca y el príncipe preguntón (has earned five national awards) by Federico García Lorca, a one-person show directed by Rubén Darío Salazar, who is also the director of the company.

	The Wizard of Oz Sala Hubert de Blanck, Calzada 65, entre A y B, El Vedado, Tel. +(53) 7 830 1011	From 11 Aug, Fri, Sat, 8:30pm; Sun, 5:30pm
	The Hubert de Blanck theatre company opens Abelardo Estorino's version of The Wizard of Oz, an original play by Frank Lyman Baum, under the artistic direction of Marcela García y Fabricio Hernández. This poetic play is a song to friendship, solidarity, good-heartedness, courage and the ability to think for yourself and make decisions.

	Monologue El contrabajo Sala Adolfo Llauradó, calle 11 entre D y E, El Vedado, teléfono Tel.+(53) 7 832-5373	From 11 Aug, Fri, Sat, 8:30pm; Sun, 5pm
	Teatro Tres premieres El contrabajo, a monologue by German writer Patrick Süskind. This play tells the story of a musician who ends up feeling like his double bass: indispensable to his orchestra, although relegated always to the body of musical instruments, never a soloist. Performed by Roberto Perdomo and directed by actress Susana Pérez, who is also responsible for the adaptation and the production.

	Las confesiones de Horacio Sala Argos Teatro, Ayestarán y 20 de Mayo, El Cerro	Fri, Sat, 8:30pm; Sun, 5:30pm
	Rerun of Las confesiones de Horacio by the Océano theatre company under the artistic direction of Luis Emilio Martínez; a singular look at Shakespeare's Hamlet in which four actors, who portray four of the play's characters, tell their own version of the tragic story of the Prince of Denmark.

Visual Arts

	Exhibition La mar de formas Edificio de Arte Cubano, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Trocadero entre Zulueta y Monserrate, La Habana Vieja, Tel. +(53) 7 861 3858 / 862 0140 / 863 9484
	Exhibition La mar de formas, a retrospective of the entire concrete works by painter, engraver and ceramist Salvador Corratgé (Havana, 1928), a member of the Ten Concrete Painters of the 1950s and one of the principal geometric abstract artists in Cuba.

	Exhibition Luces de la Libertad Casa Víctor Hugo, O'Reilly 311 entre Habana y Aguiar, La Habana Vieja
	Luces de la Libertad by Duchy Man-who without denying the influence of neoclassicism and art nouveau over her work, and making use of her explorations into decorative art-is the artist's personal tribute to the French Revolution.

	Collective Exhibition Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, San Ignacio 352, entre Teniente Rey y Muralla, La Habana Vieja	Desde el lunes 18 de junio.
	On the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the Experimental Engraving Workshop, this group exhibition includes works by artists Julio César Peña, Luis Lara, Rubén Rodríguez, Rafael Pérez, Norberto Marrero and Alejandro Saínz, to name a few, and a one-man show by Hugo Azcuy, Grand Prix winner at the 6th Engraver's National Meeting in 2006.

	Exhibition Carne de cañón Galería Habana. Línea 460 entre E y F, El Vedado	A partir del 29.
	Carne de cañón by Sancti Spíritus-born Adonis Flores, who through the use of military dress as referent, composes his work in a host of forms: performances, video and photography.

	Exhibition of Peter Klasen's work Edificio de Arte Universal, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, San Rafael entre Zulueta y Monserrate, La Habana Vieja, Tel. +(53) 7 861 3858 / 862 0140 / 863 9484
	Exhibition of the work of painter, photographer, sculptor and installationist Peter Klasen, a pioneer of 'narrative figuration'.

	Arts and Crafts Pabellón Cuba, calle 23, esquina a M, El Vedado.
	The Art at La Rampa Fair will be open all month with an attractive offer made up of serigraphs, books, films and disks; clothes and footwear; a variety of costume jewellery made of wood, ceramics, seeds and shells; household goods-tablecloths, curtains, towels and umbrellas that reproduce the work of contemporary Cuban painters; furniture and ornaments made by handicraft artists from different regions in Cuba; also, music and dance shows.

	Tours of the Historical Centre Begins at the Plaza de Armas in Old Havana	Wednesday through Friday, 10:00 am
	As part of the public awareness program among the population of the city on the restoration and preservation of the Historical Centre, and as a cultural option of enjoyment during the summer holidays, the City Historian’s Office organizes tours of the Historical Centre by expert guides. Wednesdays: Andar por las presencias culturales constitutes an approach to different cultures that have left their mark on the city. 1 August: The Chinese presence (starts at the Portico on Dragones and Amistad Streets) 8 August: The Latin American presence 15 August: The Spanish presence 22 August: The French presence Thursdays: Andar la arquitectura offers detailed and interesting information on the principal restoration works. Main arteries in the Historic Centre 2 August: Calle de los Oficios 9 August: Calle de los Mercaderes 16 August: Calle de Teniente Rey 23 August: Calle de la Amargura Fridays: Andar con los andantes is designed according to requests made by participants from previous years and to the proposals made by museologists and experts. 3 August: Medicine in 'intra muros' Havana 10 August: Archaeology 10 August: Restoration works 24 August: The Culture of coffee, tobacco and rum

Literature

	Los propietarios de Cuba. 1958, by Guillermo Jiménez
	A real publishing success has been the reprint by Ciencias Sociales Publishing House (Economy Collection) of researcher Guillermo Jiménez's Los propietarios de Cuba. 1958, whose first edition in late 2006 sold out in just a few days. The book, which is organized in dictionary form, lists 551 selected influential and powerful Cuban businessmen, owners, professionals, and landholders at the triumph of the Revolution, and includes their total properties, resumes, and information on their immediate family and relatives "devoid of ethical qualifications, academicism.doctrinal adjectives and personal judgements." Its author, whose book had already published with repeated editions by Ediciones Universal (Miami Fla, 2000), Mercie Ediciones (La Habana, 2002), and Ciencias Sociales (2004), has degrees in History and Law from the University of Havana and has occupied several managerial positions with the Ministries of Foreign Trade, the Interior and the Armed Forces. On sale at bookstores in Havana.

Thursday 2, 9, 16, 23
Aug. 10am and 4pm

As part of the Rutas y Andares project, the Centro Hispano-Americano de Cultura has organized this series of panels with the participation of Cuban experts and the exhibition of films based on the Colombian Nobel Prize Winner for Literature:

2 Aug:	10am:	4pm:
	‘García Márquez and journalism’. Panelists Alquimia Peña (Fundación del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano), Lídice Valenzuela (journalist) y Ciro Bianchi Ross (journalist).	Film Crónica de una muerte anunciada by Francesco Rossi, with Rupert Everett, Ornella Mutti, Gian Maria Volontè, Lucía Bosé, Irene Papas, Anthony Delon, Alain Cuny, Sergi Mateu, Caroline Lang and Vicky Hernández, based on García Márquez’s novel.
9 Aug:	10am:
	(Casa Simón Bolívar, calle Mercaderes 158 entre Obrapía y Lamparilla, La Habana Vieja, ' + (53) 7 861 3988): ‘Bolívar as seen by García Márquez’. Panelists Ana Cairo (Universidad de la Habana) and Pedro Pablo Rodríguez (Centro de Estudios Martianos).4pm: Film Milagro en Roma by Lisandro Duque, with Frank Ramírez, Gerardo Arellano, Amalia Duque García and Lisandro Duque, from the series Amores difíciles.
16 Aug:	10am:
	García Márquez and the novel on dictators'. Panelists Ana Cairo (Universidad de la Habana), José A. Baujín (Universidad de la Habana) and Ernesto Sierra (Centro Hispano-Americano de Cultura). 4pm: Film Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes, by Fernando Birri, with Daisy Granados, Asdrúbal Meléndez, Luis Alberto Ramírez, Adolfo Llauradó, Marcia Barreto, Silvia Planas, Fernando Birri, María Luisa Mayor and Parmenia Silva, based on García Márquez's short story, and Contigo en la distancia, by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, with Blanca Sánchez, Bruno Rey, Roberto Cobo, Margarita Isabel and Brígida Alexander, from the series Con el amor no se juega.
23 Aug:	10am:
	Panel with writers Marilyn Bobes, Francisco López Sacha and Arturo Arango, among others. Special performance by the Coro Polifónico, conducted by Carmen Collado, with works by Latin American composers. 4pm: Film El coronel no tiene quien le escriba, by Arturo Ripstein, with Marisa Paredes, Fernando Luján, Salma Hayek, Ernesto Yáñez, Rafael Inclán and Daniel Giménez Cacho, based on a story by García Márquez of the same name.

Circus

	The Circus Carpa Trompocolo Quinta Avenida y calle 112, Playa	All month, Tue-Sun, 7pm,
	The Enchanted Lamp, directed, written and choreographed by Alberto Alonso, creator of emblematic pieces of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba, continues all month. Performed by Yovany Pérez (Narrator), Félix Roche (Aladdin), Yoandy González (the Genie), Yenly Figueredo (contortionist), Sulami León, Maylín González and Linda Sandra Neyra (jugglers and rope jumpers), Diadenis González and Geovany Roldán (acrobatic adagio and ribbons), Ariela Carrillo and Yaumel Cabrera (magicians), Rubén Dranguet (fire-eater), Giovel Guerra (equilibrist), Dúo Eros (acrobatics on skates), Enis Ávila (Doll), Leonardo González, Raymed Cruz and Ernesto Perdomo (clowns), Reinier Pérez, Utnier Aquino and Daikel Castillo (acrobatics on wicker), and dancers from the América Theatre.

	Circuba Competition teatro Karl Marx, 1ra. y 8, Miramar, Tel. +(53) 7 203 0801 / 209 1991	2-5 Aug, 5:30pm
	After 18 years of absence, the Circuba competition is back again with prize-winning acts internationally plus a representative selection of this art in Cuba. Program: THURSDAY 2 AUGUST OPENING NIGHT FRIDAY 3 AUGUST FIRST DAY OF COMPETITION SATURDAY 4 AUGUST SECOND DAY OF CONMPETITION SUNDAY 5 AUGUST AWARDS CEREMONY

Cinema

	Films for all tastes Sala Charles Chaplin Calle 23 entre 10 y 12, El Vedado Tel.+(53) 7 831 1011
	This movie house will be screening 60 films all month for all tastes: action, crime, thrillers, political intrigue, science fiction, the supernatural; from classics such as Psycho, Z, The Silence of the Lambs, Natural Born Killers, Basic Instinct, The Exorcist and Fatal Attraction, to more recent productions. Also, two smaller series devoted to directors Alejandro Amenábar from Spain and Quentin Tarantino from the US will be shown.

	Elvis Presley miniseries
	Another attractive showing is the miniseries dedicated to legendary rock 'n' roll singer Elvis Presley with Jailhouse Rock, King Creole, Flaming Star and Wild in the Country,

Havana Carnaval

	Malecón de La Habana	From 3-12 August
	Traditional popular festivity whose origins can be traced back to 1576 when freed slaves were given permission by the town council of Havana to participate in the procession of the Corpus Christi, and later, when the African councils celebrated Epiphany and paraded the streets up to the Plaza de Armas to pay their respects to the Captain General. The Malecón, from Galiano to 23rd Streets will be the setting for the parade of colourful comparsas and floats. In the surrounding area of the Maceo park, dance competitions will be held with the performance of the popular orchestra Adalberto Álvarez y su Son. At the site known as La Piragua on Calle O and Malecón, the orchestras of Pupy y los que Son Son, Pachito Alonso y sus Kini Kini, Manolito Simonet y su Trabuco, and NG la Banda will be performing nightly.