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Visual Arts

Paisaje en la acacia. De la academia a la contemporaneidad

	Confluencias inside ya Galería La Acacia San José 114 entre Industria y Consulado, Centro Habana Tel. +(53) 7 863 9364 / 861 353	Throughout june / 2010
	Aselection of photographs, paintings, engravings, sculptures and video art of several of the most important Cuban artists today—and exceptional opportunity to come into contact with diverse aesthetics, themes and manifestations in one single exhibition. Undoubtedly the most interesting exhibit of the month with works by Alfredo Sosabravo, Manuel Mendive, Nelson Domínguez, Pedro Pablo Oliva, Eduardo Roca (Choco), Flora Fong, Roberto Fabelo, Arturo Montoto, Zaida del Río, Santiago Rodríguez Olazábal, Eduardo Ponjuán, Rigoberto Mena, Agustín Bejarano, Carlos Quintana, Belkis Ayón, Ernesto Rancaño, Léster Campa, Alexis Leyva (Kcho), Los Carpinteros and Aimée García.

	¡ahí viene el lobo! (el verdadero loop) ya Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales	1-7 June / 2010
	Exhibition by second-year students of the Instituto Superior de Arte composed of 14--very experimental--pieces in different formats(photography, painting, video art and other) which deal with topics of social, political and self-referential themes.

	Gráfica alemana actual ya Galería Villa Manuela Calle H número 406 entre 17 y 19, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 832 2391	Throughout june /2010
	Illustrations and posters by renowned German artists. The works are divided into two series: posters by the activist, publicist and designer Klaus Staeck, important poster artist of postwar Germany; and the portfolio Projekt Flagge Zeigen (Táking Sides) prepared after the German reunification in 1990.

Jorge rigol, vanguardia y tradición. Dibujos y grabados1934-1969

	Jorge rigol, vanguardia y tradición. Dibujos y grabados1934-1969 ya Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Arte Cubano)	Throughout june / 2010
	This retrospective of the work of draughtsman, engraver, illustrator and art critic Jorge Rigol on the centenary of his birth pays tribute to an artist who assimilated the contributions of the first avant-garde in the island in line with a true Cuban character.

	Federico mialhe, 1810-1881 ya Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Arte Cubano)	Throughout June / 2010
	The collections Isla de Cuba pintoresca and Paseo pintoresco por la Isla de Cuba (Picturesque Islan d of Cuba and Picturesque Tour Around the Island of Cuba), beautiful graphic testimonies ofunquestionable romantic airs is a significant legacy of the painter and engraver Federico Mialhe, who was professor of Drawing and Painting, and director of the San Alejandro Art Academy in Havana.

	Cuba 513: fragmentos de memoria Taller de Serigrafía René Portocarrero	Throughout june / 2010
	Photographs by Chilean Juan Gonzalo Vidal, giving testimony to the ebullient foundational period of the Taller de Serigrafía René Portocarrero during the 1980s.

	Un ruido azul Galería Habana Línea 460 entre E y F, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 832 7101	Throughout April / 2010
	Faithful to the interest shown from her very first works of transgressing narrow boundariesbetween the different manifestations in art and exploring not only visual resources but acoustic,too, Glenda León, one of the most famous Cuban contemporary artists, has combined sculpture,installation and “acousic drawing.”

	Viajes, viajes, viajes… Galería de Arte Malecón Calle D, entre 1ra, y 3ra., El Vedado	THROUGHOUT April / 2010
	Solo exhibition by Alicia Leal, who uses medieval codes in the use of colour, the spatial layout andelaborate decoration, and reveals woman as the centre figure.

	Queloides Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam Empedrado esquina a San Ignacio, La Habana Vieja Tel. +(53) 7 863 9781 / 861 3419	Throughout may / 2010
	According to Elio Rodríguez Valdés, one of the participating artists, “This exhibition has brought together a group of artists who have delved in topics such as race, identity and racism…which for decades were taboo in Cuba in the national public sphere…Keloids are thick scars resulting from excessive growth of fibrous tissue, and many persons in Cuba believe that black people are specially prone to these scars. Thus the title of this exhibit refers to the persistence of racial stereotypes. Paintings, photography, installations, sculptures and videos are used to propose new ways of thinking, ridicule and dismantle the so-called race differences.

	Paciencia Galería Collage Habana San Rafael 103 entre Consulado e Industria, Centro Habana	Throughout may / 2010
	Solo exhibition of the artist Guibert Rosales.

	Hasta la victoria siempre Proyecto Cultural Comunitario Todas las Manos Trocadero 303 esquina a Águila, Centro Habana Tel. +(53) 7 861 3260	Throughout may / 2010
	Exhibition of paintings by Olympic and World boxing champ Félix Savón, who has traded his glovesfor the brush.

Exposición personalde héctor frank heredia, con lainvitación especialde marcelo gonzález

	Exposición personalde héctor frank heredia, con lainvitación especialde marcelo gonzález Galería Carmen Montilla Oficios 162 entre Amargura y Churruca, La Habana Vieja Tel. +(53) 7 866 4114	Throughout may/ 2010
	Two abstract painters have joined their works to show the vitality of an expression that has gained new airs in the recent past

	Beach birds Galería Servando Cabrera Calle 42 entre 1ra. y 3ra., La Copa, Playa Tel. +(53) 7 203 7171	Throughout may / 2010
	Yamel Pérez, curator of this solo exhibition by the artist Aluan Argüelles, has said that “in the series Beach Birds, Aluan Argüelles has selected this place [an airport] to summarize in a few images the drama of immigration and exile, a phenomenon that has been repeated so much that it has become a part of our identity.”

¿qué es lo que hace a los espejismos de hoy tan diferentes, tan atractivos?

	¿qué es lo que hace a los espejismos de hoy tan diferentes, tan atractivos? ya Galería Factoría Habana O´Reilly 308 entre entre Habana y Aguiar, La Habana Vieja	Through june / 2010
	Acollective exhibition by artists Gisele Beigelmann, Joan Fontcuberta, David Trujillo, Lino Lago, Glenda León, Gisela Motta & Leandro Navarro, and Enrique Marty from Latin America and Spain According to its curator, Claudia Giannetti, the exhibit, “deals with the notions and systems that support the construction of realities in today’s world, besides exploring the potential idiosyncrasies of the digital era. In this sense, the art of deception—with the dual facet of deceiving and being deceived (consciously or unconsciously)—becomes the articulating idea of this exhibition.”

	Pecios Hotel Oasis Panorama Calle 70 esquina a 3ra. Miramar Tel. +(53) 7 204 0100	Throughout may / 2010
	The well known actor and composer presents his second solo exhibition in which he deals oncemore with the topic of the city, but this time, the magical and mysterious world of a submergedcity.

	Campus uberrimus Museo Biblioteca Servando Cabrera Moreno Calle Paseo 304 esquina a 13, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 835 2027 / 836 0010	Throughout may / 2010
	The University of Information Science (UCI), located in the outskirts of Havana, has a significant art collection with a considerable number of sculptures and installations donated by important artists such as Osneldo García, José Villa Soberón, Alexis Leyva (Kcho), Ernesto Rancaño, Agustín Bejarano and Los Carpinteros, as well as Brazilian Oscar Niemeyer, one of them most significant architects of the 20th century. Sketches, models, panoramic photographs and videos about these pieces—not easily accessible to the general public—are exhibited for the first time in a gallery

	Visión existencial Museo de Arte Colonial Plaza de la Catedral, La Habana Vieja Tel. +(53) 7 862 644	Throughout may / 2010
	Orlando Barroso, an artist who makes use of codes and aesthetics solidly established in the history of universal art, who is attached to the formal virtuosity of great past schools to conform a contemporary and disturbing image, proposes with this solo exhibition a second reading of certain Bible passages, updatingingand recontextualize their universal and eternal messages.

	Selfportrait under control Fototeca de Cuba Mercaderes 307 entre Muralla y Teniente Rey, Plaza Vieja, La Habana Vieja Tel. +(53) 7 862 2530	Throughout may / 2010
	The young photographer Néstor Martí, who has done an exquisite job for books and calendars published by the City Historian’s Office, proposes this exhibition, curated by himself and Mabel Llevat Soy, who has said that, “The habits, the rules of cause and effect, have been topics that the author had dealt with in previous works…The topic of control has been pretty much discussed in contemporary thought: the control of the media, economic, social and political control…but Néstor also uses metaphor on the individual who is subjected to a sort of self-control from introspection, meditation and inner peace.”

El mundo minoico-micénico y la obrade emile gilliéron e hijo

	El mundo minoico-micénico y la obrade emile gilliéron e hijo ya 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 y 863 9484	Throughout june / 2010
	Original works from the Conde de Lagunillas Collection of the Fine Arts Museum of Cuba—thelargest collection in Latin America focusing on ancient times—and of the Dihigo Museum of theUniversity of Havana will join the magnificent copies made by Emile Gilliéron and his son based onarchaeological findings in Crete, made available in Cuba thanks to the collaboration of theWinckelmann Institute in Berlin.

	Viaje a figueras Casa Fundación Oswaldo Guayasamín Obrapía entre Oficios y Mercaderes, La Habana Vieja Tel. +(53) 7 861 3843	Throughout june / 2010
	Large paintings by Alberto Lago, which explore oneiric and hallucinating elements in the subconscious, in order to reach, by way of new courses, to the realms of Figueras’s guru: Salvador Dalí.

	Aguas turbias Casa Fundación Oswaldo Guayasamín Obrapía entre Oficios y Mercaderes, La Habana Vieja Tel. +(53) 7 861 3843	Opens 7 may
	The Havana Malecón, physical and emotional limit and frontier, is the recurrent motif of this exhibition by the artist Isaac García Toledo composed of large paintings and installations

	Estado de gracia Casa de la Poesía Muralla 63 entre Oficios e Inquisidor, La Habana Vieja Tel. +(53) 7 862 1801	Opens 7 may
	Aformer member of one of the cult bands—Dimensión Vertical—in Havana during the 1960s-70s, the photographer José Ignacio Vázquez (Nacho) has captured the underground spirit of today’s musicians and performers

Music

	January en la Basílica Basílica Menor de San Francisco de Asís Oficios y Churruca, La Habana Vieja Tel. +(53) 7 862 9683	6:00 pm / 2009
	8 May The soprano Johana Simón, the pianist HaylínPlá and musician friends, all conducted by Eduardo Díaz, will perform works by Henri Pousseur,Arnold Schönberg,Giacinto Scelsi, José Luis Turina,Guido López- Gavilán, Roberto Valera and Tania León. 19 May, 4:00 pm Performance by the soprano Dania Rodríguez and the pianist Vilma Garriga in a program based on Italian composers.. 22 May Concert by the chamber orchestra Solistas de La Habana, conducted by María Elena Mendiola. 29 May The trio Concertante, the soprano IleanaJimangli and the cellist Alejandro Martínez will play little performed works in Cuba by very well known composers: Ponchielli, Beethoven, Sphor, Schubert, Tchaikovsky and Ravel. .

	Gerardo Alfonso y su grupo Bar La Cañitas, Hotel Habana Libre Calle Lesquina a 23, El Vedado	Thursdays, 10:30 pm-3:00 am / 2010
	Ameeting with this very much liked singer-songwriter whose nonconformist and demystifying songs, dedicated either to Ernesto Che Guevara or Havana (“white sheets hanging from the balconies”), have become hymns for a large sector of Cuban youth

	Peña del Ambia Hurón Azul, Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC) Calle 17 esquina a H, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 832 4551-53	Wed 11 and 25, 5:00 pm / 2010
	The best place to go for those seeking to become acquainted with authentic African-Cuban traditions, hosted by the poet Eloy Machado, aka. El Ambia.

	El Jardín de la Gorda Centro Iberoamericano de la Décima Calle A entre 25 y 27, El Vedado	Third Sunday of the month, 5:00 pm / 2010
	Sara González, emblematic voice of the Cuban Nueva Trova, at her monthly gatherings where the audiences can enjoy, in an informal atmosphere, the performances of some of the best Cuban troubadours.

	Sigo Aquí Sala Atril, Teatro Karl Marx Calle 1ra y 8, Miramar Tel. +(53) 7 203 0801 / 209 1991	Fridays, 5:00 pm-9:00 pm / 2010
	Café concert with the versatile singer and composer Anabell López, a favorite of many composers of different styles thanks to her beautiful and melodious voice and strong stage presence.

	Peña de Rochy Balneario Universitario El Coral Calle 1ra. esquina a 42, Miramar	Last Thursday of the month, 8:30 pm / 2010
	Performance by Cuban singer Rochy with her group and guests.

	Concierto Abierto Sala Villena Calle 17 esquina a H, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 832 4551 al 53	Last Thursday of the month, 5:00 pm / 2010
	Concert and electroacoustic music for soloists and chamber music ensembles, under the direction of Guido López Gavilán.

	La esquina de la luna Sala Galich, Casa de las Américas Calle 3ra. y G, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 838 2706-09	Wednesdays / 2010
	Ameeting with Haydée Milanés, who adds a charismatic personality and a varied repertory of Cuban music to her sweet gentle voice

	Peña de Los Kents Café Cantante, Teatro NacionalCalle Paseo y 39, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 870 4651	2-6 December / 2010
	Los Kents, another “dinosaur” of Cuban rock, play their own hits from the 60s and 70s.

	Peña de Roly Berrio Patio-bar de los estudios de grabación EGREM San Miguel 410 entre Campanario y Lealtad, Centro Habana Tel. +(53) 7 862 0673	Last Monday of the month, 5:00 pm / 2010
	The spontaneous poetry, the humour and lyricism, the tender or witty music and unusual stage presence all combine in this trovador from Santa Clara, considered among the best of the youngest generation.

	Tardes del Jazz Hurón Azul, Unión de escritores and Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC) Calle 17 esquina a H, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 832 4551-53	Second Thursday of the month, 5:00 pm / 2010
	Jam sessions with important Cuban jazz musicians and bands.

	La vuelta al musical en 70 minutos Anfiteatro de La Habana Vieja Avenida del Puerto entre Cuba y Peña Pobre, La Habana Vieja Tel. +(53) 7 33 1718	Opens 8 May; Sat and Sun, 9:00 pm / 2010
	Around Musicals in 70 Minutes is the suggestive name of Alfonso Menéndez’s latest work, a tour of famous works, many of them based on the animated film versions—The Phantom of the Opera, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, Beauty and the Beast, Anastasia, The Lion King, Hercules, The Little Mermaid and Aladdin. The beautiful and suggestive music, the excellent performances by young actors and the splendid costumes all enhance this production which will probably run until the end of the summer.

	Noche de Boleros Hurón Azul, Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC) Calle 17 esquina a H, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 832 4551-53	Saturdays, 9:00 pm / 2010
	Lovers of this romantic genre par excellence have the opportunity of meeting and enjoying the performances of the best Cuban boleristas.

	Retretas en la plaza de armas Tacón entre O'Reilly y Obispo, La Habana Vieja	Every Friday, 4:30 pm / 2009
	Weekly open-air concerts by the Banda Nacional de Conciertos conducted by Rafael Díaz Carter, ahundred-year-old orchestra that has delighted several generations of Habaneros and visitors alikewith their own versions of concert and popular Cuban and international music. 7 May Overture from Rossini’s opera William Tell; contradanzas La nené and La pendencia by the Cuban composer Manuel Saumell; and Rumba 71 by Horacio González. 14 May Aselection from the zarzuela La verbena de la paloma by Tomás Bretón, and the musical My Fair Lady by Frederick Loewe; the song Amor by Pablo Milánes; and the cha-cha-chá La engañadora by Enrique Jorrín. 21 May Overture Blue Lake by John Barnes; paso doble Suspiros de España by Antonio Álvarez; Danzas españolas by Enrique Granados, and Hoy son Día de Reyes by Gonzalo Roig. 28 May Aselection from the programmatic suite Memorias de la cabaña by Teo Aparicio; Rondalla aragonesa, a Spanish dance by Enrique Granados; the famous waltz The Blue danube by Strauss; and Popurrit 1939 by Francisco Rojas.

	Peña de la Trova Patio de La Casona de Línea Calle Línea entre D y E, El Vedado	Sunday, 7:30 pm / 2010
	As a confirmation of the old Cuban saying “The trova is not dead”, singers from different generations and different styles get together to sing their songs.

	Trovando Patio-bar of the EGREM record label San Miguel 410 entre Campanario y Lealtad, Centro Habana Tel. +(53) 7 862 0673	Wednesday, 5:00 pm / 2010
	A place where troubadours and poets get together for a unique performance in a bohemian atmosphere, combined with the launching and sale of record albums, books and magazines.

	La Trova sin Traba Hurón Azul, Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC) Calle 17 esquina a H, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 832 4551-53	Wed 4 and 18, 5:00 pm / 2010
	Different generations and styles converge in a natural combination of traditional, new and very new trova.

	La Bella Cubana Sala Villena, Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC) Calle 17 esquina a H, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 832 4551-53	Wed 4 and 18, 5:00 pm / 2010
	Dedicated to highlight the presence of women in Cuban music.

Festival internacional de coros corhabana 2010

	Festival internacional de coros corhabana 2010 Teatro Amadeo Roldán y Basílica Menor del Convento de San Francisco de Asís	21 - 25 April / 2010
	Founded in 1999 as the Havana Choral Meeting, for three years the event was the meeting placefor choruses from Cuba and the United States. In 2002, however, it became an international festivaland changed its name to Corhabana. Presided by Digna Guerra, who is the director of the NationalChorus, this year the festival has programmed its customary concerts, plus workshops on theperformance and staging of works from the Cuban and international choral repertory.

	Líricos en San Felipe Oratorio San Felipe Neri Aguiar esquina a Obrapía, La Habana Vieja	7:00 pm unless otherwise indicated / 2010
	4 May, 3:30 pm Graduation concert of the clarinettist Vivian Gutiérrez, student of the Instituto Superior de Arte de La Habana. 13 May, 7:00 pm Lírica Intramuros proposes a recital with soloists from Teatro Lírico Nacional de Cuba. 15 May, 4:00 pm The tenor Ramón Centeno, prize-winner at the Trujillo 2009 song competition in Peru, will prove the excellence of his singing. 20 May, 4:00 pm As part of Cubadisco 2010, performance of works of the 19th-century nationalist Cuban composer Ignacio Cervantes. 22 May, 4:00 pm Concert Mozart en La Habana with works by the great Classic composer included in the album that received the Cubadisco 2009 Grand Prix. 25 May, 3:30 pm Graduation concert of the saxophonist Vivian Gutiérrez, student of the Instituto Superior de Arte de La Habana. 26 May, 7:00 pm Performance by the woodwind quintet of the Philadelphia Philharmonic Orchestra. 27 May, 7:00 pm Lírica Intramuros with soloists from the Lyons Opera in France. 29 May, 4:00 pm Voces Nuevas—New Voices—a space for young operatic talents, directed by the soprano María Eugenia Barrios

	Charangueando Café Cantante, Teatro Nacional Calle Paseo y 39, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 870 4651	Every Thurday at 5:00 pm / 2010
	Aregular space for Cuban charanga dance bands—ideal instrumental format for the danzón,mambo and cha-cha, hosted by the legendary América band.

	VERDADERO COMPLOT Third Saturday of the month, 4:00 pm / 2010 Centro Hispano Americano de Cultura Malecón 17 entre Prado y Genio, Centro Habana Tel. +(53) 7 860 6282	Third Saturday of the month, 4:00 pm / 2010
	Aspace for young trova talents, and the live recordings of their performances. This month with thetrovadora from Holguín province, Aliannys Abad Bonet

	Peña de Lynn Milanés y su grupo Centro Cultural Fresa y Chocolate Calle 23 esquina a 12, El Vedad	Every Saturday, 6:30 pm / 2010
	Lynn Milanés—daughter of the famour singer-songwriter Pablo Milanés—with a selection of well-liked Cuban songs, which range from bolero to pop.

	Peña de Pancho Amat Sede provisional del Museo Nacional de la MúsicaObrapía 509, entre Bernaza y Villegas, La Habana Vieja	Third Thursday of the month, 5:00 pm / 2010
	The popular tres player Pancho Amat and Cabildo del Son with a sample of the most Cuban ofCuban song and dance styles, son.

	Concierto de William Vivanco Teatro Karl Marx Calle 1ra y 8, Miramar Tel. +(53) 7 203 0801 y 209 199	2 May, 5:00 pm / 2010
	Performance by singer-songwriter William Vivanco, who smoothly and naturally merges his trovador and sonero roots with elements from blues, reggae, bossa nova or rap, chronicling in a humorous, yet very serious manner the complex everyday events of his time and country.

	Conciertos en San Francisco de Paula Iglesia de San Francisco de Paula Desamparados y San Ignacio, Alameda de Paula, La Habana Vieja Tel. +(53) 7 860 4210	7:00 pm / 2010
	8 May Closing concert of the English music course given by Walter Reiter to students and members of the Early Music Ensemble Ars Longa and other Cuban chamber orchestras. 14 May During the opening of the 5th season of Mayo Renacentista, the Vocal Luna Ensemble will sing works by Thomas Morley, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Giovanni Gabrielli, Luca Marenzio and Pierce Certon. 21 May The Vocale Sine Nomine chamber ensemble, conducted by Leonor Suárez, will offer a program composed of madrigals and motets from the Spanish, Italian, English, French and German schools. 22 May Rosa Mystica is the name of the concert that the Early Music Ensemble Ars Longa, conducted by Teresa Paz, will offer on this occasion. Ars Longa will perform works by Spanis hcomposers Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla and Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco, and the Portuguese composer Gaspar Fernandes. 28 May Closing concert of Mayo Renacentista with the performance of the young trío Móviles (oboe, clarinet and faggot) conducted by Osmany Hernández, with works by Gabrielli, Victoria, Frescobaldi and Monteverdi, among others.

	Feria Internacional CUBADISCO 2010 Different areas of Havana	15-23 May / 2010
	Nothing to do with discotheques, this fair was begun in 1997 as a way to bring to national and international attention what the Cuban recording industry has been up to. It includes concerts, recitals, symposia and exhibits. This year, the event will be dedicated to música campesina—Cuban country music—deeply rooted in Spanish music. From the 1st to the 15th of May, prior to the fair itself, singers and improvisers throughout the country will sing the longest campesino song in the world.”

Theatre

	MAYO TEATRAL Casa de las Américas Calle 3ra. esquina a G, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 838 2706 al 09 Cine-teatro Trianón Línea entre Paseo y A, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 830 9648 Sala Adolfo Llauradó Calle 11 entre D y E, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 832 5573 Sala Alternativa del Centro Cultural Bertolt Brecht Calle13 esquina a I, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 832 9359 Sala Hubert de Blanck Calzada 657 entre Ay B, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 830 1011 Sala de la Orden Tercera de San Francisco de Asís Oficios y Churruca, La Habana Vieja Tel. +(53) 7 862 9683 Sala-Teatro Buendía Calle 39 entre Loma y Bellavista, Nuevo Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 881 6689 Teatro Mella Línea entre Ay B, El Vedado Tel. +(53) 7 830 4987	7-16 May / 2010
	Mayo Teatral began in the 1960s as the Latin American Theatre Festival, sponsored byCasa de las Américas. Late in that same decade, the festival, which had already becomean international event, was no longer held until 1998 when the Theatre Department ofCasa organized Mayo Teatral, a yearly event until 2000, when it became biennial.International companies plus the most important Cuban theatre companies haveparticipated in this festival throughout the years. The event also includes workshops,lectures and exhibitions. Tres cigarrillos y la última lasañayDentro Teatro Promiscuo (Brasil), Sala Llauradó 6:00 pm, Fri 7 May / Sat 8 May / Sun 9 May Gatomaquia Compañía La Cuarta (Uruguay), Sala Hubert de Blanck 8:30 pm, Fri 7 May / Sat 8 May / Sun 9 May (5 pm) El último ensayo Grupo Yuyachkani (Perú), Sala Alternativa Bertolt Brecht 8:30 pm, Fri 7 May / Sat 8 May Ysin embargo se mueve Compañía Teatral La Colmenita (Cuba), Sala de la Tercera Orden 10:30 am, Sat 8 May / Sun 9 May MalSon DanzAbierta (Cuba), Teatro Mella 8:30 pm, Sat 8 May / Sun 9 May (5 pm) ¡Ay, mi amor! Teatro El Público (Cuba), Sala Llauradó 6:00 pm, Mon 10 May / Tue 11May echo en Perú Grupo Yuyachkani (Perú), Sala Alternativa Bertolt Brecht 8:30 pm, Mon 10 May / Tue 11May

	Variedades galiano Capilla de El Ciervo Encantado Calle D esquina a 5ta., El Vedad	Viernes, sábados y domingos a las 8:30 pm / 2010
	The El Ciervo Encantado theatre company opens this play by its director Nelda Castillo. Based on texts by the Cuban poetess Reina María Rodríguez, the play reflects on complex issues in today’s..

	Festival de teatro de Camagüey City of Camagüey	29 May-5 June / 2010
	This competitive theatre festival is a great opportunity to measure the actual Cubanstage scene with the best productions in recent years in Cuba.

Events

	XXI Festival de Raíces Africanas Wemilere 24-28 may/ 2010 Guanabacoa, La Habana
	The African Roots Festival opened for the first time in 1989 in what once was called Asunción de Guanabacoa Village, a primitive aboriginal settlement founded as a town in 1554. The mixture of traditions, cultures and sense of belonging is expressed in Wemilere—meaning ‘a festivity dedicated to the orishas or deities’in the Yoruba language—whose main objective is to gather and transmit knowledge about the African universe in Cuban culture, and which every year invites an African country or one with a strong Black presence. During the Wemilere Festival, the variety and richness of African cultures take over the streets of the town of Guanabacoa, infecting villagers and guests alike with their catching and colourful rhythms. This year, Wemilere will be dedicated to the Yoruba culture. Lectures include “Yoruba culture in America and the Caribbean,” Slavery as a social and historic phenomenon,” The African influence,” and “Repercussions of the African impact on the ethics of the Cuban people.”

	Romerías de mayo 2-8 may Guanabacoa, La Habana	18-25 APRIL / 2010
	Continuing a tradition that dates back to colonial times, in 1993 a group of young artists decided to organize these romerías with the arrival of Spring. This festival, which was held for the first time at the foot of the cross which Father Antonio Alegría placed on 3 May, 1790 at the top of a hill, 275 metres above sea level, is presided over by the Hacha Taína (the Taino Axe) and the Cruz de Madera (the Wooden Cross), symbols of the mixture of elements that constitute the Cuban culture. Following this spirit, every year musicians, actors, researchers, artists, writers and dancers come together to share their artistic endeavour during intense days and nights in which the diversity of their propositions is exhibited, and Cuban and foreign artists join the locals to enjoy a marathon- like programme in various parts of the city. This year, the Romerías will be dedicated to the Canadian city of Toronto, to the solidarity between nations and to the 50th anniversary of ICAP (Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples of the World), as well as to the centennial of the birth of José Lezama Lima. Participants to the event include 279 visitors from other nations. A special attraction will be the exhibition of 29 lithographs, which were rfecently donated to the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes by the American collector Gilbert Brownstone

Dance

	La leyenda del Agua Grande Gran Teatro de La Habana Prado y San Rafael, Centro Habana Tel. +(53) 7 863 6690	28-29 MAY, 8:30 PM; 30 MAY, 5:00 PM / 2010
	Premiere of Legend of the Big Water by the Ballet Nacional de Cuba, choreographed by Eduardo Blanco and music by the composer and pianist Miguel Núñez.

A PREVIEW OF THE COMING MONTHS

	Festival internacional Cubanima LA HABANA 1-5 June
	Organized by the Animation Studios of the Cuban Institute of Cinematic Art and Industry (ICAIC), this festival is dedicated to animated films for children and adolescents. The event includes a competition of short- and feature-length films produced for the cinema or television. The festival programs workshops, discussions and exhibitions.

	Festival Rock Atenas MATANZAS 3-7 June
	Arock bands get-together in the city of Matanzas. The meeting hopes to promote rock and create a special place for rock lovers in the island.

Bienal de cerámica Amelia Peláez. Esculturas e instalaciones

	Bienal de cerámica Amelia Peláez. Esculturas e instalaciones MUSEO NACIONAL DE LA CERÁMICA CONTEMPORÁNEA CUBANA 5 June-5 September
	This ceramics event focuses on the different manifestations and uses of ceramic vessels, whether utilitarian or ornamental, or both. In addition to the competition, exhibitions by important artists are organized.

Festival Internacional Boleros de Oro
HAVANA AND OTHER PROVINCES
24-27 June

Bolero, a musical genre which emerged in Cuba in the second half of the 19th century is what this festival is all about. This genre has had a marked influence in other countries of the area, including places as far away as Spain and Japan, and its first festival, held in Havana in 1987, is considered the oldest of its kind in Latin America. AHavana celebration in its beginnings, other provinces would become venues in later years given that Bolero is one of the most loved and performed genres in the Island.

Jornada Cucalambeana y festival Iberoamericano de la Décima
ELCORNITO, LAS TUNAS PROVINCE
30 June-3 July

In commemoration of the birth of Las Tunas-born poet Juan Cristóbal Nápoles Fajardo (El Cucalambé), the most important Cuban decimista—country-ballad poet—of the 19th century, musicians, poets, repentistas (improvisers), researchers and folklorists get together in this unique festival to enjoy the songs and dances of Cuban country people. The event is presided over by the décima, a Spanish stanza of ten octosyllabic lines, created by the Spaniard Vicente Martínez Espinel (1551-1634)