The usual cultural gala offered by the Korimakao artistic community group every April 18th will be dedicated this year to the leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro and the Victory of the Bay of Pigs in its 57th anniversary.

The famous French actor Pierre Richard attended the opening of the 21st edition of the French Film Festival, held at the Charles Chaplin Theater in Havana.

With the project My Black Grandfather, the Centro Cultural Africano Fernando Ortiz (CCAFO) promotes children's learning about African influences in Cuba and communication with their contemporaries in that continent.

Ole, Ole, Ole! Is the title of a documentary film on the successful 2016 Latin American tour by the Rolling Stones, which will be screened Sunday in a downtown Havana movie theater.

Washington D.C. will host the Arts from Cuba Cultural event May 8 to June 3 at the Kennedy Center with the participation of some 400 Cuban artists in the fields of music, dance, visual arts, movie and theater.

Cuban educator Yoandra Perez Mendoza, resident of the city of Bayamo, thanked Commander in Chief Fidel Castro for the creation of special schools and a guarantee in the country for the comprehensive development and the social insertion of the children with Down Syndrome.

The 11th International Conference on the Peoples and their Culture dedicated to Cuban music successfully ended on Tuesday in the city of Bayam, said the Director of Museums of the National Heritage Council, Jose Antonio Gonzalez Rodriguez.

An exhibition entitled "Going Away Closer" of Cuban and Japanese artists will be inaugurated on Friday afternoon at the Wilfredo Lam Contemporary Art Center in Havana

US writers Margaret Randall and Barbara Byers, invited to the 27th International Book Fair in Matanzas paid tribute on Thursday to Haydee Santamaria as icon of Cuban women.

Cuba's Culture Minister Abel Prieto participated on Wednesday in Matanzas in the inauguration of the Aldabon Publishing House, dedicated to the promotion of the work of young authors as part of the 27th Book Fair in the city.

The US city of Minneapolis is hosting the 9th Cuban Film Festival, organized by the Minnesota-Cuba Committee, the Film Society of Minneapolis-St. Paul and the Cuban Film Institute.

The University of Holguin was granted an award for the best design of its stand during the activities of the "Universidad 2018" Congress underway in Havana.