Cuba's National Ballet Company (BNC), under the general direction of Alicia Alonso, will present The Magic of Dance at the Teatro Peon Contreras, in Merida, Mexico, on September 7 and 8.

A Cuban advance delegation will travel to Mexico on Sunday to attend the 10 th Congress of the Association of Sugar Technicians in Latin America and the Caribbean (Atalac).

Puerto Rican singer Danny Rivera will give a concert on November 20 at Havana's Karl Marx Theater, in which Cuban musicians and compatriots of his will accompany the visiting artist.

This is the first time a gala by the Royalty Ballet takes place and we have chosen Cuba to start the project, which aims to travel the world with big stars, asserted on Friday dancer Rodrigo Almarales, director general of the production.

El acompañante, by Cuban director Pavel Giroud, was selected to represent Cuban cinema in the Oscar and Goya awards, given by the film academies of the U.S. and Spain, respectively.

American singer Madonna arrived in Cuba on Monday to celebrate her 58th birthday with a group or friends and relatives, according to Granma newspaper

The Bolero Festival and World Congress will take place in Mexico City on August 25-28, with the participation of Cuban singers Maria Elena Pena, Daniel Herrera and Camilo Mederos, the Granma newspaper reported on Monday.

Cuban musician Robelio Perez (Yeyo), founder of the iconic group Tambores de Bejucal (Drums of Bejucal), died at age 85 in that city of the province of Mayabeque.

The Cuban Camagua Folk Company, in its usual summer tour of Europe, concluded its presentations at festivals held in Arroyo de la Encomienda, a town of Valladolid in Spain, and in Pau, France.

Works by 15 Mexican painters participating in the A Bridge of Love and History project, are presented as of Friday at the Pedro Esquerre Art Gallery in the city of Matanzas.

The choir of former students of the university for women Smith College, of the United States, will perform with Cuban choirs on July 28 and 29 in stages of the capital and of Matanzas.

With the tenth graduation of the University of Computing Science (UCI by its Spanish acronym), scheduled for July 19, there will be more than 14 000 graduates from this house of higher learning, created by the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro.

Dish Latino, part of the American satellite network Dish has signed a deal to show Cuban television shows and films in the United States on a new channel called CubamaxTV. The initiative includes the popular comedy show Living by One´s Wit, top rated on the island.

The 15th 2016 Circuba International Summer Circus Festival began this Monday at Trompoloco Cultural Center with a gala by the Havana Company, including spectacular acts.