Cuba's Irene Rodriguez dance company will present its "Between lights and shadows" show on May 19-22 at the Joyce Theater of New York, the United States, the director of the group told ACN.

The Ramon Batalla Award, recently given to El Miron Cubano group of this city during the Vila-Real International Festival of Street Theatre, of Spain, encourages the work of street theater in Cuba, asserted on Friday Rocio Rodriguez, director of the group.

Cuba's First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel conferred in this capital on Friday the Friendship Medal upon the Secretary General of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), Christopher Ferguson.

With two big concerts at Havana's Karl Marx Theater this weekend, the Cuban traditional music group Buena Vista Social Club will say good-bye to stages.

Cuban writer Alexander Aguilar, from Granma province, won the first prize of Poetry in the 6th International Contest El Parnaso del Nuevo Mundo, organized in Peru by the magazine of the same name.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) described as significant the results of Cuban entities in the field of technological innovation, after they were granted nine Gold Medals by that international organization.

I'm happy to be in Havana and sing with Camerata Romeu for the Cuban public, U.S. soprano Barbara Hendricks, who will give a concert on Thursday at the St. Francis of Assisi Minor Basilica, told reporters on Monday.

The improvement of teachers of French as a second foreign language present in Cuban universities is the main challenge concerning these days the professors from the University of Holguin.

The recognized group Buena Vista Social Club and the duo Gente de Zona were winners in several categories in the 27th edition of the Billboard Latin Music Awards, held at the Bank United Center at the University of Miami, United States.

The mainstream media and the general public assessed as successful the two presentations by the Acosta Dance Company, directed by Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta, at the 13th edition of the Festival of Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities of the United States visiting Cuba since Monday announced today in this capital several projects to increase exchanges between the two countries, in conjunction with the Cuban Ministry of Culture.

Cuba's National Ballet Company (BNC), directed by prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso, will make several presentations in Canada of the classic piece Don Quixote during a tour scheduled for May, the company announced on Thursday.

Renowned Cuban filmmaker Julio Garcia Espinosa died at age 89 in this capital.

The 10th International Conference on foreign languages, communication and culture (WEFLA), sponsored by the Department of Canadian studies at the University of Holguin, will be held in the resort of Guardalavaca from April 27 and 29.