Over 900 new literary works, including new editions, will be at hand during the 25th Havana 2016 International Book Fair, which opens on February 11 in its venues in the Cuban capital.

Political and grass roots organizations in the province of Camaguey recognized on Monday the work of the Institute of Friendship Among the Peoples (ICAP), for its work of international support in favor of Cuba against Washington's economic blockade.

Prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso, Director General of Cuba's National Ballet Company (BNC), recently received an acknowledgement from U.S. medical institutions specialized in the care of artists, at the headquarters of the renowned Caribbean company.

Love in Havana is the title of the first Chinese-Cuba cinema coproduction scheduled for shooting in Havana in early March, between a Chinese audiovisual producer and Cuban RTV Comercial film company.

Anne Marie Forsythe, American dance teacher, highlighted in this city the possibility of Cuban companies to incorporate to their routines the Horton technique, of which she gave a practical session at the headquarters of Endedans Contemporary Ballet.

Last Saturday was the official retirement ceremony from active sports of the Master in Sports Science and eighth Dan, Ronaldo Veitia Valdivié, at the Sports City Coliseum during the Judo Grand Prix of Havana.

Scholars, politicians and several Nobel Peace laureates are attending in Havana the 2nd International Conference "With all for the Good of All" to reflect on the ideas of Cuban National Hero Jose Marti.

Ruben Dario, director of the Matanzas puppet troupe Teatro Las Estaciones, was awarded by the Association of Latin Entertainment Critics (ACE) of New York, along with other Cuban playwrights and theater performers, according to official information on the festival's Web site.

Cuba's Septeto Nacional will perform on Saturday, January 16, at the Lehman Center of the Bronx. Accompanying it for its presentation will be the Broadway Orchestra of New York City.

The musical director of the U.S. Cabrillo Symphony Choir, Cheryl Anderson, asserted on Thursday that Cuban choirs are "extremely professional and wonderful," after her experience with three provincial groups.

The popular musician X Alfonso is the only Cuban to take part at the BottleRock Napa Valley 2016 music festival, scheduled for May 27-29 in California, the U.S.A.

The third edition of the Havana World Music Festival will be held in this city from next March 24 to 27, and will feature artists from around the world.

National and international media reproduced on Thursday the words of Puerto Rican singer Gilberto Santa Rosa, who highlighted the musical relationship existing between Cuba and Puerto Rico, despite the U.S. blockade.

The Diva of the Buena Vista Social Club, Omara Portuondo, and flamenco singer Diego El Cigala, will celebrate in 2016 the 85th birthday of the first, with a tour of Europe that will join the voices of these two worldwide known artists on stage.