To celebrate the 28th International Ballet Festival of Havana “Alicia Alonso”, to be held October 28 to November 10 in Havana, not only dance will be the protagonist, but there will be collateral activities where other artistic manifestations will prevail.

Since she was a fifth grader, Ana Beatriz González León, a student at the Alfredo Velázquez Carcasés Dance School in the province of Guantánamo, has seen with regret many of her classmates drop out of art courses as a result of the U.S. blockade of Cuba, enforced since 1962 and responsible for the lack of required school supplies, the food shortages and the insufficient public transport, all aggravated since.

The 25th French Film Festival in Cuba opens its doors today with an exhibition of posters dedicated to the anniversary of this event in the country and the screening of the film November (2022).

 The Anglo-Hispanic-Mexican University (UAHM) will confer this Friday an honorary doctorate to Lizt Alfonso, Jorge Perugorria, Carlos Alberto Cremata, Roberto Fabelo and Manuel Mendive, in recognition of “decades of dedication, taking the name of Cuba to the highest level”.

Five outstanding Cuban artists will be granted the Honoris Causa degrees by the Anglohispanomexicana( www.uahm.org) University (UAHM) .

Portuguese academic pianist Bernardo Santos will have his first performance in Cuba on October 2 with works by leading names such as Franz Liszt, Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky, and his fellow countryman Antonio Fragoso.

Artisans from Peru, India, Ecuador and Argentina will attend the 22nd International Crafts Fair IBEROARTE, dedicated this time to the culture of the province of Santiago de Cuba.

With an official opening marked by an exhibition of posters dedicated to the new anniversary of the event and the screening of the film November, the 25th French Film Festival in Cuba—deemed the most important after the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema—will kick off on October 2 to 13 in seven of the island’s provinces.

The 2024 Russian Film Show, scheduled to be held in this city on September 19-22 and dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Mosfilm studio, will start with the screening of the film Khitrovka, the Sign of Four.

A Cuban representation participated at the 3rd High-Level Conference of the Belt and Road on Intellectual Property, which was held in Beijing, People's Republic of China, under the principles of openness, cooperation, development and mutual benefit.

Dedicated to intellectual Fernando Martinez Heredia (1939-2017) and organized by the Juan Marinello Cuban Institute of Cultural Research (ICIC by its Spanish acronym), the 1st International Symposium on Cultural Research will be held in Havana from today until September 20.

Conceived to preserve the nation's most autochthonous identities and values, the Fiesta de la Cubania (Cuban Culture Festival) will celebrate its 30th edition this year, scheduled to take place in this city October 17-20.

Once again they want to divide us, confuse us, subjugate us. The Cuban intellectuals are heirs of a solid patriotic and cultural tradition committed to social justice, educated in study, but also in the incomparable experiences of an authentic and victorious Revolution, harassed by U.S. imperialism.

The renowned Argentine accordion player and chamamé musician Chango Spasiuk will give a concert today at the Museum of Fine Arts in this city.