The Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC by its Spanish acronym) and the Directorate of Culture in Santiago de Cuba are calling for the 20th International Documentary Festival "Santiago Alvarez in memoriam", to be held from March 3 to 8 in this city.
Tenth edition of the international theater laboratory kicks off today
The International Laboratory Traspasos Escenicos ("Scenic Transfers") 2021 will be held from today until November 6 in its tenth edition, which will be both virtual and on-site.
Cuba's National Ballet celebrates its 73rd anniversary
The National Ballet of Cuba (BNC), Cultural Heritage of the Nation and one of the most prestigious dance companies in the world, celebrates today its 73rd birthday as the company established in 1948 with Alicia Alonso as the main figure prepares to return to the stage.
Virtual architecture and city planning salon opens today
The 13th National Architecture and City Planning Salon begins today online with professionals from 12 provinces, a fact revealing of their interest despite the difficulties imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cuba hosts Ibero-American Congress of Thought
HOLGUIN, Cuba, Oct 26 (ACN) With the conference "Cultural war, decolonization and resistance", by writer and essayist Abel Prieto Jimenez, president of Casa de las Americas, opened its sessions on Monday the 16th edition of the Ibero-American Congress of Thought, as part of the 27th Ibero-American Culture Festival, held in Holguin (eastern Cuba), until the next day 30.
Díaz-Canel hails Cuban Culture Day
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez celebrated today on Twitter Cuban Culture Day, originated in one of the most relevant events in Cuban history: the first intonation of the National Anthem.
Cuban president congratulates 2021 National Radio and Television award winners
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez congratulated Danylo Sirio López, vice president of the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television (ICRT), and the recently deceased actor Manuel Porto, both winners of the 2021 National Radio and Television Award.
14th International Hip Hop Symposium kicks off today
The 14th International Hip Hop Symposium will be held online until October 25 with a program of activities that includes workshops, panels and DJ sessions.
ICAIC will screen El Mayor to celebrate National Culture Day
Rigoberto López Pego’s posthumous motion picture El Mayor will be screened today at the Chaplin Theater in Havana as part of the Cuban Film Institute’s tribute to National Culture Day.
International Book Fair Cuba 2022 has Mexico as guest of honor
Cuba's invitation to Mexico to be guest of honor at the International Book Fair in 2022 was accepted today by that country, Alejandra Frausto, secretary of culture of the government of Mexico, posted on Twitter.
Cuban flamenco artist to participate in important international event
Joel Zamora, a flamenco artist from the province of Cienfuegos (central Cuba), will participate at the 3rd Congress of Flamencology and Flamenco Pedagogy "Ciutat Flamenco Barcelona", to be held on Oct. 23 in Catalonia, Spain.
Cuba marks the 120th anniversary of the National Library
Roberto Morales Ojeda, secretary of organization and politics of cadres of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, congratulated today the Jose Marti National Library on the 120th anniversary of its creation.
City in central Cuba is one of the World Guitar Day venues
World Guitar Day will be celebrated today in Cienfuegos, one of the 400 cities in the world that will display online the skills of its homegrown artists.
New Mural Deploys the Largest Cuban Flag in the World
The largest Cuban flag in the world—44 meters high and 12 meters wide—was inaugurated in western Matanzas province by local visual artist Jesus A. Mederos on the wall of one of the 13-story buildings of the city.
Cuban music recording company premieres documentary to mark Culture Day
The presentation of the documentary “Jose Loyola, con la charanga en la sangre", by filmmaker Alberto Padron, took place today at the national headquarters of the Cuban Writers and Artists Association, in Havana.







