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Paco Torreblanca Trumpets Provocations in Santiago de Cuba

By: José Carlos de Santiago   Paco Torreblanca, penciled in as the world’s finest pastry chef, will make a presentation in Cuba that takes after his desserts: delicious, provocative and good enough t

Call for Festival Habanarte-2015 Launched in Cuba

Ciego de Avila, Cuba.- The call for the II Festival Habanarte-2015 to be held in September, was launched here by representants of the Ministry of Culture (Mincult). The Director of Communications of th

The World’s Best Pastry Chef to Attend the Excelencias Group’s Gastronomic Seminar in Santiago de Cuba

Master pastry chef Paco Torreblanca, penciled in as one of the finest patissiers in the world, will attend the First International Gastronomic Seminar Excelencias Santiago de Cuba 2015 and the First “F

Blues Legend B.B. King''s Body Returning For Burial in Mississippi

Misisipi.- The body of blues legend B.B. King will return next week to the Mississippi Delta where his life and career began. His body will be flown on Wednesday to Memphis, Tennessee, the place where

Santiago de Cuba Symposium: Five-hundred years of culture and history

By: Susana Méndez   The Santiago de Cuba symposium: Five-hundred years of culture and history, sponsored by the Cuban Writers and Artists Association (UNEAC) Provincial Branch, the City Historian Off

Arturo O'Farrill dedicates concert to Chano Pozo at Cubadisco 2015

The performance of Arturo O’Farrill and his Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, which dedicated this special concert to Luciano Pozo (Chano), one of the most important Cuban percussionists, was very intimate an

Beethoven Brings Cuban and US Musicians Together

Cuban and US musicians exhibited Beethoven's genius at the opening concert of the 19th International Fair Cubadisco, which is dedicated to choral and symphonic music.   The adjustment between the Sym

B. B. King, Defining Bluesman for Generations, Dies at 89

By Tim Weiner   B. B. King, whose world-weary voice and wailing guitar lifted him from the cotton fields of Mississippi to a global stage and the apex of American blues, died on Thursday at his home

Minnesota Symphony Orchestra: in Cuba after 85 Years

More than a hundred members of the Minnesota Symphony Orchestra arrived in this capital on Wednesday to participate in the program of this year’s edition of Cubadisco, the island’s International Record

Al Taylor: Pass the Peas and Shrunken Heads

Galería Cayón is pleased to present in his spaces (Orfila 10 and Blanca de Navarra 7, Madrid) Al Taylor's (1948 Springfield, Missouri – 1999, New York) first solo exhibition in Spain.