apr2014whatrsquos on

havana

editoriallsquoCuban dancing is famous for its libidinous rhythms and sensuous close-ups Inheriting a love for dancing from childbirth and able to replicate perfect salsa steps by the age of two or three most Cubans are natural performers who approach dance with a complete lack of self-consciousnessrsquo Lonely Planet 2013

This monthrsquos issue is dedicated to dance To the army of girls in long skirts who learn Spanish dance at one of Havanarsquos many dance schools to the dancers of Tropicana who continue to dazzle all-comers on a nightly basis to Ecos with their passion for flamenco and to Isabel Bustos and her Group Retazos who every April turn balconies windows stairs and walls into stages for Habana Vieja Ciudad en movimiento (April 9-14)

Musicwise look out for regular concerts at the Faacutebrica de Arte Cubana including Norberto Rodriacuteguez on April 5 Rauacutel Paz plays the same night at El Sauce and donrsquot miss the Leo Brouwer-founded Festival de Guitarra de La Habana (April 20-27)

Outside of Havana Cine PobremdashCubarsquos hippest film festival has come home to Gibara (April 22-27) Golf aficionados should not miss Cubarsquos premier golf tournament which takes place Varadero from April 10-12 On the travel side Tom Millerrsquos piece on Baracoa from the excellent Trading with the Enemy remains relevant and Christopher Baker reminds us how the Tropicana manages to mix Cuban socialism and sensuality with such aplomb

The old and the new Cuba stand side by side as we feature extracts from Cuba Then Rare amp classic images from the Ramiro A Fernaacutendez collectionmdasha stunning collection of pictures of Cuba from before the Revolution and Julia Cookersquos The Other Side of Paradise Life in the new Cuba which offers a wonderful series of poignant insights to lives spent waiting for change

April 2014 Highlights (Havana unless stated) bull Muestra Joven ICAIC 2014 April 1-6 2014 bull Festival de Muacutesica y Poesiacutea Nicolaacutes Guilleacuten April 8-11 2014 bull Habana Vieja Ciudad en movimiento April 9-14 2014bull Gran Torneo de Cuba Golf April 10-12 2014 (Varadero) bull Festival Internacional de Guitarra April 20-27 2014

Finally spare a thought for the US Domadores up against the all star Cuban team in the World Series of Boxing Quarter Final All the best Viva Cuba

Cover picture of the Cuban dancers Gema Domiacutenguez and Indiana Marzaacuten on Prado Avenue March 2014 Photo by Alex Mene

Carlos Morales and Indiana Marzan in Old Havana March 2014 Photo by Alex Mene

havana listings

Habana ViejamdashCiudad en movimiento p5 April 9-14 2014

Visual Art p9 mdash Photography p13 mdash Cinema P14 mdash Dance p15 mdash Music p17 mdash Theatre p24 mdash For Kids p25

The Gran Torneo de Cuba Golf 2014 p27 April 10-12

sport

Friends on the Malecoacuten Photo by Alex Mene March 2014

FeatUres

april 2014

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14XX Encuentro Internacional de Academias de Ballet April 13-18

21Taller Internacional de Teatro de Tiacuteteres in Matanzas City April 21-27

15Girlrsquos night out mdash El Cocinero Up amp Down Sangri-La

22Cine Pobre April 22-27 (Gibara)

29Movie night at home

28A day of rest and relaxation mdashsmoke a Big Fat One and take the day off

16Qva Libre Cafeacute Cantante Mi Habana 5pm

23Dinner at El Litoral one of Havanarsquos best new restaurantsmdashwatch life pass by on Malecoacuten

18 Opening of exhibition dedicated to Antonia Eiriz Biblioteca Nacional Joseacute Martiacute

25Dinner at La Guarida Havanarsquos legendary restaurant located in Centro Havana

19Antigonoacuten un contingente eacutepico Teatro Trianoacuten 830pm

13La Maacutequina de la Melancoliacutea with Frank Delgado and Luis Alberto Garciacutea El Sauce 5pm

20Easter Sunday

Festival Internacional de Guitarra April 20-27

27 Beach day ndash Playas del Este to build sandcastles followed by pizza at Piccolo in Guanabo

17Dinner at Santy Jaimanitasrsquos off the beaten track world class sushi restaurant

24Ballet Nacional de Cuba Teatro Mella 830pm mdash world premiere of Caleidos

12Amigas by Ballet Lizt Alfonso Teatro Karl Marx April 5 10-12 17-19 830pm

11US Knockouts vs Cuba Domadores WSB QF (Second leg) Nort-East US 8pm

10Gran Torneo de Cuba Golf April 10-12 (Varadero)

9Habana Vieja Ciudad en movimiento April 9-14

26 Antigonoacuten un contingente eacutepico Teatro Trianoacuten 830pm

7Festival de Muacutesica y Poesiacutea Nicolaacutes Guilleacuten April 8-11

8Serie Nacional de Beacuteisbol Finals April 8-17

Opening of Lipstick by Osiris Cisneros Ortega Faacutebrica de arte Cubano (FAC)

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March 31 Read up on Cubarsquos new foreign investment act

1Muestra Joven ICAIC 2014 April 1-6

Yasek Manzano Centro Hispano Americano 5pm

2BarrioCuento 2014 in Pinar del Rio April 2-6

3Festival Pintildea Colada in Ciego de Aacutevila April 3-6

4Cuba Domadores vs US Knockouts WSB QF (First leg) Ciudad Deportiva Habana 8pm

5Rauacutel Paz El Sauce 10pm

Ballet Espantildeol de Cuba Teatro Mella April 4 amp 5 800pm (Sun 5pm )

6Amigas by Ballet Lizt Alfonso Teatro Karl Marx

April 6 13 amp 20 5pm

not to miss during April 2014 whatrsquos on havana

30Boyrsquos night outmdashDon Cangrejo Las Piedras Dos Gardenias

1 MayInternational Workers Day March in Plaza de la Revolucioacuten

havana listings

Habana ViejamdashCiudad en movimiento p5 April 9-14 2014

Visual Art p9 mdash Photography p13 mdash Cinema P14 mdash Dance p15 mdash Music p17 mdash Theatre p24 mdash For Kids p25

The Gran Torneo de Cuba Golf 2014 p27 April 10-12

sport

Friends on the Malecoacuten Photo by Alex Mene March 2014

FeatUres

april 2014

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Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sum

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sum

14XX Encuentro Internacional de Academias de Ballet April 13-18

21Taller Internacional de Teatro de Tiacuteteres in Matanzas City April 21-27

15Girlrsquos night out mdash El Cocinero Up amp Down Sangri-La

22Cine Pobre April 22-27 (Gibara)

29Movie night at home

28A day of rest and relaxation mdashsmoke a Big Fat One and take the day off

16Qva Libre Cafeacute Cantante Mi Habana 5pm

23Dinner at El Litoral one of Havanarsquos best new restaurantsmdashwatch life pass by on Malecoacuten

18 Opening of exhibition dedicated to Antonia Eiriz Biblioteca Nacional Joseacute Martiacute

25Dinner at La Guarida Havanarsquos legendary restaurant located in Centro Havana

19Antigonoacuten un contingente eacutepico Teatro Trianoacuten 830pm

13La Maacutequina de la Melancoliacutea with Frank Delgado and Luis Alberto Garciacutea El Sauce 5pm

20Easter Sunday

Festival Internacional de Guitarra April 20-27

27 Beach day ndash Playas del Este to build sandcastles followed by pizza at Piccolo in Guanabo

17Dinner at Santy Jaimanitasrsquos off the beaten track world class sushi restaurant

24Ballet Nacional de Cuba Teatro Mella 830pm mdash world premiere of Caleidos

12Amigas by Ballet Lizt Alfonso Teatro Karl Marx April 5 10-12 17-19 830pm

11US Knockouts vs Cuba Domadores WSB QF (Second leg) Nort-East US 8pm

10Gran Torneo de Cuba Golf April 10-12 (Varadero)

9Habana Vieja Ciudad en movimiento April 9-14

26 Antigonoacuten un contingente eacutepico Teatro Trianoacuten 830pm

7Festival de Muacutesica y Poesiacutea Nicolaacutes Guilleacuten April 8-11

8Serie Nacional de Beacuteisbol Finals April 8-17

Opening of Lipstick by Osiris Cisneros Ortega Faacutebrica de arte Cubano (FAC)

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March 31 Read up on Cubarsquos new foreign investment act

1Muestra Joven ICAIC 2014 April 1-6

Yasek Manzano Centro Hispano Americano 5pm

2BarrioCuento 2014 in Pinar del Rio April 2-6

3Festival Pintildea Colada in Ciego de Aacutevila April 3-6

4Cuba Domadores vs US Knockouts WSB QF (First leg) Ciudad Deportiva Habana 8pm

5Rauacutel Paz El Sauce 10pm

Ballet Espantildeol de Cuba Teatro Mella April 4 amp 5 800pm (Sun 5pm )

6Amigas by Ballet Lizt Alfonso Teatro Karl Marx

April 6 13 amp 20 5pm

not to miss during April 2014 whatrsquos on havana

30Boyrsquos night outmdashDon Cangrejo Las Piedras Dos Gardenias

1 MayInternational Workers Day March in Plaza de la Revolucioacuten

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Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sum

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

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14XX Encuentro Internacional de Academias de Ballet April 13-18

21Taller Internacional de Teatro de Tiacuteteres in Matanzas City April 21-27

15Girlrsquos night out mdash El Cocinero Up amp Down Sangri-La

22Cine Pobre April 22-27 (Gibara)

29Movie night at home

28A day of rest and relaxation mdashsmoke a Big Fat One and take the day off

16Qva Libre Cafeacute Cantante Mi Habana 5pm

23Dinner at El Litoral one of Havanarsquos best new restaurantsmdashwatch life pass by on Malecoacuten

18 Opening of exhibition dedicated to Antonia Eiriz Biblioteca Nacional Joseacute Martiacute

25Dinner at La Guarida Havanarsquos legendary restaurant located in Centro Havana

19Antigonoacuten un contingente eacutepico Teatro Trianoacuten 830pm

13La Maacutequina de la Melancoliacutea with Frank Delgado and Luis Alberto Garciacutea El Sauce 5pm

20Easter Sunday

Festival Internacional de Guitarra April 20-27

27 Beach day ndash Playas del Este to build sandcastles followed by pizza at Piccolo in Guanabo

17Dinner at Santy Jaimanitasrsquos off the beaten track world class sushi restaurant

24Ballet Nacional de Cuba Teatro Mella 830pm mdash world premiere of Caleidos

12Amigas by Ballet Lizt Alfonso Teatro Karl Marx April 5 10-12 17-19 830pm

11US Knockouts vs Cuba Domadores WSB QF (Second leg) Nort-East US 8pm

10Gran Torneo de Cuba Golf April 10-12 (Varadero)

9Habana Vieja Ciudad en movimiento April 9-14

26 Antigonoacuten un contingente eacutepico Teatro Trianoacuten 830pm

7Festival de Muacutesica y Poesiacutea Nicolaacutes Guilleacuten April 8-11

8Serie Nacional de Beacuteisbol Finals April 8-17

Opening of Lipstick by Osiris Cisneros Ortega Faacutebrica de arte Cubano (FAC)

Wit

h a

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n F

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CU

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March 31 Read up on Cubarsquos new foreign investment act

1Muestra Joven ICAIC 2014 April 1-6

Yasek Manzano Centro Hispano Americano 5pm

2BarrioCuento 2014 in Pinar del Rio April 2-6

3Festival Pintildea Colada in Ciego de Aacutevila April 3-6

4Cuba Domadores vs US Knockouts WSB QF (First leg) Ciudad Deportiva Habana 8pm

5Rauacutel Paz El Sauce 10pm

Ballet Espantildeol de Cuba Teatro Mella April 4 amp 5 800pm (Sun 5pm )

6Amigas by Ballet Lizt Alfonso Teatro Karl Marx

April 6 13 amp 20 5pm

not to miss during April 2014 whatrsquos on havana

30Boyrsquos night outmdashDon Cangrejo Las Piedras Dos Gardenias

1 MayInternational Workers Day March in Plaza de la Revolucioacuten

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april 9 to 13 2014

Habana ViejaCiudad en movimiento(Old Havana City in Motion)

19 international Dance Festival in urban Landscapes

Carlos Morales Cuban dancerPhoto by Alex Mene

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It was Monday April 15th 2013 As I walked down Mercaderes one of the busiest streets in Havanarsquos Historic Center a strange quietness filled the air Usually noisy and crowded the streets seemed haunted by silence This was the last day of the 18th International Dance Festival in Urban Landscapes known as Old Havana City in Motion

Every April visitors to Old Havanarsquos historical centre will find squares parks streets museums and old houses possessed by a dancing spirit And it was this spirit invoked by dancer and choreographer Isabel Bustos and her company Retazos which turns balconies windows stairs and walls into stages for the International Dance Festival

This absolutely unique dance festival began in 1996 in two or three house-museums in the Historical Center of Havana In the words of Isabel Bustos it started with ldquofive or six people who ran from house to house from balcony to balcony from courtyard to courtyard from garden to garden two dancers here two thererdquo Since then it has gradually taken over almost all of the institutions run by the Office of the Historian as well as the main squares and streets in all the ancient parts of the city

The premise behind the International Dance Festival is to draw inspiration from the cityrsquos architecture to awaken the imagination to

Photos by Alex Mene

promote new creative environments and to encourage the exchange of ideas and artistic experiences between the people of different languages and cultures The invitation goes out from the Retazos Company which is directed by Isabel Bustos Hundreds of Cubans and foreign visitors attend fascinated by this opportunity to translate into movement the sensations and emotions that are awakened by the beauty of the splendid Havana architecture

For this yearrsquos festival expect Old Havanarsquos plazas and streets to be filled with over 1500 participants that include dancers choreographers musicians

Habana ViejaCiudad en movimiento 2013by victoria alcalaacute

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and painters from all over the world Part of the International City Dance Network established in Barcelona this is a real cultural highlight in the beating heart of Old Havana which should not be missed

2014 Details of Event

Hundreds of dancers artists and choreographers from Argentina Austria Brazil Canada Chile Cuba Spain France Mexico and Venezuela will take part in the event

Meetings exhibitions lectures video-dance showings and passacaglias will take place during the mornings while master classes passacaglias and workshops will be held in the afternoons The evenings have been reserved for shows

The principal stages will be Plaza de Armas Plaza de San Francisco de Asiacutes Plaza Vieja Rumintildeahui Simoacuten Boliacutevar and Las Carolinas Parks Galeriacutea Oswaldo Guayasamiacuten Casa Benito Juaacuterez Casa Simoacuten Boliacutevar Casa de la Poesiacutea Factoriacutea Habana Vitrina de Valonia Las Carolinas Theater and the streets of Mercaderes Oficios Amargura and Obrapiacutea

For more information see Teatro Carolina Amargura No 61 e San Ignacio y Mercaderes Habana Vieja wwwdanzateatroretazoscu

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opening amp closing ceremony (april 9 amp 13)

April 9 4pm at Teatro Las Carolinas Giganteriacutea Stilt Walking Company (Havana) Passacaglias for the opening of exhibitions Transparencias (Isabel Bustos and Joseacute Eduardo Yanes Pantalla TV Movimiento y Ciudad)

April 9 9pm at Plaza de Armas Opening of the 19th International Dance Festival in Urban Landscapes Old Havana City in Motion with the premiere of Retornos Gente y ciudad choreography by Isabel Bustos with the performance of Gente y ciudad a premiere by the Retazos Dance Company

highlights amp program

April 13 9pm Closing Ceremony at Plaza de Armas

Daily Program (april 10-12)

11am to 130pm Shows for kids at various venues (Sat and Sun ONLY)

3pm starting at Plaza de Armas Giganteriacutea Stilt Walking Company (Havana) and TECMA (Pinar del Riacuteo) Passacaglia presenting guest companies on streets parks and plazas

6pm at Casa Benito Juaacuterez Casa Simoacuten Boliacutevar Casa de la Poesiacutea Factoriacutea Habana Vitrina de Valonia

7pm at Casa Guayasamiacuten

8pm at Casa de Aacutefrica

9pm at Las Carolinas Theater

video-Dance Festival (april 7-12)Plaza de Armas

April 9 830pm Showing of Cosecha Prizewinner of Technologias que danzan 2013

Espacio DV DANZA a La Cancha (Calle Amargura e Mercaderes y San Ignacio)

April 10 830pm Works performed in the Festival Breaking 8 Italia

April 11 830pm Works performed by British choreographer and filmmaker Billy Cowie

April 12 830pm Screening of selected international works

April 13 830pm Screening of selected national works

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visUal arts

Breyapril 11-June 30 Installations sculptures two-dimensional works and photographs by Ricardo Rodriacuteguez Brey (1955) a member of the mythical group Volumen I and a pioneer of conceptual art in Cuba and who lives abroad since 1990 in a retrospective that will offer a comprehensive look into the work of this artist throughout his life

No agradezcan el silencio by alexis Leyva (Kcho) through april

No agradezcan el silencio is an installation by artist Alexis Leyva (Kcho) who has reproduced a Special House Unit known as The Hole of Miamirsquos Federal Detention Center based on letters and testimonies from the five Cuban antiterrorists three of whom remain imprisoned in the US Those who wish so may remain locked for five minutes inside the cell that is about 15 feet long and 7 feet wide (4 by 2m) dressed in prison clothes The installation includes a small room (also behind bars) for temporary exhibitions and a small ldquoclassroomrdquo for the screening of some of the audiovisuals which have been made on the subject of the Cuban Five throughout 15 years of struggle for their liberation

Espacio miacutenimoapril through June

Over 50 pieces by Rauacutel Miliaacuten one of the most significant Cuban artists of the second half of the 20th centiruy who has depicted a complex and anguished inner world through small scale excellent ink paintings

EDiFicio DE artE cubano musEo nacionaL DE bELLas artEs

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Exposicioacuten homenaje a Antonia Eiriz biblioteca nacional Joseacute martiacute opens april 18

Exhibition on the occasion of the 85th anniversary of the birth of painter draftswoman and printmaker Antonia Eiriz one of the great iconoclasts of Cuban painting in the 20th century The show Th includes works in different formats and media by this artist of heartrending expressionism and whose principal themes include death and sorrow Her ldquoassemblies of the 1960srdquo--made of scrap material--have been considered precursors of the new aesthetic that would be established in 1980s Cuban art

Exposicioacuten personal de Tomaacutes Saacutenchez centro de arte contemporaacuteneo Wifredo Lam april 10-may 10

Almost 20 years after having had a solo exhibition in Cuba one of the indisputable masters of Cuban contemporary painting will present his most recent work in photography with large scale landscape pictures taken in northern Cuba and in Costa Rica

Roberto Fabelo casa museo antonia Eiriz throughout april

Painter Roberto Fabelo Peacuterez one of the most important artists of contemporary Cuban art will pay tribute to Antonia Eiriz her teachings and to the imprint of her work on Cuban artists of later generations The museum is located in the outskirts of Havana (in the same district as the Hemingway Museum at Finca Vigiacutea) Pasaje 2da e Piedra y Soto El Juanelo San Miguel del Padroacuten

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Galeriacutea Collage Habana

APrIL-MAy En rosa proposes different works by young female artists who reveal feminine subjectivity and their imprint in their pieces

Galeriacutea Espacio Abierto

APrIL-MAy Contradicciones de Occidente by Aacutengel Alonso Blanco focuses on the contradictions of western culture and the self-centeredness of contemporary man with regards to his surroundings which leads them to self-destruction

Centro de Arte Contemporaacuteneo Wifredo Lam

APrIL 11 MAy 13

Las formas del silencio an exhibition of works made out of different materials and some paintings by the Cuban sculptor Agustiacuten Caacuterdenas (1907-2001

APrIL 15 MAy 15

Tiempo detenido solo show by Nieves Torralba with her most recent drawings She will be painting a large mural painting on the back walls of the gallery

Galeriacutea Galiano

THrouGHouT APrIL

Ojo de agua a solo show by artist Adonis Ferro

Centro Cultural Fresa y Chocolate

THrouGHouT APrIL

Solo exhibition by visual artist Frank Rodriacuteguez Ventosa (F Rodvent) with small- and medium-size drawings done in mixed technique along with sculptures made of artificial stone with which he aims to reflect on the analogies of his experiences and existence itself

Centro Hispano Americano de Cultura

oPENS APrIL 11 Once more the concept of travel is the theme of a very diverse showmdashAgua salada in which water salt and travel are the basis of the visual harmonization of young artists Joseacute Eduardo Yaque Darwin Estacio Michel Peacuterez Pollo Alejandro Campins Luis Enrique Loacutepez-Chaacutevez Alberto Lago Elizabeth Cervintildeo and Yornel J Martiacutenez Eliacuteas whomdashthey toomdashhave traveled from their native town of Manzanillo to Havana where they now live and work

Centro de Arte Contemporaacuteneo Wifredo Lam

THrouGH APrIL 18

Duniesky Martinrsquos project Memoria perfecta is structured on five pieces that reflect on the contextual adaptation of heroism and the relative character of its values based on components such as the collective memory esthetic paradigms cultural stereotypes and the media

THrouGH APrIL 18

The Pure Land a show by Yornel J Martiacutenez is focused on poetics as a tangible conception of the unexplainable

Factoriacutea Habana

oPENS APrIL 11

In Mordida Celia y Yunior Dennis Izquierdo Mauricio Abad and Marcel Maacuterquez have conceived this show as a reaction to institutionally conditioned social processes that aim to unify the organic process of a society

oPENS APrIL 24 2PM

The Laboratory of Ideas will discuss the topic ldquoA look into unattended information from the viewpoint of visual artrdquo in reference to the show Mordida

Galeriacutea Luz y oficios

APrIL 8 MAy 5

In Muela Bizca Sanfis Suaacuterez makes use of his profession as graphic designer to reflect on history and social behavior

APrIL 8 MAy 4

Solo lo que vemos a show by Enrique Aacutengel Cabrera takes a look into the representation of time as a phenomenon that attacks human personalitymdashit shows a man who cannot quite understand his own present time and has to resort to the past which he also did not understand at all

THrouGH APrIL 23

Triacuteptico by Alejandro Jurado Armando Peacuterez and Alberto Herrera is a look into the paintings of these artists who base their work on expressionism and abstraction

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Galeriacutea Villa Manuela

THrouGHouT APrIL

Avalancha a group exhibition by los artistas Alejandro Campins Alejandro Gonzaacutelez and Armando Capoacute

Galeriacutea Servando

APrIL 11 MAy 3

Graduation thesis of Karlos Peacuterez a student of the University of the Arts (ISA)

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Edificio de Arte Internacional

THrouGHouT APrIL

400 antildeos despueacutes Samuraacuteis en el Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes is made up 25 Japanese woodcuts (relief printing artistic technique in printmaking also known as xylography) from the Asia Collection of the museum samurai-related pieces of the ldquofloating worldrdquo genre of ukiyo-e whose artists belonged mostly to the Utagawa school of Japanese woodblock print artists

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Edificio de Arte Cubano

APrIL 18 JuLy 7

Imalabra is a 46-year retrospective of the renowned Puerto Rican artist Antonio Martorell The opening on April 1 4pm which is the artistrsquos 75th birthday the actress and theater director Rosa Luisa Maacuterquez and the artist himself will present Veveviejo an adpatation for the stage of texts by Martorell

Palacio de Lombillo

THrouGHouT APrIL

In Diaacutelogo the painter Joseacute Aacutengel Baacuteez look preents 16 drawings based on sketches by one of the greats Petrus Paulus Rubens

Miramar Trade Center

THrouGH APrIL 21

El mundo de la princesa first show in Havana of Cienfuegos-born artist Lisbeth Ledo proposes a game of appearances between a supposed naivety and fantasy against disquieting emotions and possibilities

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photography

Documents the artistrsquos interest for mapping citiesmdashin this show in Cuba Spain and Francemdashleaving symbols and characters on walls and other surfaces

Campos de batalla by Ossain Raggi Fototeca de cuba through april 21A dialogue between pictures on dioramas representing battle fields in Europe by Bjoumlrk Larson and the pictures taken by Ossain Raggi showing the sites where the most important battles in Cuban history took place

Respira by Glenda Salazar Fototeca de cuba through april 21

Salvaje by Mariacutea Canosala de la Diversidad opens april 24A tour of the ten-year work carried out as a photographer by Mariacutea Cano and her internist artistic approach to the animal life of different geographical regions

The artist will talk about her experiences as a nature photographer on April 25 2pm at Sociedad Patrimonio Comunidad y Medio Ambiente (Amargura 60 entre Mercaderes y San Ignacio Old Havana

Fototeca de Cuba

APrIL 23 MAy 14

Compulsioacuten by Irolan Maroselli and Yoannys Aldaya Irolan Maroselli and Yoannys Aldaya use their bodies as models and play different roles to criticize certain social contexts

De la Lleca al Cohue by Violet Buleacute A project by Violet Buleacute who considers photography as an instrument for social action The results of workshops organized in penitentiary centers with inmates show the inner world of the persons behind the camera and their associations with concepts like brotherhood the constitution of a group as family and social dynamics beyond those related to violence and survival

Sala de la Diversidad

THrouGH APrIL 21

El Caribe en todo sentido Videos and graphic works that show the Colombian Caribbean region from five different fields its nature its people word action and expression

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April 1-6 2014 Havana

Muestra Joven ICAIC 2014 An event for stimulating awareness and consideration of new videofilmmakers and getting into contact with daring and inquisitive works usually produced outside the official production The competition part of the event is directed at young Cuban filmmakers under 35 who will compete for prizes in the categories of feature film documentary animation music and poster

La seccioacuten Haciendo Cine convoca a guionistas y directores cubanos de hasta 35 antildeos a la presentacioacuten de proyectos de guiones de ficcioacuten y animacioacuten con un esquema de financiamiento de bajo presupuesto para que mediante un pitching se encuentren con entidades que apoyan la produccioacuten audiovisual y acuerden la posible materializacioacuten de filmes En la clausura se daraacuten a conocer los proyectos que sean de intereacutes para las entidades y productoras participantes

The event encourages spreading knowledge about and reflecting on audiovisual creations by new film-makers Some daring and controversial work is exhibited almost always work that has been produced on the fringes of official institutions The competition covers fiction animated and documentary films unpublished scripts posters by young Cuban artists international contemporary film screenings theoretical encounters debates seminars and workshops with significant filmmakers

The event includes three different sections apart from the competition La Mirada del Otro which will screen feature films documentaries and animated films about Cuban themes by filmmakers from abroad also under 35 Muestra Internacional a sample of selected foreign films and Muestra ICAIC which screens films from the archives of the Cuban Film Institute

The event also includes theoretical meetings discussions seminaries and workshops with important Cuban filmmakers critics and authors master classes by outstanding filmmakers regarding some of their films and photographic poster and visual arts exhibitions

wwwmuestrajovenicaiccu

wwwmuestrajovencultcu

httpwwwcubacinecu2020muestrajoven

Cinema

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danCe This new version of the internationally famous Amigas a heartrending story of reencounters forgiveness and friendship brings new complexities and greater stage dynamics thanks to new actors and roles in this version of Amigas Geidy Chapman will make her debut in the role of Regla (in which she will alternate with singer Sory) Lieter Ledezma and Marino Luzardo will play the TV announcer of the once popular show Muacutesica y Estrellas and Osvaldo Doimeadioacutes will play the coordinator and will also be the assistant director of this production and singers Yaiacutema Saacuteez and Niurka Reyes will continue in the cast

Amigasballet Lizt alfonsoteatro Karl marx april 5 10-12 17-19 830pm april 6 13 amp 20 5pm

The program is made up by Sonata y fandango choreographed by Eduardo Veitiacutea director of the company Sonata en Re by Pablo Egea Castilla by Marienma El violinista by Graciela Santana and the suite in three movements Andaluza Aubade and Navarra by Leslie Ung based on Jules Massenetrsquos opera Le Cid The second part of the show includes the world premiere of Entre sombras by Graciela Santana and the presentation of Esencia Arte y Troniacuteo by Francis Nuacutentildeez Antildeoranza and Soleaacute por buleriacuteas by Pablo Egea and Fin de fiesta with the participation of the entire company

On April 6 11 am the show for kids will present Los zapaticos de rosa by Leslie Ung based on the poem of the same name by Joseacute Martiacute Over 1000 dancers from different workshops and dance schools will participate in this show

Concert programballet Espantildeol de cubateatro mella sat april 4 amp 5 800pm sun april 6 11am (for children) and 5pm

The program includes Umbral (music by Bach) Pretextos (music by Marbehant) A la luz de tus canciones (music by Ernesto Lecuona Orlando de la Rosa and Adolfo Guzmaacuten) all choreographed by Alicia Alonso pas de deux of Le Corsair (a version by Alicia Alonso based on Marius Petiparsquos original choreography and music by Riccardo Drigo) and the world premiere of Caleidos (music by Camille Saint-Saeumlns)

Amigasballet nacional de cubateatro mella april 24 830pm

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Much to the delight of its numerous followers the International Guitar Festival of Havana is coming back after far too many years of silence It was founded in 1982 by the superb guitarist composer and orchestra conductor Leo Brouwer in previous editions he managed to assemble significant figures from the world of international guitar such as Ichiro Suzuki from Japan Costas Cotsiolis from Greece Paco de Lucia from Spain the Argentine Maria Luisa Anido Francis Bebey from the Cameroons David Russell and John Williams from Britain and the Venezuelan Alirio Diaz to the Cuban capital

From the start the festival has been distinguished by a broad conceptual base regarding the projection of the guitar and so there has been plenty of room for ldquoclassicalrdquo guitar alongside of popular and folkloric trends as well as other instruments from the guitar family coming from a variety of different cultures

Concurso y Festival Internacional de Guitarra de La HabanaFor this edition the organizers have announced the participation of several guitar maestros including early music specialists Hopkinson Smith and Anthony Spiri remarkable figures of contemporary guitar such as Aacutelvaro Pierri Hubert Kaumlppel Joaquiacuten Clerch Ricardo Galleacuten Rafael Aguirre Marco Tamayo Franz Hallaz and Jorge Luis Zamora as well as exponents of musical genres including flamenco guitarist Javier Conde the Savarez Duo who play concert popular music tres player tres player Pancho Amat and troubadours guitarists and composers Pedro Luis Ferrer and Silvio Rodriacuteguez Other performances include Yosniel Rivera second prize winner in the past two editions of the Isaac Nicola Guitar Competition and the Sonantas Habaneras Guitar Orchestra Several guest artists will offer master classes

April 20 to 27 2014 Havana

For more information contact Comiteacute Organizador Instituto Cubano de la Muacutesica Centro Nacional de Muacutesica de Concierto Teatro Auditoacuterium Amadeo RoldaacutenTel Direct (+53) 832-5552 E-mail concguithabanaamadeocultcu

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contEmPorary Fusion mUsiC

The contemporary fusion and electronic music scene has expanded recently as new bars and clubs have opened party promoters have organized events in parks and public spaces Good live music veneus include Bertolt Brecht (Wed ndash Interactivo Sunday - Deacutejaacute-vu) and El Sauce (check out the Sunday afternoon Maacutequina de la Melancoliacutea) as well as the newly opened Faacutebrica de Arte Cubano which has concerts most nights Thursday through Sunday as well as impromptu smaller performances inside See last monthrsquos issue for more details

X Alfonso 2014

Cafeacute Cantante Teatro Nacional

WEDNESDAyS

5 pmPerformances by Qva Libre

Centro Hispano Americano de Cultura

APrIL 5

5 pmRocka Blues headed by Humberto Garciacutea Manrufo and a repertoire that combines both rock and blues

Cafeacute Concert El Sauce

SuNDAyS

5 pmLa Maacutequina de la Melancoliacutea with Frank Delgado and Luis Alberto Garciacutea

Jardines del 1830

SuNDAyS

10pmMoncada one of the most popular bands in Cuba playing an extensive repertoire of Cuban and Latin American music

La Gruta

APrIL 5

5 pmTierra Santa and guests

Casa de la Muacutesica de Miramar

TuESDAyS

5 pmAlexander Abreu y Havana drsquoPrimera Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes

APrIL 24

7 pmCanela

Diablo Tun Tun

WEDNESDAyS

5 pmGerardo Alfonso

SAT APrIL 5

10 pmRaul Paz

In Havanarsquos burgeoning entertainment district along First Avenue from the Karl Marx theatre to the aquarium you are spoilt for choice with the always popular Don Cangreco featuring good live music (Kelvis Ochoas and David Torrens alternate Fridays) Las Piedras (insanely busy from 3am) and El Palio and Melem bar ndash both featuring different singers and acts in smaller more intimate venues

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saLsa timba

Casa de la Muacutesica de Galiano

WEDNESDAyS 11 pm

THurSDAy 11 pm

Joseacute Luis Corteacutes y NG La Banda

Charanga Latina

Casa de la Muacutesica de Miramar

MoNDAy

WEDNESDAyS

5 pm

Juan Guillermo

THurSDAyS 5 pm Manolito Simonet y su Trabuco

FrIDAyS 5 pm El Nintildeo y La Verdad

11 pm Joseacute Luis Corteacutes y NG La Banda

Alexander Abreu at Casa de la Muacutesica de Galiano

Photo by Alexander Mene

5 pm Sur Caribe

Diablo Tun Tun

TuESDAyS

11 pmEl Noro y Primera Clase

WEDNESDAyS

11 pmTo Mezclao

THurSDAyS

11 pmJoseacute Luis Corteacutes y NG La Banda

SATurDAyS Manana Club

11 pm Adalberto Aacutelvarez y su Son

SATurDAyS 5 pm Tumbao Habana

SuNDAyS 5 pm Laacutezaro Valdeacutes y Bamboleo

5 pm Tania Pantoja

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Jazz

Cafeacute Jazz Miramarshows 1030pm - 2amThis new jazz club has quickly established itself as one of the very best places to hear some of Cubarsquos best musicians jamming Forget about smoke filled lounges this is clean brightmdashtake the fags outside While it is difficult to get the exact schedule and in any case expect a high level of improvisation when it is good it is very good

Somavilla

SATurDAyS

830 pmZule Guerra (sinfer and composer) and Blues drsquoHavana (admission free)

Centro Hispano Americano de Cultura

APrIL 1

5 pmPerformance by Yasek Manzano (trumpet) and his group

Asociacioacuten Cubana de Derechos de Autor Musical

APrIL 17

6 pmProyecto de Jazz Cubano with Alexis Bosch (piano)

uNEAC

APrIL 10

2 pmPentildea La Esquina del Jazz hosted by showman Bobby Carcasseacutes

Teatro Miramar

APrIL 4

7 pmPerformance by showman Bobby Carcasseacutes along with guest singer Irina and the band Aire de Concierto

Jazz Cafeacute shows 1030pm - 2amMellow sophisticated and freezing due to extreme air conditioning the Jazz Cafeacute is not only an excellent place to hear some of Cubarsquos top jazz musicians but the open-plan design also provides for a good bar atmosphere if you want to chat Less intimate than La Zorra y el Cuervo ndash located opposite Melia Cohiba Hotel

La Zorra y el Cuervo shows 1030pm - 2amThe lsquoFox amp Crowrsquo offers an intimate environment in this basement venue notably marked by a red English telephone box at its entrance Top jazz players perform here on a nightly basis Dark cramped low ceilings and an absolute firetrap this has much more atmosphere of the gritty kind than the Jazz Cafeacute which seems too pretty and sterile by comparison

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boLEro FoLKLorE son anD trova

Cabaret Las Vegas

SATurDAyS

4 pmYoruba Andabo (Folkloric group)

Cafeacute cantante Teatro Nacional

THurSDAyS

5 pmElaiacuten Morales

Casa de la Cultura Comunitaria Mirta Aguirre

APrIL 27

5 pmGet-together with trovador Ireno Garciacutea

Asociacioacuten yoruba de Cuba

FrIDAyS

8 pmObiniacute Bataacute (Folkloric group)

Asociacioacuten Cubana de Derechos de Autor Musical

APrIL 26

6 pmManuel Argudiacuten who sings both traditional songs to the most recent trova

Centro Iberoamericano de la Deacutecima

APrIL 12

3 pmPerformance by the duet Ad Libitum

El Jelengue de Areiacuteto

WEDNESDAyS

5 pmTrovando a meeting with good trova

Hotel Teleacutegrafo

FrIDAyS

930 pmIvette Cepeda who has been much celebrated thanks to the subtleties she brings to her voice and her wide repertory of Cuban and international music

Casa de Aacutefrica

APrIL 5

3 pmSiacutentesis

Casa Memorial Salvador Allende

APrIL 25

5 pmPentildea La Juntamenta with trovadors Aacutengel Quintero Benito de la Fuente and Tato Ayress

Cafeacute Teatro Bertolt Brecht

APrIL 26

5 pmA bolero puro show with Rafael Espiacuten and guests

Casa de la Cultura de Plaza

APrIL 12

7 pmPentildea with Marta Campos renowned singer of contemporary songs with a trova feel to them

APrIL 27

5 pmEl Jardiacuten de la Gorda with the performances of trovadores from every generation

Huroacuten Azul uNEAC

APrIL 12

10 pmMundito Gonzaacutelez is one of the most popular Cuban bolero singers

Casa del Alba

FEB 1

7 pmWith his beautiful and powerful voice Eduardo Sosa and guests perform highlights of the best Cuban trova of all time

APrIL 8

7 pmOne-off concert by Vicente Feliuacute Laacutezaro Garciacutea and Augusto Blanca with guests Pepe Ordaz and Alejandro Valdeacutes

SATurDAyS

4 pmLos Ibellis (Folkloric group)

SATurDAyS

4 pmWaldo Mendoza one of Cubarsquos most popular singers today

APrIL 12

3 pmObiniacute Bataacute (Folkloric group)

APrIL 24

24 pmPentildea El Canto de Todos with singer-songwriter Vicente Feliuacute one of the founding members of Cuban Nueva Trova

Instituto Internacional de Periodismo Joseacute Martiacute

APrIL 25

6 pmPentildea La Pupila Asombrada presents the performances by singer-songwriters along with music videos and shorts made by students from the Audiovisual Media faculty of the University of the Arts

Piano Bar Tun Tun (Casa de la Muacutesica de Miramar)

THurSDAyS

5 pmPentildea with trovador Ray Fernaacutendez

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ClassiCal mUsiC

APrIL 19

6 pmConcert by the Ventus Habana wind quintet

Basiacutelica Menor de San Francisco de Asiacutes

APrIL 12

6 pmSpecial concert by the Camerata Romeu conducted by Zenaida Romeu

Photo by Ivan Soca

Biblioteca Nacional Joseacute Martiacute

SATurDAyS

5 pmPerformances by soloists and chamber ensembles

Casa del ALBA Cultural

APrIL 26

6 pmConcert by the Coro Polifoacutenico de La Habana conducted by Carmen Collado

APrIL 20

5 pmDe Nuestra Ameacuterica conducted by pianist Alicia Perea

APrIL 6

5 pmEn Confluencia conducted by guitarists Eduardo and Galy Martiacuten

APrIL 13

5 pmTarde de Concierto conducted by the soprano Lucy Provedo

APrIL 27

5 pmConcert by guitarist Rosa Matos

Centro Hispano Americano de Cultura

APrIL 1

5 pmPresentation of the zarzuela El cafetal by Ernesto Lecuona with the performances of soloists and chorus of the Teatro Liacuterico Nacional

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APrIL 26

4 pmConcert by the viola player Anolan Gonzaacutelez and guest musicians

oratorio San Felipe Neri

APrIL 5

4 pmClosing concert of the workshop organized by the German violinist and musicologist Thomas Hengelbrock for the ISA Symphony Orchestra who will perform along with members of the Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble conducted by Hengelbrock

APrIL 27

6 pmThe chamber duo Ondina made up by Niurka Gonzaacutelez (flute) and Mariacutea del Henar Navarro (piano) will play works by Jules Mouquet Paul Taffanel Gabriel Faureacute Philippe Gaubert and Henri Buumlsser

Sala Ignacio Cervantes

APrIL 13

6 pmThe wind quintet Eacutebanos de La Habana conducted by Laura Calderoacuten will play new pieces of composers J Montilla and Javier Zalba as well as works by Paquito DrsquoRivera Ernaacuten Loacutepez-Nussa Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker Guest musicians include Fadev Sanjudo (trumpet) Javier Zalba (sax) and Vicente Monterrey and Alejandro Calzadilla (clarinet)

APrIL 20

6 pmThe Orquesta de Caacutemara de La Habana conducted by Daiana Garciacutea with guest musicians Karla Martiacutenez (piano) and Alejandro Calzadillawill play works by 20th-century composers Dmitri D Shostakovich Claude Debussy Witold Roman Lutosławski Carlos Farintildeas and Joseacute Viacutector Gavilondo

APrIL 9

6 pmConcert by the chorus Schola Cantorum Coralina

Sala Covarrubias Teatro Nacional

SuNDAyS

11 pmConcerts by the National Symphony Orchestra

Sala Gonzalo roig Palacio del Teatro Liacuterico Nacional

APrIL 30

5 pmCuerda Dominical with guitarist Luis Manuel Molina

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April 8 to 11 2014Havana

Dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the publication in 1934 of West Indies Ltd a book of poetry by Guilleacuten and to the geographical and cultural contexts that motivated him in his work the event calls together specialists and whoever is interested in discussing about the economy culture and life in the Caribbean region Lectures panel discussions and open meetings will deal with two major topics

bull The Caribbean and the nations making it up heterogeneity and homogeneity in the Caribbean historical cultural artistic literary social political economic and migratory aspects and more

bull The Nicolaacutes GuilleacutenCaribbean relationship seen from a poetic point of view and highlighting his own experiences with peoples and personalities based on studies that have been written about West Indies Ltd

IX Coloquio y Festival Internacional de Muacutesica y Poesiacutea Nicolaacutes Guilleacuten

The colloquiumrsquos program will include music recitals and poetry readings popular symphonic and choral music concerts visual arts exhibitions and other activities that are related to the themes that are the focus of the event

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Antigonoacuten un contingente eacutepicoPerformed by teatro El Puacuteblico Directed by carlos Diacuteazteatro trianoacuten Fri amp sat 830pm sun 5pm Antigonoacuten un contingente eacutepico Carlos Diaz and his troupe Teatro el Publicorsquos most recent performance involves a trip back to the classics guided and partnered by Rogelio Orizondo who wrote Antigonoacuten un contingente eacutepico especially for them Carlos is the most well-known and brilliant Cuban theatre director with a reputation for directing plays with abundant nudity transvestites and subtle winks at the Cuban national reality Antigonoacuten does not disappointmdashgo see it for yourself

Photos by Alex Menetheatre

Bravo Edith centro cultural bertolt brecht sala tito Junco Fri amp sat 830pm sun 5pm

Bravo Edith is the new production by La Gaviota Theater Company a tribute to the French chanteuse Edith Piaf The play deals with a little known aspect of the singerrsquos lifemdashher desire to live and love despite her unhappy life and mortal disease

iexclAy Carmela sala adolfo Llauradoacute Fri amp sat 830pm sun 5pmActor and director Pancho Garciacutea will be presenting his version of iexclAy Carmela a tragicomedy by Spanish playwright Joseacute Sanchis Sinisterra Young actors Liliana Lam and Alberto Gonzaacutelez play the roles of Carmela and Paulino a couple of travelling actors in an extreme situation during the Spanish Civil War

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For kids Mowgli el mordido por los lobosteatro La Proateatro nacional de Guintildeol Fri 4 3pm sat 5 amp sun 6 11am y 5pm Very closely structured in keeping with the many adventures of Mowgli from Rudyard Kilplingrsquos The Jungle Book this puppet version directed by Arneldy Cejas is an appeal to overcome difficulties in life

XI Taller Internacional de Tiacuteteresteatro de la orden tercera

April 25 300 pm Circo de madera by the Karromato Group (Czech Republic)

April 29 300 pm Circo de suentildeos by the Gira-Sol Group (Uruguay)

April 30 300 pm El alma del pueblo by the Etceacutetera Group (Spain)

En Buena Compantildeiacutea carpa trompolocosat amp sun 4pm amp 7pm

The magical and adventurous world of the circus continues Cubarsquos prime circus venue Carpa Trompoloco presents ldquoEn Buena Compantildeiacuteardquo (In Good Company) the new show featuring among other acts tightrope walkers acrobats clowns gymnasts trained animals and the fascinating flying trapeze which was awarded the Grand Prix during the past CIRCUBA 2013 Festival

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Festival Pintildea Coladaapril 3-6 2014 ciego de AacutevilaThe first Pintildea Colada Festival was held in Camaguumley in 2004 and since the second edition it has been held in the central province of Ciego de Avila Throughout the years it has maintained its goal of promoting Cuban artistic work and strengthening the ties among leading avant-garde composers and musicians through pentildeas concerts recitals theoretical events and audiovisual shows

Dedicated to the 50th anniversary of EGREM the President Arnaldo Roddriacuteguez has confirmed the presence of musicians from all over the island who special shows devoted to jazz rock contemporary fusion popular dance music Nueva Trova and Hip Hop among other genres and styles

BarrioCuento 2014april 2 to 6 2014 Pinar del rioThe Teatro Cimarroacuten company and the Pinar del Rio Consejo Provincial de las Artes Esceacutenicas will present the 16th BarrioCuento International meeting for Theatrical Oral Works dedicated this year to the narrator and folklorist Samuel Feijoacuteo the short story writer and winner of the National Literature Prize Nersys Felipe and to the legacy of the Canary Islands on Cuban culture

The event aims to rescue rural storytelling myths and cosmogonies of country folk through oral shows and dramatized stories tales through sung controversies within improvised verse and the Cuban punto guateques and other countryside festivities and traditions

aroUnd CUba

Taller Internacional de Teatro de Tiacuteteresapril 21 to 27 2014 matanzas city Based on the successful experiences of puppet theater companies from Matanzas especially those from the El Papalote Theater and Teatro de las Estaciones this workshop will be offering lectures master classes exhibitions presentations of specialized texts a theoretical event and performances some of which will be premieres This year pays homage to the Guintildeol de Guantaacutenamo It will also bring together a selected group of Island residents and others who belong to the Cuban diaspora

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Formerly the Montecristo Cup For Mark Twain golf was famously a good walk ruined For me I generally feel the same about golf competitions why bother when you can simply play with friends with a cooler full of beer when you want with no stress Yet since the Montecristo (and formerly Essencia Cup) started a few years ago every April I not only find myself making the trek out to Varadero but loving it

The Varadero course stands at 6856 yards has a par of 72 and is beautifully maintained Stylistically think beachfront links along a gorgeous coastline

The Gran Torneo de Cuba Golf 2014 10-12 April 2014 Varadero

mixed with tropical parkland and Florida lakes Re-designed by Canadian les Furber the two loops of nine-holes are challenging yet pretty fair The competition itself is well organized with good prizes the weather at this time of year is great and with interesting playing companions whatrsquos not to like other than the invariable shank off the first slice on the second three put on the forthhellip

Details

Friday April 11th - Saturday April 12th 2014 There will be two tournament days of individual play The 2014 Esencia Cup will be given to the best individual gross score from those days The 2014 Gran Torneo de Cuba Golf will be given to the best individual net score from those days The competition is open to those with a handicap of 24 or under (men) or 30 or under (women)

See event website