Cuba and Salamanca Strengthen Cultural Ties at the FÀCYL Festival
By Yanetsy León González/Adelante
From June 18th to 22nd, Salamanca will host the International Arts Festival of Castile-León (FÀCYL), celebrating two decades as one of Spain's most prominent cultural platforms.
Read more ...Viengsay Valdés: An Award, a Biography, a School
By Yanetsy León González/Adelante
How far can someone go without having “the ideal conditions”? Viengsay Valdés wasn't born with the perfect body for ballet. She had a receding hairline due to alopecia caused by hair pulling in gymnastics, feet that didn't naturally open outward, and misaligned muscles from pedaling a bicycle—a transportation solution that ended up working against her. She was told she had the hands of a pianist, and perhaps that's why she loves the violin and piano. But dance was her thing.
Read more ...The 33rd Edition of the Provincial Music Festival Announced
By Yanetsy León González/Adelante
Art instructor and professional guitarist Arbelio Marín Padrón is the honoree of the 33rd edition of the Provincial Music Festival, rescheduled for May 8th and 9th in this city.
Read more ...Innovative Tribute to Rashomon at Hanami 2025
By Luis Adrián Viamontes Hernández /Adelante
For the first time, the sociocultural project MangaQ'ba held a poster competition during the Hanami 2025 Japanese Culture Day. The theme was the film Rashomon, by director Akira Kurosawa, to commemorate its 75th anniversary.
Read more ...Time, Words, and the Urgency of Synthesis
By Yanetsy León González/Adelante
The National Colloquium on the Pride of Being Cuban was born with a mobilizing purpose: to make dialogue a foundational act that leads to action, that calls upon Culture and Education as the articulating arms of a new consensus. Camagüey, a city of historical pacts and deep memories, was the perfect setting. Although the desire for encounter was generous, the experience left us with urgent lessons about the ways of speaking and building collectively.
South Africa: The Heartbeat of a Continent, the Echo of Humanity (+ Photos)
By Yanetsy León González/Adelante
If there is a place where the history of humanity can be told from its origins to the challenges of the present, it is Africa. And within its immensity, South Africa stands as a country of contrasts, resilience, beauty, and living memory.
Camagüey Book Fair: A Unique Window to Legal Literature
By Yanetsy León González/Adelante
Camagüey once again becomes the epicenter of knowledge with the 2025 Book Fair, from March 13th to 16th at the Casino Campestre Park. Among the many publishing offerings, legal literature stands out, a specialized niche that only at this event finds its greatest visibility in the province.
An Emperor Among Us
By Bárbara Valdés Muñoz
Reading aloud with my daughter is one of those small wonders that, when they happen, leave a trail of happiness. We don’t always have the time, but when we do, we take turns reading pages, sometimes entire chapters, and let the story wrap around us. This time, the book accompanying us has been a special gem: An Emperor in the Caribbean, by the Camagüey-based writer Evelin Queipo.
Camagüey Book Fair: An effort to keep reading alive
By Yanetsy León González/Adelante
From March 13th to 16th, the Casino Campestre urban park will host the Camagüey chapter of the 2025 Book Fair, an event that transcends its commercial nature to become an act of cultural resistance. In a context of editorial crisis, the Provincial Center for Books and Literature (CPLL) has managed to guarantee 177 titles and more than 42,000 physical copies.



