CAMAGÜEY,- The Children's Carnival on Saturday, July 1st, marked the beginning of Summer 2023 in the province, with the joy of the little ones at home, protagonists of the summer months that will last until the end of August.

With more than 7,000 activities designed to be developed in the 13 municipalities, communities in transformation and evacuation centers of the territory, the direction of culture in Camagüey offered details of the programming for the month of July at a press conference.

Leading institutions such as the Enrique José Varona Provincial Book and Literature Center or the Golpe a Golpe Sociocultural Project will maintain their activities characterized as Book Saturday, Camagüey Nights or the Cinema in the Neighborhoods tours, but this time with greater attention to victims of the heavy rains that hit the region.

The Provincial Council of Plastic Arts will put the rock for adolescents Martillo de guerra to the attention of the public every Saturday at 2:00 in the afternoon, while a new edition of the ArteCómic Days is being prepared, an event that will have the cartoonist as a special guest. Alexander Left.

The Simultaneous Casino, motivated by the System of Houses of National Culture will undoubtedly be one of the most representative activities this Sunday, day two, as it aspires to break the Guinness Record for more people dancing the musical genre at the same time, this time throughout the entire island.

Varied and nuanced for the different age groups, Kenny Ortigas Guerrero, president of the Provincial Council of Performing Arts, defined the program for the summer months of said institution with the premieres Factoría de idiotas by the Teatro del Espacio Interior ensemble on the 11th at its usual venue and the play El Príncipe y el mar from the Teatro Guiñol in Camagüey on the 14th at 5:00 in the afternoon.

In the same way, the presentations of the Circo Areito de Camagüey are added at the Padre Valencia Street Coliseum from July 7 to 9 at 8:00 p.m. and in the morning at the Avellaneda Theater the La Compañía Teatral Danzaria will coincide. wanderer

For its part, the Ejo Project will be presented in the Plaza del Gallo on the eighth, in the Plazoleta de Triana four days later and on July 23 at the Teatro Cubano de la Magia; In turn, the Provincial Heritage Center will have more than 60 activities for the enjoyment of children and adolescents aimed at developing knowledge associated with history, identity and traditions.

The Jorge Luis Betancourt Music and Entertainment Center will include in its schedule a Concert Day from the 25th to the 28th of this month with the participation of the Chamber Orchestra, the Union Saxophone Quartet and the Santa Cecilia String Quintet and As a closing, it will have a special concert in the Plaza de los Trabajadores by the Camagüey Symphony Orchestra.

The José Martí Cultural Society will be celebrating the 170th birthday of the Apostle and the 134th anniversary of the first publication of its iconic magazine the Golden Age with bibliographic exhibitions, workshops, characterized spaces and exclusively the conversation for the 415th Anniversary of the work Espejo of Patience.

In the same way, Yanisleidy Sáez Flores, director of the Provincial Film Center, commented on the main actions for the summer months, where the projection of the different batches of Cien 3D, the musical downloads at the Café Nuevo Mundo, as well as the presentation of the documentary Rumbatá by the filmmaker from Camagüey Isabel Santos.

The link with different institutions of the territory such as the Cuban Fund for Cultural Assets, the Office of the City Historian or Artex are added to the long list of actions that will also include summer workshops at the Vicentina de la Torre Academy of Arts to make leisure time an encounter with culture and knowledge.

Translated by Linet Acuña Quilez