Wine Tasting and Silent Auction
The Madison-Camaguey, Cuba Sister City Association and the Wisconsin Medical Project will
hold their 3rd annual wine tasting and silent auction benefit Wednesday, January 20th 2010
from 5-8 pm at The Cardinal Bar, 418 E. Wilson Street. Tickets are $40
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Events
Cuban Artists Visit Was a Great Success
By Bob Skloot From the 2nd to the 27th of November, 2009, the Madison-Camaguey Sister City Association hosted a visit from two noted Camagueyano artists, Orestes Larios Zaak (a painter) and Gregorio Perez Escobar (a sculptor). The visit had political significance ...
Billed as Latin Music Fest 2, this year’s event will feature performances by local Latin music bands Mambo Blue, Tony Castaneda Latin Jazz Band and Grupo Candela. Also on the program will be the premiere of Madison’s first charanga group ...
Video-Arts Festival organizers send thanks to MCSCA
Warm thanks to Ricardo and MCSCA (my translation). Mr. Ricardo Gonzalez, President of the Madison-Camagüey Association. The committee members have already declared II Annual International Video Art Festival of Camagüey event an undeniable reality -- even before opening night. We realized at the ...
Tiempo Libre coming to Wisconsin Union Theater
Thursday, November 5, 2009, 8 pm Wisconsin Union Theater Ticket Prices: General: $30 UW-Madison Students: $10 "Tiempo Libre is one of the hottest Latin jazz bands hitting the scenes today. Expertly blending the sounds of their native Cuba with those of Florida, they were ...
MCSCA
MCSCA Jan 6 Monthly MeetingJan 4th, 2010
Meeting of Wednesday, January 6, 2010 — 7 PM
Sequoya Branch Public Library
Tokay at Midvale Boulevards — Madison, WI
A G E N D A
I. Happy New Year. Welcome and introductions.
II. Update on Wisconsin Medical Project.
III. Upcoming Wine Tasting and Silent Auction Benefit on Wednesday, January 20 at Cardinal Bar.
IV. Crane Education Project in Cuba by Korie Klink. Proposal for discussion and sponsorship by MCSCA.
V. Other business.
VI. Adjournment.
Please remember to send in…
News
Scientists work to protect Cuba’s unspoiled reefs Dec 25th, 2009
From NPR Dec 9
By Nick Miroff
Cuba has some the most extensive coral reefs in the hemisphere, but political strains between Washington and Havana largely have kept American scientists away.
A new partnership for marine research is trying to change that at one of Cuba’s most remote places, far from people and pollution.
Off central Cuba’s southern coast, hundreds of tiny islands stretch into the Caribbean. They are ringed with narrow beaches and…
Opinion
Travel for all: September 30 is CubaGo DaySep 29th, 2009
Dear friends:
Please click on this link to CubaGo to find out how you can help bring an
end to the travel ban on Cuba for ALL Americans!
On September 30, a national day of action http://www.cubago.info/
will take place to call the offices of all the nation’s
congressional delegations and express our desire to end the travel
ban on Cuba.
Find all your members’ phone numbers HERE
You can also call the Congressional switchboard (202)224-3121 and
ask for your…
Camagüey Journal
WMP Mission featured on WKOWTV.comOct 6th, 2009
A Wisconsin Medical Project trip is covered in a 10/1 article at wkowtv.com. It features the experiences of Frank Byrne, president of St Mary’s Hospital.
When it comes to taking care of people– borders don’t matter for healthcare professionals. That certainly couldn’t be more true for the president of St. Mary’s Hospital.
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Through the Wisconsin Medical Project, Frank, along others from St. Mary’s, Dane County health leaders, and even his 16-year-old son…
Wisconsin Medical Project