Archive for August 2010

Madison Playwright’s work premiers in Camagüey

Aug 31st, 2010 | By Scott Fullerton | Category: Events

Last November, the work of two Camagüeyano artists was exhibited at Edgewood College’s DeRicci Gallery under the sponsorship of MCSCA. In early August, the artistic exchange between our sister cities moved in a southerly direction when the staging of Bob Skloot’s play IF THE WHOLE BODY DIES: RAPHAEL LEMKIN AND THE TREATY AGAINST GENOCIDE made its Spanish-language premiere at the Escuela de Artes in Camaguey.

Skloot’s play, written in 2006 and translated last year by Bertha Pancorvo, was passed along to a small theatre company, Grupo Teatral Teatro, by Orestes Larios, one of the two…



MCSCA September Meeting

Aug 31st, 2010 | By Scott Fullerton | Category: MCSCA

Meeting of Wednesday, September 1, 2010  — 7 PM
Sequoya Branch Public Library
Tokay at Midvale Boulevards — Madison, WI

A G E N D A

I.  Welcome and introductions.
II.  Update on Wisconsin Medical Project’s next delegation to Camaguey.
III.  Crane Project report.
IV.  Report by Bob Skloot on his visit to Camaguey in early August.
V.  Update on the Wine Tasting & Silent Auction coming up in November.
VI.  Review of current conditions for opening travel to Cuba.
VII.  Treasurer’s report.
VIII.  Other business.
IX.  Adjournment.



Mentes y manos unen el arte entre Wisconsin y Camagüey

Aug 30th, 2010 | By Scott Fullerton | Category: Events

Por // Miozotis Fabelo Pinares// de Radio Cadena Agramonte.

Camagüey, Como parte del proyecto de intercambio cultural “Mentes y manos unidas por el Arte”, se estrena en esta ciudad,  la obra Aunque todo el cuerpo muera, escrita  por Robert Skloot, destacado dramaturgo y profesor de la Universidad de Wisconsin, en el estado norteamericano de Madison.

Con la puesta en escena de la pieza, se consolidan  los lazos de hermandad, suscritos hace 15 años entre las ciudades de Camagüey y Madison;  por lo que  Robert Skloot …