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…

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…

Featuring music by Bonobo Secret Handshake (6:30 PM to 9 PM)
and DJ Dr. Beat (9 PM to 1 AM)

At Cardinal Bar on Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Starting with program at 5:30 PM

A Celebration of Sistering and International Solidarity is a tribute to Madison’s sister city relationships with Arcatao (El Salvador), Camaguey (Cuba) and the special sister relationship between WORT-FM, our own Listener Sponsored Radio, and…

Camagüey will become the hub of the rock circuit of the country when it
becomes the headquarters of a number of bands from several provinces of the
island metal defending the Cuban heavy metal flag in the 7th National Rock
Festival, Sounds of the City, organized by the Hermanos Saiz Association and
the Provincial Centre of Music in the province.

From today to Sunday 18 groups…

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 because the Cubans received among the first artists’ visas issued by the U.S. government under the new Obama administration. Among the many events and appointments the Cubans had was…

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 Charanga Agoza.

The performances will cover the musical spectrum of Latin jazz, mambo, chachacha, charanga, salsa and merengue, and it is being welcomed by listener-sponsored community radio WORT-FM.

Organized last…

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 outset that our project would require the full backing of people and institutions.  We knew that  it was essential to have their good will and that they…

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 named “Best Latin Band 2008″ by the Miami New Times. A hit in the U.S. and abroad, the group is celebrated for

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This article in the camagüeyano paper, Adelante, features the November visit by two artists, the painter Orestes Larios and  the sculptor Gregorio Pérez .

Adolfo Silva Sept 20, 2009

Camagüey, The painter Orestes Larios and the sculptor Gregorio Pérez have been invited to present their works in Madison as part of the fifteenth anniversary of the Sister City relationship between that US city and the capital of Camagüey.  Larios stated…

II FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE VIDEOARTE DE CAMAGUEY /  CUBA  2009       videocamfestival.blogspot.com
Camagüey, located in the center of the Island of Cuba about eight hours east of Havana, is a city of intense cultural activity. Over the second half of the last century, it has developed and hosted an enormous number of festivals, workshops and symposia which, together with the growing number of art schools, universities y other institutions, have…