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 fostered a vibrant avant-garde spirit in our culture concentrated in Camagüey’s visual art movement.

It is from this creative energy that the important Video-Arts Festival…

Note: This event is supported by the Madison Camagüey Sister City Association.

Dear friends:
I am writing to let you know that we have begun work on the II INTERNATIONAL VIDEO-ART FESTIVAL OF CAMAGUEY, 2009, which will be held in Camaguey City, Cuba from November 27th to December 1st, 2009.  Our Festival provides an opportunity for all artists, local or foreign, young or well established to present their work in the field of video art.

If you are interested and you are an independent artist, art critic, affililated with a gallery or an art…

En la ciudad de Camagüey, a 500 kilómetros de La Habana, fructificó en el 2008 una buena idea: la celebración de un Festival Internacional de Video-Arte para promocionar y discutir sobre este género.

El evento respondió en su inicio a las necesidades creativas de un grupo importante de artistas jóvenes de la localidad, inspirados en las tendencias y prácticas artísticas más contemporáneas a nivel internacional.

Uno de los mayores aciertos del Festival fue el vínculo que estableció entre los artistas que cultivan la manifestación en Cuba. También que consiguiera una relación directa con los habitantes…

Thursday July 9, 7:30 PM at Just Coffee Coop – 1129 E Wilson St

call 608-251-3241 or e-mail info@calamadison.org for more details

This year has seen positive changes in U.S. – Cuba relations. The Cuban-American community has seen the easing of travel restrictions to the island. We believe that it is the right of everyone to freely travel anywhere in the world. This is why we are supporting two Madison delegates who will be traveling to Cuba in the next few weeks.

For 20 years, Pastors for Peace has been leading the movement for the…

Camagüey 8/6/09 – 8/14/09

Location: Asociación Hermanos Saiz and Provincial center of books and literature

The Sixth Literary Crusade of Camagüey will take place from 8/6 to 8/14.  There will be a number of events in support of literature and music providing an important cultural opportunity for Camagüeyanos, especially those living outside of the city, offering them exposure to the works of the literary vanguard of Cuba.    As part of this event, there will be presentations of books and magazines from various sources including Editorial Ácana, Unión, Vigía, Ediciones Matanzas, Capiro and Ediciones Ávila

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6/10/2009 – 6/11/2009: Centro Provincial de Patrimonio Cultural.

Conferences, workshops and round-tables will bring together specialists and students from various fields to explore themes related to the woman in the social context and address points of view informed by generational differences.

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Se reflexiona a partir del intercambio académico de estudiosos y especialistas sobre las temáticas relativas a la mujer en el contexto social actual y se confrontan puntos de vista a partir de la variedad generacional.

Se realizarán…

The group “Musicora” will be at Cubadisco XIII  in Havana with a program of traditional Cuban music this coming Wednesday at 6:00 P.M. at the Music Garden.

From Radio Cadena Agramonte (translation mine)

They were invited by the National Institute of Music in recognition of their achievements over 15 years.

The group, directed by one of the founders, Humberto García Braña, and comprised of 10 performers, is noteworthy for its ability to work in diverse formats and musical genres, although their primary focus is folk, jazz and classic.

From the beginning, their vocal

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From Radio Cadena Agramonte

Camagüey, May 14.- The official schedule for Camagüey 2009 St. John Party (carnival season) approved by the Municipal Council plans the making of this celebration, starting on June 24th and ending on June 29th.

As is tradition, in the midnight hour of June 24th from the balcony of the City Hall, the edict will be read opening so the carnival season.

The city will set 30 areas for the celebration, among them streets, outdoor dance areas, cabarets and social clubs, including premises and even the Teatro

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From Radio Nuevitas

Camagüey- The Cuban colonial architecture typified in the former Spanish village of Puerto Principe as a subject is predominant in 17 murals of artistic clay that artisans in Camagüy donated here to be placed in public areas of this eastern city.

Members of the Cuban Artisans and Artists Association (ACAA) molded the pieces that are now showcased on one of the sidewalks surrounding the Workers’ Square (Plaza de los Trabajadores), which is located in a segment of the city recently proclaimed a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The exhibition is part

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From Radio Cadena

Camagüey- Camagüey colonial center, its circuit and attractiveness will be among the patrimonial cities here, to be boosted during Cuba’s 29th International Tourism Fair (FITCuba 2009), an event that begins today and last till May 8th at the Morro- Cabaña complex in Havana.

Founded on February 2nd, 1514 a segment of the former village of Puerto Principe was proclaimed UNESCO World Heritage Site, when the city commemorated its 495th anniversary.

In the list of cities that will be visited by tour operators and travel agents because of their great patrimonial

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