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 We were at La Comarca, a space where words, images, and conversation meet, within the framework of the Golpe a Golpe Young Creators Fair—an initiative that is not just an event, but a way of insisting on art as a collective gesture, even in difficult times.

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We began without electricity. Inside the Fénix Room of the Casablanca Multicine, a small generator barely powered a couple of cameras and lights—just enough to sustain a dream: a conversation with Teodoro and Santiago Ríos, the Canarian filmmakers who have learned to see Cuba as a homeland of childhood and memory.

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The news arrived the way good things often do: with a soft tremor recognized even before reading it fully. Artisan Luisa Aurora Morell Cabrera, 88, has been granted the Memoria Viva Award 2025 in the Personality category, bestowed by the Juan Marinello Cuban Institute for Cultural Research.

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Despite the rain, the restaurant El Emperador, located near the Casino Campestre in the city of Camagüey, opened its doors on the morning of Saturday, October 25th, 2025, to host the Provincial Literary Workshops Event for Adults, organized by the Provincial Center for Houses of Culture (CPCC). The gathering brought together the winners of the municipal-level competitions.

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Hatuey bids farewell to one of its most beloved daughters. Trinidad Cruz Crespo (Trinita), renowned artisan and cultural promoter, passed away on October 30th, 2025, at the age of 100, in Hatuey, Sibanicú. Her life was a tapestry of creativity, teaching, and love for useful beauty—one that turned her hometown into the Cradle of Camagüey Handicrafts.

The aroma of freshly brewed coffee mingled with the morning freshness in the courtyard of the Alejo Carpentier Gallery. Between the white columns and wrought-iron tables, we spoke with Isnel Plana Pérez, painter and geologist, who was returning to a place that was once his own.

After several weeks of work at its headquarters, the Camagüey Contemporary Ballet premiered the piece Voces (Voices) on October 24th at the Avellaneda Theater, choreographed by Danish artist Jens Bjerregaard.

A few days ago, I was invited to a space to talk about what it means to think about culture in viral times. It was a hot morning with an unstable internet connection, yet the room was full of young people, art and communication students among them. At one point, one of them raised her hand and said something that struck me deeply. I’ll summarize her words, which carried an urgency: it’s useless to stand still.

Joel Jover’s gallery of poems expands with Thirst (Sed, Ácana Publishing, 2025), a book that both quenches — and awakens — the need to look inward. With the same intensity with which he paints, the Camagüey-born creator now offers a collection of poems where images are breathed, drunk, and heard.

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