Hanami in Camagüey: Fifteen Years of Japanese Culture and Community
By Luis Adrián Viamontes Hernández /Adelante
From May 20th to 24th, Camagüey will dress itself in cherry blossoms and Japanese tradition with the celebration of Hanami, the annual Japanese culture event organized by the MangaQ'ba project. This year’s edition carries special symbolism: the collective’s fifteenth anniversary.
Read more ...Call for Entries: 2026 National Prize for Film Criticism and Research
By Yanetsy León González/Adelante
The 30th National Workshop on Film Criticism, scheduled to take place from May 28th to 31st, 2026, in Camagüey, has officially announced the call for submissions for the 13th edition of the National Prize for Film Criticism and Research.
Read more ...International Dance Day: a universal language in motion
By Source: diainternacionalde.com
Each year, to mark International Dance Day, a leading figure from the world of dance delivers a message shared with professionals and organizations in more than 200 countries.
Read more ...Camagua: From the Chancleta to the Dream of a Greater Festival
By Yanetsy León González/Adelante
Among the excerpts the Camagua Folkloric Company will perform this Saturday, April 11th, at the Avellaneda Theater is Chancleteando. Today, part of the group’s established repertoire, the piece also serves as a symbolic bridge to an unexpected image: a young Fernando Medrano dancing. For decades, Medrano has been publicly defined by his leadership—the director, the researcher, the guide—rather than the performer. And yet, a photograph shared during the recent theoretical session returns him to that origin: a teenager, still in secondary school, performing the very dance of the chancleta.
Read more ...Rumbatá sets its sights on Grammy consideration with new album
By Yanetsy León González/Adelante
Even amid rehearsals at its headquarters on Lugareño Street No. 128, Rumbatá’s director, Wilmer Ferrán, has a clear sense of direction: the group is navigating a period of artistic redefinition, international expansion, and renewed recording ambitions. At the heart of this new phase lies a defining goal—getting their upcoming album into the Grammys’ consideration process.
Recetofilia, or the taste of Evelin Queipo’s universe
By Jesús Aismar Zamora Ávila / Contributor
Recetofilia is a book that overflows with passion. Those of us who know its author, Camagüey-born writer Evelin Queipo, understand that everything she creates is shaped by the pursuit of perfection that defines her.
Camagua to Celebrate Its 15th Anniversary in Camagüey
By Yanetsy León González/Adelante
The folkloric company Camagua will mark its 15th anniversary with a program that, while shaped by the constraints of Cuba’s current economic situation, offers a broad look at the different facets of its artistic work.
Infinite Thirst: This Book Will Be Your Water, Your Beginning and Your End
By Heillin Cristiá Abad*
Sed Infinita (Infinite Thirst) is not the kind of book you simply read and place on a shelf. Even though some of its poems speak of forgetting, Camagüey-born author Jesús Aismar Zamora has crafted a volume you’ll want to keep close—one to share with those friends who carry impossible longings.
Remembering Jaime Sarusky: Invisible Maps of a Diverse Cuba
By Yanetsy León González/Adelante
At the Biblioteca Provincial Julio Antonio Mella, during Camagüey’s Culture Week, a panel marked the 95th anniversary of the birth of Jaime Sarusky. For me, speaking about someone I barely knew, yet who left a profound imprint, always stirs a mixture of gratitude and tremor.



