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WITHOUT MASKS: Contemporary Afro-Cuban Art

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. Edificio de Arte Cubano, throughout the month

THE LÓPEZ-NUSSA FAMILY IN CONCERT

Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso (August 26, 8:30pm)

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Gonzalo Rubalcaba August 19, 8:30pm Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso

Chucho Valdés August 12 8:30pm Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso

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ART EXHIBITIONS Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam Through August 25

Memorias. Grabado cubano ‘80 ‘90 presents 50 prints belonging to the Wifredo Lam Center Collection, of Cuban artists José Julián Aguilera, Ángel Alfaro Echevarría, Abel Barroso, Pablo Borges, Yamilis Brito, Luis Cabrera, Tamara Campo, José M. Contino, Salvador Corratgé, Antonio Espinosa, Moisés Finalé, Gilberto Frómeta, Isabel Gimeno, Julio Girona, Nicolás Lara, Israel León, Isolina Limonta, Aldo Menéndez, Ibrahim Miranda, Isary Paulet, Enrique Pérez Triana, Pablo Quert, Ángel M. Ramírez, Alexander Richardm, Juan Carlos Rivero, Ángel Rivero Sierra, Elio Rodríguez, Carlos A. Rodríguez Cárdenas, Agustín Rolando Rojas, Leandro Soto, Israel Tamayo, Rubén Torres Llorca, Zenén Vizcaíno and Rafael Zarza.

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Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam Biblioteca Pública Rubén Through August 26 Martínez Villena Throughout August Valor de uso has proposed to the participating artists that they work their pieces with instruments that at the ¡Guernica de Picasso, 80 años! exhibits end of the exhibition can recover their original function, the posters selected as finalists in the which implies the collaboration of the workers of the competition of the same name. Center in the conformation of the exhibition.

Casa Víctor Hugo

August 15-September 15

TODAS LAS COSAS VISIBLES ESCONDEN COSAS VISIBLES

Exhibition by Cuban artist Alejandro Alexis García Núñez, pays homage to the Belgian surrealist artist René Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam Magritte. Prior to the exhibition, Through August 26 the art gallery has organized a performance on August 15, at 5pm, La anatomía del cero, by Spanish artist Jaime de Lara, while the exhibition proper will open exhibits pieces that, according to the artist, “thanks on August 18, at 6pm. On August to fiction, absurdity and rhetoric, as if they were 21, at 2pm, the artist will offer a tour mathematical operations or equations, result in the through his exhibition and a discussion same product. Thanks to this, they can be understood as on the life of Magritte. anatomies of Zero. And Zero as a concept of infinite forms.”.

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Centro Hispano Americano de Cultura Throughout August

LA ESTAMPA CONTEMPORÁNEA EN LA COLECCIÓN ARTE DE NUESTRA AMÉRICA HAYDÉE SANTAMARÍA DE CASA DE LAS AMÉRICAS, is a collection of works by young engravers who exhibit a variety of techniques and content, and richness in their work, as well as a continuity of the tradition of Latin American printing.

Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño August 2-31

ESTACIÓN CUBA, group show of works by artists Carlos René Aguilera, Abiney Barrios, Ariel Broche, Jamnael Casanova, Yasiel Elizagaray, Yeremy Guerra, Agustín Jiménez, Daniel Madruga, Sergio Marrero, Tania Mesa, Jesús Agustín Rebull, Yoxi Velázquez and Manuel “Manolo” Vidal.

Factoría Habana Throughout August

ÍNDICE DE IMÁGENES, by José Manuel Mesía, who using painting and installation and through a process marked by the study of episodes of the Cuban wars of independence, examines the mechanisms of rewriting history, the apocryphal, the construction of imaginaries and the myths that are created around facts

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Galería Casa 8 Centro de Desarrollo de las Through August 27 Artes Visuales Through August 7 SOLO SHOW by Moisés Acosta. This creator of humidors, now painter, brings together works of surreal CAÍDA LIBRE, solo show of paintings atmosphere populated by strange anthropomorphic and drawings of Havana landscapes beings. by Katarzina Badach, a Polish painter who lives and works in Havana and Berlin.

Through August 27

SUDORACIONES, solo show of paintings by Cristóbal Herrera.

GROUP SHOW of works that belong to the catalogue of the gallery of the Center for the Development of Visual Arts.

Galería Collage Habana Galería Galiano Through August 13 Through August 10

CUARTA DIMENSIÓN exhibits works by artists from GROUP SHOW exhibits paintings, the province of Ciego de Ávila, who seek to express photographs, prints, objects and concerns and aesthetics from different points of sculptures belonging to the Galería views coming from the “periphery,” which may be the Galiano collection. province, but also the country itself in relation to the major “legitimizing” art centers.

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Galería Orígenes Fábrica de Arte Cubano Through August Through August 24

KRAKEN Kraken is artist Ibrahim Miranda’s proposal, DISEÑO DE AUTOR, works by Abel who for the critic Orlando Hernandez “is probably the Camejo, Carlos Joel y Marango. only major mythical monster in Cuban art, which is full of domestic (or domesticated) animals and brightly Through August 27 colored fish swimming in their fishbowls. This is about the inhabitant of the oceanic darkness, a legitimate son PUNTO Y LÍNEA SOBRE EL PLANO, of Triton, a Kraken, the gigantic squid of Norwegian works by Jorge Gody, Víctor M. mythology that every so often appears on the surface Gómez, Josignacio, Donis Llago, snorting and vomiting ink and blood to show us…the Antoine Mena, Osy Milián, Onay landscape that is under the luminous and confused Rosquet, Gabriel Sánchez Toledo and surface of this island that we inhabit, to our joy or terror, Nelson Villalobo to us, the drowned and the survivors. Through September 30

MAURICE RENOMA, an exhibition showing an unknown stage design by the artist in the course of his photographic experience and installations created on site with salvaged materials.

AUG 2017 10 lahabana. com magazine Galería Servando Cabrera Through August 20

OBRA EN PROCESO, by Yornel Martínez, is an exhibition of a conceptual nature, made up by an installation, in the form of a scale model, that occupies the gallery’s space.

Galería Villa Manuela Throughout August

SOLO SHOW by avileño Elías Henoc Permut, an artist from Ciego de Avila, who has said of his art: I am a self-taught artist…. When I was 15, I received a course on engraving taught by Miguel Chamorro. Since then, I have not stopped working and studying, so I have accumulated knowledge and a large number of icons and symbols that I reconstruct to give them a new meaning in my paintings.”

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. Edificio de Arte Cubano Through September RITA LONGA. CENTENARIO celebrates 105 years of the birth of one of the great figures of Cuban sculpture. Longa assumed the codes of modernity without giving up the fluid communication with the recipient. She is the author of emblematic pieces such as the Family Group at the entrance of the Zoo in Nuevo Vedado, the Virgen del Camino, the Ballerina at Tropicana and the Taino Village within the Guamá tourist center, in Zapata Swamps. The exhibition includes 29 pieces, from the first one she created to the one she completed on the year of her death.

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Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. Edificio de Arte Cubano Through October 23 SIN MÁSCARAS. ARTE AFROCUBANO CONTEMPORÁNEO. WITHOUT MASKS: CONTEMPORARY AFRO-CUBAN ART, probably the National Museum of Fine Arts exhibition of the year, is made up of works from the Von Christierson Collection (Watch Hill Foundation, London). The 149 pieces by 40 Cuban artists from the past 60 years include paintings on canvas and wood, watercolors, glass and enamel on aluminum foil, drawings, engravings, collages, patchwork, bronze and iron sculptures, soft sculptures, wooden sculptures, photographs, installations, video installation and video art. The exhibition El último cabildo de Yemayá, by Cuban photographer Roberto Salas, will be presented in the lobby of the museum’s Antonio Rodríguez Morey Documentation Center. A program of lectures (with simultaneous translation) by guest experts will be held during the exhibition. PROGRAM

August 1 August 1 August 2 August 2 Theater / 10am Salón de Theater / 10am Salón de Lecture by Professor Audiovisuales / Lecture by Professor Audiovisuales / Charles Daniel Dawson: 2:30pm Bárbaro Martínez 2:30pm “Zé Diabo, Mimito y Talk with artists Ruiz “Kongo, arte Talk with artists Detinha de Xangô: tres Santiago Rodríguez sansala, cultura visual y Douglas Pérez, José artistas religiosos en Olazábal, Elio tradición gráfica” Ángel Vincench and Brasil” Rodríguez and Alexis Yoan Capote Esquivel

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August 3 August 4 Salón de Salón de Audiovisuales / Audiovisuales / 2:30pm 2:30pm SUN, SAND AND NATURE ALL TOGETHER Talk with artists Juan Screening of the Carlos Alom, Carlos documentary Diálogos Garaicoa and Rolando con mi abuela (2016, Vázquez. 40’), by Gloria Rolando.

Through October 1 Museum hours / 2nd and 3rd floor temporary exhibition halls Continuous screening of documentaries • Raza (2010, 46’) • 1912: Voces para un silencio, episodes 1 (2010, 46’), 2 (2011, 58’) and 3 (2012, 58’) • El Alacrán (2000, 20’) • Oggún: presencia eterna (1991, 52’), • Los Marqueses de Atarés (2003, 46’) • Reembarque (2014, 58’ • Videos on the work of artists Belkis Ayón, Manuel Mendive, Alexis Esquivel, the exhibition Queloides, among others.

Through October 1 Museum hours / Lobby of the Documentation Center Continuous screening of the documentary “Roberto Salas y El último cabildo de Yemayá” directed by art critic Orlando Hernández (curator of the exhibition and of the Von Christierson Collection) and by the Sin máscaras team.

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Fototeca de Cuba Through August 6

Expo MS Atlantic presents works by the German photographer Heinrich Heidersberger, who travelled to Havana in 1954 as photographer of the cruiser that gives name to the exhibition. Snapshots of New York, where the trip began, of the passengers and the Caribbean islands included in the tour are all an exciting testimony of the time.

Galería El Reino de Este Mundo Fábrica de Arte Cubano Through August 13 Through August 27 MIRADAS REVELADORAS, group show by MIRADAS REVELADORAS, group show by Cuban photographers on the figure of Fidel Cuban photographers on the figure of Fidel Castro and Ernesto Che Gevara. Castro and Ernesto Che Gevara.

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Galería Julio Larramendi. Hostal Conde de Villanueva Throughout August

MARDI GRAS. MOBILE, 2017 by photographers Chip Cooper (US) and Julio Larramendi (Cuba), is a collection of pictures taken during the traditional Fat Tuesday Parade in Mobile, Alabama.

Memorial José Martí Through August 11

EXPO III CONCURSO DE FOTOGRAFÍA LENTE ARTÍSTICO exhibits 35 pictures selected by the jury on Havana monuments and architecture.

AUG 2017 15 lahabana. com magazine RESERVE ONE FLIGHT AND TRAVEL TO THREE DESTINATIONS

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AUG 2017 16 lahabana. com magazine DANCE Concert program Ballet Contemporáneo de August 13, 11am Camagüey, Endedans Teatro Nacional. Sala Avellaneda August 4 & 5, 8:30pm; August 6, Performances by the students of the Lizt Alfonso Dance 5pm, Teatro Martí Cuba Summer Course. The Ballet Contemporáneo Endedans, from Camagüey, will celebrate their 15th anniversary with a program made up of works by Cuban-American choreographer Pedro Ruiz, which includes the world premiere of Paseando mi alma. The piece is inspired by the energy and sensuality of today’s Cuban youth, and combines elements of popular culture and jazz. The music has been inspired by the Cuban composer and percussionist Dafnis Prieto.

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The contemporary fusion and electronic music scene has expanded recently as new bars and clubs have opened party promoters have MUSIC organized events in parks and public spaces.

To enjoy good live music there is, first and foremost, Fábrica de Arte Cubano (FAC), whose director, X Alfonso, is one of Cuba’s greatest composers and musicians. Every week at FAC (Thursday-Sunday, 8pm-3am), there are DJ sessions and presentations by soloists and groups that perform the latest trends in fusion music, especially in combination with jazz and rock.

Other good live music venues include El Sauce (check out the Sunday afternoon Máquina de la Melancolía) and the popular Salón Rosado de La Tropical featuring DJs and electronic music on Friday nights. Don Cangrejo always has good contemporary music, as well as Corner Café, CONTEMPORARY Submarino Amarillo, Sarao’s Bar, Barbaram Pepito’s Bar, King Bar and FUSION Bar Melem, all featuring singers and acts in smaller more intimate venues.

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Carpa Trompoloco Saturdays / 10pm Electronic music and alternative bands

Casa de la Amistad Sundays / 5pm Rock ’n’ Roll with Vieja Escuela.

Centro Cultural Centro Cultural Balneario Universitario Bertolt Brecht Los Sitios El Coral Wednesdays / 10:30pm August 25 / 4pm Fridays & Saturdays / 1pm-1am Elaín Morales Hip hop performances Fridays / 10:30pm Electronic music with rapping, DJaing, Vjaing, Dj- Track Diablo Tun Tun producers, breakdancing and Fridays / 10:30pm graffiti writing, among other Fridays / 11 pm urban art expressions. The Shepal Nube Roja

Corner Café Saturdays / 5pm Thursdays / 9:30pm Gens Vieja Escuela.

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Fábrica de Arte Cubano Café Concert El Thursdays / 10pm Sauce Dj Productores Session. Wednesdays / 8pm / 11pm Young talents of Cuban music from the University Concerts by fusion and alternative of the Arts music soloists and bands. Sundays / 5pm Fridays / 9pm La Máquina de la Dj Productores Session. Melancolía, with Frank / 11pm Delgado and Luis Alberto Concerts by fusion and alternative García. music soloists and bands. Saturdays / 9pm Havana Hard Rock Dj Productores Session: Iván Lejardi. Every other Friday / / 11pm 6pm Concerts by fusion and alternative Soul Train, a show of music soloists and bands. soul music / 12pm Saturdays & Sundays / Rock and Roll at FAC. 6pm Sundays / 9pm Rock cover bands Concerts by fusion and alternative music soloists and bands. Teatro Mella / 11pm August 31 / 8:30pm Rock and Roll at FAC. Qva Libre / 12pm Hip Hop at FAC.

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Jardines de La Tropical Fridays / 8pm Electronic music and DJs

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. Edificio de Arte Cubano Barbaram Pepito’s Bar Parque Histórico August 26 / 7pm Thursdays / 7pm Militar La Cabaña. The Band Extraño Annie Garcés Bar El Cañonazo Corazón promotes Sundays / 7pm Thursdays / 6pm their new album Barbaram Discoteque Confesiones de un BudaBarte Project náufrago (trova, fusion, La Casa Española flamenco…) Wednesdays / 6pm Sonash Submarino Amarillo Mondays / 9pm Pabellón Cuba The Sheppal August 26 / 5pm Sundays / 5pm Karamba Eddie Escobar

AUG 2017 21 lahabana. com magazine LIVE MUSIC VENUES Casa de la Música de Miramar Mondays / 5pm Wednesdays / 5pm Fridays / 5pm Sundays / 5pm Popular dance music Popular dance music Popular dance music Popular dance music (Maykel Blanco y su (Juan Guillermo y su (El Niño y La Verdad) (Lazarito Valdés y Salsa Mayor) grupo) / 11pm Bamboleo) / 11pm / 11pm Popular dance music Popular dance music Adalberto Álvarez y su (NG La Banda) (Sur Caribe) Son Saturdays / 5pm Tuesdays / 5pm Thursdays / 5pm Popular dance music Popular dance music Popular dance music (Alexander Abreu y (Manolito Simonet y su / 11pm Havana D’ Primera) Trabuco) Popular dance music / 11pm / 11pm Popular dance music Popular dance music

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Café Cantante. Casa de 18 Habana Café, Teatro Nacional Fridays / 8:30pm Hotel Choíba Mondays / 11pm Iván y Fiebre Latina Monday thru Popular dance music Saturdays / 8pm Wednesday / 9pm (Manana Club) Ahí Namá Teté and her group Son Caturla Tuesdays / 5pm Jardines del 1830 Popular dance music (El La Piragua Noro y Primera Clase) Fridays / 5pm Grupo Moncada Every other Saturday Wednesdays / 5pm / 10pm Popular dance music Pabellón Cuba One of the most popular August 12 / 5pm spaces of popular dance Fridays music. / 5pm and 11pm Arnaldo y su Talismán Popular dance music Diablo Tuntún Saturdays / 5pm Cabaret Turquino. Mondays Popular dance music Hotel Habana Libre / 8pm and 11pm (Manana Club) Mondays / 11pm Popular dance music Popular dance music / 11pm (Combinación Cubana) El Chispa y los Wednesdays / 5pm Cómplices Popular dance music Tuesdays / 10pm Thursdays / 11pm Fiebre Latina Popular dance music (NG La Banda) Wednesdays / 11pm Caribe Girls Fridays / 11pm Popular dance music (Vacilón)

AUG 2017 23 lahabana. com magazine SALSA DANCE SPOTS JARDINES DEL 1830 H. FLORIDA BAR LA GRUTA Malecón y 22, El Vedado Obispo esq. a Cuba, Habana Calle 23 e/ O y P, El Vedado (+53) 7838-3091 Vieja (+53) 7836-9320 (+53)7862-4127 Outdoor terrace of the old Basement club. A good mansion on the waterfront Hotel bar. Very small, but spot to dance salsa on at the end of Malecón. Very popular with salsa dancing Wednesdays. popular to dance salsa. Not crowds. Best on Tuesdays, Includes a dance the best floor, but the sea Wednesdays and Sundays performance and a salsa breeze and the great dancers (when 1830 is open)—less competition. AC still broken, make it all worth it. crowded. so it can get hot. Tuesdays, 8pm Mon-Sun Wednesdays Thursdays, 8pm Opens at 9:30pm Opens at 9:30pm Sundays, 6pm–1am Entrance: 5 CUC Entrance: 3 CUC Entrance: 5 CUC (incld. drink)

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Asociación Cubana de Derechos de Autor Musical August 17 / 6pm Alexis Bosch (pianist) and Proyecto Jazz Cubano

Casa del Alba August 12 / 8pm Ruy López-Nussa (percussionist) & La Academia JAZZ Centro Hispano Americano de Cultura August 12 / 5pm Yadasny Portillo (pianist) and her group

Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso August 12 / 8:30pm Chucho Valdés August 19 / 8:30pm Gonzalo Rubalcaba August 26 / 8:30pm The López-Nussa family in concert: Hernán, Harold Ruy and Ruy Adrián

AUG 2017 25 lahabana. com magazine JAZZ VARADERO: A TRUE Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. CARIBBEAN PARADISE Edificio de Arte Cubano August 10 / 7pm Jump in! Alejandro Meroño (pianist) and guests August 17 Dayramir González (pianist) August 31 / 7pm José Portillo (pianist)

Pabellón Cuba August 19 / 5pm Cucurucho Valdés (pianist)

Teatro Nacional. Sala Covarrubias August 5 / 8:30pm Ruy López-Nussa (percusionist) and La Academia

UNEAC July 13 / 5pm La Esquina del Jazz, hosted by showman Bobby Carcassés

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Casa de 18 Casa de la Palacio de la Rumba Barbaram Pepito’s Wednesdays / 8pm Bombilla Verde Tuesdays / 4pm Bar Héctor Téllez Mondays-Sundays / Septeto Habanero Fridays / 11pm 8pm Trova Thursdays / 5pm Performance by Fridays / 10pm August 17 / 11pm José Valladares singer songwriters Yoruba Andabo Candil de Nieve Project Sundays / 5pm Sundays / 6pm Georgeana Timbalaye Delirio Habanero Centro Cultural Fresa y Chocolate Fridays / 10pm Café Cantante, Son en Klab Salón Rosado de Thursdays / 9pm Teatro Nacional La Tropical Trova with Frank Saturdays / 10pm Martínez Saturdays / 5pm Tuesdays / 8pm Traditional music Sundays / 6pm Waldo Mendoza Son Yoruba and Timbalaye Singer Leidis Díaz

AUG 2017 27 lahabana. com magazine Pabellón Cuba En Guayabera Museo Nacional Fridays / 4pm Thursdays thru de Bellas Artes. Edificio de Arte Trova with Silvio Sundays / 7pm Cubano Alejandro. Trovador Pepe Ordaz August 13 / 5pm and guests August 3 / 7pm Concert with singer- Miguel Faílde Band El Tablao songwriter Luis Tuesdays thru Franco Thursdays / 10pm Sundays / 4pm August 19 / 7pm Osdalgia Trova The internationally Gato Tuerto Sundays / 7:30pm renowned Cuban percussion group Ivette Cepeda Fridays / 5pm Los Papines Music, visual arts, present their literature and more. Diablo Tun Tun new album, Wednesdays / 5pm Rumbeando a mi Le Select Osaín del Monte manera Fridays / 5pm Thursdays / 5pm Yaima Sáez Parque Trova with Ray Almendares Fernández Saturdays / 6pm Frank Delgado

Sarao’s Bar Wednesdays / 10pm Kelvis Ochoa

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Asociación Casa de la Cultura Yoruba de Cuba de Plaza Fridays / 8:30pm August 26 / 3pm Obbiní Batá Pianist Ana Martin and (folkloric group) trovador Jesús del Valle Biblioteca Nacional de Centro Cultural Cuba Pablo de la August 12 / 5pm Torrriente Brau Raúl Torres and his August 26 / 5pm group Trova Casa del Alba Centro Hispano Americano de Cultural Cine Yara Revista La Jiribilla August 17 / 6pm Cultura August 25 / 6pm August 26 / 5pm August 18 & 19 / Trova with Vicente 8:30pm El Patio de Baldovina Feliú and guests D’Corazón Eliades Ochoa Project

Casa de la Dos Gardenias Amistad Tuesdays thru Club Cocodrilo Teatro Mella Sundays / 10pm Saturdays / 9pm Wednesdays August 12 / 8:30pm Performance by / 10:30pm Cuban All Stars, a Roberto Javier soloist vocalists Singer Osdalgia and band made up by comedian Otto Ortiz Cuban and Puerto Casona de Línea Club Amanecer Rican musicians Sundays / 8pm Fridays / 5pm Sala Avenida Martínez Trova Conjunto de August 27 / 5pm Arsenio Rodríguez

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Basílica Menor de San Casa del Alba August 26 / 6pm Francisco de Asís Concert with Annie Garcés. August 6 / 5pm August 5 / 6pm La Cámara de la Música Performance by the Project, conducted by August 27 / 5pm New Life Foundation violinist AlfredoM Muñoz. Música de Nuestra América, a Orchestra. project directed by guitarist August 13 / 5pm Zuleida Suárez. Fábrica de Arte En Confluencia, Cubano dedicated to guitar. Museo Nacional de Bellas Thursdays / 8:45pm August 20 /5pm Artes. Edificio de Arte Cubano Concerts by chamber Tardes Líricas project, directed by the music soloists and August 5 / 7pm ensembles. soprano Milagros de los Ángeles. Concert by pianist Karla Martínez c AUG 2017 30 lahabana. com magazine THEATRE LUNA NUEVA CHICAGO ¿POR QUÉ LAS PLANTAS Sala Raquel Revuelta Sala Tito Junco MUEREN? Vital Teatro / Production: Mefisto Teatro / Café Teatro Bertolt Brecht Alejandro Palomino Production: Heidy Díaz de Pequeño Teatro de La Fridays, Saturdays and Villegas Habana / Production: Sundays, 8:30pm Fridays and Saturdays, José Milián, Fridays 8:30pm; Sundays, 5pm An honest view of a paradigmatic and Saturdays, 8:30pm; Sundays, 5pm author of our national scene Adaptation of the famous of the late 20th and early 21st Broadway musical, with its Premiere by the company centuries, the recently deceased cynical foray into the underworld, directed by José Milián, National Amado del Pino. Palomino has and an intentional eroticism. Prizewinner for Theater. gathered several of Del Pino’s fundamental characters from his HARRY POTTER: LA HISTORIA NO CONTADA plays, along with texts by the playwright. Teatro Trianón Teatro El Público / Production: Carlos Díaz Fridays and Saturdays, 8:30pm; Sundays, 5pm The fantastic world of Harry Potter, brought, in the manner of a social satire, to a music school in Cuba. (Please, before going, check if the AC issues have been solved)

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LA LECCIÓN TRIUNFADELA Sala Teatro Adolfo Sala El Ciervo Encantado Llauradó El Ciervo Encantado / Aras Teatro / Production: Production: Nelda Castillo Michaelis Cué August 18-20 & 25-27, Fridays and Saturdays, 8:30pm 8:30pm; Sundays, 5pm Delirious on-stage performance Premiere of The Lesson, that presents an analysis of a one-act play by French- imaginaries and behaviors that Romanian playwright Eugène single out the existence of the Ionesco. Cubans from the 1960s to the present day, focusing on the psychosocial response to the official rhetoric of progress and victory.

DELIRIO HABANERO Sala Adolfo Llauradó Teatro de la Luna / Production: Raúl Martín Fridays and Saturdays, 8:30pm; Sundays, 5pm

Successful play by Cuban playwright Alberto Pedro in which three delirious characters who believe to be Varilla (an old bartender from La Bodeguita del Medio), Benny Moré and Celia Cruz, meet every night in a ruined place to evoke a Havana that no longer exists or to plan a future that will never be.

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A small boutique hotel, the duck-egg blue Palacio Azul faces the Bay of Cienfuegos, and is 10 minutes by foot to the UNESCO-crowned historic city center.

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AUG 2017 33 lahabana. com magazine LA MUCHACHITA DEL MAR Teatro de títeres El Arca Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, 3pm Play based on Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid.” LOS ZAPATICOS DE ROSA Teatro Martí August 12-13, 5pm Adaptation of the poem of the same name written by José Martí, directed by Rubén Darío Salazar for Teatro de las Estaciones of Matanzas. The play combines puppets, actors and an exceptionally effective use of music, imagination, good taste and sensitivity. CHIVO QUE ROMPE TAMBÓ Sala Adolfo Llauradó Sataurdays and Sundays, 11am With this play, the Barco Antillano group reminds viewers of the consequence of their actions LOS TRES CERDITOS Teatro Nacional de Guiñol Fridays, 5pm; Saturdays & Sundays, 11am y 5pm for kids Four versions of the fable The Three Little Pigs by the Papalote Group (4-6), Guiñol from Holguín (11-13), Teatro de la Villa (18- 20) and Teatro Nacional de Guiñol ( 25-27).

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FESTIVAL DEL TÍTERE 1RA JORNADA HABANA TITIRITERA: Expocuba. Pabellón de la Cultura FIGURAS ENTRE ADOQUINES August 19-20, 11am & 2pm CARPA TROMPOLOCO Puppet performances by the following Cultural institutions in Old Havana groups: La Tintalla (Al son de la Ma Teodora, The First Havana Puppet Festival, for the entire August 19, 11am, and Estampas cubanas, family. August 20, 11am), PalabrAbierta (Tiburcio, el alma de la fiesta, August 19, 2pm) & Adalet AUGUST 7 (El pez de plata, August 20, 2pm). Teatro-museo de títeres El Arca / 3pm FANTASÍAS. CIRCO El hijo del viento (Teatro El Arca) NACIONAL DE CUBA Ático del teatro-museo de títeres Cine Yara El Arca / 6pm Historias bien guardadas (Grupo Salamandra) Saturdays and Sundays, 3pm Circus show with magic tricks, pole dance, AUGUST 8 aerial ribbons, lassos, whips, acrobatics, Casa de la Poesía / 10am hula-hoop, juggling, clowns and much more. Historia de burros (Grupo Papalote)

ECOS DEL FESTIVAL Teatro del Museo de Arte Colonial 11am-2pm Carpa Trompoloco Como la noche y el día (Alas Teatro) Wednesdays-Sundays, 4pm & 7pm Casa Víctor Hugo / 3pm Show featuring artists from Havana Circus Érase una vez un pato (CREATI AC from Mexico) Company Teatro-museo de títeres El Arca / 3pm Federico y María, una historia de seda y aluminio (Grupo Caña Brava) Ático del teatro-museo de títeres El Arca / 6pm Historias bien guardadas (Grupo Salamandra)

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Teatro del Museo de Arte Colonial / 11am-2pm AUGUST 9 La farsa del buey (Teatro Viajero) Teatro-museo de títeres El Arca / 3pm Casa del Benemérito de las Américas Titiritero (Teatro del Puerto) Benito Juárez / 10am Érase una vez un pato Ático del teatro-museo de títeres El Arca / 6pm Historias bien guardadas (Grupo Salamandra) Museo Casa Natal de José Martí / 10pm Historia de burros (Grupo Papalote) Teatro del Museo de Arte Colonial / AUGUST 12 11am - 2pm Casa de la Poesía / 10am Como la noche y el día (Alas Teatro) Las descabelladas historias (Grupo Polichinela de La Habana) Casa Víctor Hugo / 3pm Museo Casa Natal de José Martí / 10am Títeres GabymarK (puppeteer Gabymar La Cuca (Teatro El Arca) from Venezuela) Teatro-museo de títeres El Arca / 3pm Teatro del Museo de Arte Colonial / 11am-2pm Bastián y Bastiana (Teatro El Arca) Mowgli, el mordido por los lobos (Teatro La Proa) Ático del teatro-museo de títeres El Arca / 6pm Teatro-museo de títeres El Arca / 3pm Historias bien guardadas (Grupo Salamandra) En fin, el mar (Grupo Pálpito)

Ático del teatro-museo de títeres El Arca / 6pm AUGUST 10 Historias bien guardadas (Grupo Salamandra) Teatro del Museo de Arte Colonial / 11am- 2pm AUGUST 13 Títeres bufos son (Hilos Mágicos) Museo Casa Natal de José Martí / 10am Casa de la Poesía / 2pm Los dos ruiseñores (Grupo Escambray) Girasoleando (Grupo Girasol) Teatro del Museo de Arte Colonial / 11am-2pm Teatro-museo de títeres El Arca / 3pm Bebé y el señor Don Pomposo (Grupo Okantomí)

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UPCOMING HABANARTE EVENTS IN 2017 SEPTEMBER 8-18 Cultural venues in Havana Convened by the Ukrainian Vladimir Malakhov, undisputed Habanarte is an event that involves the star of world ballet, and under participation of hundreds of artists of all LATEST the auspices of Codanza, a kinds: musicians, dancers, visual artists, contemporary dance company actors... With special performances based in Holguín, participants in the added to the usual cultural program in 4th Atlántico Norte International Havana, Habanarte aims to give a true Dance Competition, will be eligible picture of what is happening in Cuban MUSIC for prizes for best soloists and culture today, from the traditional to the best companies during this dance most innovative and avant-garde. festival in which audiences will be able to enjoy the performances of NEWS FESTIVAL NACIONAL young figures of Cuban classical METAL HG ballet and contemporary dance. SEPTEMBER 14-17 A new venue, especially designed Holguín 17 FESTIVAL DE TEATRO for young audiences, has just been DE LA HABANA opened for good live Cuban music. This one-of-a-kind festival held in the OCTOBER 20-29 Bule-Bar 66, on the corner of San eastern part of the country, promotes a Theater and plazas in Havana Rafael and Prado, in the heart of space in which different generations of Havana, features a cafeteria and Cubans, who decades ago defended a Founded in 1980, the Havana bar, with a capacity for 80 people. music considered as “resistance music,” Theater Festival takes place Soloists and small and medium- can exchange experiences with more every two years. All trends of the sized groups and bands play recent bands under absolute freedom of contemporary stage converge from 10pm to 2am. The entrance expression and aesthetics. in this event which presents a fee is 2 CUC or 50 pesos. The selection of the most outstanding Moncada group will be playing IV CONCURSO present-day Cuban theater, every Saturday, while Los Zafiros INTERNACIONAL DE DANZA along with international theater will perform on August 3, and a ATLÁNTICO NORTE companies. Workshops, seminars group of musicians and vocalists, SEPTEMBER 24-30 and lectures complete the program who have gotten together under Teatro Eddy Suñol, Holguín of the festival. the name of Descarga Cubana, will perform on August 4.

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FILMA NEW MUST-SEE CUBAN FILM El Techo [ The Roof ], the first film directed by Patricia Ramos—one of the very few Cuban women filmmakers who has been able to make a feature film—brings together a very young cast and crew. Yet their very youth is perhaps their best asset when making this film about three friends in Havana who, like many of In the words of the director, she wanted to “avoid their peers, take the plunge and open a small banalities and have a sincere and attractive visuality, business on the roof of a house, from where a story narrated with simplicity and a certain subtlety, pizza orders are brought down to the street in contact with certain types of stories that are very by a rope. common in the cinema of every country, about the arrival of adulthood, and about ordinary people…” Andrea Doimeadiós—who is already creating a lot of talk in the theater and television world in The movie is not a masterpiece. Sometimes it can get Cuba—plays the role of Ana, who is pregnant a little repetitive. In addition, the director faced the and whose mother lives in Miami; She embarks challenge of filming in a very small space and with in this new adventure in her life with two a small and inexperienced cast. It also revisits some friends, whose roles are played by Emmanuel topics that have been addressed on many occasions Galbán and Jonathan Navarro. On the roofs in Cuban art and literature. However, El Techo is a of Centro Habana, this film speaks not only of film that the viewer enjoys without great effort, it has dreams and yearnings (success in business, aesthetic and conceptual proposals that are worthy emigration, future birth), but also of more of consideration, it refreshes the national screen with earthly and everyday realities seen through new young faces, and creates confidence in future the eyes of people who have recently left endeavors by this young creative team. adolescence behind.

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MESÓN DEL REGIDOR - INTIMATE HOTEL IN THE HEART OF UNESCO CITY STUNNER

This tiny hotel, with just four rooms, is found in a restored ochre and blue Spanish colonial building in the heart of Trinidad, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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CUBADANZA

August 1-11 Teatro Nacional de Cuba The two-week long International Workshop on Cuban Modern Dance, Cubadanza, aimed at professional dancers and students, teaches different Cuban popular rhythms and dances from which Cuban modern dance draws on and shows how the pelvic region and the undulation of the torso, among other characteristics, are the fundamental basis of the Cuban technique of modern dance. According to the availability of the company for the period in which the workshop will take place, it will possible to attend rehearsals and demonstrative lessons with top dancers of Danza Contemporánea de Cuba.

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RAP FESTIVAL

August 13-18 Cuban Rap Agency (Zanja, entre Gervasio y Escobar, Centro Habana) Besides the usual well-attended concerts, this rap festival, which is organized by the Cuban Rap Agency, proposes an interesting program of workshops, lectures, Q&A with musicians on the situation of the genre today and its future. FERIA DE ARTE EN LA RAMPA

Through September 3 Tuesdays-Fridays, 2-8pm; Saturdays & Sundays, 10am-8pm. Closed Mondays and July 30 Pabellón Cuba, Havana As is customary every summer since the year 2000, the Art at La Rampa Crafts Fair opens its door at the Pabellón Cuba, emblematic building of 1960s Cuban architecture, with an attractive offer that includes the sale of serigraphs, footwear, clothing, costume jewelry, fans, household goods, furniture, ornaments, and much more. Fashion shows, concerts, plays and dance performance, as well as activities for the kiddies will also take place during the Fair. This year Arte en la Rampa will be dedicated to youth and the 29th World Festival of Youth and Students to be held in the Russian city of Sochi in October.

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IX FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE LA RUMBA CUBANA: LA RUTA DE LA RUMBA 2017

August 17-31 Havana and eight other provinces Created and organized by the international promoter of Cuban culture known as Timbalaye to delve into the patrimonial basis of rumba, the 9th International Cuban Rumba Festival: The Rumba Route 2017, will be dedicated to the Inscription of Rumba on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Rumba is one of the most authentic manifestations in Cuban culture. Widely popular and 100% Cuban, it was born as a process of hybridization of elements of different origins, in which the legacy of African cultures Rumba Route 2017 itinerary: played a predominant role while it exhibited significant Spanish components. It emerged in Cuba in the late 19th Thursday, Aug 17: Havana (pre-festival) century, and developed after the abolition of slavery. Friday, Aug 18: Pinar del Río–Havana Saturday, 19: Havana More than a music and dance representation, rumba Sunday, Aug 20: Havana is a way of life, a philosophy that contains a mystique Monday. Aug 21: Havana–Matanzas connected to religions and affiliations. For the people in Tuesday, Aug 22: Matanzas Wednesday, Aug 23: Matanzas–Cienfuegos the neighborhoods and in the streets, rumba is suited to Thursday Aug 24: Cienfuegos their lives, to their emotions. And this is what Timbalaye, Friday Aug 25: Cienfuegos–Trinidad a yoruba word that refers to feasible dreams and Saturday Aug 26: Ciego de Avila–Camagüey projects, is all about. Sunday, Aug 27 Camagüey Monday, Aug 28: Camagüey–Santiago de Cuba Activities include shows, concerts, music and dance Tuesday, Aug 29: Santiago de Cuba community projects, popular dance lessons by teachers Wednesday, Aug 30: SC–Guantánamo–SC and experts in Cuban folkloric dances, and much more. Thursday, Aug 31: Santiago de Cuba–Havana

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41 JORNADA DE LA CANCIÓN POLÍTICA

August 1-4, Guantánamo

The 41st Political Song Festival will include concerts by young singer-songwriters, trova get-togethers, visits to communities, FESTIVAL DE MÚSICA exhibitions, talks, poetry recitals and meetings ELECTRÓNICA STEREO G with guest musicians. August 4-6, from 4pm to 7am Playa Caletones, Gibara FERIA DEL DISCO EN LA PLAYA LA BOCA Gibara seems to be a town that has great sensitivity for the arts. Not only is it the Through August 31, Playa La Boca, headquarters of the International Cine Pobre Trinidad Film Festival, it is also home to the Stereo

Trinidad’s La Boca Beach will host fun activities G Electronic Music Festival, a one-of-a-kind throughout the month at the Casa de la Música festival in Cuba that was chosen Cultural tent right on the beach, plus dance matinées in Event of 2016 in Holguín Province. the afternoons and early evenings.

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EL ATELIER BVCC BELLA CIAO EXPERIMENTAL FUSION INDIAN HOMELY ITALIAN Interesting décor, interesting Brilliant combination of Great service, good prices. A HAVANA’S menu. authentic Indian food and live real home from home. Cuban jazzy music every night. Calle 5ta e/ Paseo y 2, El Calle 19 y 72, Playa Vedado Tejadillo #24 esq. a Cuba, Habana (+53) 7206 1406 BEST Vieja (+53) 7836 2025 (+53) 7862 7379 EL COCINERO PLACES EL CAFÉ INTERNATIONAL CAFÉ CAFÉ BOHEMIA Industrial chic alfresco Charming little European CAFÉ rooftop with a buzzing TO EAT style café with sourdough Bohemian feel. Great atmosphere sandwiches and breakfast sandwiches, salads & juices. served all day. Calle 26 e/ 11 y 13, Vedado. Calle San Ignacio #364, Plaza (+53) 7832 2355 Amargura #358 e/ Villegas y Vieja, Habana Vieja Aguacate, Habana Vieja (+53) 5403 1568, (+53) 7860 3722 (+53) 7861 3817 TIEN TAN MIRAMAR

CHA CHA CHA CHINESE CORTE DEL The most popular place INTERNATIONAL PRÍNCIPE among Chinese community. Vibrant restaurant across This is a little upscale to its the street from the Granma ITALIAN sister restaurant in Barrio Memorial. Nice décor. Fusion Sergio’s place. Simple décor, Chino spectacular food. Cuban cuisine. AC for hot days is a plus. Calle 44 #4406 e/ 3ra & 5ta, Calle 9na esq. a 74, Miramar Miramar Monserrate #159 e/ Tejadillo y (+53) 5255 9091 (+53) 7206 2543 Chacón, Habana Vieja (+53) 7867 2450

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DOÑA EUTIMIA ECLECTICO EL DEL FRENTE TRADITIONAL CUBAN FUSION, ITALIAN TAPAS BAR Absolutely charming. Beautiful mansion in the heart Cuban hipster place with innovative HAVANA’S Excellent traditional Cuban of El Vedado serving excellent cocktails and tapas on the rooftop. cuisine. food. O’Reilly #303 e/ Habana y Aguiar, Habana BEST Callejon del Chorro #60C, Plaza Calle Paseo #206, El Vedado Vieja (+53) 7863 0206 de la Catedral, Habana Vieja (+53) 7831 3423, (+53) 7861 1332, (+53) 5360 0384 (+53) 5281 5883 RIO MAR PLACES INTERNATIONAL NAZDAROVIE LA HABANERA Contemporary décor. Great sea view. SOVIET Good food. INTERNATIONAL AND TO EAT Well-designed Soviet décor, VEGETARIAN excellent food & service Ave. 3raA y Final #11, La Puntilla, Miramar Excellent food and veggie- LA GUARIDA (+53) 7209 4838 friendly menu. Lovely, Malecón #25 3er piso e/ Prado CONTEMPORARY FUSION majestic house. y Cárcel, Centro Habana SAN CRISTÓBAL Cuba’s best known restaurant. (+53) 7860 2947 Professional and charming. Calle 16 #506 e/ 7ma y 5ta, TRADITIONAL CUBAN Miramar, Playa Deservedly popular. Consistently great Concordia #418 e/ Gervasio y Escobar, (+53) 7202 9941 food. Kitsch décor. Centro Habana OTRA MANERA (+53) 7866 9047 INTERNATIONAL San Rafael #469 e/ Lealtad y Campanario, LAMPARILLA Beautiful modern décor. Centro Habana Interesting menu and good (+53) 7860 1705 TAPAS BAR service. Friendly spot with creative drinks and tapas in the middle of old Havana Calle #35 e/ 20 y 41, Playa. (+53) 7203 8315 Lamparilla #361 e/ Aguacate y Villegas, Habana www.otramaneralahabana.com Vieja (+53) 5289 5324 lahabana. com magazine

HOTEL SAN BASILIO - STYLISH SPANISH-COLONIAL HOTEL IN HISTORIC CITY CENTER

The small sage-and-cream Hotel San Basilio, reached by a pretty double staircase, is the only boutique hotel in the historic center of Santiago de Cuba.

With its 1920s ambience, and its eight rooms featuring handsome colonial furniture, guests can retreat from the buzz of the city streets to the quiet of the hotel. Night owls can enjoy the evening entertainment at the Rooftop Bar-Terrace of the nearby Hotel Casa Granda, compliments of the San Basilio Hotel.

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SANTY STARBIEN HAVANA’S SEAFOOD/SUSHI CONTEMPORARY CUBAN Authentic fisherman’s Calm quality place in old Vedado mansion. shack servicing world-class seafood. Calle 29 #205 e/ B y C, El Vedado BEST (+53) 7830 0711 Calle 240A #3023 esq. a 3ra C, Jaimanitas PLACES (+53) 5286 7039 NAUTILUS MEDITERRANEAN/SEAFOOD Delicious meals. Lovely veranda great for long lunches. TO EAT VISTAMAR INTERNATIONAL Calle 84 #1116 E/ 11 y 13, Playa Beautiful sea view from (+53) 5237 3894, (+53) 5400 1068 terrace overlooking pool. Closed on Tuesdays Great place for drinks by the pool at sunset.

Ave. 1ra #2206 e/ 22 y 24, CAFÉ LAURENT Miramar Beautiful penthouse restaurant with lovely terrace. (+53) 7203 8328 Noon to midnight Calle M #257 e/ 19 y 21, Vedado (+53) 7831 2090 NERO DI SEPPIA ITALIAN Walter’s place. Great pizza. Quick & reliably good.

Calle 6 #122 e/ 1ra y 3ra Miramar, Playa , Noon to midnight (+53) 5478 7871

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Going to Cuba but short on time? These are the best two-day-and–one–night excursions, for you to discover the Island´s history, culture and nature.

• Private Tour of Trinidad, Cienfuegos and Santa Clara, from Havana • Nature in the Valle de Viñales, from Havana • Topes de Collantes Overnight (Trinidad, Santa Clara and Cienfuegos), from Havana and Varadero

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TOP PICK

EL COCINERO Terrace

Style of food: International/Caribbean Cost: Moderate Type of place: Private restaurant (Paladar)

BEST FOR: Buzzing atmosphere on the rooftop of an old factory, great lounge music. DON’T MISS: Gin & tonic, mango daiquiri. It’s best to share the variety of dishes.

Calle 26 e/ 11 y 13, El Vedado (+53) 7832 2355

ECLECTICO

Style of food: Fusion, Italian Cost: Expensive Type of place: Private restaurant (Paladar)

BEST FOR: Quality decor, fine service and great food. DON’T MISS: Fresh pasta, the fish and the ice cream of innovative flavors!

Paseo #206, El Vedado (+53) 7831 3423, (+53) 5360 0384

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BVCC Buena Vista Curry Club LA GUARIDA Style of food: Indian Contemporary fusion Style of food: Cost: Moderate Expensive Cost: Type of place: Private restaurant (Paladar) Type of place: Private restaurant (Paladar) BEST FOR: Authentic and delicious Indian dishes in a lovely Best for: Authentic, charming and intimate ambience. Outstanding live Cuban bands every night take you back atmosphere in Cuba’s best known restaurant. Great in time in the heart of Old Havana. Cigar friendly. food, professional. Classy. DON’T MISS: Butter chicken, fresh naans from tandoori oven. Don’t Miss: Uma Thurman, Beyoncé or the Queen of Spain if they happen to be dining next to you. Tejadillo #24 esq. a Cuba, Habana Vieja TOP PICK (+53) 7862 7379 Concordia #418 e/ Gervasio y Escobar, Centro Habana (+53) 7866 9047

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CASTLE IN THE CLOUDS, A MEDIEVAL MANSION IN CUBA

A beautiful hotel with outstanding views of Soroa’s forests. A peaceful, romantic and luxury retreat — ideal for escaping stressful city life. Enjoy the heights of El Fuerte Hill, walk to the largest orchid garden in Cuba, and embrace Cuba’s lush nature. Exclusive access through Cuba Travel Network

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CAFÉ BOHEMIA

Style of food: Traditional Cost: Moderate Type of place: Private restaurant (Paladar)

Best for: Taking a break from long walks and seeking shelter from the CORTE DEL PRÍNCIPE stifling Cuban heat. Don’t miss: Location in the cool inner courtyard of the colonial building. Style of food: Italian Cost: Expensive Ground floor of the Palacio de la Casa del Conde de Lombillo Type of place: Private restaurant (Paladar) San Ignacio #364, Plaza Vieja, Habana Vieja (+53) 5403 1568, (+53) 7836 6567, (+53) 7860 3722 Best for: Cozy atmosphere, excellent service. www. havanabohemia.com Don’t miss: Spectacular homemade Italian pastas. TOP PICK Calle 9na esq. a 74, Playa (+53) 5255 9091

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BVCC Buena Vista Curry Club TOP PICK Tejadillo #24 esq. a Cuba, Habana ECLECTICO Vieja Paseo #206, El Vedado (+53) 7862 7379 (+53) 7831 3423, (+53) 5360 0384

LA GUARIDA Concordia #418 e/ Gervasio y Escobar, Centro Habana (+53) 7866 9047

EL COCINERO Calle 26 e/ 11 y 13, El Vedado (+53) 7832 2355

CAFÉ BOHEMIA Ground floor of the Palacio de la Casa del Conde de Lombillo CORTE DEL San Ignacio #364, Plaza Vieja, PRÍNCIPE Habana Vieja Calle 9na esq. a 74, Playa (+53) 5255 9091 lahabana. com magazine

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FAC CORNER EFE BAR FÁBRICA DE ARTE CUBANO CAFÉ Place of Cuban culture with industrial scale of hipness. This Currently hot bar with literally is an art factory–multiple art galleries and endless live music and DJs. Great live music every day, performance venues. Always packed with funky crowds. very popular among locals. There are several bars and a newly opened restaurant. Check Good tapas. Calle 23 y F, El Vedado website for FAC’s opening and closing schedules. (+53) 584 3229 Calle B y 1ra, El Vedado (+53) 7837 1220 Calle 26 e/ 11 y 13, El Vedado (next to the Puente de Hierro) (+53) 5-329-6325 www.fac.cu

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SANGRI-LA

Basement bar/club that FANTAXY SARAO’S BAR BOLABANA gets packed by locals BAR especially on weekends. Modern white bar in Popular bar with music Vedado with live concerts. where everyone ends up Best for: Hanging out with Hot new bar/lounge dancing. frequented mostly by the cool kids of the Havana Calle 17 esq. a E, El Vedado Calle 39 e/ 48 y 50, Playa fashionable Cubans. Farándula in the most (+53) 7832 0433 popular bar/club. Calle 7ma A e/ 70 y 66, Don’t Miss: The best gin and Miramar tonic in Havana. Opens at 10pm

Ave. 21 e/ 36 y 42, Miramar (+53) 5359 6517

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FAMILY OR BUSINESS TRAVELERS, NO DISTINCTIONS IN MELIA CITY HOTELS

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SLOPPY JOE’S ANTIGUO EL FLORIDITA

BAR ALMACÉN DE Hemingway’s daiquiri bar. Touristy but always LA MADERA Y full of life. Great cocktails. Beautifully renovated. Full of history. Popular. Lacks a EL TABACO Obispo #557 esq. a Monserrate, Habana Vieja little ‘grime’. (+53) 7-867-1299 Microbrewery overlooking Animas esq. a Zulueta, Habana the restored docks. Simply Vieja brilliant. (+53) 7-866-7157 Avenida del Puerto y San Ignacio, La Habana Vieja

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BELLA LA GUARIDA VISTAMAR H. NACIONAL HABANA ROOFTOP POOL TERRACE

POOL BAR BAR Tranquility by the sea at this The garden terrace 1950s villa with a beautiful overlooking the Malecón in The best place for a sunset Great cocktail bar pool. this historic hotel is the best drink overlooking Old overlooking Centro Habana place for the late afternoon Havana is this brand new Ave. 1ra #2206 e/ 22 y 24 rooftops. mojito. and chic 5* hotel roof. Miramar Concordia #418 e/ Gervasio y (+53) 7203 8328 Gran Hotel Manzana Kempinski Calle 21 y O, El Vedado Escobar, Centro Habana La Habana (+53) 7836 3564 (+53) 7866 9047 San Rafael e/ Monserrate y Zulueta, Habana Vieja (+53) 7869 9100

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CONCERT VENUES

KARL MARX THEATRE BASÍLICA SAN FRANCISCO FÁBRICA DE ARTE SALA COVARRUBIAS

DE ASÍS Teatro Nacional World class musicians perform Great concerts inside (small and A truly beautiful church, which prestigious concerts in Cuba’s best funky) and outside (large and One of Cuba’s most prestigious regularly hosts fabulous classical equipped venue. popular!). venues for a multitude of events. music concerts. Calle 1ra esq. a 10, Miramar Paseo y 39, Plaza de la Revolución. (+53) 7-203-0801 Oficios y Amargura, Plaza de San Francisco Calle 26 e/ 11 y 13, Vedado (next to the de Asís, Habana Vieja Puente de Hierro) SALSA/TIMBA

CAFÉ CANTANTE MI HABANA CASA DE LA MÚSICA CASA DE LA MÚSICA SALÓN ROSADO DE LA TROPICAL Centro Habana Miramar Attracts the best Cuban musicians. The legendary beer garden where Recently renovated with an A little rough around the edges but Smaller than its newer twin in Arsenio tore it up. Look for a salsa/ excellent new sound system. spacious. This is ground zero for the Centro Habana. An institution in the timba gig on a Sat night and a Sun best in Cuban salsa. Havana salsa scene. matinee. Ave. Paseo esq. a 39, Plaza de la Revolución Galiano e/ Neptuno y Concordia, C. Habana Calle 20 esq. a 35, Miramar Ave. 41 esq. a 46, Playa (+53) 7-878-4273 (+53) 7-860-8296/4165 (+53) 7-204-0447 (+53) 7-203-5322

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CAFÉ TATRO BERTOLT BRECHT DON CANGREJO EL SAUCE TEATRO DE BELLAS ARTES Think MTV Unplugged when Love it/hate it—this is the oldest Great outdoor concert venue to hear Small intimate venue inside Cuba’s musicians play. Hip, funky and Friday night party place and is still the best in contemporary & Nueva most prestigious arts museum. unique with an artsy Cuban crowd. going strong. Outdoor by the sea. Trova live in concert. Modern. Calle 13 e/ I y J, Vedado Ave. 1ra e/ 16 y 18, Miramar Ave. 9na #12015 e/ 120 y 130, Playa Trocadero e/ Zulueta y Monserrate, (+53) 7-830-1354 (+53) 7-204-3837 (+53) 7-204-6428 Habana Vieja. TROVA & TRADITIONAL

BARBARAM PEPITO´S BAR GATO TUERTO TRADICIONALES DE LOS 50 SALÓN 1930 COMPAY SEGUNDO Some of the best Cuban Nueva Late night place to hear fabulous The 1950s traditionals, a project Buena Vista Social Club style set in Trova musicians perform in this bolero singers. Can get smoky. created over 10 years ago, pays the grand Hotel Nacional. small and intimate environment. tribute to the Golden Era of Cuban Hotel Nacional Calle O entre 17 y 19, Vedado music: the 1950s. Calle O esq. a 21, Vedado Calle 26 esq. a Ave. del Zoológico. Nuevo (+53) 7-833-2224 (+53) 7-835-3896 Vedado Sociedad Rosalia de Castro, Egido #504 e/ (+53) 7-881-1808 Monte y Dragones, Havana Vieja (+53) 7-861-7761

JAZZ CAFÉ JAZZ A staple of Havana’s jazz scene, the best jazz players perform here. CAFÉ MIRAMAR Somewhat cold atmosphere-wise. Clean, modern and atmospheric. Where Galerías de Paseo Cuba’s best musicians jam and improvise. Ave. 1ra e/ Paseo y A, Vedado Cine Teatro Miramar 10:30pm – 2am LA ZORRA Y EL CUERVO Ave. 5ta esq. a 94, Miramar Intimate and atmospheric, which you enter through a red telephone box, is Cuba’s most famous. Calle 23 e/ N y O, Vedado (+53) 7-833-2402

AUG 2017 63 lahabana. com magazine SIMPLY THE BEST… BOUTIQUE HOTELS IN OLD HAVANA IBEROSTAR FLORIDA PARQUE CENTRAL Beautifully restored colonial house. Luxury hotel overlooking Parque Obispo #252, esq. a Cuba, Habana Vieja Central (+53) 7-862-4127 Neptuno e/ Prado y Zulueta, Habana Vieja (+53) 7-860-6627

SANTA ISABEL PALACIO DEL MARQUÉS DE SAN FELIPE Luxurious historic mansion facing Y SANTIAGO DE BEJUCAL Plaza de Armas Cuban baroque meets modern minimalist Narciso López, Habana Vieja Oficios #152 esq. a Amargura, Habana Vieja (+53) 7-860-8201

SARATOGA HOSTAL VALENCIA Stunning view from roof-top pool. Immensely charming, great value. Beautiful décor. Oficios #53 esq. a Obrapía, Habana Vieja (+53) 7-867-1037 Paseo del Prado #603 esq. a Dragones, Habana Vieja (+53) 7-860-8201 CONDE DE VILLANUEVA Delightfully small and intimate. For cigar TERRAL lovers. HAVANA’S Wonderful ocean front location. Newly renovated. Mercaderes #202, Lamparilla (+53) 7-862-9293 Malecón esq. a Lealtad, Centro Habana BEST (+53) 7-862-8061 HOTELS AUG 2017 64 lahabana. com magazine THE COLLECTION BY PULLMAN UNIQUE & EXCLUSIVE, ONLY IN CAYO COCO

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BUSINESS HOTELS MELIÁ COHÍBA MELIÁ HABANA OCCIDENTAL MIRAMAR H10 HABANA PANORAMA Oasis of polished marble and Attractive design & extensive Good value, large spacious modern Cascades of glass. Good wi-fi. professional calm. facilities. rooms. Modern. Ave Paseo e/ 1ra y 3ra, Vedado Ave. 3ra y 70, Miramar Ave. 5ta. e/ 70 y 72, Miramar Ave. 3ra. y 70, Miramar (+53) 7- 833-3636 (+53) 5-204-8500 (+53) 7-204-3583 (+53) 7 204-0100

FOR A SENSE OF HISTORY AMBOS MUNDOS MERCURE SEVILLA HOTEL NACIONAL RIVIERA A must for Hemingway aficionados Stunning views from the roof Eclectic art-deco architecture. Spectacular views over wave-lashed Calle Obispo #153 esq. a Mercaderes, garden restaurant. Gorgeous gardens. Malecón Habana Vieja Trocadero #55 entre Prado y Zulueta, Calle O esq. a 21, Vedado Paseo y Malecón, Vedado (+53) 7- 860-9529 Habana Vieja . (+53) 7-860-8560 (+53) 7-835 3896 (+53) 7-836-4051

ECONOMICAL/BUDGET HOTELS BOSQUE DEAUVILLE SAINT JOHN’S VEDADO On the banks of the Río Lack of pretension, great location. Lively disco, tiny quirky pool. Good budget option with a bit of a Almendares. Galiano e/ Sán Lázaro y Malecón, Centro Popular. buzz Calle 28-A e/ 49-A y 49-B, Reparto Kohly, Habana . (+53) 7-866-8812 Calle O e/ 23 y 25, Vedado Calle O e/ 23 y 25, Vedado Playa. (+53) 7-204-9232 (+53) 7-833-3740 (+53) 7-836-4072

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Visually stunning, historically Beautiful colonial townhouse with great location. Cluttered bohemian feel. Hospitable. fascinating. Welcoming. Calle Habana #209, e/ Empedrado, y Tejadillo, Habana Consulado #162 e/ Colón y Trocadero, Centro Campanario #63 e/ San Lázaro y Laguna, Centro Vieja. Habana Habana (+53) 7-861-0253 ( +53) 7-861-8027 (+53) 7-863-6203

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LA RESERVA VEDADO SUEÑO CUBANO 5 luxurious rooms in a renovated colonial PASEO 206 Old palace carefully restored, seven rooms, mansion . The tropical garden in the courtyard, Incredible boutique hotel and restaurant. suites with bathrooms and featuring 24 ideal to eat, drink and relax. Luxury and comfort combined. hour service. Calle 2 entre 21 y 23 numero 508. Vedado, La Paseo, 206 – Vedado. Calle Santa Clara número 66 entre Oficios e Habana (+53) 7 8313423, (+53) 5 3600384 Inquisidor. Habana Vieja [email protected] 53 78660109 / 39 339 1817730 (53) 7 8335244 http://lareservavedado.com/

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BOHEMIA BOUTIQUE APARTMENTS TROPICANA PENTHOUSE SUITE HAVANA Gorgeous 1-bedroom apartment beautifully A luxurious penthouse with huge roof terrace and Elegant 2-bedroom apartment in restored decorated apartment overlooking Plaza breath-taking 360 degree views of Havana and colonial building. Quality loft style décor. Vieja. the ocean. Lamparilla #62 altos e/ Mercaderes y San Ignacio, San Ignacio #364 e/ Muralla y Teniente Rey, Galiano #60 Penthouse Apt.10 e/ San Lázaro y Trocadero Habana Vieja Plaza Vieja (+53) 5-254-5240 (+53) 5-829-6524 (+53) 5- 403-1 568 (+53) 7-836-6567 www.tropicanapenthouse.com www.havanabohemia.com

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