Hay veces en que somos tan pequeños , tan pequeños, que quisiéramos habitar una casa diminuta, volver a la cuna y agitar la maruga, nos calienten la leche y nos arropen de las corrientes de aire, del frío de los huesos, y toda la familia esté a nuestro servicio. Hay veces que anhelamos vivir […]

I visited Japan three months ago and came back full of mixed emotions. Good emotions. I had the chance to visit Tokyo for a week and Kyoto for only a couple of days but enough to be convinced that I want to return during a spring or summer to travel by train and get lost […]

At the south coast of Cuba and about 211 km from Havana there is  wonderful place called Caleta Buena (Good Cove). Passing Playa Larga and  Playa Giron Caleta Buena was almost a wild and unknown spot when I was 8 years old. For two or three summers in a row I went with my parents […]

Grandson of the renowned Cuban poet Raul Ferrer, PLF is a self – taught master of the guitar, composer and also a poet. Since 1969 he has performed professionally and experimented with traditional Cuban music like changui and guaracha but also has composed pieces por piano. He is an authentic Cuban musician and artist, conserving and renewing […]

Este poema de Carilda, para empezar el fin de semana, dice mucho del estilo poético de la autora, lleno de alegría, de erotismo, de mucho amor a la vida y amor al amor… Muchacho loco: cuando me miras Con disimulo, de arriba a abajo, Siento que arrancas tiras y tiras De mi refajo. Muchacho cuerdo: […]

La Habana comenzó el siglo XX con el nacimiento del malecón. En 1901 empieza su construcción de Este a Oeste, como mismo se desarrollaría la ciudad, se iría extendiendo un malecón que mucha historia guardaría. La nueva ciudad crecía horizontal y verticalmente y así mismo el malecón seguiría hasta terminar a los 8 km, en […]

  I still remember the days, the end of the 80’s and the song “Dancing lambada” that everyone used to play at home parties, it was constantly on the radio and at school activities. All the girls started wearing tiny skirts and dancing lambada everywhere. Even the primary school boys were happy to dance all […]

There are a few fruits that I truly miss in Toronto: mamey, guava and guanabana. You can find almost everything in this city if you know where to go. I know you can find guavas, tamarinds and great mangos and bananas but for some strange or nostalgic reason they do not taste the same. Maybe […]

I remember when I was in primary school in Havana that March,8th was the day when girls would receive a flower or a postcard and the teacher would explain to the students what a huge role women play in our society as daughters, workers, wives and mothers. At my parents’ workplace they would serve cake […]

“Where is Kelvis playing tonight?” This is a very common phrase I use when I visit Cuba after a long time. Kelvis Ochoa is the perfect example of a Cuban guitarist, composer and singer with no academic training. He grew up in Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth) listening to his grandfather playing the […]

Dulce Maria Loynaz (1902 – 1997) es la escritora que busco y encuentro cuando mi alma quiere soñar con casas mágicas y jardines llenos de rosas. La ternura de sus versos y el puro contacto con la naturaleza y los sentimientos humanos hacen que su obra sea de mis preferidas. Desde temprana edad siempre tuve […]

Jane Bunnett is a Toronto renowned saxophonist, flutist and composer who has been working, along with trumpeter Larry Cramer, with Cuban musicians since the early 80’s. The CD “Spirits of Havana” recorded in 1993, features gifted artists like Merceditas Valdes (voice) and piano masters like Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Frank Emilio Flynn. I believe this CD […]