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PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH CUBAISM TRAVEL AGENCY Michael Dweck’s ‘Havana Libre’ The Fideliad 12 OCT 2011 by Michael Dweck, photos Michael Dweck by Ann Louise Bardach The Splendor of Cuba : 450 Years of Architecture and Interiors cuba ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY® ® The Malecon, after midnight. Hundreds of lovers on the wall, as if the night wasn’t steamy enough. Below them the sea, breathing slowly. Beyond them the nightlife of Havana. Not Old Havana, not those postcards. The real city, two million strong, most of which are awake... THE tribute concert Aug. 12 for Fidel Castro’s 85th birthday, at the Karl Marx Theater in Havana, was billed as the Serenata de la Fidelidad (the Serenade to Fidelity). In terms of flat- footed plays on the name of Cuba’s maximum leader, I prefer “The Fideliad” — which speaks to his epic, exhausting and endless run, which began in 1959... by Michael Connors, photos Brent Winebrenner ART & CULTURE Photography read complete article FEATURES People read complete article ART & CULTURE Photography An unprecedented tour of stunning and architecturally significant Cuban palacios, mansions, and private homes that have been meticulously preserved, previously unphotographed, and inaccessible to visitors. At a time when more travelers are rediscovering Cuba, this lavishly illustrated volume offers a different view of the island’s cultural achievements. read complete article www.cubaabsolutely.com
PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH CUBAISM TRAVEL AGENCY NEW ARTICLES Buena Vista Golf Club Havana Obini Bata - Pioneering All-Women Afro-Cuban Group Cuba’s ‘New Normal’ 13 OCT 2011 Text by Ann Marie Gardner by Stephanie Scherpf text by Conner Gorry cuba ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY® ® ECONOMIC Foreign Direct Investment in Cuba Twenty-five miles outside Havana along the coastal highway, the sleepy fishing village of Guanabo sits beside perfect sandy beaches, warm water and ideal bodysurfing waves. Cows graze on the nearby hillside, and anyone foolish enough to be out in the heat sits under the shade of a tree. An old rickety locomotive hoots as it chugs along the bottom of the field, and boyish British architect and Coral Capital COO Stephen Purvis points excitedly to the tracks. “The golf course will end near those tracks”, he says and then looks towards the sea. … read complete article MUSIC & DANCE Music features While in Cuba this past July, I had the pleasure of seeing the all-female group, Obini Bata, perform at Havana’s Yoruba Cultural Association. Obini means “woman” in the Yoruba language of Nigeria, and Bata is the name given to the hourglass-shaped drums that accompany Yoruba dance and song. The culture of Bata drumming originates with Africans who were brought to Cuba as slaves. However, women have historically have been banned from playing the Bata. At some point, it was decided to sanctify the Bata drums for the purposes of playing them inAfro-Cuban religious ceremonies... read complete article FEATURES Cuba blogs Things are pretty tense around here. And it doesn’t help that Hurricane Irene is heading towards Port-au-Prince as I write this. When it’s threatening this close, we swing into action (see note 1). 2011 is a particularly harrowing hurricane season because we’ve escaped major damage for 2 years running (toca madera/knock on wood). Like an unfaithful spouse who spends too many Saturdays ‘at the office’ or ‘runs errands’ at odd hours, you just know the luck is going to run out one of these days. But I digress... read complete article www.cubaabsolutely.com
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