LifeLine Foundation presents Sporting equipment to “Project SAVE ME”
Saturday January 16, 2010 –LifeLine Foundation will be presenting sporting equipment to Morris Staine Vasquez Academy, which runs PROJECT SAVE ME, at ceremonies to be held at 10:00am at the Teach Me Childhood Center- (Marian Chebat’s Preschool) 1574, Spain Ave., Coral Grove Area, Belize City. Presently there are more than 75 students from different schools […]
International Book Fair
11 February-7 March (11-20 Feb, Havana; 21 Feb-7 Mar, other cities) Where: Havana’s San Carlos de la Cabaña Fortress and provincial capitals International Book Fair What began as a modest book fair founded by the famous Cuban writer, scientist and philosopher, Alejo Carpentier, eventually became the most important literary event on the island. Every year, […]
Muestra Nacional de Nuevos Realizadores
23-28 February / Havana Muestra Nacional de Nuevos Realizadores An event for the promotion of new video/filmmakers which serves to get into contact with daring and inquisitive works usually produced outside official production. The event includes the screening of films by young filmmakers, as well as international contemporary cinema, theoretical meetings, discussions and seminars, as […]
Coloquio internacional Mujeres y Ambiente en las Culturas Latinoamericana y Caribeña
22-26 February /Casa de las Américas, Havana Coloquio internacional Mujeres y Ambiente en las Culturas Latinoamericana y Caribeña The International Colloquium on Women and Environment in Latin American and Caribbean Cultures will deal with a highly topical subject: gender and ecosystem; eco-feminisms, eco-criticism, in terms of both the production and the representation of women in […]
Esteban Salas Early Music Festival
5-7 February / Where: Old Havana Esteban Salas Early Music Festival This is an annual festival of the music of Cuban composer Esteban Salas, which has been celebrated since 2003—the 200th anniversary of his death. Every year the event, which is dedicated to early music, gathers outstanding performers of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music who […]
Premio Casa de las Américas
18-28 January / where:Casa de las Américas Premio Casa de las Américas Initiated in Havana in 1960 to draw attention to the most significant literary production in Latin America—and at a later date, the Caribbean, too—in the genres of poetry, novel, short story, essay, theatre and testimony, as well as works in other languages spoken […]
World Creole Music Festival (WCMF)
But arguably, the World Creole Music Festival (WCMF) is the social extravaganza of the year. It is a weekend of global Creole music held annually at the end of October. As many as five popular bands from different countries perform each night, from the early evening until the twilight of dawn. The WCMF blends with […]
Dive Fest
The Dominica Watersports Association holds its annual Dive Fest at the end of June through to the beginning of July. The event provides whale watching deals, special dive packages snorkeling picnics, canoe racing, and marine educational tours.