Cuba50 Festival of Cuban Culture brochure
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Cuba 50 is supported by the
Cuban Ministry of Culture, Cuban Embassy, ComoNo, Music Fund for Cuba, Cuba Solidarity Campaign, Unison, Unite, Thompsons Solicitors, Cuban Tourist Board and business, community and cultural organisations based in the UK and Cuba.
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Cuba50 - Celebrating Cuban Culture in 2012

Be inspired and celebrate the diversity and inventiveness of Cuban culture at events around the UK. There is something for everyone - from music to visual arts, dance, poetry, discussion, sports, film and performance.

More than 40,000 people attended the Cuba50 festival showcase events in June 2009 at London's Barbican Centre, and other venues in east London. more >>

Cuba50 Competition: Win a pair of free tickets to see the mighty LOS VAN VAN in concert at the Electric Brixton in London on Thursday 1st March, enter before 22 February more>>

COMING UP: Beyond the Frame - Contemporary Cuban Art, 23-28 April 2012: Gallery 27, London, 07-13 May 2012: The Lighthouse, Glasgow more>>

See What's On - Diary for more events around the UK coming up.

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WHAT'S NEW (click here for all news)

Congress On Sex Education Closes In Cuba
The president of the organizing committee of the 6th Congress on Sex Education, Counselling and Therapy, Mariela Castro Espin, was very pleased with the progress ... full article >>>

Havana International Book Fair To Open Next Week
Havana's 21st International Book Fair will be held from February 9th - 19th then travel through Cuba until 4th March. "Reading is growing" is the ... full article >>>

Casa De Las Americas Award Winner Calls For Anti-Racist Policies
Cuban essayist Zuleica Romay, who recently won the special 2012 Casa de las Americas Literature Award on black presence in the contemporary Americas and the ... full article >>>

Win Tickets To See Los Van Van In London On 1st March!
Thanks to ComoNo, Cuba50 have a pair of tickets to give away to see the amazing Los Van Van in concert at The Electric ... full article >>>

Groundbreaking Exhibition Of Cuban Art To Come To London And Glasgow
Gallery 27 Cork Street, London - 23 to 28 April, 2012
The Lighthouse, Glasgow - 7 to 13 May, 2012 Beyond the Frame: Contemporary Cuban ... full article >>>

Cuban National Theatre Award Goes To Francisco García
Cuban actor Francisco García, better known as Pancho, was presented with the 2012 National Theatre Award at the Hubert de Blanck Theater yesterday, while the ... full article >>>

Oldest Piece Of Indigenous Christian Art To Return To Cuba Prior To The Pope's Visit In March
Cuba has borrowed from the Vatican's Missionary Ethnological Museum the oldest piece of indigenous Christian art of the New World to be exhibited for a ... full article >>>

Cuban Classical Choir To Visit UK In June
Camerata de Música Áurea is a choir from Santiago de Cuba. They sing classical pieces, from Monteverdi to the 'Flight of the Bumblebee' in multi-part ... full article >>>