Culture

An emotional encounter became the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Escambray Theater Group, an outstanding collective of culture in Villa Clara and in the country.

Maria del Carmen Garcia, actress and adviser of the CMHW Dramatic Group, received the Caracol Award from the UNEAC, with the novel "Love of Moon and Sand".

The photographic exhibition "Illuminated Cuba", which is part of the homonymous art project that collects the faces of the most important figures of the art and culture in Cuba, arrived at the Camilo Cienfuegos Cinema of Santa Clara, where it will remain for a month.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, inaugurated the International Ballet Festival of Havana, with words that evoked the admiration and respect that Fidel and Alicia professed, while highlighted her enormous foundational role and her convening power to gather in the Cuban capital the top figures of ballet in the world.

Excited, Master Urbay thanked the party, the government, the UNEAC and other institutions, while promised to continue working despite his nine decades in favor of the cultural and musical movement of Caibarien and the province.

During the meeting, a warm farewell was given to Zaida de la Cruz Mederos, who left the presidency of the association in the province while the new board of directors was announced.

"El obrero de la música" is the title of the documentary still in production about the life and musical career of the illustrious master from Caibarien, Marcos Urbay Serafin.

The Representation of Villa Clara won the Cuban Point Music Classic Cup; a contest whose purpose is to keep the peasant music alive in our country.

The Ciudad del Che Poetry Prize, organized by the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba in Villa Clara, was awarded in the Santa Clara to the writer Otilio Carvajal.

At dawn of this Wednesday, Ramon Silverio, director of El Mejunje Cultural Center, received homage from the highest authorities of the Party and the Government of Villa Clara, on the occasion of the celebration of his 70th anniversary.

This old theater, National Monument since 1982, is resisting with dignity the onslaught of time and continues in the preference of the public for its beautiful architecture, memories and privileged location in one of the busiest corners of the city, in front of the Leoncio Vidal Park.

With a concert at the headquarters of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba in Santa Clara, the project of La Trovuntivitis from El Mejunje Cultural Center and the host institution will pay tribute to Alberto Tosca, recently deceased in Havana.