The Culture House Raymundo Valenzuela in San Antonio de los Baños attends the artistic and creative interests of fans in different manifestations. The art of writing and reading pleasure are combined in literary workshop members. Incidentally talked with Ángel Machin Rodríguez, literary advisor in the ariguanabense institution.

What is the composition of literary workshop?

The Culture House attends the literary concerns of all population sectors, through art instructors and librarians in different teachings, working individually the interests of the children, receive notions about literary gender, expressive resources, language and language use, in the case of young people and adults come to the institution and present their work for review, also on Sunday from 12 to 4 pm meet at the Culture House.

Do young people and adults what genres prefer?

In the territory literary preference is for poetry and its specificities, and the story in prose, drama, essays and testimonies work.

Theatre in San Antonio is a tradition and has followers. How it manifests itself at the moment?

Of course, local culture has a rich heritage of authors, actors and actresses who enriched with theater the spiritual life of the community. At present Raúl Bonachea works contemporary theater with great European descent, his works stand out for the novelty and the fusion of body language and the language of dance. Meanwhile Daniel, author of children's poetry and story leads to the theater, the results of 2014 reveal it. Raul got in adult theater the provincial and national award in the literary workshops and children's theater event Daniel Arango also managed both laurels.

The Culture House is conceived as community cultural center to keep promotion. How the literary workshops are inserted?

Within the monthly program the members participate in workshops on student activities and workplaces, they performed poetry, reading of national and universal culture authors is encouraged, literary anniversaries, clubs are held and also inserted events like the Cucalambeana Day, ariguanabense culture week and International Humor Biennial, the Book Fair and at conference for the Theater Day.