With the exhibition Motivos in Angerona art gallery, dedicated to the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz, January month started in Artemisa, a reason for 15 painters from Artemisa to leave impressed their admiration for this great personality of 20th century history.
It was the prelude to several activities that, on the occasion of the sixth anniversary of the founding of the province, would be developed in the 11 municipalities of Artemisa province.
Melao Son music group would then release their first album, Por una Vereda, the blind painter Daviel Galán would stand out in his initial exhibition and Buena Fe duo would delight the public in the provincial capital, as he did in other later occasions.
The Music House , with a very stable program, would welcome one of the most important voices in Latin America: the Puerto Rican vocalist Danny Rivera, especially loved by the Cuban audience.
The Book Fair in the fortress of La Cabaña would take their titles to 14 titles from the Unicornio publishing house, among them Desnuda frente al espejo , by Olga Montes, La malnacidos cuentos, by Frank David Frías, and Poemas al pie de las cenizas , by Miguel Terry Valdespino.
Angel Boligán from San Antonio , one of the best cartoonists in the world, would add a new prize to his hundreds of prizes, painter Gerlys Álvarez and poet Evasio Pérez would star in an exhibition where painting and literature would become one, and Rachel Pazos and Neidel Vázquez would exhibit a winning smile at the national event Cantándole al Sol.
The prestigious event Orígenes , in Bauta, would be dedicated to poet and narrator Eliseo Diego, while Pedro Bernabé Lorenzo and Araí Otaño would take applauses in Carlos Jesús Cabrera provincial literature contest, in the genres of short stories and poetry, respectively.
In April we suffered the sensitive loss of Jesús Montesino, from Alquizar , anticipating others that would come this year, as the theater director Carlos Baluja, the important essayist and translator Desiderio Navarro and the prestigious musician Carlos Vicente, director of Conjunto Artemiseño, also closed the parenthesis of their fruitful lives.
April would be prodigal for Artemiseño readers and writers, since the Book Fair in Artemisa would summon the best authors from more than one province and would put at the disposition of the respectable a diverse number of important titles.
Having the presence in this Fair of the novelist Daniel Chavarría, the poetess Lina de Feria, the chronicler Ciro Bianchi, the Hero of the Republic René González and several texts about Armando Hart, was, without a doubt, a privilege.
In the Museum of Humor in San Antonio de los Baños the works of the cartoonists awarded in the XX International Biennial, headed by the winner, the Cuban Alfredo Martirena, would be hung on its walls.
On May the First Hip Hop Festival was celebrated and the news that musicians from Guira Pancho Amat and William Borrego had been awarded in the last edition of Cubadisco International Festival.
Groups considered sources of traditions such as Kinfuiti and Magino Arará would continue giving identity to the province from each of their performances, while Yawar, led by Rolando Méndez, would take to Spain our most authentic music.
The work of theatrical groups such as Mascaras de Luna and Los Cuenteros, which need more promotion, in the case of the former, and a better venue, in the case of the latter, as well as greater consolidation and organization of Teatrales de Invierno event.
With an absolutely novel touch, the beautiful Rumbansoc project would continue in development, Melao Son group would act for six months in Europe, and in August would arrive with a host of tributes to the author of La Historia me absolverá , including the exhibition Sencillamente Fidel.
Other groups such as Yagrumas, Cubaneo and Angerona would continue their presentations in different places , showing different expressions of Cuban popular music.
La Colmenita children theater company , by Juan Carlos Cremata, would arrive to Las Cañas, in Artemisa, while Salette Delgado from Bauta and Rubí de los Milagros González from Artemisa, would be winners of the Popularity Prize and absolute winner, respectively, in the popular program La Colmena TV.
It is mandatory to mention doctor Caridad Massón from Caimito and her lecture series on the origin, development and challenges of Cuban nationality.
The Juntarte contest , for radio, film and television directors, reported as winners to Jaimé Massó, Maydel Rodríguez and Yaima Córdova.
The Uneac in the territory maintained the consistency of the Peña Campesina and that of the promoter Raúl Hernández Montanarro, organized the tribute to tenor Rodolfo Chacón, director of Dulce chimera lyric singing project, and celebrated the 30th anniversary of the foundation of the Uneac in the extinct province of Havana.
Culture had great achievements during the last 365 days, and that thanks to the artists . It will continue to decorate our lives in future moments, leaving us with a taste of full life that Artemisa settlers know very well.
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