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PW Picks: The Best New Books for the Week of May 20, 2013
... of research in this light-hearted yet informative portrait of the public house and the centuries of history. King of Cuba by Cristina Garcia (Scribner) - In her new novel, Garcia explores the hatred Goyo Herrera, an expatriate geriatric Cuban, ... Comment?
First Coast Cuba: Our connections and should we go?
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The country of Cuba is only 90 miles from the Florida Keys but in many ways we are worlds apart. Comment?
Draco Rosa: A Pop Survivor Returns From The Brink, With Friends
Menudo, the hugely popular Puerto Rican boy band, cycled through dozens of lineups in its decades together - but it's best remembered for the 1980s era that featured two stars in the making. Comment?
Queens New Music Festival: Duo Sonidos
Praised by Julian Haylock of BBC Music Magazine for their "stunning performances, and beguiling tonal warmth," top prize-winning chamber ensemble Duo Sonidos, featuring New York-based violinist William Knuth and classical guitarist Adam Levin, is gaining considerable acclaim among audiences and critics in Europe and the USA for their distinctive, ... (more) Comment?
Fania All-Stars, the Sound of Latin New York in the Seventies, Will Reunite in L.A.
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Fans of Latin funk and lush Afro-Cuban grooves remember the Seventies with glee, when the New York salsa explosion made Latin music appear as edgy and unpredictable as rock & roll. Comment?
Exhibition Review: Los Carpinteros' Playful Impertinence
... ways as it comments on past and present society and politics. It frequently reflects the artists' youth in Castro's Cuba, growing up with a government that used music, speech, and design to promise a utopian future that never arrived. In Sean ... Comment?
Chapman feeling comfortable in return to Miami
... fellow Cuban Adeiny Hechavarria. Chapman has known the Marlins shortstop since the two were young baseball players in Cuba. "We know each other since we were kids in Cuba," Chapman said. "It's great to see him, especially since we have known each ... Comment?
following its 3-0 win over Inter Milan
Wholesale NFL Jerseys . Rigondeaux improved to 12-0, receiving winning scores of 114-113, 115-112 and 116-111 in the unification bout. Comment?
Social Genocide in Cuba
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Cuba's Communist government is carrying out a process of "social genocide" against the island's people, prominent dissident Guillermo FariA as said Monday in Miami. Comment?
... girly-boy, camping it up and twirling a parasol. Trailing slightly behind them came a third, gender-neutral. They are Cuba's new gay-liberation vanguard. I'd been looking for gay Havana, and this was as much as I'd found - these three 20-something ... Comment?
Is An Economic Crisis Good For Your Health?
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... positive effect a societal change in diet can have on citizens' health. The subjects of the study were the people of Cuba, who unknowingly took part in a large-scale study on the effect of lifestyle change during their country's extended economic ... Comment?
Cigar Auction: Cubans Going on Block at Christie's
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... containing 124 cigars, signed in 2001 by Castro. The humidor was originally auctioned at the 2001 Habanos Festival in Cuba, and it was sold to Mary Balli of Greece who paid $90,000 for the lot, according to a Cigar Insider story about the 2001 ... 1 comment
Acclaimed Performers in Bronxville Today
... College, Belmont and Venditti have toured extensively throughout the US and internationally, captivating audiences from Cuba to New Orleans. Belmont last appeared at the Library in 2012 performing his Latin Fusion . Hosted by the Friends of the ... Comment?
T Magazine: On View | A Cuban Art Collective's Revelations in Reverse
Since the early 1990s, the Cuban art collective Los Carpinteros has been creating elegant sculptures, drawings and installations that engage the public with a mix of wry humor and political resonance. Comment?
Cuba Report: The Year of the Cuban Cigar
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... of the Soviet Union in 1992 and the subsequent end of billions of dollars in annual subsidies severely impacted Cuba's tobacco industry just as the global cigar boom began. An attempt to meet soaring demand by increasing production with fewer ... Comment?
NY Post upset with Beyonce for Cuba trip
Singer Beyonce defended her trip to Cuba last month from critics who questioned the vacation. Comment?
How Goya Became One Of America's Fastest-Growing Food Companies
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VP Peter Unanue, CEO Bob Unanue, and VP Joe Perez have moved Goya's marketing mainstream. Comment?
Acclaimed Performers Come to Bronxville
... College, Belmont and Venditti have toured extensively throughout the US and internationally, captivating audiences from Cuba to New Orleans. Belmont last appeared at the Library in 2012 performing his Latin Fusion . Hosted by the Friends of the ... Comment?
... space into a full-fledged nightclub. The flowing white drapery and Caribbean theme reminded me of the old Asia de Cuba before it closed down in New York. In other words, very professionally done. "This is nicer than some of the Miami nightclubs I've ... Comment?
Seib & Wessel: What We're Reading Tuesday
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Israeli soldiers march during a military exercise in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights, near the border with Syria May 7. Israel's recent air strikes inside Syria, and Syria's vow to retaliate, have Israelis heading out to pick up new gas masks in case the Syrian retaliation takes the form of chemical weapons. Comment?