Seeking understanding between the peoples of the United States and Cuba
Fundacion Amistad has partnered with the Cathedral of Havana to establish three pre-schools and daycare centers serving the children of disadvantaged families - largely the children of single mothers in Havana. In addition to supporting day-to-day operations, a key part of the program is providing training for the 40 teachers in innovative, new learning methodologies to help spur whole child development. The training is by a ...
Be among the first to visit magical, mythical Havana for MUSICABANA, an incredible 4-day festival featuring some of the biggest Cuban and International names in music!
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Please, join Fundacion Amistad in the presentation of Havana Modern: Twentieth Century Architecture and Interiors. A new book by Michael Connors in collaboration with Fundacion Amistad.
November 25, 2014
6.30 pm
Modesto A. Maidique Campus
Green Library 220
Center for Cuban Studies
Monthly Film Series
March 19, 2014
For more info and to RSVP: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/liberty-as-heresy-why-one-writes-a-novel-a-lecture-by-leonardo-padura-tickets-10105960199?aff=efbbt
FIU’s website: http://cri.fiu.edu/events/2014/liberty-as-heresy/
by Cuban Research Institute (FIU)
In this lecture, Michael E. Parmly will challenge audience members to consider for themselves what are the current U.S. interests in retaining the status quo in Guantánamo, against the background of evolving Cuban nationalism.
(Left to Right) Michael Parmly, former US chief of Mission in Cuba. Luly Duke, Jorge Duany, Director of Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University at Michael Parmly’s lecture December 3, Guantanamo and Cuban Nationalism.
Things That Cannot Be Seen Any Other Way: The Art of Manuel Mendive November 16, 2013 – January 26, 2014 Manuel Mendive Hoyo (Havana, Cuba 1944-) creates paintings, sculptures, and objects that capture the rhythm of the orishas, ancestral spirits of Africa that are the source of his imagery. For today’s world, Mendive continues to appropriate, transform and adapt the visual language of Africa as a ...
Fundación Amistad invites you to a lecture by Michael E. Parmly titled, “Guantánamo and Cuban Nationalism,” at the School of International and Public Affairs, Florida, on December 3rd at 3:30 p.m. We are happy to share that Michael E. Parmly was recently elected to the board of Fundación Amistad! ...
Fundación Amistad invites you, in collaboration with the Frost Museum of Miami, Florida, and Mendive Estudio, to a multi-faceted exhibition that explores the visual performance work of Manuel Mendive.
On August 2, 2013, LongHouse Reserve, the not-‐for-‐profit art museum, celebrated the opening of it’s anticipated 2013 exhibits: Cuban sculptor Yoan Capote’s RERUM ALTER NATURA and Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads. Yoan Capote’s RERUM ALTER NATURA or The Other Nature of Things, features two bronze sculptures and deals with immigration, exile, as well as the psychological plight of the wandering traveler. After the ...
Havana, Cuba - The Ernest Hemingway Museum at Finca Vigia, in coordination with the Hemingway Chair of the International Institute of Journalism and the Cuban National Cultural Heritage Council, announce the 14th International Ernest Hemingway Colloquium to be held June 20th to 23rd, 2013, in Havana, Cuba. The purpose of the event is to promote the exchange of information among similar specialists and institutions related with ...