Cuba es y debe ser libre Elliott Young On my last night in Havana, I walked along the Malecón after a gluttonous meal at La Guarida, a rich paladar, and the set for the film Fresa y Chocolate, nestled in the poverty of Centro Habana. The Detrás del Muro project dots the seaside boardwalk with […]

The Space of the Revolution By Elliott Young On Friday March 13th, a group of thirty artists, journalists, students and activists crowded into the Cuban performance artist Tania Bruguera’s house in Old Havana to hear her side of the story. Bruguera has been artist non grata ever since she attempted to do a free speech […]

Waiting for Snow in Havana 17 Feb. 2015 On a recent morning in Vedado, a relatively well-to-do neighborhood in Havana, a group of thirty people stood in a disorderly crowd waiting for the telephone office to open. People had come as early as 7 am to be at the front of the line when the […]

I’m in Mexico City on the night before my flight to Havana, Cuba.  My bag is packed with strange items that can’t be had very easily in Cuba; tea, energy bars, cough drops, aspirin, shampoo, and lots of pirated DVDs from Mexico City’s streets.  I have spent the last couple of days trying to set […]