I turned twenty-two years old on May 22nd. Even in Cuba they call that a golden birthday. To celebrate the momentous event, our group decided to attend a U.S. Interests Section cocktail party at the Chief of Mission’s home in la Habana. To clarify, the United States does not have an embassy in Cuba. The […]
KCHO
KCHO (Alexis Leiva Machado) is a contemporary Cuban artist whose work has been exhibited across the globe including in the United States (most notably in the MoMa). In the Havana neighborhood of Playa KCHO has constructed a huge studio where he invites other Cuban artists to collaborate with him in his workshop, exhibits Cuban works […]
Pasitos
Lawrence and I went for a hike today. We found a bizarre building on the jetty that claimed to be a “Business Center” and decided to investigate. We walked in past the official desk and leather couches in the lobby to find a stairwell off to the right with a sleeping guard at its base. […]
Hemos visto una lluvia comó esta antes
Stormy weather. The power goes out as the streets begin to fill and then flow like mountain rivers through this concrete jungle. Sparks sputter from chandeliers and appliances as the grid surges. Blades of lightening streak down towards Soviet-era architecture slicing the grey sky into pieces. Explosive thunder erupts over the roof like good friends’ […]
GUAU!
This week the Lewis & Clark Alternative Spring Break (ASB) group arrived in Havana. They were here for ten days, and in that limited time they got to grapple with numerous Cuban realities and were able to see this space as the intellectual playground that it is. It was simultaneously bizarre and refreshing to have […]