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  • Check out the new Sheraton Havana

    Check out the new Sheraton Havana, located in the Miramar district (on Fifth Ave, between 76th and 80th). Reuters reports a fresh new sign posted on the wall — “Four Points by Sheraton”. This will make Sheraton is the first hotel in Cuba to operate under a US brand since the 1959 revolution (according to… Read more

  • House of Lies Track

    House of Lies Track

    https://soundcloud.com/productor-n-jefe/casa-de-chabaleta-edgaro-pnj-reworkf-charly-mucha-rima-ethian-brebaje-man?in=productor-n-jefe/sets/casa-de-chabaleta-edgaro-pnj-rework   Everyone is asking us about the song which The New Cuba collective made for Showtimes’ (House of Lies) new episode filmed in Cuba, a remix made by our main man, Edgaro Productor en Jefe. Click above to hear the full track on Soundcloud. It was a historic production because it was the first… Read more

  • US Commerical Flights to Cuba

    Hello America! Cuba is bracing for a mass influx of US Flights this Fall 2016, the first time U.S. is authorizing scheduled commercial services in more than five decades. The U.S. Department of Transportation has approved six airlines to schedule trips to 9 Cuban cities (not including Havana). The lucky airlines who won the rights… Read more

  • Hola Bloomingdales!

    Hola Bloomingdales!

    Cuba is attracting creative community in droves these past few months. I had the good fortune of working with Bloomingdales towards end of 2015 as they arrived in Cuba to shoot their Spring 2016 catalog. The company helming the catalogue shoot was Totem Creative, an advertising marketing agency serving the fashion and retail industries. Honorable… Read more

  • #ChasingWifi in Cuba

    #ChasingWifi in Cuba

    So you’ve arrived in Cuba, and you need to check your emails. If it’s your first time, and if you are staying at a major hotel, you can easily check your emails in the hotel lobby, with the purchase of internet login codes at the business center. These codes will allow you tap into Wifi… Read more

  • Klayman tells the Carmen Herrera story

    Klayman tells the Carmen Herrera story

    I had the pleasure of meeting Director Alison Klayman, who arrived at the Havana Film Festival to screen her documentary, The Hundred Years Show starring Carmen Herrera.  The truth is, I was secretly a fan of Alison from watching her first documentary, Ai Wei Wei: Never Sorry, a ballsy account of art activism at its… Read more