CUBAN TRANSITIONS

The National Cuban ballet, located in central Havana, is host to some of the most skilled classical dancers in Cuba and also the world. It was founded by the famous ballet dancer Alicia Alfonso and her husband in 1948 with the hopes of  spreading classical training in dance to young aspiring artists. The company has […]

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What is public space? How does it differ from a tourist attraction? Is there a difference between spaces that happens to be public and spaces made to be public? Town squares and parks stretch across the United States as places for people – both locals and visitors – to congregate, socialize, and relax. But these […]

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The Morinda citrifolia, commonly known as the noni in Cuba and Hawaii, the dog dumpling in Barbados, and the fromagier in France (a letter away from ‘fromager’, which is ‘cheese-maker’), is a very special kind of fruit. Cubans call it the miracle fruit, and it has a long history of uses as a traditional medicine. […]

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One of the foods I was most eager to try in Cuba was their empanadas. I so far have never met an empanada I haven’t liked. To be fair, I haven’t had that many. Most of my empanada experiences have been from Twisted Soul (which are of the Argentine variety), and from my Cuban aunt […]

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