Cultural Center sights in Caribbean Islands
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La Casa de la Ciudad
The pulse of the city's progressive cultural life is inside this building northwest of Parque Vidal. If you want to see another side to Santa Clara aside from the obligatory Che memorabilia, get chatting to the young artists here. The historic center hosts art expositions (including an original Wilfredo Lam sketch), Noches del Danzón and a film museum, as well as impromptu music events. The real buzz of this place, however, is mingling with the local culture-vultures and finding out what makes this most unprepossessing of Cuban cities tick.
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Casa de Estrada Palma
Welcome to the house where Cuba's first post-independence president, Tomás Estrada Palma, was born in 1835. A one-time friend of José Martí, Estrada Palma was disgraced after the Revolution for his perceived complicity with the US over the Platt Amendment. His birth house is now the seat of Uneac (Unión Nacional de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba; National Union of Cuban Writers and Artists), but you'll find little about the famous former occupant inside.
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Centro Cultural Pablo de la Torriente Brau
Tucked away behind Plaza Vieja, the 'Brau' is a leading cultural institution that was formed under the auspices of the Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (Uneac; Union of Cuban Writers and Artists) in 1996. The center hosts expositions, poetry readings and live acoustic music. Its Salón de Arte Digital is renowned for its groundbreaking digital art.
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Casa del Caribe
Founded in 1982 to study Caribbean life, this cultural institution organizes the Festival del Caribe and the Fiesta del Fuego every July, and also hosts various concert nights. Interested parties can organize percussion courses here or studies in Afro-Cuban culture. A block south is the affiliated Casa de las Religiones Populares, with a large, if haphazard, collection of all things Santería.
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Casa de las Tradiciones
Downhill from the Padre Pico steps, on General Jesús Rabí, is this legendary music house known as 'La Casona' to locals. There's some colorful art and a gritty bar but, to get a real taste, come back after dark. One block west, via José de Diego, the street opens out onto another superb Tivolí view over Bahía de Santiago de Cuba.
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