[NYTr] Cultural Program Takes Arts to Cuban Penitentiaries Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 12:39:16 -0600 (CST) Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit Agencia Cubana de Noticias (ACN) http://ainch.ain.cu/mailman/listinfo/ingles Cultural Program Takes Arts to Cuban Penitentiaries Havana, Jan 3 (acn) As part of a cultural promotion project, inmates in several Cuban penitentiaries will enjoy varied cultural presentations from January 13 to 28, which include literature, music and visual arts. The project, begun at the initiative of singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez, will start with a concert at a penitentiary known as "Boniato," in eastern Santiago de Cuba province. Participation will include renowned troubadours Vicente Feliu and Amaury Perez, Havana historian Eusebio Leal, filmmaker Lester Hamlet and visual artist Ernesto RancaC1o. The cultural project will also be implemented in the provinces of Guantanamo, Granma, Holguin, Las Tunas, Camaguey, Ciego de Avila and Villa Clara, as well as penitentiaries in the Isle of Youth, south of Havana, next March. Cultural programs for penitentiaries in Cuba were first undertaken between 1990 and 1991 in different centers located in the western section of the island, but their expansion was delayed by limitations imposed by the economic slump Cuba in that decade. The project aims at contributing to the full social integration of inmates through cultural programs. * ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us Our main website: http://www.blythe.org List Archives: http://blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/ Subscribe: http://blythe-systems.com/mailman/listinfo/nytr =================================================================