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Cuba

Home invasion blunders, a singer battling cancer and a Latin American film festival

Also a football player’s ALS fight and a chilly but amusing Scandinavian revenge plot

Growing up on Sing Street; floundering on Mother’s Day and a sneak peak at one oddball DOXA film

But there’s more: a drag queen singing, a conflicted detective, a Maori chess teacher, a hot comedy duo and a video game’s move to the big screen

My picks for the first few days at the Vancouver International Film Festival

Gold is a German western set in B.C. and one of my picks

A trip from Vancouver, BC to Santiago de Cuba: Son, Salsa, and Santeria

Still smarting from last year’s trip to Epcot, I was looking for real culture and that’s what brought me to Santiago de Cuba—the second largest city in Cuba.

Top ten coolest things to do in Vancouver this weekend

It is your weekly partytime plan - here is what the Bees have picked for you

Fabulous events to kick off December in Vancouver, BC

Food, film, fashion - and more fabulous events this week-end picked for you by the Bees!

Filmmaker Saul Landau on a mission: Unveiling the real terrorist

Documentary fimmaker Saul Landau in a candid interview a propos of his new film "Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up" on U.S. Policy and Cuba-US relations.

Old House brings classic play to a contemporary Cuba

Cuban director Lester Hamlet adapts a classic in Cuban theatre "Old House" to modern times, keeping the message, but prescinding of metaphors.

Che's daughter, Dr. Aleida Guevara, speaks at International Che Guevara Conference at Russian Hall

Dr. Aleida Guevara speaking to an audience at the 3rd Annual Che Guevara Conference said respect and solidarity were the two most important qualities in her life. “It is not about giving what you...