July 17, 2009

A NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: ART AND TECHNOLOGY GO HAND-IN-HAND

Posted July 17th, 2009 by admin

With one of the world’s finest collections of the 12th to 19th century European art, including Spanish, Italian and Dutch masters, Madrid’s Museo del Prado is a veritable treasure trove for an art lover.

One of its pieces de resistances (translation: a prized piece) is Diego Velazquez’s Las Meninas (Maids of Honor), painted in 1656 in [...]

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July 6, 2009

LOVE OF HEMINGWAY BRINGS CUBA AND THE U.S. CLOSER TOGETHER

Posted July 6th, 2009 by admin

In the political arena, the two nations have been bitter enemies since the 1960s, but a great writer’s enduring legacy has been uniting Cubans and Americans together in a peaceful and friendly endeavor.
Even 48 years after his death (in July 1961), Ernest Hemingway is doing more to improve the relations between the two countries than [...]

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