Cuba

Columbia 'Motion' exhibit is worth the stop

2013-05-16 08:45:00

There is so much constant movement in our world that it takes an artist to translate some of that motion into a lasting image. In the aptly titled exhibit "Motion" at the Artists' Gallery in Columbia, painters Rana Geralis and Nancy Lee Davis encourage...

Great Baltimore cocktails, A REAL Daiquiri at Clementine

2013-04-02 10:11:00

It's not quite warm outside but with the return of spring and summer offerings to our favorite local bar menus, you can certainly try to will (or numb) your body into feeling like it is. So it snowed last week? Inside, I was sipping on a daiquiri,...

U.S. could play in Gold Cup here

2013-03-13 22:37:00

Men's soccer U.S. could play in Gold Cup here M&T Bank Stadium will host CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals July 21 at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., and one of them could include the United States. The U.S. team will play Belize, Costa Rica and Cuba in the...

U.S. must rethink its Cuba policies

2013-03-07 09:00:00

I enjoyed Michael Barnes' commentary ("Time for a new Cuba policy," March 4) in The Sun. I have just recently returned from a "people-to-people" trip to Cuba and found it to be a wonderful opportunity to better understand what is going on in Cuba today....

Sports on TV

2013-03-03 00:00:00

SUNDAY'S TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS ++++++++++++++++++++ || NASCAR || Sprint Cup: Subway Fresh Fit 500 || 45, 52:30 || || MLB || Toronto@Philadelphia (ss) || MLB1 || || WBC || 1st rd., Pool A: China vs. Cuba || MLB2:30 a.m. || || W. bask. || Florida State@...

Eagle Archive: Remembering the Maine, and a local Spanish American War casualty

2013-02-26 06:22:00

In our great-grandparents' generation, the anniversary of the sinking of the USS Maine, under mysterious circumstances, in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, on Feb. 15, 1898, was a significant and life-changing event. According to research by historian Jay...

Alabama Shakes, Alicia Keys and Christoph Waltz

2013-02-18 06:59:00

The weekend's NBA all star game gave halftime show junkies a fix after their Super Bowl withdrawl, Danica Patrick ran a fast qualifying lap, and Christoph Waltz shows everyone the lighter side of Hitler. Welcome to the post-weekend edition of your daily...

Like Dislike with Miss Joule of Tilted Torch

2013-02-13 06:07:00

What's a Valentine's Day without burlesque fire dancing? Not a holiday we want to be a part of. Thankfully, D.C.-based Tilted Torch's Tassels and Champagne show fills the sexy/dangerous quotient of a day mostly about ooey-gooey love. The show at the...

HCC faculty work to serve school's foreign student body

2013-02-07 19:36:00

Some foreign-born students at Howard Community College enter professor Mary Beth Furst's business class, sit attentively through instruction and say next to nothing. Furst said that when they are called upon, "You would think they were going to die,...

Cuba says U.S. lying about jailed Marylander's health

2012-12-05 12:34:53

HAVANA — Cuba accused the United States of lying about the health and conditions of confinement of a jailed American government subcontractor, and pushed back Wednesday against an apparent U.N. ruling that his 15-year sentence is arbitrary and a...

Gross' health 'deteriorating;' wife pleads with Cuba, U.S. for release

2012-11-30 17:39:04

As Alan Gross neared his third anniversary behind bars in Cuba, his wife gave new details of his deteriorating health and issued an impassioned plea to officials in Washington and Havana to negotiate his release immediately. Judy Gross, who visited her...

Castro daughter: Trade Gross for Cuban Five

2012-06-04 20:17:00

A daughter of Cuban president Ra�l Castro says the United States should release five imprisoned Cuban intelligence officers in exchange for the Maryland aid worker held for more than two years in Havana. "I think that the six must be released —...

Beyonce appeared on "Good Morning America" on Monday to set the record straight about her trip to Cuba and open up about expanding her family. Bey, who is in the middle of the European leg of her world tour, the Mrs.

2013-05-10 17:45:00

Rene Gonzalez, one of the "Cuban Five" group convicted of espionage in the United States, speaks with journalists outside the U.S. Interest Section in Havana.

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Although the Mojito, favored beverage of "Miami Vice's" detective Sonny Crocket, only became popular among cocktail drinkers in recent decades, it can be traced as a staple of Cuban culture as far back at the late 1500s.

2013-05-03 16:01:43