Signs of the times in Cuba, Missouri…

Some Cuba, Missouri businesses embrace public art signage as a means of advertising even though they do not have one of Viva Cuba’s official murals on their business. I must admit that when Dan Sanazaro, owner of the World’s Largest Rocking Chair and the Fanning 66 Outpost General Store, told me that local artist John [...]

Just keep running…The Race to the Rocker is on!

Usually Viva Cuba encourages people to slow down, get a brochure, and look at the murals. But on March 27, 2010, we suggest that you join the 2nd annual Race to the Rocker and just keep running–or walking at a brisk clip. It is a 4-mile straight shot race along Rt. 66 from Britton’s Funeral [...]

Just because it looked pretty…

The Fanning Outpost General Store on Rt. 66 has a lot of positive things going for it. * It has the Guinness Route 66 designation for the World’s Largest Rocking Chair. You don’t see a 42 foot rocker every day. * The staff at the convenience store, 4-plex archery center, and taxidermy center is friendly, *The [...]

We painted them…and they came…

                              It is not unusual to see visitors to town carrying cameras and mural brochures as they walk the streets of Cuba along the Route 66 corridor looking at the murals. A Viva Cuba member pauses in her flower planting to give [...]