Centro Cultural Cubano de Nueva York

This year the Cuban Cultural Center of New York joins Carnegie Hall’s Nuestros sonidos (Our Sounds) festival, celebrating the heritage and influence of Latin culture in the US, including vital contributions from the Caribbean. Through a diverse musical palette that includes classical, pop, salsa, and reggaeton, New York City audiences can dive into the melodies and […]

Continuing an exploration of Cuban musical traditions that blossomed with its 2018 album Cuerdas Cubanas, Toomai String Quintet presents a program of original arrangements that reimagine music by some of the most celebrated Cuban composers of the past and present. This concert features works by Tania León, Leo Brouwer, Gisela Hernández, and Ernesto Lecuona, as well as […]

The neighborhoods around Union Square and 14th Street witnessed fervent cultural and political activity by Cuban exiles in the 19th century. José Martí played a major role. In this, our third annual walking tour, we will stop by relevant places in that area, and talk about Martí’s essays that have left a significant impact on the intellectual […]

A concert honoring renowned Cuban guitarist and composer Leo Brouwer, whose music will be played by some of the best contemporary classical musicians. With a catalog of more than 700 works that cover many genres and musical forms, Maestro Brouwer, now in his 80’s, will be awarded the Ignacio Cervantes Medal, the Cuban Cultural Center […]

An evening of art and film exploring key aspects of the artistic trajectory of Ana Mendieta (1948–1985). Internationally recognized, her visionary art touches on major 21st-century debates that center on the female body, the return to the earth, and the vagaries of migration and exile. Ecomythologies will be presented by Latin America scholar Adriana Méndez-Rodenas and Raquel Cecilia […]

The New York City book launch of Eduardo Aguirre’s From Immigrant to Ambassador: My American Journey, a fascinating memoir recalling his carefree, happy childhood in Cuba, the onset of the revolution and his parents’ painful decision to send him alone to the United States after his involvement in an anti-communist youth movement jeopardized his safety. […]

In commemoration of the 102nd anniversary of the First National Women’s Congress, held in Havana from April 1 to April 7, 1923, notable Cuban intellectual and feminist Ileana Fuentes will lead a live round-table discussion to address the historical mis-governance that has resulted from the exclusion of Cuban women from the political discourse and historical […]

The New York City launching of Rolando Pérez’s Mesetas de espejos, a book of images and reflections—both individual and collective—that, through narratives and fables, seeks to give us some sense of where we stand on Earth and where we might be headed. The mesetas or plateaus—which in other books might take the form of chapters […]

An exclusive screening of Pavel Giroud‘s astonishing 2022 documentary exploring aspects of Cuba’s past that reverberate in its present, such as the lack of freedom of expression and the struggles faced by  writers and artists. The film unearths the 1971 notorious case of Cuban poet Heberto Padilla, arrested by state security and accused of counterrevolutionary. […]

On the eve of Johann Sebastian Bach’s 340th birthday, piano virtuoso Orlando Alonso plays the composer’s complete Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, renowned not only for its historical significance, but also for its technical and interpretive challenges, making it one of the most revered and difficult works in the classical piano repertoire. A longtime resident of New York […]

An illustrated presentation by cultural researcher and historian Rosa Marquetti based on her book Celia in Cuba (1925-1960), focusing on the life and career of legendary singer Celia Cruz in Cuba before leaving the Island and going into exile. With vintage musical numbers from Celia’s concerts and films, this presentation celebrates Women’s History Month and […]