Our Fall 2014 events calendar opens with a celebration of the great Cuban writer Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda on the 200th anniversary of her birth. The audience will be privy to a unique lecture and visual presentation entitled “Picturing Cuba: Romantic Ecology in Gómez de […]
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GERTRUDIS GÓMEZ DE AVELLANEDA: A 200th Anniversary Celebration
Tuesday, September 9, 2014 @ 7 pm
VIRGILIO PIÑERA’S “AIRE FRÍO”
Sunday Matinee, September 14, 2014 @ 2 pm
“I’m going to marry the first man I find in the street!” yells Luz Marina, the protagonist of Virgilio Piñera‘s masterpiece, Aire Frío. A strong-willed fighter bent on survival in a harsh world of male chauvinism, necessity and political turmoil, she will toil […]
El Choteo Cubano: Humor and National Identity
Sunday, October 5, 2014 from 9 am to 7 pm
The Cuban Cultural Center of New York is proud to present the first conference ever held on the history and development of the Cuban choteo—from its origins to the present. The event will include key guest speakers and entertainers, as well as historical footage related to the diverse facets of Cuban humor, both on […]
IDENTIDAD Y DIÁSPORA: EL TEATRO DE PEDRO MONGE RAFULS
Friday, October 17, 2014 @ 6:30 pm
The Manhattan launching of a critical anthology on the work of Cuban playwright Pedro Monge Rafuls. Edited by the noted literary critics Elena M. Martínez and Francisco Soto, the anthology compiles essays, critical reviews, testimonials, an exclusive interview with the playwright, as well as an extensive and invaluable bibliography on Monge’s work. The volume broaches […]
JUANA ZAYAS IN CONCERT
Saturday, October 18, 2014 @ 2 pm
Juana Zayas, one of the world’s most admirable concert pianists, returns to Carnegie Hall with works by Schumann, Schubert, Chopin and Debussy. Throughout her distinguished career, Ms. Zayas has performed for appreciative audiences and to glowing reviews the world over, eliciting superlative praise from the most demanding classical music critics: Zayas is an extraordinary pianist. […]
CUBAN CINEMA CYCLE: UNEARTHING NICOLASITO
Friday, November 7, 2014 @ 6:30 pm
An exclusive presentation dedicated to exploring the work of the experimental Cuban filmmaker Nicolás Guillén Landrián (1938-2003), fondly addressed as Nicolasito,* whose work was heavily censored and prevented from being part of the island’s film industry. In 1964, Guillén was given a special award at the Krakow Film Festival for his film En un barrio […]