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SANDRO GUERRA’S FRACTAL MODEL OF LIFE

November 21, 2014 @ 6:30 pm

  Sandro Guerra’s The Fractal Model of Life is an ambitious and unconventional book that looks to the relationship between life and fractals from a completely different perspective. It describes morphology as a mirror effect that takes place between two fundamental parts of the body that seem to follow similar instructions in opposite directions. To illustrate this idea a […]

LA VIRGEN DE LA CARIDAD EN EL ALMA DEL PUEBLO CUBANO

Thursday, December 4, 2014 @ 6:30 pm

The New York City book launching of La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre en el alma del pueblo cubano, the result of thorough, in-depth and decades-long research by Cuban historian Emilio Cueto, who brings to light the pervasive presence of Our Lady of Charity across the centuries and in the work of hundreds of […]

A CHRISTMAS DINNER & DANCE PARTY @ VICTOR’S CAFE

Sunday, December 14, 2014 ~ 1 pm to 4 pm

By popular demand, the CCCNY caps its 2014 fall program and rings in the holiday season with another ALL-OUT DANCE PARTY starring Sonidos de Cuba, the hottest Cuban combo on either side of the Hudson! Includes a delicious menu prepared by the chef at the chic Victor’s Café, the indisputable emblem of Cuban cuisine in New York City. […]

CUBAN CINEMA CYCLE: ENTROPÍA

Friday, April 11, 2014 @ 6:30 pm

An exclusive New York City screening of Eliécer Jiménez Almeida‘s critically acclaimed documentary, Entropía, awarded Grand Prize for Best Documentary at the XI Audiovisual Festival “Por Primera Vez” in Holguín, Cuba in 2013. Composed from a myriad of film and news sources, the film is, at first glance, a conceptually dissonant collage of images and voices, yet these gradually converge into a coherent artistic commentary. […]

CUBAN RAP: SIN CENSURA

Thursday, April 17, 2014 @ 6:30 pm

                    The New York City debut of Julito León, of the duo El Primario y Julito, one of the youngest and most dynamic exponents of Cuba’s underground hip hop movement, whose performances have been systematically censored by the government for their incisive lyrics, full of social and […]

CUBA EN CLAVE: Dance Journeys of the Son and the Rumba

Tuesday, April 22, 2014 @ 7 pm

Since their birth in mid-nineteenth century Cuba to the present, the son and the rumba have been at the center of polemical debates, kindled by ideology and aesthetics. These dances have traveled the world and captivated artists of all nationalities, inspired by their sensuality, distinctiveness and elegance. In this unique presentation, Cuban dancer and scholar […]

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