The New York City book launching of Memorias del abuelo by Nicasio Silverio Saínz (1894-1977), and its English version, Grandfather’s Memories, both published under the loving editorial supervision of his grandson, Christopher Kean, and his daughter, Ana María Silverio, who will be on hand to share invaluable family remembrances, as well as comment on […]
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GRANDFATHER’S MEMORIES
Friday, September 25, 2015 @ 6 pm
CUBAN CINEMA CYCLE: ‘8-A’ REVISITED
Monday, September 28, 2015 @ 7 pm
We open our Cuban cinema cycle this season with a rare screening of Orlando Jiménez Leal‘s riveting docudrama, 8-A, which brilliantly recreates through actual historical footage the 1989 arrest, trial, and execution of Arnaldo Ochoa Sánchez, Cuba’s highest-ranking general. Purportedly taken in for drug trafficking, it is widely known that Ochoa was arrested for suggesting at a […]
Cuba y su Música
Sunday, October 4, 2015 ~ 9 am to 8 pm
Join us at our 14th annual congress as we celebrate the origins and evolution of Cuban popular music, its role in shaping Cuban national identity, and its influence and legacy worldwide. This year’s gala event will be dedicated In Memoriam to none other than our beloved Celia Cruz, la Guarachera de Cuba (pictured above with […]
UNSEEN CUBA
Saturday, October 17, 2015 @ 6 pm
The New York City launching of Marius Jovaiša‘s unique book, a breathtaking view of Cuba’s timeless landscapes and cityscapes, never before photographed from the air. Shot from an ultralight craft, with stunning aerial views of the island from Cabo de San Antonio on the western tip to Baracoa in the east, Unseen Cuba is the culmination […]