Centro Cultural Cubano de Nueva York

The CCCNY is proud to open its fall season with a concert in tribute to Cuba’s greatest composer, Ernesto Lecuona, described by musicologist Luis Manuel Molina as “a piano virtuoso with an inexhaustible melodic vein…whose choice of musical material, his colors and capricious forms reflect Mother Nature’s gifts of the fragrance and ornamental character of the flowers […]

A fusion of mambo steps with street styles, salsa dancing emerged in the nightclubs of New York City in the 1960s where at first it wasn’t formally taught but absorbed. Salsa has since grown from a local movement played out in the city’s streets and clubs into a global phenomenon that has irrevocably shaped the […]

The New York City launching of Armando Correa‘s Spanish edition of The German Girl, hailed by writer Adriana Trigiani as “an unforgettable and resplendent novel which will take its place among the great historical fiction written about World War II…and will change the way you look at the world.” Before everything changed, young Hannah Rosenthal […]

The Spanish actress, writer, and director Saida Santana debuts her 30-minute multimedia dramatic piece, dentro, an engrossing blend of live performance and audiovisual components, the latter in collaboration with Vicente Sanz de León. The artist interprets different characters based on poems and a short story by the Spanish poet Leopoldo María Panero, as well as […]

Leonardo Padura, recipient of the 2017 La Avellaneda Medal, the highest recognition in letters conferred by the Cuban Cultural Center of New York, is one of the most representative novelists of contemporary Cuban literature. Writer, journalist, critic and screenwriter, Padura is also regarded as one of the great authors of the police novel and certainly […]

The New York City launching of Armando Rodríguez’s astounding story of his days as a computer whiz professor in Cuba. The absence of a “Dr.” preceding an author’s name might look strange. However, Armando has even become proud of his degree-less name, for he lost his doctorate and tenure at Havana University in 1981 for […]

A unique opportunity to visit a historic 19th century house on Governor’s Island and experience the lives and times of the people who touched and impacted José Martí during his many years of exile in New York City. Flanked by views of the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge, landmarks that would feature prominently […]

The Cuban Cultural Center of New York celebrates its 16th annual consecutive congress —this year dedicated to the history of black Cubans and their influence and legacy worldwide. The all-day event will feature a sweeping historical overview of the black presence in Cuba from colonial times to the present, featuring archival photographs and film footage throughout […]

Cuál gritan esos malditos! Pero ¡mal rayo me parta si, en concluyendo la carta , no pagan caros sus gritos.                      Don Juan Tenorio It is fitting for the CCCNY to have chosen All Souls Day (Día de los fieles difuntos) for a unique interview by veteran […]

                                                        Palabras íntimas (intimate words) defines the biographical space in the literature of the Cuban diaspora in the United States. Cuba’s long standing tradition of autobiographical writing flourished […]

The founding of the First Normal School at the Escuelas Pías de Guanabacoa in 1857 was hailed by the Cuban philosopher and eminent educator José de la Luz y Caballero as “a Normal School whose presence fulfilled a longtime need to advance the cause of education on our soil.” This unique lecture on the contribution of […]