Centro Cultural Cubano de Nueva York

A unique concert highlighting the music of internationally recognized Cuban composer Keyla Orozco, in celebration of Women’s History Month. Orozco’s works, imbued with a deep sense of empathy, embrace the complexity of being an immigrant, transcending geographic, political, and artistic boundaries, and exploring cultural crosscurrents to express our common humanity. Featuring complementary works by Ernesto Lecuona […]

A convergence between the literary and the visual, artist Aurora De Armendi and scholar Adriana Méndez Rodenas have produced a limited-edition artist’s book honoring Ana Mendieta’s Rupestrian Sculptures, a series of low-relief sculptures created in 1981 at the Escaleras de Jaruco, a national park outside Havana. The low-relief sculptures, directly carved on the limestone walls of a cave, were meant […]

A special screening of one of the boldest films to come out of Cuba in recent years, Marilyn Solaya‘s feature film debut His Wedding Dress (Vestido de Novia). Based on true events, the film recreates the theme of transexuality and gender violence. The story is set in 1994, the worst year of Cuba’s so-called special period, […]

The CCCNY opens its Fall Season with a unique presentation by the unparalleled Cubanologist Emilio Cueto, who will trace and share the history of the Island as explored in one of his latest works, Cien barcos en la historia de Cuba, noting that pivotal events in the history of the country have been marked by […]