Centro Cultural Cubano de Nueva York

The New York City launching of Personalidades en la historia de la medicina cubana: 1760-1959, Federico Justiniani’s groundbreaking work on the history of Cuban medicine from colonial times to 1959, told chronologically through biographical profiles of its most outstanding protagonists. The clear and concise narration gives the reader a panoramic view of the development of […]

An illustrated lecture on José Martí’s sojourn in Santander, Spain, after his second deportation by Spanish colonial authorities in September 1879, exploring its impact on Martí, as well as the city’s influence in his writing, in the context of the cultural, trade, and historical interrelations between Havana and Santander. With Martí scholar Jorge A. Capote […]

A special New York City screening of Retrato de Gastón Baquero, a moving documentary by  Manuel Rodríguez Ramos and Marié Pereira on the long exile in Madrid, Spain of Gastón Baquero, one of Cuba’s most outstanding poets and intellectuals. The collage of testimonials is interspersed by audio clips of Baquero’s voice reading some of his […]

A workshop* on four Cuban writers, today virtually forgotten, whose works reflect the unique experience of transitioning from Spanish colony to U.S. occupation to independence in a ten-year period. With archival photographs and film footage depicting the social and political context of the era. Led by Lourdes Gil, director of the CCCNY Literature Program. Prof. […]

A lifetime career tribute to Cuban economist Carmelo Mesa-Lago, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Economics and Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh, an internationally recognized scholar who is considered the dean of Cuban studies and the utmost authority on social security in Latin America, and whose contributions to the field are unequaled. Mesa-Lago is a […]

The Cuban Cultural Center of New York joins forces with Teatro Columna theater group to present a dramatic reading of legendary playwright Virgilio Piñera‘s seminal play, Electra Garrigó, based on Sophocles‘s tragedy, under the direction of the brilliant young director Leyma López. Originally planned as a full-stage production at The Clemente Cultural Center’s Teatro LaTea, this […]