Centro Cultural Cubano de Nueva York

On the eve of Día de los Enamorados the CCCNY celebrates Valentine’s Day with an illustrated presentation by literary scholar Ana María Hernández, inspired by Mario Coyula‘s period novel, Catalina. The book is a song of love by the author to the beautiful and elegant Catalina de Lasa (1875-1930), a woman who came to personify […]

The World Premiere of Ricardo Bacallao‘s film documenting a unique tribute concert celebrating the music of Cuban jazz legend Bebo Valdés. Held on November 9, 2019 in Union City, New Jersey, the concert featured a big band of high-level musicians from the United States, Cuba, and Canada, all brought together by drummer and percussionist Emilio […]

To commemorate the 169th anniversary of the death of Father Félix Varela y Morales (1788-1853), Varela scholar Dagoberto Valdés will cover his Cartas a Elpidio contra la Impiedad, la Superstición y el Fanatismo en sus Relaciones con la Sociedad, of which Volumes I and II were published in New York in 1835 and 1838. This […]

The CCCNY opens its celebration of Women’s History Month with an incursion into the poetry of Cuban poet Isel Rivero through her recently published book Polaris, a retrospective collection of her work spanning 60 years. Curated by Benito del Pliego, the volume brings to light the thematic and stylistic diversity of the author, reflecting Rivero’s […]

The CCCNY resumes its celebration of Women’s History Month with an eye-opening presentation on Puerto Rican educator, journalist, and philosopher Eugenio María de Hostos and his daring proclamation for women’s equality in his groundbreaking series of lectures to the members of the Academy of Fine Letters in Santiago de Chile in 1873. Hostos scholar Orlando […]

The CCCNY caps its celebration of Women’s History Month with an illustrated historical journey led by historian Teresa Fernández Soneira, who will explore the contributions of Cuban women from early colonial times to the end of the War of Independence in 1898. Through detailed accounts, enhanced by archival photographs, she will bring to light the […]