Centro Cultural Cubano de Nueva York

This year the Cuban Cultural Center of New York joins Carnegie Hall’s Nuestros sonidos (Our Sounds) festival, celebrating the heritage and influence of Latin culture in the US, including vital contributions from the Caribbean. Through a diverse musical palette that includes classical, pop, salsa, and reggaeton, New York City audiences can dive into the melodies and […]

In conmemoration of el Grito de Bayre, the 1995 uprising which unleashed Cuba’s last war against Spain, the CCCNY honors the life and legacy of Juan Gualberto Gómez, one of the most outstanding figures in the Island’s struggle for independence and its first decades as a new republic. This illustrated lecture by Clara Caballero Caraballo, […]

The New York City launch of Fuacatapam, Iván Acosta‘s latest book, a masterful blend of storytelling, magical realism, and biting political satire. The story follows La India Agripina and her companion Don Liborio—symbolizing the Cuban spirit—on a surreal journey through post-revolutionary Cuba. They encounter iconic historical figures like José Martí, Antonio Maceo, and Félix Varela, […]

A presentation by Martí scholar Emilio J. Sánchez on José Martí‘s war diaries, published posthumously as Diario de campaña. Martí’s first entries were written on April 9, 1895, two days before disembarking in Cuba to take part in what would be the Island’s last War of Independence. The last entry is dated May 17, two […]

Our annual tribute to José Martí on his birthday. Founding father of Cuba and leader of its last war of independence, José Martí (1853-1895) is also a towering figure in Cuban and Latin American literature. In his short life, he excelled as a poet, essayist, journalist, and revolutionary. Throughout the 1880’s and early 1890’s Martí worked […]

A unique evening, in partnership with Pinceladas de Artes con Alejandra Cossio del Pino, an online program which provides a platform to promote and support high caliber multicultural Hispanic artistic and intellectual talents to disseminate our cultural heritage and generate a greater understanding of our roots. This presentation will feature an interview with Federico Justiniani, […]

Given the resonance of Three Kings Day in Cuban culture, we respond to popular demand and open our 2025 Winter Season with Catherine Hardwicke’s The Nativity Story (2006), first streamed in the midst of the pandemic four years ago. Praised for its original score by award-winning composer Mychael Danna, The Nativity Story is a relatively […]