Centro Cultural Cubano de Nueva York

Come and enjoy a memorable evening of Cuban jazz with the Juan Ruiz Quartet, featuring Takafumi Nikaido (Cuban percussion), Noam Tanzer (upright bass), Lolivone de la Rosa (electric guitar), and Juan Ruiz (clarinet and sax). A fusion of African and European musical traditions, Cuban jazz is immediately recognized by its rhythmic syncopation and joie de vivre. […]

  Dance to your heart’s delight with the Grammy-winning YeraSon trio! Led by Cuban violinist, singer and multi-instrumentalist Yrving Yeras, the group’s unique sound creates an unprecedented harmony of inspiration and tradition which immerses the listeners in the great Cuban classics and beyond. YeraSon’s contagious rhythm, at once elegant and energetic, attracts dancing and listening […]

Our 2022 film festival celebrates the multifaceted role of Cuban women in cinema—whether as director, producer, screenwriter, historical character or protagonist—and provides a wide-ranging selection of works, from Lucía, the emblematic 1968 classic by Humberto Solás, to the latest avant-garde shorts independently produced in Havana this year. The program offers a total of 26 entries, […]

The CCCNY opens its Spring Calendar with Los judíos de Zamora, Jesús Jambrina‘s overview of the Jewish presence in the city of Zamora, Spain from the 10th century to 1492, including the conversos and judaizers persecuted by the Inquisition until the 18th century.  The presentation will also touch on the myths and legends about the […]

The New York City launch of Uva de Aragón‘s memoirs of her life in Cuba until she was fifteen years old, when she went into exile. The author gives vivid profiles of her closest relatives, teachers, schools, and friends, as well as of her early readings and trips. With an agile prose and a fresh […]

The simultaneous NYC launch of the Spanish and English editions of Karla Suárez‘s Havana Year Zero (Habana Año Cero). The novel takes place in the year 1993. Cuba is at the height of the Special Period, a widespread economic crisis following the collapse of the Soviet bloc. For Julia, a mathematics lecturer who hates teaching, […]

Writer and literary critic Jorge Luis Arcos provides an overview of the origins of the seminal Cuban literary journal Orígenes (1944-1956), which Octavio Paz regarded as the “most important in our language.” The name of the journal also alludes to the group of extraordinary Cuban poets (José Lezama Lima, Gastón Baquero, Virgilio Piñera, Ángel Gaztelu, […]

The New York City launch of Los maricones van al cielo, Armando López Salamó‘s first novel. Witty and irreverent, the plot follows the adventures of a child in search of his identity, facing prejudice and intolerance along the way. The panel presentation, filmed in Miami’s iconic Books & Books bookstore, will include the author, film […]

The CCCNY commemorates the 127th anniversary of the death of José Martí with an illustrated lecture* by Martí scholar Ryan Spangler on the spirituality of Cuba’s towering figure. When José Martí died on the battlefield of Dos Ríos that fateful day in May of 1895, he left a legacy that has inspired and infiltrated almost […]