Centro Cultural Cubano de Nueva York

The world premiere of Saida Santana Mahmut’s play La Indiana, a name that alludes to the cultural legacy emanating from the frequent trips made by so many across the Atlantic, from the Canary Islands to Cuba and back. Starring Ms. Santana herself, the plot revolves around Antonia, the playwright’s great-grandmother, a woman from Canarias who […]

The CCCNY caps the year with a recital not to be missed! Celebrate the Holiday Season with a memorable repertoire of arias featuring the most legendary Spanish and Cuban zarzuelas. The zarzuela is a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre dating back to the 17th century. It alternates between spoken and sung scenes, the latter incorporating operatic and […]

Fernando Trueba‘s beautiful film rendition of the legendary concert that brought two very distinctive performers together on the same stage. On June 22, 2003, in Valldemossa’s Costa Nord cultural center in Mallorca, Bebo Valdés and Diego el Cigala joined forces to create a fusion of flamenco and Cuban music through an exquisite selection of well-known […]

A bilingual seminar on the best exponents of this genre during the last two decades, discussed by leading scholars in the field: Isabel Alvarez-Borland (Cuban-American Literature of Exile: From Person to Persona), Andrea O’Reilly Herrera (ReMembering Cuba: Legacy of a Diaspora), and Eliana Rivero (Let’s Hear Their Voices: Cuban American Writers of the Second Generation, […]

An interdisciplinary panel (journalism, literature, art, and cinema) on the cultural boom spawned by the 1980 Mariel exodus forty years ago, which included many artists and writers of renown. Given its commemorative nature, the works and creative output of the most prominent representatives of the different genres will be highlighted. The panel will include: Mirta […]

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 […]