Centro Cultural Cubano de Nueva York

A one-man-show written and performed by Jay Alvarez. Told with humor and pathos through the sensitive lens of a child, the story relates a family’s perilous escape from Cuba. Alvarez’s “galvanizing solo piece” will be followed by performances of newly written compositions for the play by the multi-Grammy winner Paquito D’Rivera, with lyrics by Gaby Gold. […]

  A musical voyage to a bygone era, featuring compositions by prominent Romantic masters from Cuba, Spain, Italy, Austria, France, and Germany, including the legendary 19th century Cuban violinist and composer José White (1836-1918), pictured at left, whose career and legacy illustrates the era’s musical cross-currents between Europe and the island. Starring basque soprano Amaya Arberas, who […]

El filin, a Cuban musical style dating back to the second half of the 1940’s, has wowed fans the world over for its inimitable way of saying or singing a bolero, thouroughly imbued with the artist’s feeling. Deeply influenced by jazz, it has launched the careers of many great artists, including composer Frank Domínguez, whose signature […]

The tri-state launching of a unique historical work on the oldest colonial city in Cuba, completed by Manuel de J. Béquer, the city’s historian until 1960, only a few days before his death. Founded on December 23, 1514 by Diego Velázquez, Trinidad was named one of UNESCO’s World Heritage sites in 1988. With a testimonial […]

An exclusive event honoring Bacardi and its unique role in the the history of Cuba. With veteran NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten, who will discuss the history of Bacardi rum, founded in 1862 in Santiago de Cuba and based today in Bermuda. The occasion marks the New York City launching of Bacardí y la larga lucha por […]

The New York City launching of the most riveting thriller to grace Cuban literature in years. Linking Prague, Washington, South Yemen, Paris, Sitges, Madrid, Havana, Geneva, and Panama City, the novel takes the reader into the whirlwind days of the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe, when the threat of terrorist cells already loomed on […]

The New York City debut of the outstanding Alonso-Drummond Duo, who will present their own arrangements of well-known composers in a quasi-ballet suite format. By drawing on the long heritage of each instrument, the ensemble brings to life a rich and vibrant reading of the score while melding the best of piano and guitar literature in an […]

Gabe Rodriguez‘s surreal film about the journey of a Cuban-American man with a confused cultural identity. Larry Costa plays García, a hero who never speaks. At a party he develops an attraction for a beautiful woman played by Audrey Lorea. Her seductive singing and dancing creates an illusion in his mind and triggers his Cuban memories. […]

A gathering of writers and artists in homage to Nivaria Tejera, one of the most unique literary voices of the 20th and 21st centuries on both sides of the Atlantic. Led by literary critic María Hernández-Ojeda, editor of Canarias, Cuba y Francia: Los exilios literarios de Nivaria Tejera, to be launched on this occasion, the […]

The CCCNY caps its 2012 fall program and rings in the holiday season with an all-out dance party starring Sonidos de Cuba, the hottest Cuban combo on either side of the Hudson! Includes a delicious full-course menu prepared by the chef at the chic Victor’s Café, the indisputable emblem of Cuban cuisine in New York City. With multiple raffles, offering treasurable […]

Matías Montes Huidobro The New York City launching of the latest novel by Cuban playwright Matías Montes Huidobro, whose incursion into this genre is less well known. Written as a film noir, the novel reflects the overpowering influence of cinema on writers who came of age in 1950’s Havana, one of the topics the author […]