In Beautiful Maria of My Soul, Oscar Hijuelos returns to the character of Maria from his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love. The reader follows the enchanting Maria from Havana before Castro’s rise, to the steamy streets of Miami. Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy is Carlos […]
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Fact & Fiction: Oscar Hijuelos and Carlos Eire on the Cuba-Miami Connection
Thursday, December 16th, 2010 at 7:00 pm
PASTOR GONZALEZ: GENIO Y FIGURA
Viernes 3 de diciembre, 2010 a las 6:30 pm
Una conferencia ilustrada sobre una figura transcendente, y poco conocida, de nuestra historia, un hombre cuya conciencia moral y cívica lo llevó al compromiso social, el activismo político e intelectual y la vocación religiosa, dejando un legado insoslayable para futuras generaciones, desde su joven militancia en las filas antimachadistas, su aporte a la Constitución de […]
INSCRITA BAJO SOSPECHA
Saturday, November 20th, 6 PM, 2010
A book presentation by author Mabel Cuesta With a special introduction by the Mexican poet Gaspar Orozco and the Cuban literary critic Prof. Elena Martínez Libreria McNally and Jackson 52 Prince St. (e/ Lafayette & Mulberry) NYC
PURA CUBA: UNA SOLA ISLA
Friday, November 19th, 7 PM, 2010
Opening reception for artists Jesús Rivera, José Rodeiro, Raúl Villarreal, and others. Exhibit dates: November 19th thru December 14th QbaVa Gallery 508 42nd St. (off Bergenline), Union City, NJ
A FUNDRAISING PARTY
Saturday, November 13th, 7-10 PM, 2010
A musical soirée, with playwright Nilo Cruz, pianist Horacio Gutiérrez and other celebritiy guests, including a special surprise performance by a music legend and multi-Grammy winner! Club 31 9 West 31st St. – 2nd Fl. (bet. Broadway & 5th Ave.), NYC
ÚLTIMA RUMBA EN LA HABANA
Friday, November 12th, 6:30 PM
A novel by Fernándo Vázquez Medina With a special introduction by the distinguished Spanish writer Antonio Muñoz Molina CASA HISPÁNICA, Columbia University 612 116th St. (e/Broadway / Claremont), NYC
CON PERMISO, BENNY MORE
Friday, October 15th, 6:30 PM, 2010
An archival musical presentation by Armando López in homage to the iconic Cuban singer, kown to his fans as the inimitable Bárbaro del Ritmo. CASA HISPÁNICA, Columbia University 612 116th St. (e/Broadway / Claremont), NYC
CUBA: CAMPO ADENTRO
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
A photographic essay by Susan S. Bank narrating the daily life of Cuban campesinos and their intimate relationship with their animals and the land.
THE MUSIC OF THE CUBAN WARS OF INDEPENDENCE
June 19, 2010 at 8:30pm
A landmark concert featuring works by mostly American composers inspired by the Cuban Wars of Independence in the 19th century, including the first song dedicated to the Cuban flag, written by an American musician from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1851, as well as marches from the Ten Years War (1868-1878) and the call […]
Cuban Architecture: A Historical Legacy
Saturday, May 15, 2010 ~ 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The Cuban Cultural Center of New York celebrates its 9th Annual Congress, in association with The Society of Cuban-American Engineers and Architects, and co-sponsored by The Cooper Union, The AIANY Global Dialogues Committee, The Architectural League and The Municipal Art Society Morning Program All sessions of the program will include historical films and audiovisuals 8:00 – […]
El Teatro Cubano
2009
XVIII Congreso Anual: Una presentación del Centro Cultural Cubano de Nueva York en TeatroStageFest* Sábado 27 de junio de 2009 Times Square Arts Center Roy Arias Studios 300 West 43rd Street, 6th Floor, Studio 606 Between 8th and 9th Avenues New York, NY 10018 PROGRAMA en colaboración con Ollantay Center for the Arts Presentador: Manolo García-Oliva, Periodista A. M. 8:00 Entrega de […]