An end-of-season concert featuring the most emblematic Cuban composers of all time, with unique arrangements for flute and bass by maestro Carlos del Pino and flutist Kat Modiano, who will headline the recital. INSTITUTO CERVANTES 211 E 49th St, bet. 2nd & 3rd Aves., NYC FREE ADMISSION RSVP AT: info@cubanculturalcenter.org PROGRAM Cecilia Valdes Overture (Gonzalo […]
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‘LA BELLA CUBANA’ ~ A FLUTE AND BASS RECITAL
Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 7 pm
LOURDES GIL: POESÍA Y ENSAYÍSTICA
Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 7 pm
An intimate conversation between literary critic Isabel Álvarez-Borland and poet and writer Pablo Medina on the intellectual legacy of their late friend–Lourdes Gil, widely regarded among the best Cuban poets of her generation. They will share personal memories, and highlight her concerns regarding her role as a writer in the U.S., the spiritual and emotional […]
‘CARTAS A PEDRO’, DE JANISSET RIVERO
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 7 pm
In commemoration of Human Rights Day, the CCCNY caps its Fall Calendar Season with Janisset Rivero‘s Cartas a Pedro, a critically acclaimed novel inspired by the life of Pedro Luis Boitel (1931-1972), a Cuban poet and dissident who opposed the governments of both Fulgencio Batista and Fidel Castro, and who died from a hunger strike […]
CCCNY SUMMER FILM FESTIVAL: INSULA
Thursday, August 15 to Thursday, August 22, 2024
The Cuban Cultural Center of New York celebrates its sixth consecutive Summer Film Festival with a series of highly acclaimed feature films and documentaries by Cuban and American filmmakers, each portraying human struggle and survival through a distinctive prism—political, social, philosophical, religious, or artistic—yet all permeated by the indelible weight of an Island (Insula). Each […]