The CCCNY closes its spring season with an amazing musical voyage into the very soul of Cuba—its music. Iván Acosta’s unique new book, WITH A CUBAN SONG IN MY HEART / CON UNA CANCIÓN CUBANA EN EL CORAZÓN features the artwork from 280 album covers from his collection of over 5,000 long-playing records. Throughout it all, he weaves a story of real-life passages from his childhood in Santiago de Cuba and “tidbits of history that lay dormant in those album covers,” local lore and landmark events.
The 12.5 x 12.3 hardcover book is 162 pages and includes 290 full-color illustrations, an introduction by Marc Myers, a double-album compilation on Un-Gyve Records, packaged as either a CD or as a vinyl LP edition, and both the English and Spanish versions of the text.
The presentation will be followed by a Q & A with the author, and a recital by the popular singer and guitarist David Oquendo, who will cap the evening with some hits from yesteryear.
For a sneak peek published by the Harvard Review Online, click here:
http://www.harvardreview.org/?q=features/inside-the-book/cuban-song-heart
BARUCH COLLEGE
25th Street, bet. Lexington and Third Aves., NYC
6th FLOOR: CONFERENCE ROOM 6-210
SPACE IS LIMITED
Free Admission
All who wish to attend must RSVP at: cccofny@aol.com
Playwright, filmmaker and Latin jazz concert producer Iván Acosta was born in Santiago de Cuba. On August 28, 1961, he fled Cuba on a raft and headed to Jamaica.
Once in the U.S., he served six years in the army as a parachuter, and in 1968 received an honorable discharge. He studied cinema and theater at NYU and politics at The New School for Social Research. Acosta has written 15 plays, including
El Super, Cosas que encontré en el camino, No son todos los que están, Rosa y el ajusticiador del canalla, and Cuba: Punto X. He resides with his wife in Manhattan, home also to his children, Amaury and Yaritza, son-in-law Albert, and granddaughter Penelope, the apple of his eyes.
This event is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
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