Our annual tribute to José Martí on his birthday. Founding father of Cuba and leader of its last war of independence, José Martí (1853-1895) is also a towering figure in Cuban and Latin American literature. In his short life, he excelled as a poet, essayist, journalist, and revolutionary. Throughout the 1890’s and early 1990’s Martí worked as a foreign correspondent in New York City […]
Current Events
OFRECIMIENTO EN CENTRAL PARK
Sunday, January 28, 2024 at 3 pm
WORLD PREMIERE ~ ‘JOSÉ MARTÍ: PATRIA, AGONÍA Y DEBER’
Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at 6 pm
The Cuban Cultural Center of New York joins forces with Instituto Cervantes to present JOSÉ MARTÍ: PATRIA, AGONÍA Y DEBER (Buenpaso Films, S.L.), the World Premiere of the first full-length documentary from Spain on Cuba’s national hero, an in-depth coverage of his life and legacy through testimonials, interviews with Martí scholars, original texts, and a […]
CUBA, SU IGLESIA Y SU PUEBLO ANTE UN FUTURO INCIERTO
Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 2:45 pm
A seminal presentation by Fr. José Conrado Rodríguez Alegre, providing an in-depth, first-hand analysis of the uncertain future faced by Cuba, its Church and its people. A relevant and historical figure in the Island’s civic awareness movement, Fr. Conrado, as he is affectionately called, was born in San Luis, Oriente on June 4, 1951. After […]