Centro Cultural Cubano de Nueva York

In this installment of our Contemporary Artists Series, led and curated by Andrea O’Reilly Herrera, we delve into the work of Cuban-born photographer Carlos Cárdenes, whose lifelong pursuit of creative excellence and his ability to capture the extraordinary within the ordinary continue to set him apart as a visionary in the field. The presentation will […]

By popular request, the CCCNY is streaming all chapters of Gloria Rolando‘s seminal film on the Oblate Sisters of Providence. Hermanas de corazón is a fascinating three-part documentary on the educational mission of the Oblate Sisters throughout the first half of the 20th century in Cuba. The first order of black nuns in the world, […]

In conmemoration of el Grito de Bayre, the 1895 uprising which unleashed Cuba’s last war against Spain, the CCCNY honors the life and legacy of Juan Gualberto Gómez, one of the most outstanding figures in the Island’s struggle for independence and its first decades as a new republic. This illustrated lecture by Clara Caballero Caraballo, […]

The New York City launch of Fuacatapam, Iván Acosta‘s latest book, a masterful blend of storytelling, magical realism, and biting political satire. The story follows La India Agripina and her companion Don Liborio—symbolizing the Cuban spirit—on a surreal journey through post-revolutionary Cuba. They encounter iconic historical figures like José Martí, Antonio Maceo, and Félix Varela, […]

A presentation by Martí scholar Emilio J. Sánchez on José Martí‘s war diaries, published posthumously as Diario de campaña. Martí’s first entries were written on April 9, 1895, two days before disembarking in Cuba to take part in what would be the Island’s last War of Independence. The last entry is dated May 17, two […]

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 1880’s and early 1890’s Martí worked […]