On the eve of Día de los Enamorados the CCCNY celebrates Valentine’s Day with an illustrated presentation by literary scholar Ana María Hernández, inspired by Mario Coyula‘s period novel, Catalina. The book is a song of love by the author to the beautiful and elegant Catalina de Lasa (1875-1930), a woman who came to personify […]
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CATALINA DE LASA Y LA BELLE ÉPOQUE HABANERA
Sunday, February 13, 2022 at 5 pm
TRIBUTE CONCERT TO BEBO VALDÉS
Saturday, February 19, 2022 at 7 pm
The World Premiere of Ricardo Bacallao‘s film documenting a unique tribute concert celebrating the music of Cuban jazz legend Bebo Valdés. Held on November 9, 2019 in Union City, New Jersey, the concert featured a big band of high-level musicians from the United States, Cuba, and Canada, all brought together by drummer and percussionist Emilio […]
‘CARTAS A ELPIDIO’: LA ETICIDAD DEL PADRE FÉLIX VARELA PARA CUBA HOY
Friday, February 25, 2022 at 7 pm
To commemorate the 169th anniversary of the death of Father Félix Varela y Morales (1788-1853), Varela scholar Dagoberto Valdés will cover his Cartas a Elpidio contra la Impiedad, la Superstición y el Fanatismo en sus Relaciones con la Sociedad, of which Volumes I and II were published in New York in 1835 and 1838. This […]
‘POLARIS’ ~ LA POESÍA DE ISEL RIVERO
Saturday, March 12, 2022 at 3 pm
The CCCNY opens its celebration of Women’s History Month with an incursion into the poetry of Cuban poet Isel Rivero through her recently published book Polaris, a retrospective collection of her work spanning 60 years. Curated by Benito del Pliego, the volume brings to light the thematic and stylistic diversity of the author, reflecting Rivero’s […]