Centro Cultural Cubano de Nueva York

In this outdoor musical event, Carlos del Pino (bassist) and his three-piece band Sones de Cuba, featuring the legendary Cuban sonero and percussionist Chico Alvarez and guitarist Ben Lapidus, perform in solidarity with the thousands of artists and musicians participating in the freedom marches throughout Cuba. The recital will be held at St Benedict’s Courtyard. […]

                The New York City launching of Frederick Luciani‘s José María Heredia in New York, 1823-1825, An Exiled Cuban Poet in the Age of Revolution, Selected Letters and Verse, an English translation, with introduction and annotations, of a selection of the letters and verse that José María Heredia […]

Federico Justiniani’s Apuntes para la historia de los hospitales de La Habana is a brilliantly researched account of the hospitals in Havana since colonial times until 1959, including a brief overview of the outpatient medical assistance in the city since the 19th century. This volume is the complementary sequel to Dr. Justiniani’s groundbreaking book on […]

The CCCNY bestows the Amelia Peláez Award 2021, its highest recognition in the visual arts, to artist Baruj Salinas (Havana, 1935), widely recognized as a central figure in modern Latin American art. His work is regularly exhibited in galleries in Europe, Latin America and the United States. Of Cuban-Jewish descent, Salinas’s art is noted for […]