Centro Cultural Cubano de Nueva York

A poetry reading by Richard Blanco, National Humanities Medal recipient and Presidential inaugural poet. Blanco will read from his rich and intensely intimate collection of new poems, as well as his picks from previous volumes. The poems in Homeland of My Body range in subject and setting, but are all characterized by the poet’s keen eye and […]

A special screening of Danny González Lucena‘s The Harvard Cubans, a rare documentary that unearths a little known event in U.S. and Cuban history. In 1900, more than half of all Cuban public teachers boarded five American military ships to participate in a summer school organized by Harvard University. For the first time, the oldest […]

The U.S. premiere of Manuel Rodríguez Ramos‘s El rey de las aves, a play with a seemingly simple, yet profound, poetic text. Based on an ancient Mayan legend (rescued by Herminio Almendros in his collection Oros Viejos), the plot revolves around the dilemma of choosing a new king. With the impending resignation of their monarch, […]

            A not-to-be-missed presentation by Edel Rodriguez of Worm, a book that has been hailed as “a stunning graphic memoir.” Known for his iconic art on the cover of Time, Der Spiegel, and on jumbotrons around the world, Edel Rodriguez is among the most prominent political artists of our age. […]

For a detailed PROGRAM of the event, click on the image below: Our 23rd consecutive annual conference will be dedicated this year to Cuba’s history of exiles and migrations, from colonial times to the present, including 19th century emigré communities in New York City and Tampa, the social changes effected by the exiles in Mexico during […]

An end-of-season concert featuring the most emblematic Cuban composers of all time, with unique arrangements for flute and bass by maestro Carlos del Pino and flutist Kat Modiano, who will headline the recital. INSTITUTO CERVANTES  211 E 49th St, bet. 2nd & 3rd Aves., NYC FREE ADMISSION RSVP AT: info@cubanculturalcenter.org PROGRAM Cecilia Valdes Overture (Gonzalo […]