The New York City launching of Escritas em transito. Cinco poetas cubanas em Nova Iorque, a bilingual anthology (Spanish/Portuguese) bringing together the poetry of Magali Alabau, Alina Galliano, Lourdes Gil, Maya Islas, and Iraida Iturralde, five Cuban poets who arrived as children or teenagers in the U.S., where they have studied and emerged as poets, […]
Current Events
ESCRITAS EM TRANSITO: POESIA CUBANA EM PORTUGUÊS
Friday, November 22, 2019 @ 6:30 pm
LYDIA RUBIO: ‘THE TRAVELING ARTIST’
Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 6:30 pm
A talk with artist Lydia Rubio on The Traveling Artist,* her featured artist project at Center for Book Arts, an exhibit featuring artistic documentation of Rubio’s travel narratives across linguistic and geographic landscapes. The works record the artist’s experiences across a variation of calligraphic, drawing and poetic compositions. This exhibition includes multiple series of works, […]
BILINGUALISM, DISSOCIATION, AND PSYCHOTHERAPY
Friday, December 6, 2019 at 6:30 pm
Join us for a fascinating lecture by Cuban-American clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst Ernesto Mujica on the impact of bilingualism on memory, affect, and access to dissociated aspects of traumatic experiences. The impact of bilingual psychotherapy on the therapeutic process, including transference and countertransference, will be explored. Followed by a Q&A with the audience. This event is […]
VEREDA TROPICAL ~ THE GOLDEN ERA OF CUBAN MUSIC!
Friday, December 13, 2019 at 8 pm
The concert to top all concerts! This season-closing event is being presented as a coda to our 18th Annual Conference and a grand finale to our year-long celebration of the 500th anniversary of the City of Havana, featuring the Golden Era of Cuban Music! Starring international singing sensation Olga Cerpa and the Banda Sinfónica Municipal de […]