Centro Cultural Cubano de Nueva York

An enlightening presentation by Dr. Federico Justiniani on the history of tuberculosis in Cuba, with an introduction on the origins of the ailment on the planet, dating  back 15,000 to 20,000 years ago, bringing to the forefront prominent scientists who contributed through their discoveries to a successful treatment, and culminating in the history of tuberculosis […]

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the mise-en-scène of Adrián Rodríguez‘s seminal theatrical debut Cuban Operator Please, the CCCNY is presenting a stage reading of the play, the first in his trilogy The Union City Plays: An Intimate History of Exile. Written in a poetic blend of English and Spanish, the plot’s focus is on […]

Our Contemporary Writers Series resumes with the New York City launching of Robert Scheige’s The Ubiquitous They, a science fiction thriller set simultaneously in modern-day and a post-apocalyptic America. In the world before, Sara Weyer is a mathematician on the verge of a breakthrough—a way to harness the gaping blackness between numbers. But something is […]