Centro Cultural Cubano de Nueva York

A conversation between award-winning author Armando Lucas Correa and writer and journalist Joaquín Badajoz about the writing craft, specifically about the structure of Correa’s new novel El silencio en sus ojos, delving into the creation of his characters and his narrative techniques, as well as discussing the author’s literary influences, chosen literary genre, and his […]

A unique concert by the critically acclaimed Toomai String Quintet, an ensemble devoted to performing music from the classical and contemporary repertoire, while exploring and arranging music from around the world. The concert will feature premieres by three of today’s most outstanding Cuban composers Yosvany Terry, Keyla Orozco, and Adonis González-Matos. AMERICAS SOCIETY 680 Park […]

The New York City debut of new works by three Miami-based Cuban authors: Rosie Inguanzo, Ernesto G., and Alfredo Triff, all bonded by friendship and vocation. Each book represents a different literary genre: Ernesto G.’s chronicles Crónicas de la Pequeña Habana (Ediciones Furtivas), Triff’s collection of essays ¿Por qué el pueblo de Cuba (aún) apoya […]

A singular musical journey through Cuba’s history, as seen by Armando Rodríguez, a fervent musicophile. Rodríguez holds a degree in physics from the University of Havana, where he initially taught, but subsequently earned his living for fifty years in the field of microelectronics, robotics, medical image processing, digital telephony, and aerospace technology until his recent […]

A unique presentation in commemoration of the 129th anniversary of José Martí‘s death, with the objective of generating interest in his writings among English-speaking readers. Anne Fountain, a distinguished Martí scholar, will first focus on Martí’s concept of race and how his vision for a free Cuba was informed by his experience of race relations […]

For nearly 15 years —from 1881 to 1895— José Martí, the great revolutionary, author, poet, journalist, thinker, and founder of the Cuban nation, lived and worked in New York City. While in New York, Martí made important literary and political contributions to Cuban independence and to the emerging Latin American nations. This will be the […]

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 […]

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 […]

Responding to last year’s enthusiastic response, the CCCNY is proud to sponsor, by popular demand, its second domino tournament for its members and friends, including a complimentary overview of the history of the game on the Island and the origins of EL DOBLE NUEVE, unique to Cuba. El dominó, considered Cuba’s second national pastime, continues […]