Centro Cultural Cubano de Nueva York

The New York City book launch of Cuando salí de Cuba: Los niños de Madrid, by Remberto and María Luisa Pérez, detailing a virtually unrecorded event in the early years of the Cuban Revolution. Although much has been written of the Pedro Pan children’s exodus (1961-1962), when more than 14,000 minors left for the United […]

A groundbreaking lecture by historian Raquel Vinat de la Mata on the women’s movement leading to the First National Congress of Cuban Women, held at Havana’s Teatro Nacional from April 1 to 7, 1923, the first of its kind in Latin America. Its celebration was preceded by the founding in 1918 of the Club Femenino […]

“And the Word Becomes Flesh: Transthinking José Martí’s Versos libres” is a special presentation by the distinguished Martí scholar Ryan Spangler, in commemoration of the 128th anniversary of José Martí‘s death. In the prologue written for his translation of Victor Hugo’s Mes fils published in March of 1875, José Martí wrote, “To translate is to […]

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 […]

The Cuban Cultural Center of New York presents a unique concert honoring Puerto Rico’s greatest composers, including legendary masters Rafael Hernández, Pedro Flores, and Don Felo (Felipe Rosario Goyco), among  many others whose songs have traveled the world and inspired artists across the Spanish-speaking world. Headlining the concert, aptly titled Cuba Sings to Puerto Rico, […]

By popular demand, the CCCNY is proud to sponsor its first domino tournament for its members and friends, including a complimentary overview of the history of the game on the Island and the origins el doble-nueve, unique to Cuba. El dominó, considered Cuba’s second national pastime, continues to be played by Cubans wherever they settle, […]

Journalist Alberto Muller‘s in-depth interview with Martí scholar Emilio J. Sánchez on the most relevant of the more than 50 biographies that have been published on José Martí, some virtually unknown. The conversation was recently filmed at PBS public television station WLRN as part of host Muller’s regular programming on Cuba and its history. The […]

The Cuban Cultural Center of New York is pleased to bestow on Emilio Cueto, the 2023 El Titán Award, our highest recognition for excellence, for his multiple contributions toward promoting and preserving our cultural heritage. He will be honored at a Cultural Gala at the elegant Manhattan Manor, in the heart of New York City, […]

The CCCNY opens its Winter Season with its traditional celebration of Three Kings Day, this year with the exclusive screening of an in-depth documentary on Los Tres Reyes Magos. Who were the Three Wise Men from the Orient? Is there scientific data to confirm or disavow their existence? And if they existed, who were they […]

  The New York City launching of  Memoria (Editorial Betania, 2022), by the young Cuban poet Laura Domingo Agüero, who interweaves metaphors of her life, from her first breath as a conscious being, and throughout her childhood and young adulthood, in an attempt to find the hidden niche of the soul and the senses, all […]

A unique presentation in celebration of José Martí‘s birthday, with the objective of generating interest in his writings among  English-speaking readers. Anne Fountain, a distinguished Martí scholar, will assess the caliber, or lack thereof, of different English translations of  Martí’s oeuvre. While excellent translations of his work are available, not all translators have conveyed Martí’s […]

Our annual tribute to José Martí on his birthday. Founding father of Cuba and leader of its last war of independence, José Martí (1853-1895) is also a towering figure in Cuban and Latin American literature. In his short life, he excelled as a poet, essayist, journalist, and revolutionary. Throughout the 1890’s and early 1990’s Martí worked as a foreign correspondent in New York City and […]