Cuba is the sacred heart of Latin culture in the Americas
Cuban NYC
Caribbean Cultural Center teaches Afro-Cuban Plant and Herb Traditions
Thursdays, April 16, 23, 30 & May 7, 2020
ZOOM
CARIBBEAN CULTURAL CENTER AFRICAN DIASPORA INSTITUTE
El Barrio, East Harlem
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Oba Frank Bell leads a webinar on Integral Plants & Herbs in Afro-Cuban Orisha & Palo Traditions. FREE
Independent New York 2020
Thursday-Sunday, March 5-8, 2020
SPRING STUDIOS
Tribeca, NYC
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The contemporary art fair that grew out of Dia Chelsea (the pioneer Chelsea art gallery) has invited Brazilian, Cuban and French galleries.
Scope New York 2020
Thursday-Sunday, March 5-8, 2020
METROPOLITAN PAVILION
Chelsea, NYC
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A contemporary art fair of emerging international artists and galleries including Argentine, Cuban, French, French-Canadian, Italian, Mexican, Panamanian and Spanish art.
Axel Tosca
Saturday, March 7, 2020
ZINC BAR
Greenwich Village, NYC
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One of New York City’s best young timba musicians is joined by the legendary voice of Xiomara Laugart for a hot night of Cuban jazz
Xiomara Laugart
Saturday, March 14, 2020
ZINC BAR
Greenwich Village, NYC
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The famed Cuban nueva trova singer (Yerba Buena, Celia Cruz Off-Broadway), a real Guantanamera, joins timba jazz pianist Axel Tosca (Unity) for a hot night of Cuban jazz.
Arturo O’Farrill Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Sundays
BIRDLAND
Hell’s Kitchen, NYC
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This multi-Grammy-winning band carries on a Sunday night Cuban jazz tradition started by Chico O’Farrill in 1997
Pedrito Martinez
Thursday, March 19 & 26, 2020
GINNY’S
RED ROOSTER
Harlem, NYC
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One of the world’s best Cuban rumba percussionists plays one of the hottest joints in Harlem
La Celestina
Friday, March 20, 2020
REPERTORIO ESPAÑOL
Kips Bay, NYC
Cuban playwright Leyma López renews the classic Spanish tragicomedy by Fernando de Rojas (1499) whose critique of the moral rot of medieval Spanish society also reflects our times
Zilia Sánchez: Soy Isla
Wednesday-Sunday
Nov 20, 2019-Mar 22, 2020
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
East Harlem, NYC
A touring retrospective of the Puerto Rico-based Cuban artist whose sensual abstractions broke the picture plane before standing on their own
New York Mets 2020
Thursday, March 26, 2020
CITI FIELD
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
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Watch the Mets’ Cuban, Dominican, Italian, Puerto Rican & Venezuelan players in the 2020 home opener, Mets vs Nationals.
Filomena Marturano
Sunday, April 5, 2020
REPERTORIO ESPAÑOL
Kips Bay, NYC
A Spanish adaptation of Eduardo de Filippo’s classic Neapolitan comedy
Ballet Hispánico 50th Anniversary 2020
50TH ANNIVERSARY
Tuesday-Sunday, April 7-19, 2020
JOYCE THEATER
Chelsea, NYC
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America’s leading Latino dance organization celebrates 50 years with Gustavo Ramírez Sansano, William Forsythe, Graciela Daniele, Vicente Nebrada, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Nacho Duato, Eduardo Vilaro, Andrea Miller, Pedro Ruiz and Ramón Oller.
National Mojito Day
Saturday, July 11, 2020
Drink to Cuba
National Rum Day
Sunday, August 16, 2020
Enjoy the spirit of the Caribbean
Our Lady of Regla
Monday, September 7, 2020
IGLESIA DE NUESTRA SEÑORA DE REGLA
Regla, Havana, Cuba
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In Cuba, Our Lady of Regla is syncretized with Yemayá, the West African orisha of the sea and the moon. She is also venerated in Spain and the Philippines.
Cuban Festivals
AfriBembé Festival 2019
Sunday, August 18, 2019
EAST HARLEM, NYC ~ The Caribbean Cultural Center hosts a Pan-African cultural festival and street fair around East Harlem Art Park on 120th St between Lexington and Third Ave
Junta Hispana 2019
Sunday, July 21, 2019
FLUSHING MEADOWS CORONA PARK, Queens ~ Family entertainment, games, food and kiosks from twenty Hispanic countries. FREE ~ CANCELLED DUE TO NYC’S DANGEROUS HEAT ADVISORY
Havana Film Festival New York 2019
MANHATTAN, BRONX, QUEENS; PREFEST Apr 5-8, FEST Apr 9-16, 2019; Latin American film festival ~ Argentine, Brazilian, Chilean, Colombian, Cuban, Dominican, Mexican, Peruvian & Spanish movies, red carpet & parties, plus Cuban ballet legend CARLOS ACOSTA
Joyce Theater Cuba Festival 2019
CHELSEA, January 9-20, 2019 ~ Malpaso Dance Company, Los Hijos del Director, Compañia Irene Rodríguez. Some of the best dancers in the world and an island of choreographic talent.
# cuban contemporary dance festival flamenco
Queens Hispanic Day Parade 2018 celebrates our diverse heritage
Sunday, September 23, 2018
37th Avenue
Jackson Heights, Queens
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Argentine, Bolivian, Belizean, Chilean, Colombian, Costa Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Ecuadorian, Guatemalan, Honduran, Mexican, Nicaraguan, Panamanian, Paraguayan, Peruvian, Puerto Rican, Salvadoran, Spanish, Uruguayan and Venezuelan culture.
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Cuban Parade 2018 is Metro NYC’s big Cuban celebration
Bergenline Avenue
Hudson County, New Jersey
Sunday, May 20, 2018
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Arturo O’Farrill and Friends ¡ Adelante Cuba ¡ Festival at New York City Center
New York City Center
Midtown, Manhattan
Saturday, April 28, 2018
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Harlem Havana 2017
Harlem
August 12-23, 2017
Cuban New York City
Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI)
Tuesday-Friday
EL BARRIO, EAST HARLEM, NYC
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Preserves and promotes the culture of Africa and the African diaspora – whether African, African-American, Afro-Latino or Afro-Caribbean.
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Ballet Hispánico
UPPER WEST SIDE, NYC
United State’s leading Latino contemporary dance organization
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¡New York Latin Culture Sponsor!
Repertorio Español
KIPS BAY, NYC
New York’s Spanish-language repertory theatre company for over 50 years
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¡New York Latin Culture Sponsor!
Cuban UN Mission
Monday-Friday
MURRAY HILL, NYC ~ The Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations provides consular services
“On Your Feet!” Review
MARQUIS THEATRE, TIMES SQUARE, November 5, 2015 – August 20, 2017 ~ The inspiring Emilio and Gloria Estefan story
#CUBAN #BROADWAY
Cuban New Yorkers
New York City’s Cuban community is small, but influential
Axel Tosca
Saturday, March 7, 2020
ZINC BAR
Greenwich Village, NYC
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One of New York City’s best young timba musicians is joined by the legendary voice of Xiomara Laugart for a hot night of Cuban jazz
Xiomara Laugart
Saturday, March 14, 2020
ZINC BAR
Greenwich Village, NYC
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The famed Cuban nueva trova singer (Yerba Buena, Celia Cruz Off-Broadway), a real Guantanamera, joins timba jazz pianist Axel Tosca (Unity) for a hot night of Cuban jazz.
Arturo O’Farrill Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Sundays
BIRDLAND
Hell’s Kitchen, NYC
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This multi-Grammy-winning band carries on a Sunday night Cuban jazz tradition started by Chico O’Farrill in 1997
Pedrito Martinez
Thursday, March 19 & 26, 2020
GINNY’S
RED ROOSTER
Harlem, NYC
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One of the world’s best Cuban rumba percussionists plays one of the hottest joints in Harlem
Gerardo Contino y los Habaneros
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
THE DJANGO
Tribeca, NYC
One of New York City’s best Cuban dance bands
Dizzy Gillespie Afro-Cuban All-Stars play The Blue Note
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Live music Cuban jazz
Blue Note Jazz Festival
GREENWICH VILLAGE, NYC ~ One of Dizzy’s legacy bands plays Gillespie’s Latin hits like ‘Manteca’ and ‘Tin Tin Deo’
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Elio Villafranca
BELMONT, THE BRONX, Sun, Jan 27, 2019 ~ The jazz composer of the African diaspora joins Mary Ann Sweeney & Bronx Arts Ensemble to play one of the jazz greats, Charles Mingus. African Cuban jazz live music. FREE
Narciso Rodriguez
Bergdorf Goodman
Midtown, Manhattan
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Barneys New York
Upper East Side
Chelsea
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Saks Fifth Avenue
Midtown East, Manhattan
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Intermix
Upper East Side, Upper West Side, Meatpacking, West Village, SoHo
Paquito D’Rivera
The Cuban Classical and Jazz sax legend blows the happiest horn on the planet.
Blue Note Jazz Festival
Blue Note
Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Tuesday – Sunday
June 12 – 17, 2018
Carmen Herrera “Paintings on Paper”
Cuban New Yorker
Lisson Gallery
504 West 24th St, Chelsea
May 3 – June 10, 2017
Teresita Fernández
The Cuban-American plays with the way we see landscapes in Fire (America) at Lehmann Maupin Chrystie Street Fri, Mar 17 – May 20, 2017
Cucu Diamantes
The Cuban singer-songwriter, actress and humanitarian brings her sassy style to Subrosa Friday-Saturday December 9-10, 2016.
Eduardo Vilaro
BALLET HISPÁNICO, UPPER WEST SIDE, November 10, 2015 ~ Artistic Director Eduardo Vilaro talks about being a Cuban-American dancer, developing Ballet Hispánico, and what it means to be Latino in the United States today
Cubans
Celia Cruz
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
HAVANA, Cuba
The one artist who most popularized Latin music around the world was born on October 21, 1925. ¡Azúcar!
Machito
Sunday, February 16, 2020
Machito (Machito and his Afro-Cubans), one of the godfathers of Latin jazz. He brought together Afro, Tanga, Graciela, Palladium and Dizzy. Machito celebrated his birthday on February 16, 1908.
Arturo Sandoval
Wed-Sun, December 4-8, 2019
GREENWICH VILLAGE, NYC ~ The jazz legend of Irakere, Dizzy Gillespie and Danzón plays the Blue Note
Zilia Sánchez: Eros
Tuesday-Saturday
Nov 21, 2019 – Jan 18, 2020
Galerie Lelong
CHELSEA, NYC
The Cuban artist’s new freestanding work and first marble and bronze sculptures
Dayramir Gonzalez
Thanksgiving
Thursday, November 28, 2019
HARLEM, NYC ~ The Cuban jazz pianist and composer puts New York, Cuba and Nigeria in his music at the historic Minton’s Playhouse where bebop was born
Yuli
Sunday, July 14, 2019
LINCOLN CENTER, NYC ~ This inspiring movie tells the life story of Cuban ballet dance legend Carlos Acosta (Royal Ballet, Acosta Danza)
Omara Portuondo sings Cuban boleros at Sony Hall
TIMES SQUARE, NYC | Fri, Apr 26, 2019 | Cuban boleros live music ~ From The Tropicana to Chucho Valdés to Buena Vista Social Club, Omara’s career spans the entire time that Cuban music has been a world music
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Tiempo Libre
Sunday, April 7, 2019
PURCHASE, New York ~ Three-time Grammy nominees play Cuban timba dance music at Purchase College
Malena & Lena Burke share an evening of Cuban boleros at Hostos
Saturday, March 30, 2019
CONCOURSE, The Bronx ~ One of the great families of Cuban bolero singers. ‘Contigo Aprendi,’ ‘Me Voy Pa’l Pueblo,’ ‘La Longina’ and ‘Total.’
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Ballet Contemporáneo de Camagüey at Kaye Playhouse Hunter College
UPPER EAST SIDE; Wed, Mar 13, 2019; Cuban contemporary dance theatre ~ U.S. debut dancing three Pedro Ruiz ballets
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Compañia Irene Rodríguez
Friday-Sunday, January 18-20, 2019
JOYCE THEATER, NYC
One of Cuba’s leading flamenco dance companies returns to New York
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¡New York Latin Culture Sponsor!
Los Hijos del Director Cuban Contemporary Dance at The Joyce
CHELSEA, Tue-Wed, January 15-16, 2019 ~ One of Cuba’s most daring contemporary dance makers, George Céspedes, makes his U.S. debut at the Joyce Cuba Festival.
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Malpaso Cuban Contemporary Dance at the Joyce Theater
CHELSEA, Jan 9-13, 2019, Wed-Sun ~ Cuba’s leading international contemporary dance company opens the Joyce Cuba Festival with Ohad Naharin’s “Tabula Rasa.”
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Lourdes Lopez, Miami City Ballet Artistic Director (Interview)
NEW YORK CITY; Dec 3, 2018; Cuban ballet leader ~ Lourdes Lopez, Miami City Ballet Artistic Director, former New York City Ballet Principal, talks about being a Cuban immigrant, family, opportunity, dancing for Balanchine and Robbins, the future of ballet and who we really are
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Septeto Santiaguero
Saturday, October 6, 2018
PROSPECT PARK, Brooklyn ~ The successors to the Buena Vista Social Club play traditional Cuban son with contemporary influences for Carnegie Hall Citywide at the Brooklyn Museum
Carlos Acosta Danza Debut
The Royal Ballet legend is debuting his new Cuban contemporary ballet company.
New York City Center
Midtown, Manhattan
Wednesday – Friday
April 25 – 27, 2018
Daymé Arocena is Cuba’s finest young female singer
Sat, Apr 7, 2018
RED HOOK, Brooklyn ~ “Cuba’s finest young female singer” (The Guardian) sings her powerful style of rumba jazz for the World Music Institute at Pioneer Works
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Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita reconnect Cuba and Venezuela with Africa
Roulette
Boerum Hill, Brooklyn
Thursday, March 22, 2018
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Tania Bruguera : ‘Untitled’ (Havana, 2000)
“We have to stop looking, and start thinking.”
~ Tania Bruguera
Museum of Modern Art
Midtown, Manhattan
Open Daily
February 3 – March 11, 2018
Malpaso Dance Company
Joyce Theater
175 Eighth Avenue
Chelsea
Wednesday-Sunday
January 17 – 21, 2018
Gustavo Acosta ‘Inventory of Omissions’
Cuban contemporary artist
532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel
532 West 25th St, Chelsea
September 8 – October 14, 2017
Los Van Van is Cuba’s original Rock and Roll Band
Special guests Vanessa Formell and Pedrito Calvo (original singer)
Lehman Center
250 Bedford Park Blvd W,
The Bronx
Saturday, August 26, 2017
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Belkis Ayón ‘NKAME’ Cuban prints at El Museo del Barrio
EAST HARLEM, Wed-Sun, Jun 13 to Nov 5, 2017 ~ Prints of the secret dreams of Africa.
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Irene Rodríguez Compañía Cuba Festival at The Joyce
CUBA FESTIVAL
Cuba’s leading Spanish Flamenco company.
Joyce Theater
Chelsea, Manhattan
Thursday – Sunday
May 19 – 22, 2016
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DanzAbierta Cuba Festival at The Joyce
CUBA FESTIVAL
Marianela Boán’s avant-garde dance troupe uses the Cuban cabaret as a metaphor for life in “Showroom.”
Joyce Theater
Chelsea, Manhattan
Saturday – Tuesday
May 14 – 17, 2016
Cuban Culture
National Mojito Day
Saturday, July 11, 2020
Drink to Cuba
National Rum Day
Sunday, August 16, 2020
Enjoy the spirit of the Caribbean
Obatalá
Thursday, September 24, 2020
ILE-IFE, Nigeria
Obatalá is the son/daughter of God, creator of land and humankind, and godfather/mother of the Orishas
Santería
The Yoruba religion from Nigeria and Benin was called Santería by the Spanish in Cuba because Africans kept their heritage faith by blending it with worship of Catholic saints
I am Cuba
HUDSON SQUARE, EXTENDED YET AGAIN Fri-Thu, Mar 29-Apr 4, 2019, classic Cuban movies ~ 1964 Cuban-Soviet film tells four stories of Cuba with the most ingenious tracking shots. Presented by Francis Ford Coppola & Martin Scorsese.
Cuba
The Havana Film Festival (International Festival of New Latin American Cinema) is in Havana, December 7-14, 2020. It’s one of the good times to visit.
Babalú-Ayé / Saint Lazarus
PILGRIMAGE
Thursday, December 17, 2020
El Santuario de San Lazaro
SANTIAGO DE LAS VEGAS, Cuba
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The West African, Central African and diaspora orisha of contagious diseases and epidemics, and healing from them.
Our Lady of Charity
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
El COBRE, Cuba
“La Cachita” is the patron saint of Cuba and a beloved symbol of the Cuban people
Havana Biennial 2019
HAVANA, CUBA; daily Apr 12 – May 12, 2019; Cuban art fair ~ “The Construction of the Possible” theme welcomes back the 13th Havana Biennial after Hurricane Irma
Gracias