Cuban Culture

Browse features on Cuban Culture in New York City, including Cuban art, comedy, dance, fashion, festivals, film, food, music, sports, and theatre.

Cuban Culture News

Dafnis Prieto Sí o Sí Quartet Celebrates the Release of “3 Sides of the Coin”

JAZZ GALLERY, NoHo, Manhattan 🇨🇺

Orquesta Broadway was a Popular New York Cuban Charanga Orchestra in the 1960s-1970s

DAVID RUBENSTEIN ATRIUM, Lincoln Center, Manhattan 🇨🇺

Arsenio Rodríguez, “El Ciego Maravilloso,” Developed Son Montuno and the Conjunto, the Template for Salsa, Songo, and Timba

GÜIRA DE MACURIJES, Matanzas, Cuba ~ August 31, 1911 🇨🇺

Yewá, the Yoruba Orisha of the Cemetery, Dances with the Dead to Help Them Move On

AUGUST 11 🇧🇯 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇭🇹 🇵🇷 🇺🇸

Eleguá ~ Papa Legba ~ Elegbara ~ Eshu is the Yoruba Orisha of the Crossroads of Destiny

Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela, Nigeria, Benin, Togo 🇨🇺 🇭🇹 🇩🇴 🇨🇴 🇻🇪 🇳🇬 🇧🇯 🇹🇬

Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra is One of New York’s Busiest Latin Jazz Big Bands

THE TOWN HALL, Midtown Manhattan, Blue Note Jazz Festival 🇨🇺 🇧🇷
BIRDLAND, Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan 🇨🇺

Dance Theatre of Harlem Dances Classical Ballet with JOY

APOLLO THEATER, Harlem, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇭🇹 🇮🇹

International Workers Day or Labor Day is a National Holiday in Much of the Latin World

MAY 1 🇦🇷 🇧🇴 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇷 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇸🇻 🇵🇭 🇫🇷 🇬🇹 🇭🇹 🇭🇳 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇵🇾 🇵🇪 🇵🇹 🇷🇴 🇪🇸 🇺🇾 🇻🇪

Bryant Park Dance Party 2024 Free Dance Lessons and Live Music for Dancing Salsa, R&B, Hustle, Bachata, Swing, and Motown

BRYANT PARK, Midtown, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷

African Diaspora International Film Festival 2024 Caribbean Film Series Screens at Teachers College, Columbia University

TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, Morningside Heights, Manhattan 🇧🇸 🇧🇧 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇭🇹 🇯🇲 🇲🇶 🇵🇷 🇸🇷 🇹🇹

David Virelles Nosotros Ensemble with Dafnis Prieto, Curated by Tania León, Explores the Influence of Afro-Cuban Rhythms on American Music at Carnegie Hall

CARNEGIE HALL, Midtown, Manhattan 🇨🇺 🇨🇺 🇨🇺 🇭🇹

Havana Film Festival New York 2024 Screens Latin Films You Won’t See Anywhere Else

HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, Hempstead, Long Island
QUAD CINEMA, Greenwich Village

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ReelAbilities Film Festival New York is a Festival of Disability, Love, and Sharing the Joy of Life

MARLENE MEYERSON JCC MANHATTAN, Upper West Side, and venues all over town. 🇨🇺 🇮🇹 🇺🇸

Leyenda Plays Latin Pop Classics with Bridget Kibbey harp, Samuel Torres percussion, and Louis Arques clarinet; for Carnegie Hall Citywide at Our Saviour’s Atonement Lutheran Church

CARNEGIE HALL CITYWIDE, Our Saviour’s Atonement Lutheran Church, Hudson Heights, Manhattan 🇦🇷 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇫🇷 🇺🇸

Ensemble Modern Plays International New Chamber Music Curated by Tania León at Carnegie Hall

CARNEGIE HALL, Midtown, Manhattan 🇩🇪 ~ 🇨🇺 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇿🇦

Ballet Hispánico at the 92nd Street Y Reimagines Flamenco, plus New York’s and Havana’s Latin Club Scenes

92ND STREET Y, Upper East Side, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇪🇸

Buena Vista Social Club™ is now a Saheem Ali musical about a band of retired Cubans who made the whole world dance again, at the Atlantic Theater Company

ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY, Chelsea, Manhattan ~ A World Premiere Saheem Ali musical, with a famous creative team, a great New York cast, and a truly inspiring story. “Chan Chan” 🇨🇺

Babalú-Ayé is the Cuban Yoruba Orisha of Sickness and Healing

DECEMBER 17 🇨🇺

Mexican Opera “Florencia en el Amazonas” Stars Ailyn Pérez in Spanish at the Metropolitan Opera

METROPOLITAN OPERA, Lincoln Center 🇲🇽 🇧🇷 ~ 🇦🇷 🇨🇦 🇮🇨 🇨🇺 🇬🇹 🇮🇹 🇳🇮 🇵🇷 🇪🇸

Machito & His Afro-Cubans Defined Cubop Which We Now Call Latin Jazz

HAVANA, Cuba ~ December 3, 1907 🇨🇺

Salute Tito Puente el Mambo Diablo, Celia Cruz, and La Lupe, with Family, Friends, and his Mambo Legends Orchestra, at Hostos Center

HOSTOS CENTER, Mott Haven, The Bronx ~ Go if you love mambo, salsa, and bolero by Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, La Lupe, Vicentico Valdes, Santos Colon, and well you know.

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Inle is the Cuban Yoruba Orisha of Medical Workers and Fishers

October 24 🇨🇺

Celia Cruz, “The Queen of Salsa,” Popularized Latin Music Around the World

HAVANA, Cuba, October 21, 1925 🇨🇺

Omara Portuondo, the Last of the Buena Vista Social Club, Brings Her “Farewell World Tour Vida” to Sony Hall and NJ PAC

SONY HALL, Times Square Theater District 🇨🇺
NEW JERSEY CENTER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Newark, New Jersey 🇨🇺

ACO SONiC Festival with Miguel Zenón and Angélica Negrón Creates Avant-Garde Puerto Rican Classical Music at Hostos

A primer on some of the young Latin artists who are doing incredible work stretching the jazz and classical music canon in New York City.

HOSTOS CENTER
Mott Haven, The Bronx
Sunday, June 4, 2023
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Ballet Hispánico Dances an Iconic Ballet Pas de Deux, New Commissions and a Latin Classic at New York City Center

NEW YORK CITY CENTER, Midtown, Manhattan 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇨🇺 🇻🇪

Ballet Hispánico Legacy Gala Hosted by Ana Navarro with Sergio Trujillo Tributes The Miranda Family at The Plaza

NEW YORK CITY CENTER, Midtown, Manhattan

Isabel Allende Reads From and Discusses Her New Book “The Wind Knows My Name” with Alicia Menendez

92ND STREET Y, NEW YORK
Upper East Side, Manhattan 🇨🇱 🇨🇺 🇮🇱 🇸🇻

Ballet Hispánico Makes its Mark as America’s Largest Latinx Cultural Organization

NEW YORK CITY CENTER, Midtown, Manhattan 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇨🇺 🇻🇪

Ballet Hispánico Leaps into the Top Tier of American Dance Companies

NEW YORK CITY CENTER, Midtown, Manhattan 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇨🇺 🇻🇪

Luis Santeiro’s “Dancing With Dictators” is a Heartfelt Cabaret with the Music and Rhythms of Cuba

The multiple Emmy Award-winning writer for “¿Qué Pasa, USA?” and “Sesame Street” tells his family story from pre-Castro Cuba to Latino All-American. He is the American Dream!

HOSTOS CENTER
Mott Haven, The Bronx
Thursday, May 4, 2023
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