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

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 🇨🇺

Shakespeare in the Park Goes Mobile with Much Ado About Nothing

MANHATTAN, BROOKLYN, QUEENS, THE BRONX, STATEN ISLAND 🇦🇷 🇲🇽

BAAND Together Dance Festival 2024 Brings Alvin Ailey, American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Hispánico, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and New York City Ballet to Summer For the City at Lincoln Center

DAVID H. KOCH THEATER, Lincoln Center, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇸🇻 🇭🇹 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪

Dance Theatre of Harlem Dances Classical Ballet with JOY

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

Christie’s New York’s May Art Auctions Include the Rosa de la Cruz Collection, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Julie Mehretu

CHRISTIE’S Rockefeller Center, Midtown, 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 🇩🇪 ~ 🇨🇺 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇿🇦

Carlos Henriquez Directs the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in a Journey Through Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Bebop, and Nuyorican Jazz

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER, Columbus Circle, 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 🇺🇸 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇪🇸

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 🇲🇽 🇧🇷 ~ 🇦🇷 🇨🇦 🇮🇨 🇨🇺 🇬🇹 🇮🇹 🇳🇮 🇵🇷 🇪🇸

Changó is the Yoruba Orisha of Music, Drumming, and Dancing

DECEMBER 4 🇨🇺

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 🇨🇺

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

Dance Parade NYC 2023 DanceFest Gets over 10,000 New Yorkers Dancing in the Streets

DANCE PARADE
Chelsea, Greenwich Village, East Village

African, Afrobeat, Afro-Cuban, Bhangra, Bollywood, Bomba, Break Dancing, Caporales, Carnival, Dancehall, Flamenco, Folkloric, Hip-Hop, House, Jazz, Latin, Majorette, Mexican, Moko Jumbies, Reggae, Salay, Salsa, Samba, Soca, Street, Tammurriata, Tap, Tarrantella, Tinkus, and more. 🇧🇴 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇮🇹 🇯🇲 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇹🇹

DANCEFEST Tompkins Square Park
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Saturday, May 20, 2023