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

New York Philharmonic “Oyá” Reopens David Geffen Hall with Brazilian Composer Marcos Balter’s Work on the Yoruba Orisha of Rebirth

DAVID GEFFEN HALL, Lincoln Center, Manhattan 🇧🇷

Salsa Stories Sound of Light Edition is an Immersive Multimedia Salsa Block Party

Friday, October 14, 2022
KELLY ST Open Street
Longwood, The Bronx

Saturday, October 15, 2022
EAST 115TH ST Open Street
“El Barrio” East Harlem

Sunday, October 16, 2022
THE CLEMENTE
“Loisaida” Lower East Side

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Axel Tosca Trio Featuring Xiomara Laugart Play Cuban Jazz at Zinc Bar

Thursday, September 29, 2022
ZINC BAR
Greenwich Village, Manhattan
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The Latin Roots of New York Fashion Week September 2022: Spring/Summer 2023 Collections

Friday-Wednesday, September 9-14, 2022
SPRING STUDIOS
Tribeca, Manhattan
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Arte Pa’ Mi Gente 2022 Children’s Arts Festival is at The Clemente

Friday-Sunday, August 12-14, 2022
THE CLEMENTE
Lower East Side, Manhattan
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BAAND Together Dance Festival 2022 Brings Ailey, ABT, Ballet Hispánico, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and City Ballet to Lincoln Center for Free!

LINCOLN CENTER, Manhattan 🇦🇷 🇨🇺 🇨🇴🇩🇴 🇫🇷 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇺🇸

CCCADI’s AfriBembé Festival: Sankofa! Celebrates Our African Roots in El Barrio!

HARLEM ART PARK “El Barrio” East Harlem 🌍🇧🇷🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇪🇨🇬🇭🇬🇳🇭🇹🇵🇷

Little Island’s Music & Dance Festival 2022 Taps Into Multicultural NYC

FESTIVAL
Tap, Broadway, Classical, Flamenco, Gospel, Indian Classical Dance, Jazz, R&B, Rumba
July 20-31, 2022
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PERCUSSIVE DANCE
Friday-Saturday, July 22-23, 2022
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GENERATION DANCE
Sunday, July 24 & 31, 2022
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LITTLE ISLAND
Hudson River Park
Meatpacking District

NYC Restaurant Week 2022 Summer is as Diverse as New York City

July 18 – August 21, 2022
NEW YORK CITY
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LAMC 2022 Brings Great Latin Alternative Artists to NYC

Tuesday-Saturday, July 5-9, 2022
DROM, SOB’S, CONEY ISLAND AMPHITHEATER, RUMSEY PLAYFIELD
East Village, Hudson Square, Coney Island, Central Park
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Dizzy Gillespie Afro-Latin Experience Plays Latin Jazz at the Blue Note

BLUE NOTE, Greenwich Village, Manhattan 🇨🇺 🇺🇸

Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble with Malika Zarra, Akua Dixon & Quartette Indigo Play Carnegie Hall Citywide at Bryant Park

BRYANT PARK, Midtown, Manhattan 🇨🇺

NYC Dance Week is 10 Days of Free Dance, Fitness & Wellness Classes

Thu, June 9 – Sat, June 18, 2022
ALL OVER NYC
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Los Van Van Plays Cuban Timba at La Boom

Friday, May 13, 2022
LA BOOM
Woodside, Queens
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Gerardo Contino y Los Habaneros Play Cuban Timba at Terraza 7

TERRAZA 7, Elmhurst, Queens 🇨🇺

Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita “Suba” Reunites the Caribbean with Mother Africa at Roulette Intermedium

Thursday, March 31, 2022
ROULETTE INTERMEDIUM
Boerum Hill, Brooklyn
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The Havana Film Festival New York 2021 Explores Themes of Loss, Resilience, and Hope

Friday-Thursday, November 5-11, 2021
VILLAGE EAST CINEMA
East Village
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The Art Show 2021 (ADAA) Brings America’s Top Galleries to New York

PREVIEW
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Benefits Henry Street Settlement

FAIR
Thu-Sun, November 4-7, 2021

PARK AVENUE ARMORY
Upper East Side
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Fashion Designers of Latin America September 2021 Walks Downtown

Wed-Thu, September 8-9, 2021
LAVAN541
Chelsea, Manhattan
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Hi-Ho Puppet Fringe NYC is Here, Yaaaay!

THE CLEMENTE
Lower East Side
Wednesday-Sunday, August 11-15, 2021

MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
El Barrio, East Harlem
Thursday, August 12, 2021

VIRTUAL
August 16-31, 2021

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NYC’s Creole Food Festival 2021 is Internationalicious!

SKINNY’S CANTINA ON THE HUDSON
Manhattanville (West Harlem)
Friday-Saturday, August 7-8, 2021, 3-8pm
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“Roots of Latin Jazz” PBS Great Performances by Tony Succar with Sheila E, Pablo Gil, Richard Bona & Anaadi

PBS THIRTEEN
July 16 – August 13, 2021
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NYC Restaurant Week is Back for Summer 2021!

nycgo.com

RESERVATIONS
Monday, July 12, 2021

DINING
July 19 – August 22, 2021
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Go Brazilian with Gloria Estefan: Sangre Yoruba on PBS Great Performances

PBS WNET THIRTEEN
Streaming July 9 – August 6, 2021
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The Latino Experience on PBS is Really The American Experience

PBS THIRTEEN
3 Episodes premiere on Tuesdays
July 6-20, 2021, 9pm
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Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute Launches “On Protest and Mourning” Exhibition and Student Curriculum

onprotestandmourning.digital
Ends June 30, 2021
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Americas Film Festival New York 2021 Screens the Latin World

Monday-Friday, June 21-27, 2021
TAFFNY.COM
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New York City’s 1980s Rebound Revolutionized the Music World(s)

MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
“El Barrio” East Harlem
Ongoing
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NYC Dance Week Free Classes Closes with a 70s-80s Roller Skating Party in Brooklyn

CLOSING PARTY
Lakeside Brooklyn Skate Rink
LeFrak Center, Prospect Park
Sunday, June 20, 2021

June 10-19, 2021
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Zaccai Curtis Afro-Cuban Jazz Quartet Keeps Stretching Cubop

HOSTOS CENTER
Zoom, Facebook, YouTube
Friday, May 28, 2021 at 7:30pm ET FREE
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Héctor Méndez Caratini Discusses a Life Photographing Indigenous and African Spirituality in the Caribbean

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Instituto de Historia (Madrid)
Facebook Live
@BibliotecaPineroUAGM
Saturday, May 8, 2021 at 11am ET/AT
FREE

The Neighboring Scenes 2021 Film Festival Puts Latin America on Your Screen

filmlinc.org 🎞🎪 Wednesday, March 31 – April 12, 2021 🇦🇷🇧🇴🇧🇷🇨🇱🇨🇺🇬🇹🇬🇹🇲🇽🇵🇦🇵🇪

Drom Online World Fest Presents Great World Music

dromnyc.com 🎵🎪 Friday, March 26-31, 2021 🇩🇿🇨🇴🇨🇺🇫🇷🇮🇹🇲🇰🇪🇸🇸🇾🇹🇷🇺🇸🇻🇪

New York Portraitist Alice Neel Captured the Spirit of El Barrio

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, Upper East Side, Manhattan 🇨🇺

Xiomara Laugart Celebrates Mi Salsa Kitchen’s 1st Anniversary with Cuban Timba

MI SALSA KITCHEN, Lower East Side, Manhattan ~ From Guantamano, to Yerba Buena, to Broadway, Xiomara will sooth your soul. 🇨🇺

NYC Restaurant Week “TO GO” Winter 2021 is Extended by Popular Demand

TO GO 🍽🎪 January 25 – EXTENDED to February 28, 2021

Watch Times Square New Year’s Eve 2021 with Jennifer Lopez, Pitbull & Anitta

Thursday, December 31, 2020
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Art on the Grid Exhibition puts 50 Emerging Artists on NYC Bus Stops and LinkNYC Kiosks

Monday, June 29 – Sep 20, 2020
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Electra Garrigó is Modern Cuban Theatre about Overthrowing the Old Generation

Friday-Sunday, June 26-28, 2020
Cuban Cultural Center of New York YOUTUBE
FREE

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

Ballet Hispánico Celebrates its 50th Anniversary of Contemporary Dance at the Joyce Theater

JOYCE THEATER, Chelsea, Manhattan 🇨🇺 🇲🇽 🇵🇷

La Celestina Renews the Classic Spanish Tragicomedy

March 12, 2020
REPERTORIO ESPAÑOL
Kips Bay, NYC

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.

Oscars 2020 Academy Awards

Sunday, February 9, 2020
ABC, DOLBY THEATRE
Hollywood, California
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“Parasite” makes history as the first non-English language film to win Best Picture. Puerto Rico-born Joaquin Phoenix wins Best Actor.
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Latin connections to this year’s nominees are Argentine, Brazilian, Creole, Cuban, French, Italian, Jewish, Malian, Mexican, Nigerian, Portuguese, Puerto Rican, Spanish and Trinidadian.