Songs of Cuba by the Ossia Chamber Players featuring Elaine Alvarez, soprano, and Orlando Alonso, piano, with the Mozart Academy Ensemble is dedicated to some of the most important works of the composers of the classical Cuban music repertoire, including Cervantes, Lecuona, Montsalvage, Caturla, Roig, Vitier and more.

A National Book Award finalist and author of Dreaming in Cuban, Cuban-born writer Cristina Garcia appears at BAM to read from and discuss her work with moderator Michael Greenberg.

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a film by Sara Gómez
In Spanish with English subtitles. A love story combining elements of fiction and documentary, De Cierta Manera examines issues of sexism, racism, and class-based prejudices in early 1960s Cuba. Odette Casamayor (Assistant Professor of Classical and Modern Languages, University of Connecticut), Katrin Hansing (Associate Professor of Black and Hispanic Studies, Baruch College, CUNY), Julie Skurski (Distinguished Lecturer of Anthropology, Graduate Center, CUNY) will discuss.

THE CUBAN ART SPACE OF THE CENTER FOR CUBAN STUDIES PRESENTS: Mabel Poblet/Ernesto Rancaño: Recent Works May 12- June 25, 2011 reception with the artists Wednesday, May 11 6-9 pm

Making its highly-anticipated U.S. debut with a tour that includes a two-week stop at The Joyce, Danza Contemporanea de Cuba will provide audiences with the extraordinary chance to experience Cuba’s premier contemporary dance company in an eclectic program featuring the vibrant fusion of American and Afro-Caribbean dance.