The documentary film Letters to Eloisa, about a revered, obscured Cuban writer and his fraught relationship with the Cuban government, tells the story of one man on an island. But director Adriana Bosch’s tale of José Lezama Lima, whose gorgeous, complex writing was hailed internationally even as the author, who allied and then broke with…
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Cuba, Color and Contradiction – Carl Juste and Photos of Paradise Lost in Nostalgia
The pictures tell the story in Cuba: Paradise Lost in Nostalgia. And like in a good painting, the more you look, the more you see. Colors practically explode – red, blue, green, yellow. There is exuberance – a woman in a flaring red dress dancing with men in the street under a glaringly bright blue…
Funk it up ya! Cuba’s Cimafunk brings new groove to Miami
Cuba’s Cimafunk isn’t just the next force in Cuban music – he’s the new funk hero. A review of his Miami show.
She’s no FAKE – Carmen Pelaez’s true story of art and Cuban-American heart.
In Miami New Drama’s latest production, FAKE, author Carmen Pelaez takes on: art world politics (social, financial, ethnic), Cuban politics, cultural legacy, why art matters, how art is valued, who decides that value, who controls culture (Cuban, etc.), and – no biggie! – the nature of truth. Plus, since this is a play about Cuba,…
Piano Man – Cuban maestro Chucho Valdés returns to Miami
In his 70 plus year career, the great Cuban jazz pianist Chucho Valdés has gone from revolutionary to institution. Both aspects will be showcased Friday, when Valdés leads Irakere 45, a tribute to the groundbreaking Cuban jazz fusion band, at the Adrienne Arsht Center. The almost sold out show, which launches a U.S. tour that…
Qué Pasa, USA? returns – Miami’s Nostalgia for Cuban Nostalgia
Miami’s most culture-defining, groundbreaking TV series is coming back as a stage show. No, not Miami Vice. It’s Qué Pasa, USA?, the bi-lingual story of a multi-generational Cuban immigrant family that made legions of Cuban-Americans – and hyphenated immigrants after them – feel at home in their new country. Now Que Pasa, created and broadcast…
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