Who was this Harrison Weed, with his fancy Manhattan apartment and strange dealings with Cuban orphans? Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The thirteen days that followed became known in the United States as the "Cuban Missile Crisis" and in the Soviet Union as the "Caribbean Crisis." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Martí was a revolutionary hero in the Cuban War for Independence against Spain in the late 1800s. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But Hunt suggested they contact Bernard Barker, a Cuban American living in Miami who had done clandestine work for the CIA in the past. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Now we will never be mistaken for Cubans,” one man said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Yet its public health system allowed all Cubans virtually free medical care. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He drove up and down Highway One in a black Cadillac SUV, and he wore bright flowered shirts and smoked real Cuban cigars, just to let the world know what a big shot he was. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

There was a small window that customers could walk up to and get familiar bites like Cuban sandwiches or a howl of Abuela’s chicken soup with chunky potatoes. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I wonder if the Cuban could even beg for his life so that the killer might understand. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cuban music started playing, and someone brought out snacks. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farmer made clear this was far from the truth, and that underneath the fondness he felt for many things Cuban, at his essence he was “a hard-bitten, clinic-building, MDR-treating mother.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

But what could it possibly have mattered to them that, after the broken treaty and Neto’s desperate plea for help, the Cubans were the only ones to answer it? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My abuela was right in making my aunt do that. I mean, the Cuban guy was rich and the street activist she had been in love with ended up in jail.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

They are glad to have a neighbor they can talk to in Spanish and they tell him he’s always welcome to come over for a Cuban coffee. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

If I stay much longer, I’ll need to get a pair of those neon stretch pants all the Cuban women wear. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told me his wife was a chemist who worked with Cuban scientists on top- secret projects developing products from sugarcane. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Commissioner García finally came back to the restaurant and was especially pleased when he heard he could eat his favorite Cuban sandwich for dinner also. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Farmer strongly believed that quarantines were not an effective strategy for handling AIDS, but the Cuban approach had been far more humane. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

We sit around the kitchen table and munch on black beans and rice with steak from the Cuban restaurant in town. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Some of these planters led the way in freeing Cuban slaves. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Two of the Cuban burglars had been carrying notebooks in which the name Howard Hunt was written. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He was afraid that I would interpret all the attention that Cubans gave him as his reward for being an unofficial spokesman of Castro’s socialist government. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Our Cuban neighbor, Mrs. Ruiz, was hosting her large extended family in the yard next door after a Sunday christening. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“From the nineteen sixties. You know—the Cuban Missile Crisis. Mr. Lyons’s grandfather was the custodian back then and told him all about it. The entrance is in the custodian’s closet.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He speaks a slower, more polite Spanish than our Cuban Spanish—which Papi says is always in a rush to catch a train. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The Cubans slaughtered 200 invaders in the ensuing battle and took 1,200 prisoner. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, thass right, you told me she said she didn’t care that you didn’t have any money, but you didn’t say that she said she didn’t like the Cuban’s money. See the difference, bro?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He had so many gifts for his Cuban hosts that they couldn’t all fit in his bag. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

They set up a toll-free hot line so that Cuban exiles could call in and choose from three scathing messages to send directly to the National Palace, demanding El Li'der’s resignation. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was afraid I would paint him as a sentimentalist or, worse, some spineless ally of the Cuban government. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I feel like we’re back in time, in a kind of Cuban version of an earlier America. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you like to try some delicious Cuban cuisine?” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he sounded Cuban, so we could all speak Spanish to each other. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“At the dentist,” said one of her teammates, a gangly Cuban girl. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

BREN: Then why are you reading her hook of Cuban love poems? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Right? It’s like we tried everything. Those fried plantains from the Cuban place, and then the green tea donuts at the coffee shop. You loved those!” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

She makes Cuban croquetas out of chicken rather than pork since we don’t eat pork. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He needs to be sent to the Cuban Home for Boys.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Like us, they are Cuban and Jewish—they dance the cha-cha-cha, and eat matzo on Passover. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Would it really be like the movies I’d seen, with beautiful people everywhere, or would it be a place full of hate and race riots like the Cuban newspapers described? The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

To African drums, the Cubans gradually added an array of percussion instruments that were native to the region, such as the claves and the maracas. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

What Cubans couldn’t buy in Cuba—unless it was on the black market, and that was usually expensive—had to be brought in from abroad. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The guests included the Cuban and the Algerian ambassadors, and also it was here that I met Mrs. W. E. B. Du Bois. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tía Inés is busy refilling the cups of toothpicks that are decorated with mini Cuban flags. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

This syncopation is now so common in all popular music that it has quite forgotten its Cuban roots. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The man said he was once on a boat with a group of Cubans. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

On April 17, 1961, supported by the CIA and by planes flown by American pilots, a force of 1,400 Cuban exiles opposed to Castro landed at the Bay of Pigs. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, yes. Boys under twelve stay across the street, in a different camp, but the older boys will go downtown, to the Cuban Home for Boys.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I knew that all the mail was checked and read by the Cuban censors, but how much longer would it take? The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

My favorite song is a Cuban lullaby, and I love the way Baba sings it with a whisper of a Yiddish accent. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The latter was packed minimally with changes of clothes—o because it was too full of other things, such as slides for his upcoming lectures and presents for his Cuban hosts. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Stone thought it was important to have “local color,” so I convinced him to build Mrs. Soldano a lunch counter where she could serve authentic Cuban cuisine to the tourists. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

BREN: So, Arturo, perchance does that hook of Cuban rapper poems belong to a special someone who popped into your life the other day after so many years apart? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Wealthy, old-money, Cuban, Miami, parties with his sister: he loved them. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’d practiced so that there wouldn’t be a trace of a Cuban accent. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

At Pepe’s Café, they gave me all the Cuban ham sandwiches I could eat. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could get a haircut from his favorite Cuban barber and then take a hot shower and hang out in the Admirals’ Club, a benefit for those with lots of frequent flyer miles. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The Cubans, tipped off by informants, were waiting for them. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You have to be five,” Mr. Ortiz said in his slight Cuban accent. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

In 1959, a rebel force led by Fidel Castro had overthrown the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, an authoritarian leader supported by the United States and by the many American companies doing business on the island. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Cuban women of a certain age and a certain class consider working outside the home to be beneath them. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the Coast Guard came for them, they took the Cubans to Miami and sent him back to Haiti. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, supposedly she was going to marry this guy she was in love with, some street activist or something, but her mother made her marry the Cuban, at least that’s what they told me.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He later summed up his experience: “The Cubans seem to take chess more seriously....They feel more the way I do about chess. Chess is like fighting, and I like to win. So do they.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time since the days of the Cuban Missile Crisis, it seemed to Kremlin officials that America had revived the threat of actual nuclear war. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

As we count down to the new day, we follow the Cuban custom of gulping down thirteen grapes as quickly as we can. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

They made it Cuban-style—ham, mustard, cheese, and pickles, toasted on fresh Cuban bread. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though some of the Cubans, are black too. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“It’s the effect of your mother’s Cuban coffee!” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Until I could go back home and be an average Cuban girl, this would suit me just fine. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t too bad, but I missed Cuban food. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Lourdes overheard one woman remarking on a Cuban boy who had flirted with her on the beach. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abuelo and Abuela saved money and bought a small lunchtime restaurant in a part of town where most Cuban immigrants went when they arrived here from the island. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Other reports say that the carriers were Cuban Indians whom Narvaez had brought as auxiliaries. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

In the heat of the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Kisevalter was told bluntly that the CIA "does not communicate with an enemy intelligence service." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was meeting kids from East Coast cities whose roots were Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Dominican. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Rube Goldberg was an aficionado of Cuban cigars, mostly Macanudos. aging. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, they’d bring up some of their Cuban agents from Miami. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I asked, because there’s nothing better than sweet Cuban coffee with warm condensed milk in the morning. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He smoked a Cuban cigar while the plane was being fueled. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The distinctive Cuban dimension in Latin American music that so inspired Stevie Wonder and others had only really escaped from its island home at the beginning of the twentieth century. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“Zanmi Lasante is an oasis, the best thing of its kind in Haiti. But it’s not as good as here. The Cubans would have done a better job.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

In Cuba, we see guests competing against Cubans in dominoes, and a line for sugar cubes, and Rufus cheers for his roots. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He was a martyr and a hero to Castro and most Cubans. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Troops were patrolling up and down the Cordillera just in case any would-be guerrillas inspired by the Cubans were thinking of hiding there. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last year when El Lider jailed a famous Cuban poet, she sneered at “those leftist intellectual hypocrites” for trying to free him. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mami serves the Cuban coffee in tiny cups that look like toy cups. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

In Cuban son it is not just the melody, whether played on a trumpet or sung, that pushes ahead, but also the bass line. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

She has steel-rimmed glasses, behind which her eyes are hard to see, and black shoes with Cuban heels, and a tiny lipless smile. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was one product, sugar, and all the profits went to a few Cubans, and, of course, to the Americans. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now books keep me company the way my Cuban rag doll once did. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

On nights like these, nobody minds missing the theater’s ordinary fare of grainy Cuban films. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood in the cell that held Nelson Mandela for eighteen years on Robben Island, and I searched for family in a small Cuban town outside Havana. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“That’s why we never see her. She married well. Some rich Cuban she met. They live in Miami.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“No, mi amor. But I could use another cup of your mother’s delicious Cuban coffee.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I smell the sugary Cuban coffee Mami must be making, hear the china cups tinkle in their saucers. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I said that I imagined the Cubans liked his published attacks on American policy in Latin America, his admiration of Cuban public health and medicine, and his efforts to create connections between Cuba and Harvard. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

But what was it about the three-layered Cuban son rhythm pattern that was so seductive? The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The United States had just undergone the failed Cuban Bay of Pigs drama, followed by the Cuban Missile Crisis. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was mad at myself for getting into this and I was mad at that Cuban detective for being a pig. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She has steel-rimmed glasses, behind which her eyes are hard to see, and black shoes with Cuban heels, and a tiny lipless smile. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He even went so far as to "nationalize" property and factories owned by Americans, repossessing them for the benefit of the Cuban people. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In Cuban son, however, the melody is elastic in the other direction: it anticipates the main beat. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

They hang limp, reminding me again of my Cuban rag doll that Mami threw away. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I’d look like a princess, and it would have been my official introduction into Cuban society. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I watched as about fifty Cuban girls, of all ages, sat around eating their cereal, laughing and talking about the upcoming day. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I took out the box of Cuban cigars and placed it in one of the desk drawers. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The rich Cuban family Vera had married into still kept the pink slips of their nationalized lands in Cuba, along with high hopes of reclaiming them once Castro was ousted or finally, finally died. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Cubans in surgical gloves bugging the DNC! I dismissed it as some sort of prank.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Another cabbie is dead, shot in the back of the head, this time a Cuban driver in the Bronx. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo married Felicia at city hall the week of the Cuban missile crisis. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

His boat had stopped to pick up the Cubans on an island off the Bahamas. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Her Yankee Doodle bakeries have become gathering places for these shady Cuban extremists who come all the way from New Jersey and the Bronx to talk their dinosaur politics and drink her killer espressos. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He fought six times and was invincible," the 64-year old recalled fondly, talking over the crowing of 60 birds in his farmyard in the central Cuban region of Ciego de Avila. Cockfighting in Cuba: clandestine venues, state arenas 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z

Growing up in Miami in an Ecuadoran family, I mostly took the ubiquitous Cuban culture for granted. A visit to Little Havana as the embargo that enlivened it comes to an end 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

But not a single one on Monday said they regretted taking time from their lessons on the Cuban missile crisis to learn the placement of a dessert fork. The Art of the Thanksgiving Table 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

At the height of the Cuban missile crisis, he fought a Cuban boxer at Madison Square Garden and swiftly knocked him out; it was a moment of national glory. “The Hurricane Tapes”: Will a British Podcast Solve the Hurricane Carter Case? 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z

And the set he played with his new Cuban quartet on Friday felt statesmanlike, for better and sometimes for worse: a lofty demonstration, tune by tune, of one culture’s talking to another. Music Review: A Cultural Conversation Through Jazz 2010-10-25T22:35:00Z

It features busts of Cuban heroes as well as memorials commemorating those lost in the revolution and the Bay of Pigs invasion, the failed U.S.-backed attempt to overthrow Castro in 1961. A visit to Little Havana as the embargo that enlivened it comes to an end 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

Or you can whip it up with guava marmalade, like Cubans. Bread Pudding and the Comforts of Queer Baking 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z

Mr. Barreras, of Cuban descent via Miami, takes what he calls a modern approach to the cuisine, so he cures and smokes his own hams for Cuban sandwiches. Maria Loi Is Back in Business 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z

When I had originally planned this film, I always loved "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx . . . ," "The Purple Tape." With basketball drama "Boogie," Eddie Huang is finally "free of the shadow" of "Fresh Off the Boat" 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z

El Tucán will also be offering an optional dinner menu to accompany the evening featuring dishes that blend Cuban, Latin and Caribbean fare like tuna belly tostada with grilled habanero salsa. Hotel and Tour News: A Lodge in Kenya Evokes ‘Out of Africa’ 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z

Arguably, because of history and politics, Cuban food is much better known than Puerto Rican. Sazón and struggle: In Puerto Rico and Cuba, food is a marker of resilience and creativity 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z

Ruiz liked to quote the Cuban surrealist writer José Lezama Lima, who stated that the task of the poet is "to go into a dark room and build a waterfall there". Ra?l Ruiz obituary 2011-08-19T14:53:12Z

Show Tacker sent Cuban an email asking for comment but did not immediately hear back. Sony hack: Mark Cuban threatened to leave 'Shark Tank' in salary tiff 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z

She was a Latina, of Cuban descent, I learned, had lovely, caramel-colored skin, much in evidence below her faded blue gym shorts, with that old-fashioned white piping around the edges. In my genes: Adventures in DNA testing 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z

One of the young Cubans we talked to waiting in line shrugged off this inconvenience. Havana’s Symphony of Sound 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

But to Cubans, those ancient vehicles — whose only original parts are their steel bodies, welded together and repainted untold numbers of times — are just evidence of their island’s pervasive scarcity. Found in Cuba: The American Dream (and nightmare) 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z

Reuters' source said they did not have any meetings with Cuban officials. Beyoncé and Jay-Z's Cuba trip licensed by US Treasury, say sources 2013-04-09T11:07:24Z

Born in Argentina to Cuban parents, Mr. Pérez, 62, was named one of the most influential Hispanics in the country in 2005 by Time magazine, who dubbed him “the Donald Trump of the tropics.” Jorge M. P?rez?s Name on Miami Museum Roils Board 2011-12-06T23:33:51Z

It's the first Cuban film with special effects. Brainnnssss! Zombies storm Havana cinema festival 2011-12-09T18:31:04Z

To Cuban Havana Club’s master blender, Asbel Morales, his product is more than a rum; it is an expression of Cuban culture. Cuban Havana Club is legendary, but is it really the best rum for your daiquiri? 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

At times I’ve been mistaken for a Cuban, but certainly not if I’m walking anywhere. Cuba’s forgotten champ 2012-09-07T23:30:00Z

He wished more of the culture, the music, the literature, were being sold alongside the posters, cigar boxes and T-shirts that said “made in America with Cuban parts.” Oscar Hijuelos Returns to His Muse 2010-07-02T22:01:00Z

There are lots of Cuban singers who want to sound like singers from the United States, Milanés said. A New Vanguard of Women in Cuban Jazz 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

Inside is an undated abstraction by Loló Soldevilla, a pioneering Cuban modernist. Lessons in Modernism at the Tefaf Fair 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

Until then, I was not very familiar with Cuban music, and I knew little about son, but I was bewitched by that album. Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll 2011-07-07T22:15:01Z

He took these very tropical Cuban rhythms and added this new harmonic thing, modern jazz chords in a Latin context. Eddie Palmieri Ties Together Musical Genres 2012-12-13T22:49:44Z

Coast Guard received a phone call from a Cuban national aboard a disabled sport fishing boat, Fox 10 TV reports, detailing that his schooner was stranded roughly 130 nautical miles off the Yucatan Peninsula. Carnival Fantasy passengers 'overjoyed' to help rescue 23 people lost at sea for days 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z

The “bulls---” presumably alludes to the nearly 15 years that he wandered the rap Sinai between the release of his indelible debut, 1995’s “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx” and its ballyhooed 2009 sequel. How does a 45-year-old rapper stay relevant in a genre that feeds off youth? 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z

The Cuban government may be sending a subtle message to potential American tourists that preserved architecture and antiques collections are viewable throughout the island. Antiques: New Books on Cuba and an Americana Collection 2011-09-29T19:35:48Z

But this work, with music ranging from heavy metal and electronica to pieces by Cuban singer-songwriters, promises to be anything but. This Week in Arts: a Menagerie, Fresh-Picked Plays and Cuban Dance 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z

“I wanted to bring a piece of modernity to a sleepy Cuban town,” the architect laments. A Fortress to Faith — or Faith’s Undoing? 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

Walker said in a statement, "I am honored to follow in the footsteps of such a beloved, popular movie about such beloved, popular artists, and it's especially fascinating during this important moment in Cuban history." Cuban music documentary 'Buena Vista Social Club' gets an encore 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z

The Cuban company will perform "The Magic of Dance," which includes passages from ballet classics such as "Giselle," "Sleeping Beauty" and "Swan Lake," and "Don Quixote." Cuban ballet to start U.S. tour next week 2011-05-28T00:53:19Z

Now some danzón scores from that time that were lost in the archives in the Cuban city of Matanzas have been rediscovered. Cuba’s danzón genre: ‘150 years later, it’s still alive.’ 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z

The tension was further stoked by activities in Cuba and the most critical moment of JFK’s presidency, the Cuban Missile Crisis. ABC's 'The Astronaut Wives Club' Episode 4 "Liftoff" Does The Same In Ratings 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z

Next door, a facsimile of a shop celebrates the Cuban national drink, guarapo, made with juice pressed from freshly cut sugar cane stalks. Sure, It’s Castro and Cigars, but Cuba Is Coral and Crocodiles, Too 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

It looks right, too, thanks to Libby Watson's clever design that gives us glimpses of Broadway skyscrapers, a wild Cuban fiesta and a New York sewer. Guys and Dolls ? review 2011-03-16T18:45:00Z

In an episode set during the Cuban Missile Crisis, for example, Jacqueline Kennedy gathers her children and tells President Kennedy she can’t tolerate his behavior and is leaving the White House. Dramatizing Camelot 2011-01-17T22:32:30Z

In Julian Schnabel’s film about gay Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas, Depp is on screen for no more than a few minutes. Top 10 Cross-Dressing Movie Performances 2011-11-11T06:42:07Z

Our first destination was Criadero de Cocodrilos, or Crocodile Farm, where an employee showed us some skulls and a stuffed nine-foot long specimen of the Cuban crocodile, the island’s apex predator. Want to See the Wild Side of Cuba? Try a Kayak 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z

And in Little Havana, most Cubans simply want to remember how it was before the revolution.” A visit to Little Havana as the embargo that enlivened it comes to an end 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

Regional variations exist, but are generally subtle, explains Ana Sofía Peláez, author of “The Cuban Table: A Celebration of Food, Flavors, and History.” Inside the century-old bakery that’s one of America’s last sources of traditional Cuban bread 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z

Over time, the building became dubbed “the most Cuban building in Miami.” As Miami’s skyline booms, the future of a long-neglected tropical brutalist gem hangs in the balance 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z

More than 120 images by Cuban and American photographers explore the often harsh realities facing Cubans in Cuba and in the diaspora. Cuban Art Outshines Politics 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z

By 15 he graduated from the Molinas Conservatory and began playing with Cuban orchestras. José Curbelo, Manager for Leading Latin Music Acts, Dies at 96 2012-09-22T02:27:40Z

“You can touch the first moments of when the Cuban identity was being forged in the 18th century,” she says. Can one man’s Cuban road trip fix 56 years of cultural disconnect? 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

Al Pacino is unforgettable as Tony Montana, a Cuban refugee who arrives in 1980s Miami with nothing and becomes a formidable drug kingpin. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Mom’ and ‘Imposters’ 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z

“Alicia and Carlos are the next generation Cuban royalty, so I introduced them,” said Mrs. Valencia-Ramirez, now the deputy chief of staff at the Commerce Department in Washington. Public-Service Driven, and Into Each Other’s Arms 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z

The Cuban connection offers yet another way into Mr. Márquez’s life. Love and Cartagena: Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez Dreamed Here 2010-04-29T22:16:00Z

Alonso, who is 90 and nearly blind, danced in the American Ballet Theater in the 1940s and 1950s, but returned to Cuba after the revolution and took over the Cuban National Ballet. Cuban ballet to start U.S. tour next week 2011-05-28T00:53:19Z

“There may be no entrapped pool of human talent left on earth with the dollar value of Cuban athletes.” The way we left Cuba 2012-12-31T18:00:00Z

Where would I be as a Cuban immigrant if I hadn’t found it?” Without Wheeldon, Morphoses Forges Ahead 2011-10-23T01:47:02Z

The virtuoso Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez, a Quincy Jones protégé, recorded many of the tunes on “The Little Dream” in a single take: His chops are that solid, and his trio is that tightly woven. The Playlist: Janelle Monáe Feels the Funk, and 13 More New Songs 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z

Cubans tell me that all you need for a party is a $3 bottle of good rum … or, for special occasions, a $5 bottle of great rum. A very happy new year, that happened in Havana 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z

As for villains, Sherwin makes it clear that if the Joint Chiefs of Staff had had their way, the Cuban confrontation would have escalated into infinity. Coming Close to Nuclear Holocaust 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

Estefan, a Cuban-born, Grammy award winning singer and songwriter, held up a photo of the Ladies in White and two gladiola stems, the same flowers the Cuban dissidents carry when marching. Gloria Estefan leads march for Cuban dissidents 2010-03-25T23:25:00Z

It’s not simple music, but it maintains a lilting groove derived from the romantic Cuban dance music known as danzón. The Playlist: Justin Bieber Boosts a Friend, and 14 More New Songs 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z

Baseball arrived on the island by sea in the 1860s, via Cubans fleeing the Ten Years’ War, according to “The Tropic of Baseball: Baseball in the Dominican Republic” by Rob L. Ruck. The Lure of Baseball in the Dominican Republic 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z

Many Cuban hospitals have fallen into disrepair and Cubans say they have difficulty getting medical appointments or finding medicine. Cuban doctors proud to risk lives in mission to halt Ebola 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z

“Dance is part of who the Cuban people are.” Cubans seek to revive little-known tango legacy 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z

Varela believes the cultural exchanges will survive renewed U.S.-Cuban hostility and predicts more U.S. musicians soon will play in Cuba. Cuban singer Carlos Varela set for U.S. tour 2010-04-23T21:28:00Z

With a quiet reticence, Jerzon says he will be going to Istanbul to dance with the Cuban government’s company, to which he belongs, in February. Sad eyes and a yearning heart: A young man’s daily odyssey in post-Castro Havana 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z

First, his indeterminate ethnicity – born Oscar Isaac Hernández, raised in Miami, schooled at Juilliard, he has a Guatemalan mother and a Cuban father, plus a touch of French and a smidge of Israeli. Oscar Isaac: 'The irony is not lost on me. Being celebrated for playing someone who wasn't' 2013-05-23T18:30:01Z

I headed to CVS to get some DayQuil for Nancy, who had picked up Anna’s chest cold, then stopped for a mediocre Cuban lunch. On a Disney Cruise, It’s a Stressful World (After All) 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

The latter influx, known as the Mariel boatlift, was a controversial mass flotilla to Florida shores that also included individuals freed from Cuban jails and mental institutions. In Miami, Cuban Culture, No Passport Required 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

Carnival is in talks with Cuban officials to finalize the deal, the company said in a release. Carnival Corporation Plans to Offer Cruise to Cuba 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

I saw that the Cuban printmakers were good at propaganda, but I wasn’t. A Painter and Social Activist With an ‘Unruly Nature’ 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z

The Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles and its Cuban counterpart, Mano a Mano in Havana, would like you to hear their song — 20 of them, presented in glittery, feathered costumes and all. Gay Men's Chorus of L.A. to sing with Cuban counterpart Mano a Mano; show dedicated to Orlando victims 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

Attorneys for Qualia Capital and 2929 Entertainment, which was founded by Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner, did not immediately return phone messages seeking comment. Don Johnson wins verdict in 'Nash Bridges' case 2010-07-07T21:24:00Z

Then, to audible gasps, the Minnesota Orchestra played the Cuban national anthem, which the audience sang along to lustily. Fire and Ice: Minnesotans Join Orquesta Aragón in Havana 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z

On this visit, though, I came in for breakfast, which included toasted Cuban bread. A visit to Little Havana as the embargo that enlivened it comes to an end 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

The United States is continuing to pave the way for tourism to Cuba, announcing on Tuesday that domestic carriers could enter previously blocked airspace, and enter into code-sharing and leasing agreements with Cuban airlines. Frequently Asked Questions: How to Travel to Cuba 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z

But you get a vivid sense of the island’s still-unfamiliar modernist past in “Adiós Utopia: Dreams and Deceptions in Cuban Art Since 1950” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Cuba’s Unfamiliar Modernist Past Arrives in Houston 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

For decades, to the outside world, Cuban art meant propaganda. A Bumpy Journey From Havana to New York Ends at ‘Wild Noise/Ruido Salvaje’ 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

Before Fidel, when segregation was in full swing, the Cuban apartheid meant many clubs and parks still refused black Cubans entry. The way we left Cuba 2012-12-31T18:00:00Z

She is second generation Cuban, 33 years younger than me. “My synagogue was a jail cell”: My miracle happened behind bars 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z

While Ms. Russell says the Cuban government has given her a lot of good feedback, she is taking advantage of the time left until then. At a New Dominican Port, Cruising With a Conscience 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z

The Fidel Castro Tapes This new documentary compiles archival footage and photographs to explore the life and times of the controversial Cuban leader. Tuesday's TV Highlights: 'The Fidel Castro Tapes' and more 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z

Cuban officials do not typically comment on such police activity. Bruguera and other Cuban artists detained ahead of protest over decree 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z

She was on tour with Balanchine in Russia during the Cuban missile crisis. Honors Class of ’14: Al Green, Tom Hanks, Patricia McBride, Lily Tomlin, Sting

Opt for the Cubano, the traditional pork loin, ham, melted Swiss, mustard and pickle sandwich on slightly sweet Cuban bread. A.G. Kitchen is all over the map in Silver Spring 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z

The fundamental building block of Cuban music, as well as several other forms of Latin music, is the five-beat pattern called the clave, from the Spanish word for “code” or “key.” Musical Dialogue Beyond Embargoes 2011-03-24T21:55:35Z

I had prepared for the differences I would see because of Cuban politics, but I wasn’t ready for how similar our cultures were. Sazón and struggle: In Puerto Rico and Cuba, food is a marker of resilience and creativity 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z

With his own particular stamp, Karamba uses cumbia, hip hop and rock 'n' roll, combining the freshness of his lyrics and refrains to recreate the impeccable taste that permeates Cuban music. March's best music from across the MAP 2013-04-02T15:55:27Z

This two-day free festival is always one of the joys of Harlem Week, and this year it offers vibrant Cuban dance. 8 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z

If the embargo is lifted — Republicans in Congress still balk at that — finding car parts could be as easy as running to the Cuban Pep Boys on the corner. Cuban car guys star in first U.S. show shot entirely on the forbidden island 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z

Highlights include dining at a home-based restaurant known as a paladar, visiting an organic farm, learning to cook Cuban dishes, and taking a daiquiri class at the famed bar El Floridita. Resort and Tour News: Cuba Trips; Adventure Lodge in Peru 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z

He said, yes this can be done, it would be great to get a letter from the Cuban government accepting me as part of a cultural exchange. Conan O'Brien's history-making Cuba mission: 'Make them laugh' 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z

Subjects included cockfights, village shacks and fisherman, as well as portraits, self-portraits and tributes to other artists, from Gauguin to Giacometti to the Cuban painter Wilfredo Lam. The Week Ahead: June 6 ? 12 2010-06-03T21:26:00Z

Although he was by trade a statesman, Churchill seamlessly blended his professional life with his personal interests as a gourmand who delighted in multicourse meals that ended in the early morning with a Cuban cigar. ‘Dinner with Churchill’: Dining and diplomacy 2013-05-15T22:58:06Z

Now, at 71, Cueto carries two passports — American and Cuban — and considers both nations essential to his identity. Can one man’s Cuban road trip fix 56 years of cultural disconnect? 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

The restrictions also put hotels and restaurants run by the Cuban military off-limits. What the State Department Warning on Cuba Means for Travelers 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z

Now, he looked like a caricature of Cuban history, a relic, just like the giant billboards praising “socialism or death.” Mariane Pearl: Revisiting the Cuba of My Youth 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

Although as a young man he supported Fidel Castro's Cuban revolution, in 1990 he ran for the presidency of Peru as a moderate reformer. Mario Vargas Llosa: a master of humour and humanity 2010-10-07T17:42:00Z

Cuban also is personally invested in the security issues that led to the hack. Sony canceled the release of ‘The Interview.’ Here's how it could come out. 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

Anticipating a Cuban New Year’s bash, tourists usually gather in Havana’s old town. A very happy new year, that happened in Havana 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z

He was eventually released by the Cuban authorities and briefly settled down into a life of sugar-cane farming and motor repairs. How Hollywood feted the black power movement – and fell foul of the FBI 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

Well, I lived through the Cuban Missile Crisis, so … I was still in school in Philadelphia, close to New York, a likely target. Todd Rundgren: 'Every once in a while I took a trip and never came back' 2013-05-01T15:42:00Z

Cubans also can legally rent out their homes or apartments, which could mean money outside of state control going to private citizens — something American officials say they want. Moving swiftly, U.S. eases travel and trade rules on Cuba 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

“This relationship has been so tense for so many decades. Cubans have been waiting for this moment for all these years.” Cuban Art Outshines Politics 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z

Both men are international-minded: This spring, Gil-Ordóñez, 59, led an exchange that took his Georgetown University students to Cuba, and that brought visiting Cuban musicians to the Washington campus. Why artists become activists: It’s not only the election 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z

Many Cuban tour guides will steer you to these places because they want to eat there too. What, Reserve a Table? Cubans Confront a New Dining Culture 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z

They divorced in the year that Kennedy faced down the Soviet threat over the Cuban missile crisis. Oliver Stone: how America went wrong 2013-04-15T17:07:33Z

Named for a Cuban socialite, it is a curious combination, recounted in Ms. Pelaez’s book, of turkey, cream cheese and strawberry jelly. Restaurant-Hopping With the Author of ‘The Cuban Table’ 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

Cubans nonchalantly crossed the road everywhere except at the traffic light. Mariane Pearl: Revisiting the Cuba of My Youth 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

“We are in a second Cuban Missile Crisis in many ways in terms of the danger of escalation,” says Hershberg, whose books include “Marigold: The Lost Chance for Peace in Vietnam.” In Russian invasion of Ukraine, Cold War echoes reverberate 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z

“For every Cuban in Miami, it’s part of their lifestyle,” Mr. Barreras said of his hometown. Sandwiches the Miami Way, at Pilar Cuban Bakery in Brooklyn 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z

The festival's audiences thrive on variety at an event which boasts Cuban Creole choral singing, Ghanaian Afrobeat, and Ukrainian gypsy music played by New York punks on just one stage, in one afternoon. Cuba's Creole Choir to qawwali at surging WOMAD 2011 2011-08-01T16:42:07Z

“Our show is about cars, but it’s really about looking at Cuba through the lens of cars,” says Craig Coffman, Discovery’s executive producer for “Cuban Chrome.” Cuban car guys star in first U.S. show shot entirely on the forbidden island 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z

“We knew that ‘Patria y vida’ was going to be a song that was going to greatly influence the thinking of Cubans,” he added. Gente de Zona on Cuba: “It is the people who are marching” 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z

They want to lay over the politics of Cuban exiles onto the politics of the United States. Biden’s spin doctors, Beto’s flop, a sea of sweat: The madness after the Miami debates. 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z

The lithesome, elegant musical style known as choro originated in Rio during the 19th century, as an adaptation of folk traditions like the Cuban habanera and the Polish mazurka. The Essentials of Brazilian Music for Olympic Listening 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z

Hijuelos was best known for “The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love,” a 1989 novel about Cuban musicians that won the Pulitzer. Hijuelos novel posthumous release set for 2015 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z

Millions of Cubans fled to the U.S. and elsewhere. Found in Cuba: The American Dream (and nightmare) 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z

What do you think Fidel Castro’s death will mean for Cuban artists? In Ella Fontanals-Cisneros’s Collection, Latin American Roots Run Deep 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

Mr. Cuban certainly believes in the concept of putting up his own money for entrepreneurial ideas. Enough Wallowing, Reality TV Is Ready for Entrepreneurship 2011-03-28T01:29:28Z

Today, Beatles music is played on the Cuban airwaves and Lennon Park is one of Havana's minor landmarks. Cubans rock to once-censored Beatles at Havana tribute concert 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

But for some, the quest is less about the money than about what they say is the soul of Cuban agriculture and how people eat. A Rush of Americans, Seeking Gold in Cuban Soil 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

They were a company outside of Cuba dancing contemporary dance with Cuban music, with Latin music, with everything I loved.” Falling Into Each Other’s Arms, a Step at a Time 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z

“We had been indoctrinated — we only had the Cuban government part of the story,” said her husband, who was 15 at the time. Divisive Battle Over Elián González Reverberates on a Miami Stage 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z

Among the lighter rums, the favorite was a split decision between the Cuban and Bacardi Havana Clubs. Cuban Havana Club is legendary, but is it really the best rum for your daiquiri? 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

Cuban had been one of only two owners who opposed the relocation of the Seattle Sonics to Oklahoma City in 2008, since Dallas and the Oklahoma capital are only some 200 miles apart. The Mavs' Big Winner: Mark Cuban's New Image 2011-06-17T09:15:00Z

This show’s title comes from the 1967 autobiography of the New York writer Piri Thomas, a community organizer of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent who grew up in what was then called Spanish Harlem. 24 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

Festival, a feast of Cuban dance, music, visual arts and film that ends June 16. ArtsBeat: Creole Choir of Cuba Brings Island's Music to Brooklyn 2011-06-03T18:37:23Z

Phillips spent time negotiating on both the Cuban and American sides to gain access to the collection. Items from Hemingway's Cuba home go to JFK Library 2013-05-06T21:27:08Z

He left Cuba in 1960, more than a year after the Cuban revolution and less than a year before he killed himself in Idaho at age 61 amid a struggle with depression. Hemingway center opens in Cuba to preserve writer's work 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z

Was Chávez being played by the Cubans or was he playing them? Review | ‘Two Spies in Caracas’ conjures international intrigue in Hugo Chávez’s Venezuela 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z

Magia da la Danza is meant to be a glittering shop window for the Cuban – a parade of duets and ensembles from the company's most popular repertory. National Ballet of Cuba 2010-04-08T21:00:00Z

Getting a Cuban to say anything remotely critical – or even mildly speculative – on camera is all but impossible. TV review: Cuba with Simon Reeve; Inside Guinness World Records 2012-12-11T22:10:01Z

Only Cuban citizens or foreign residents returning home are allowed entry the country but are being monitored by health officials at quarantine centers for two weeks. Flights between US, Cuba suspended over coronavirus, officials say 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z

“I think it will make Middle America know who I am,” she said over a lunch of spinach salad and grilled Cuban sandwiches. Coco Rocha, Expanding Her Efforts To Be a Role Model 2012-08-31T21:17:25Z

Boris Sarmiento, a trombonist who was in the audience, said it was “interesting to hear their interpretations of Cuban songs and Cuban elements, played with their own style, their own arrangements, their own formation.” Cuba Journal: A Mixing of Styles in Havana 2010-10-08T19:30:00Z

Visiting scholars and diplomats come away stunned by one of the most significant personal collections of Cuban culture in the world. Can one man’s Cuban road trip fix 56 years of cultural disconnect? 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

Several of her Cuban supporters, along with unrelated dissident activists, were also arrested last week. Art and politics collide in Tania Bruguera's latest work in Cuba 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

Asked about the future of U.S.-Cuban relations given U.S. Cuba's Santeria priests forecast prosperity in New Year's prophesy 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z

These leafy ribbons, apparently unique to Cuban bread, do what slashes on other kinds of bread dough do, allow the bread to expand during baking. Inside the century-old bakery that’s one of America’s last sources of traditional Cuban bread 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z

Playing to an audience that drew from Dade County’s vast Cuban American and Haitian American communities, the production was performed in Spanish and Creole with English surtitles. ‘Our Town’ debuted in 1938, but it’s still staged everywhere. A new book explains why it’s so timeless. 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z

The Cuban authorities are still determining whether to file criminal charges against her. Art, not politics led to dissident artist Tania Bruguera's Herb Alpert award 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z

The natural assumption at the time would have been that they worked for a Cuban faction or the CIA , García said. Love in the time of surveillance: FBI agents tracked Gabriel García Márquez 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

Of those, the Cuban Catholic Church is disseminating 1,500. Can one man’s Cuban road trip fix 56 years of cultural disconnect? 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

Speaking by phone from Havana, he added, “And it will give Cubans a more diverse view of Americans.” How to Go to Cuba Right Now 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

I hear that rich foreigners, among them Canadians and Russians, are buying the grand Cuban mansions. Mariane Pearl: Revisiting the Cuba of My Youth 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

I, for one, miss Little Havana and its seductive Cuban cooking in Columbia Heights. Review | The more Mexican, the merrier, with the arrival of Anafre 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z

He just finished explaining to his group that the Virgin is something that all Cubans have in common. Can one man’s Cuban road trip fix 56 years of cultural disconnect? 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

If you were Mark Cuban, how would you address your own prejudice? Is Mark Cuban right about the pervasiveness of prejudice?

As the scholar Alexandra Vazquez has written, the uptick in compilations of and guides to Cuban music that followed “Buena Vista” helped generate plenty of myths about the island. ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ at 25: Memories of Memories 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

In “The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings,” a period piece about segregated baseball, Pryor is an athlete who pretends to be Cuban so he can play against white talent. Critic’s Notebook: A Richard Pryor Retrospective, ‘A Pryor Engagement,’ at BAM 2013-02-05T23:21:42Z

On Thursday night, they visited another Havana venue to hear live Cuban music. Beyonce, Jay-Z visited Cuba with US Treasury Dept OK-source 2013-04-08T21:45:12Z

Until recently, when U.S.-Cuba relations began to thaw, we weren’t able to buy Cuban rum. Cuban Havana Club is legendary, but is it really the best rum for your daiquiri? 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

For the longest time, even with my French passport, my travels there were viewed with suspicion by Cuban authorities. Mariane Pearl: Revisiting the Cuba of My Youth 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

With Ruth Behar, a Cuban-born writer and professor at the University of Michigan, he started a blog, Bridges to/from Cuba, to foster dialogue between Cubans on the island and those of the diaspora. Cuba Through the Eyes of the Poet Richard Blanco 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z

Mr. Vilela’s statement is still important to some Cubans in Little Havana. In Miami, Cuban Culture, No Passport Required 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

At the meeting, she pitched him a version centered on a Cuban American family. In ‘With Love,’ Gloria Calderón Kellett Comes Home for the Holidays 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

He was listening to a lot of Cuban music at the time — they both grew up listening to Cuban ballads popular in Mexico — and began thinking of recording their songs with a Cuban band. Rodrigo y Gabriela Return to Mexico City in Triumph 2012-01-23T22:57:36Z

Since then, it has been recognized as a landmark of feminist, neorealist, Communist, Cuban, Latinx, Third World and simply world cinema. A Feminist, Neorealist, Communist Film, and a Plain Great Movie 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z

Among them are an abstract shaped canvas of swollen, interlocking forms by Cuban Zilia Sánchez and Colombian sculptor Feliza Bursztyn’s “Bed” — a languid, horizontal form draped in red satin that periodically vibrates. 'Radical Women' at the Hammer Museum is a startling show you need to see, maybe twice 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z

Incorporating Spanish songs and carols, “Dream of Kings” redirects its ancient travelers through the skies, undersea and across a jungle in what may be the only Nativity story with a dancing Cuban octopus. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z

In October, the State Department announced it was expelling 15 Cuban diplomats. When President Obama moved to normalize relations with Cuba 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z

Over a period of decades, Castro reportedly provided him with many favors, including a mansion, and set him up as director of a Cuban film institute. Love in the time of surveillance: FBI agents tracked Gabriel García Márquez 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

Inspired by seismic Cuban and global events, “Celia and Fidel” features characters who often tidily explain geopolitical realities to each other — when they’re not analyzing situations with pat succinctness or pithily summarizing past shared experiences. Review | She might get top billing, but ‘Celia and Fidel’ at Arena Stage shortchanges the female revolutionary 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z

Hard-liners might be less pleased by another entry in her bio, in which she said she helped found the Cuban Artists Fund, which supports “independent emerging Cuban” artists, as well as Cuban-American artists. ArtsBeat: New Director Imminent for Miami City Ballet 2012-04-02T21:18:33Z

He sang to Cuban soldiers serving in Angola, and he toured the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Pablo Milanés, Troubadour of the Cuban Revolution, Dies at 79 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z

Currently, only a few organizations, like the Vermont nonprofit Americas Media Initiative, distribute Cuban independent films in the United States. Hola, Cuba! It’s Hollywood Calling 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

She said many Cubans are already finding ways to get online despite reported Internet access rates of 5 to 20 percent. Airbnb Offers Accommodations in Cuba 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z

It is we, who need to learn male ballet dancing from the Cubans now. Bolshoi celebrates Cuba's peerless ballerina Alonso 2011-08-04T18:54:32Z

The Grammy-winning group played in front of towering Cuban and Puerto Rican flags as the sun set and foamy waves crashed against the famous Malecon boulevard that hugs the seawall along Havana's coast. Calle 13 rocks Cuba, braces for Miami backlash 2010-03-24T00:40:00Z

For the average Cuban, it is of course not just mojitos and salsa dancing. Havana’s Symphony of Sound 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

Persuading the aging Cubans to sign on to the effort to get their music back takes Seeley on an almost covert mission to Havana. 'Havana Requiem' is a legal thriller with spice 2012-05-08T13:50:08Z

When the Cuban collaboration known as the Buena Vista Social Club exploded more than a decade ago, few listeners knew the recording was actually a rescue operation for a project that fell through. Afrocubism ? from Mali and Cuba ? plays Zoo 2011-06-30T19:42:06Z

This has been a good year, maybe a banner year, for those working at the intersection of traditional Cuban music and state-of-the-art improvisation. New Music: Releases From Velvet Underground, Eric Reed and Volcán 2013-12-16T23:33:13Z

In this debut novel, the daughter of a Cuban immigrant is haunted by the desire to learn more about her history, setting in motion a multigenerational family story that leaps across the Americas. 16 New Books to Watch For in March 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z

The Latin jazz compositions he performs with his Jass Syncopators draw overtly on the influences of Dizzy Gillespie and Duke Ellington, as well as a handful of mid-20th-century Cuban bandleaders. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

Don’t expect to stock up on those coveted Cuban cigars, however. Practical Traveler: At Long Last, Legal Trips to Cuba 2011-06-30T14:59:44Z

“People would have avoided theaters showing the movie and hurt everyone,” Cuban said. Sony canceled the release of ‘The Interview.’ Here's how it could come out. 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

During a stroll through the exhibit the other night, before dozens of guests arrived for the opening reception, the artists talk about the surprising ways Cuban paths cross. For two Cuban artists, divergent paths intersect at GALA Hispanic Theatre

Cuban state media posted enthusiastic reports about Madonna's visit and the Foreign Ministry sent a string of tweets welcoming her. Madonna joins in the stream of celebrities visiting Cuba 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z

The works of the late Cuban poet Heberto Padilla have been compared to a great cigar: balanced, full flavored and serene. On the Cigar Trail in Cuba 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

Early 1960s: the Cuban missile crisis. 1980s: the Soviet Union’s reaction to the “Star Wars” defense plan. Review: ‘The Dark Side of the Sun,’ and, by the Way, We’re Doomed 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z

“Forest World,” a new middle-grade novel, introduces readers to Edver, an 11-year-old who lives in Miami, Florida, with his mother and is shipped off to Cuba to see his birthplace and meet his Cuban family. Family visits to Cuba inspired girl to become a poet 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z

Mr. Acosta returns to London with a run at the Coliseum, from July 28 to Aug. 7 — a performance that is a sequel to his Olivier Award-winning 2009 show, “Tocororo: A Cuban Tale.” Dancer Acosta Makes a Return to the London Stage 2010-07-26T10:00:00Z

This may not sound like a typical Cuban dining scene, and in many ways, it’s not. Journeys: Private Restaurants Try to Expand Cuba?s Menu 2012-03-16T21:28:01Z

Optional extras include a behind-the-scenes tour of the Gran Teatro, the home of the Cuban National Ballet Company, plus salsa lessons and horse riding. Your own Motorcycle Diaries: touring Cuba with Che Guevara’s son 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z

Nascent Cuban capitalists will profit from the end of the present sociopolitical/economic order. Havana’s Symphony of Sound 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

"A large part of society is going down a dark path," said the 27-year old, criticizing Cuba's ailing, Soviet-style economy that forces Cubans to turn to illegal activities to get by. Cuban graffiti artists bring social critique to Havana's walls 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z

Ike runs back to the kitchen to find the entire staff, all Cubans, frozen around a television set, watching news about Che Guevara’s seizure of Santa Clara, a decisive victory in the Cuban revolution. Television Review: ?Magic City? on Starz Is Set in Miami Beach, Circa 1959 2012-04-06T00:24:34Z

In Cuba, his father worked as president of the Cuban Electric Company — a plum position, until Communist revolutionaries overthrew the government. Taking a Late-in-Life Victory Lap, Thanks to His Novel’s ‘Lunatic Energy’ 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z

This collection spans the last 20 years of Guevara’s life and includes letters sent during his Motorcycle Diaries trip, the Cuban revolution and more. Newly Published, From Che Guevara to Sapiens 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

Negotiate a fair fee – tourists’ pesos are important to Cubans living traditional lifestyles. The best of Cuba, beyond Havana: readers’ travel tips 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

With the blessing of the Cuban government, the band toured the world for decades, developing a global following. Juan Carlos Formell, Buoyant Heir of Cuban Musical Legacy, Dies at 59 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z

Marriott International is reported to be in discussions with Cuban officials about running or developing hotels on the island. American Hotel Brands Move Into Cuba 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z

Royal Ballet productions include a new version of "Don Quixote" created by Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta. Royal Opera chief: Modern singers lack stamina 2013-03-13T17:12:11Z

"I come from a very Cuban family and for scageome reason his family dynamics, although not similar, are so familiar to me." Eva Mendes: 'I don't care about looking beautiful' 2013-04-04T18:30:01Z

It is the work of Cuban artist Kadir Lopez Nieves, who is restoring the vintage signs of the cinemas, hotels and cabarets that lit up Havana’s nightlife in its 1950s heyday. Cuban artist switches Havana's neon lights back on 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z

Parlá spent his youth “writing”—his preferred term for graffitiing—on abandoned buildings and rooftops in Miami, where he was born to Cuban émigrés. A Look at José Parlá's Dual Shows in Manhattan 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z

Video of images by the Cuban artist Raul Speek provided a dizzying, kaleidoscopic background to the music: his style is vividly exotic, verging on erotic, and best when its fantastic realism becomes surreal. Afrodisiac ? review 2010-10-18T21:45:00Z

The Cuban government says it now owns works like that because they were abandoned. Despite detente, search for art looted in Cuba could take years 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

Rather than accept blame for mismanaging the Cuban economy and for the startling decay of the nation’s infrastructure, the Castros were forever pointing at the U.S. trade embargo. Change in U.S. policy toward Cuba dismantles an artifact of the Cold War 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

But some Bronx artists say the museum is selective in embracing Cuban artists, featuring those on the island while neglecting local Cubans. Resignations at the Bronx Museum Over a Costly International Push 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z

But “Yuli” also celebrates the Cuban education system that provided free ballet training to the descendent of slaves from a rundown neighborhood and features a choreography blasting U.S. imperialism. Cuban ballet star Carlos Acosta stars in own biopic 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

Through Sunday, he performs with a midsize ensemble, celebrating the 45th anniversary of the founding of Irakere, his watershed Cuban fusion band. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

Coulter and Cuban were not the only new faces added to “Sharknado 3.” Ann Coulter, Mark Cuban, Jerry Springer join the cast of “Sharknado 3″ 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z

Cubans, mostly men, like to chomp on them while playing dominoes or just walking down the street. Cuba's famed cigars get a foot in door of U.S. market 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z

Cuban culture, supported and well-promoted by the state, is a big draw. Cultural Cuba: an arts tourist’s notebook 2014-02-06T00:49:23Z

The spike is attributed to delays of up to five years for Cubans seeking to emigrate legally to join relatives in the United States. Twenty years after Cuban raft exodus, they keep coming 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z

A rarer Cuban tradition is represented by the Creole Choir of Cuba, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on June 4. Spring Performance: Music: Festivals of Cuba?s Finest And of the Avant-Garde 2011-02-20T02:01:32Z

There’s another reptile with a temper, the Cuban boa, tightly coiled in the shade of a small tree trunk. Sure, It’s Castro and Cigars, but Cuba Is Coral and Crocodiles, Too 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

Robert Kennedy’s account of the Cuban missile crisis is brief, bracing and revealing. Great Leadership in a Time of Crisis 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z

The story of Cuban cuisine is as diverse as its traditions and cultures. A recipe for Cuba's national dish, ropa vieja, or rags, from the new book "Cuban Flavor" 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

That’s when President Kennedy placed an embargo, still in effect, on Cuban tomatoes. Books of The Times: That Perfect Florida Tomato, Cultivated for Bland Uniformity 2011-07-05T21:04:11Z

Croquetas are one of the trademarks of Cuban food, a hallmark of celebration and a cherished grab-and-go item among the rush of the area. Will It Croqueta? Miami Pushes the Limits of a Favorite Snack. 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

She nudges the English to give it a Cuban tone, respectful of the brutal efficiency of Mr. Padura’s Spanish, while never sacrificing the lyrical flourishes with which he occasionally bedazzles his readers. Books of The Times: ‘The Man Who Loved Dogs’ Centers on Trotsky 2014-01-21T22:09:20Z

The works on view were targeted at potential customers for Japanese trains, American racecars, Swiss clothing, Swedish tires, Dutch glassware, Italian liqueurs, French cigarettes, Cuban cigars, and sports events in Poland, Israel, Argentina and Uruguay. When Advertisements Were Art 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z

Kennedy’s administration backed a failed attempt to overthrow Cuban President Fidel Castro. John F. Kennedy, an always youthful president, would be 100 this month 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z

These opinions may be unfashionable in Hollywood, but among Miami Cuban emigres they are entirely orthodox, and it's with that community that Garcia still identifies most closely. Andy Garcia: the outsider 2010-07-19T06:59:00Z

In April 1961, about 1,500 Cuban exiles trained under CIA guidance in Guatemala and invaded Cuba in a failed bid to overthrow Fidel Castro's communist regime. Source: Juanes postpones concert in Miami 2011-01-31T22:32:09Z

"The philosophy of punishing Cuba remains in effect," Josefina Vidal, chief of the Cuban foreign ministry's U.S. division, told reporters in Havana last week. Authors see chance for breakthrough in U.S.-Cuba relations 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

Huey P Newton was rowing towards the Cuban coastline in a dinghy with only one oar when it capsized. How Hollywood feted the black power movement – and fell foul of the FBI 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

But a lot of what they played didn’t sound like what was on the original album; it felt like a decidedly broader, and more decidedly danceable, sampling of traditional Cuban music. ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ at 25: Memories of Memories 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

The producers polled Cubans about which classic songs to include, then recorded current performers playing them live and unplugged. Playlist: The Grammy Awards Before the Grammys 2011-02-13T01:06:05Z

The re-establishment of diplomatic ties between America and the Caribbean island in earlier this year mean that interest in Cuban art can only grow. Seize the day 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

Cuban is getting a lot of backlash for being biased. Is Mark Cuban right about the pervasiveness of prejudice?

Nothing about this event, however, was reported in Havana or across Cuba by the Cuban state. The way we left Cuba 2012-12-31T18:00:00Z

But Newton and Fontaine struggled in the choppy sea, eventually scrambling ashore where they were picked up by the Cuban authorities. How Hollywood feted the black power movement – and fell foul of the FBI 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

In the fifth episode, there’s an emotional scene as the Cuban car guys and their families watch the live television announcement. Cuban car guys star in first U.S. show shot entirely on the forbidden island 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z

I took daily walks downtown to the Cuban Coffee Queen for an afternoon caffeine lift while the rest of the gang lounged on the patio at the rental house. Family getaways can be pricey and stressful. Here’s why you should go anyway. 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

When Fidel Castro took power in 1959, however, he objected to the Americans’ continued presence at Guantanamo; he once called the base “a dagger plunged into the heart of Cuban soil.” An unlikely wildlife haven on controversial Guantanamo Bay 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z

"Twain & Stanley Enter Paradise" shares themes from some of Hijuelos' previous seven novels: adoption, male friendship, exile, Cuban history and celebrity. Posthumously published 'Twain & Stanley' a bit too presumptuous 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

She is the first Cuban American and seventh Latin artist to receive the Kennedy Center Honors. Gloria Estefan left Cuba as a young child, but the island defines her, and her music 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

In the Cuban heat, the cookies quickly began to deteriorate, he said, so most people just read the fortune. A Homecoming of Good Fortune for an Artist’s Pile of Cookies 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z

By the 1980s he had established himself as an ambassador of Cuban music. Pablo Milanés, Troubadour of the Cuban Revolution, Dies at 79 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z

Mr. Carvalho’s father is Angolan, and his mother is Cuban; now 34, Mr. Carvalho spent part of his childhood in Cuba and moved to Lisbon at 18. Buraka Som Sistema Reveals Lisbon’s Musical Melting Pot 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z

As Arnaz recalls: "He bent over and kissed me and said" -- here she adapts a Cuban accent -- "'Merry Christmas!' I thought, 'Santa sounds just like daddy.'" Lucie Arnaz recalls Christmas with Lucy, Desi 2013-12-18T20:52:25Z

Kimmel asked Cuban about his talks with Sheen and as Cuban responded, Sheen popped onstage, waving, high-fiving and blowing kisses to the audience, who went wild with applause. Kimmel on Charlie Sheen: 'my head is still spinning' 2011-03-22T18:14:17Z

Obama might meet Cuban President Raul Castro there in what could potentially be more substantive than their handshake during a brief encounter at Nelson Mandela's funeral last December. Authors see chance for breakthrough in U.S.-Cuba relations 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

SAT Cuba! with salsa dance workshop, Orchestra Zarabanda Cuban salsa music, food, exhibits, 6 p.m. Community calendar 2012-09-05T23:07:04Z

This interactive performance by Cuban artist Leandro Feal, 33, is one of the politically charged artworks in a parallel exhibit on the sidelines of Havana’s 13th Biennial arts celebration that kicked off this weekend. Cuban indie artists challenge government at Havana arts biennial 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z

The singers slept in the streets with Cuban doctors because there were no spare buildings in which to house them. The Creole Choir of Cuba: the a cappella aid agency 2010-08-19T21:15:00Z

And despite its embargo and its past acts, the United States, the former oppressor, became, for many Cubans, a sort of savior. Found in Cuba: The American Dream (and nightmare) 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z

L’Duro, one of the festival D.J.’s, explained that Cuban salsa is a rich, upbeat style incorporating drums, while Puerto Rican salsa tends to be more melodic, using saxophones and piano. In Paris, Mixing Up Some Salsa 2010-04-09T10:00:00Z

He's not the type to frequent Cuban bars like this one. Jamie Bell: From Billy Elliot to Tintin 2011-03-13T00:03:06Z

He sits, with a sly smile and slicked-back hair, at the Cuban Casino nightclub. 'Beautiful Maria of My Soul': Oscar Hijuelos plumbs the story of 'Mambo Kings' ' beloved Maria 2010-06-23T23:37:00Z

More impressive/tragic were the lineup of Cuban "boats" that had made landfall on this tiny spit of sand. West of Key West, an Under-the-Radar National Park 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z

With lyrics in Spanish and English, they addressed topics like troubled romance, a dusty house and, in “El Ruso,” the Russian-language classes that were once required in Cuban schools. Review: Daymé Arocena Mixes a Cosmopolitan Vibe With an Earthy Tone 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z

“No one thought it would last forever. After the Cuban missile crisis, it was different. It felt like they were being cast out of Eden.” Restaurant-Hopping With the Author of ‘The Cuban Table’ 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

She said “Pepas” exploded in popularity not because it’s about drugs but because it has a unique sound blending electronic dance music with guaracha, a popular Cuban music style. Reggaeton star Farruko roils fans by preaching about God 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

"Because of the political situation between the two countries, the Cubans held on very fast to what they had there," she said. Items from Hemingway's Cuba home go to JFK Library 2013-05-06T21:27:08Z

A young street salesman named Jesús unsuccessfully tried to sell a bog-standard kitchen sink to a fellow Cuban in search of the same. Rewind TV: The X Factor; The Trouble with Aid; The Killing; The Poison Tree; This World – review 2012-12-16T00:05:52Z

“The bridge was built when Chano Pozo and Dizzy started doing their thing — even before that,” said Mr. Henriquez, referring to the historic collaboration in the late 1940s between that Cuban percussionist and Dizzy Gillespie. In Havana, Jam Sessions With a Master Trumpeter 2010-10-10T21:33:00Z

To the fury of Cuban patriots, farmers from Iowa and California moved here assuming it would become an official part of the United States. A Cuban Island That Has Played Both Paradise and Prison 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

And it included a great Cuban musician not often heard in New York, the flutist Orlando Valle, known as Maraca. Cuban Music and More at Jazz at Lincoln Center 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z

“He paid me in, like, a Cuban link chain.” The Rebranding of the Bronx 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z

Cubans are cursed whether they find a means of escape or remain. The way we left Cuba 2012-12-31T18:00:00Z

Their success is evidence of a growing Cuban middle class with disposable income. Cuban entrepreneurs take a bigger slice of profits thanks to reforms 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z

Sample classics at La Tropicana Cafe, a landmark of the city’s Cuban community. For Ybor City in Florida, a historic cigar town faces a cloudy future 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z

He concludes that “the real lesson of the Cuban missile crisis … is that nuclear armaments create the perils they are deployed to prevent, but are of little use in resolving them.” Coming Close to Nuclear Holocaust 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

Social dance returns on June 14 with a performance of Cuban music by the singer Lucrecia and the salsa band 8 Y Más. Lincoln Center Revives Summer for the City, Hoping to Draw New Fans 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z

“We want to see Afro-Panamanians, Black Cubans, Black Dominicans,” she said. Lin-Manuel Miranda Addresses ‘In the Heights’ Casting Criticism 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z

Although it claims to be “an exploration of contemporary Cuban art from the 1970s to the present,” it is in no way a representative survey. A Bumpy Journey From Havana to New York Ends at ‘Wild Noise/Ruido Salvaje’ 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

Opened by a Cuban immigrant in 1905, it takes only a few bites for me to admit that Tampa has a convincing argument. Finding My Florida 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z

The living room looked exactly the same as when the international news crews had covered one of the most famous defections in Cuban history. The way we left Cuba 2012-12-31T18:00:00Z

Here, the title character is a Cuban criminal turned drug kingpin in 1980s Miami. What You Should Watch This Father’s Day Weekend 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z

That summer, between Aug. 12 and Sept. 13, some 31,000 Cubans were detained at sea by U.S. ships. Twenty years after Cuban raft exodus, they keep coming 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z

Some collectors, such as Howard Farber, buy Cuban art in anticipation of a payday. Seize the day 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

But when they met up that December at a Cuban restaurant in Philadelphia, neither was at a loss for words. In Their Different Cultures, They Found Common Denominators 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

Havana-born Cueto’s permanent domicile is two connected apartments in Northwest Washington that he has transformed into a private museum and archive of all things Cuban. Can one man’s Cuban road trip fix 56 years of cultural disconnect? 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

The conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union didn't end with the Cuban missile crisis in October 1962. Author peels back curtain on Cold War in Caribbean 2011-04-01T18:01:12Z

The program will also include visits to Cuban museums and cultural institutions, studios and galleries and photography and architecture tours. Rockers Blondie to play Cuba on four-day cultural exchange 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z

Restored from its original 16-millimeter, the film looks terrific, and, despite its nostalgia for the ideals of the Cuban revolution, it feels as relevant today as it did in 1974. A Feminist, Neorealist, Communist Film, and a Plain Great Movie 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z

"They are Americans," she informed him in no uncertain terms, "you are just a Cuban. Don't you ever disrespect them!" Havana’s Symphony of Sound 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

After debarking, we took the subway up to Times Square and headed over to Margon, a hidden lunch counter on 46th Street that serves Cuban specialties. Frugal Traveler: A New York City Weekend for $100 2010-12-29T03:55:00Z

He successfully conveyed his story as the son of working-class Cuban immigrants who, a mere four years ago, owed $100,000 in student loans. Marco Rubio’s meritocracy myth: Helping corporations slash salaries and pocket the profits in the name of the “American dream” 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

“Nothing will change,” the Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban, said. Rooting for Your Home Team in Person? Here’s What You Need to Know. 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z

In fact, it's hard to think of a sports executive who's transformed his image, in as short a time, as Mark Cuban. The Mavs' Big Winner: Mark Cuban's New Image 2011-06-17T09:15:00Z

The sacrilegious writer had spat in the face of mainstream Cuban theatre, which still displayed colonial stereotypes that stifled talent and invited intellectual laziness. A hundred years of Virgilio Piñera, l'enfant terrible of Cuban literature 2012-08-03T17:09:31Z

Owner Fabio Díaz Vilela, who came over from Cuba in 1993, said, “I only support Cuban music and art, in particular those that have had nothing to do with that totalitarian system.” A visit to Little Havana as the embargo that enlivened it comes to an end 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

But rappers of "Los Aldeanos" say their music is actually revolutionary, and they criticized those Cubans who become critical only after reaching the safe shores of Miami. Underground Cuban rappers live on the edge 2010-05-16T23:27:00Z

Mr. Acosta’s hope, he said, is that these choreographers will expose not just his dancers but the whole Cuban dance scene to global trends, ideas and standards of excellence. To Be a Star Carlos Acosta Had to Leave Cuba. Maybe His Dancers Won’t Have To. 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z

“Havana was the second top spot for tango in the world in the 1950s,” said Felix Contreras, 79, a Cuban academic writing a book about the phenomenon. Cubans seek to revive little-known tango legacy 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z

Despite his Communist beliefs -- he was a guest of Cuban leader Fidel Castro at several official functions -- Saramago said he did not write to serve ideology or political activism. Nobel-winning Portuguese author Saramago dies at 87 2010-06-19T02:24:00Z

Cuba's communist authorities say their anti-establishment songs are too critical and cannot be played on Cuban radio stations, that are all state-run, or sold in the shops. Underground Cuban rappers live on the edge 2010-05-16T23:27:00Z

Its score combines Cuban rhythms and lyric, operatic passages with modern edges. ‘Cubanacán’ Imagines When Che and Fidel Compared Golf Swings 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z

It's song "Zaleilah" is a global mishmash: Cuban horns, lashings of salsa, a generous dollop of Gypsy frenzy, and even a smattering of bagpipes. This is pop? A look at wacky Eurovision contenders 2012-05-25T12:31:04Z

Victoriano Manteiga was also deeply committed to Cuban independence and was no stranger to José Martí, the poet and revolutionary who visited Tampa more than 20 times to raise money for the Cuban rebels. For Ybor City in Florida, a historic cigar town faces a cloudy future 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z

Born in Montreal to Cuban parents, Mr. Alvarez began his dance training in San Diego. David Alvarez on ‘Billy Elliot,’ the Army, and ‘On the Town’ 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z

Cuban performance artist Tania Bruguera was detained by authorities in Havana before a controversial planned performance, according to the artist's sister. Artist Tania Bruguera detained in Cuba before performance, family says 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z

Cubans are ingenious at adapting what they have into something that is greater than the sum of its parts. Havana’s Symphony of Sound 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

Celebrating Havana’s 500th anniversary, this retrospective highlights movies in which the Cuban capital serves as the setting or the subject. 3 Film Series to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

A long-delayed remake of "Red Dawn" will pit plucky American youth against North Koreans instead of Russians and Cubans. Why we should give remakes a chance 2011-08-31T00:31:00Z

This is the fate that follows Cleo: She finds Cubans everywhere she goes, each with his or her own “personal Cuba.” What’s It Like to Write Poetry in Authoritarian Cuba? Tricky, This Novel Suggests 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z

There may be fewer than 3,000 Cuban crocodiles left in the wild today. At zoos, not every resident is a spring chicken 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z

He said Cubans often replaced the original parts with alternative or homemade parts. Prince Charles visit shines spotlight on Cuba's classic British cars 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z

Not surprisingly, some of the old-guard is not entirely convinced that guys like Cuban are good for pro sports. The Mavs' Big Winner: Mark Cuban's New Image 2011-06-17T09:15:00Z

Miami’s population soared as waves of Cuban migrants and others from Latin America transformed the city. As Miami’s skyline booms, the future of a long-neglected tropical brutalist gem hangs in the balance 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z

Thanks to the label, an ensemble of aging Cuban musicians created an international craze for Cuban music with the Buena Vista Social Club. Philip Glass, Pat Metheny, k.d. lang, Audra McDonald all turn out for a tribute to a Nonesuch guy 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z

It belongs to a large Cuban rock iguana, from the genus Cyclura, one of 17 species on the Caribbean islands. An unlikely wildlife haven on controversial Guantanamo Bay 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z

Next up, in the Western Conference Finals, was the young, surging Oklahoma City Thunder, and Cuban knew the media wanted to inject him into the storyline. The Mavs' Big Winner: Mark Cuban's New Image 2011-06-17T09:15:00Z

There's also a revival of Mambo 3XXI, a delicious mix of minimalist patterns and playful Cuban moves created by George Céspedes. This week's new theatre and dance 2012-05-18T23:05:00Z

Mr. Carnahan said that he was pondering a Cuban project — to improve access to equipment, say, or to help them tighten up scripts. Hola, Cuba! It’s Hollywood Calling 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

While critical of society, Aldo says the group's music seeks to restore the solidarity and respect Cubans had before they were worn away by decades of economic hardship. Underground Cuban rappers live on the edge 2010-05-16T23:27:00Z

Despite some effective moments, the film doesn't begin to compare with Milius's highly sophisticated rightwing movie that gives the Soviet and Cuban invaders their due. Tomorrow, When the War Began ? review 2011-04-09T23:05:38Z

Mr. Oliva, a prominent Cuban painter from Pinar del Río, was ostracized by provincial officials after he criticized harassment of dissidents four years ago. In Cuba, Artistic Freedom Remains an Open Question 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

Styled as a retro tropical resort, with palm trees, bright murals and Mexican tile work, it has a pool bar churning out frozen drinks and food trucks serve Haitian and Cuban food. Roadside revival: 10 of the best motels in the US 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z

You won’t see simple syrup in Cuban bars, Cabrera says, and its absence in his daiquiri spec is not mere allegiance to tradition; he says the drink is better that way. On Bourbon Street, daiquiris are frozen booze bombs. But they can be so much more. 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

Among her frequent partners is Mr. Almazan, an ambitious Cuban pianist and composer, who joins her in duologue here. Jazz Listings for Aug. 8-14 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

He feels that many Cubans and their descendants have “built their lives and their identities on their anti-Castro stance.” Opening a Restaurant in Miami? Invoking Cuban Communism Might Backfire. 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z

Department of Commerce and the Treasury Department, fall under the rules that allow licensed travel companies to bring in visitors who will spend their time doing activities that support the Cuban people. Carnival Corporation Plans to Offer Cruise to Cuba 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

Always maintaining his Caribbean links, Carew served in 1962 as director of culture in British Guiana under the Cheddi Jagan administration, and reported from Havana for the Observer on the Cuban missile crisis. Jan Carew obituary 2012-12-21T16:59:30Z

She consistently breaks away from Yolanda and Mario by, say, cutting to kinetic images of people in Havana’s streets or folding in a lesson on Cuban history. A Film Series Honors Black Women Directors 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

Tourism will be the driving force for bringing Cubans into the 21st century. Havana’s Symphony of Sound 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

“As long as you put the Cuban spices, it’s going to taste delicious,” Ms. Machado said. Will It Croqueta? Miami Pushes the Limits of a Favorite Snack. 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

The bigger surprise was the evening's opener: “Theme and Variations,” Balanchine’s banquet of technique, created in 1947 to showcase the regal command of Cuban ballerina Alicia Alonso. Raucous grandeur in Washington Ballet’s ‘Carmina Burana’ 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z

Yet a few decades later, Cubans seemed to be worse off — salaries had stagnated, and sugar could no longer sustain the economy. 3 Books That Help Explain American-Cuban Relations 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z

“They become affordable to everyone, and it becomes part of the tradition,” said Ana Sofía Peláez, the author of “The Cuban Table: A Celebration of Food, Flavors, and History.” Across Latin America, the Holidays Mean It’s Time for Buñuelos 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z

Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Cuban immigrant parents, Pena’s Hollywood career spanned four decades and included roles in such movies as La Bamba, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Jacob’s Ladder and Rush Hour. Modern Family actor Elizabeth Peña dies aged 55 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

When he returns to dancing, in part to woo her, “Cuban Fury” proves fairly restrained at treating him like a dancing bear. Movie Review: In ‘Cuban Fury,’ Nick Frost Is a Former Child Salsa Star 2014-04-10T23:58:50Z

But what if a travel company pays money to Havanatur, the Cuban state travel agency, which in turn buys rooms at a hotel on the restricted list? How to Travel to Cuba Now 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z

A growing list of organizations have licenses to operate trips to Cuba, including National Geographic Expeditions, Austin-Lehman and the Center for Cuban Studies. 45 Places to Go in 2012 2012-01-06T17:44:12Z

Paintings by modern Cuban artists decorate the walls of this sprawling gallery, once a public bath house, but not only art is for sale. Five Places to Shop in Havana 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z

It was a crushing blow to Cuban exiles in Florida who welcomed the coming of each new year with the toast “Next year in Havana.” Change in U.S. policy toward Cuba dismantles an artifact of the Cold War 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

Havana is attractive — high-ceilinged, big-windowed, styled to look like it might be Cuban — and seeing rock bands there is fun. Late notice: Slowwave at Havana, OC Notes at Chop Suey 03/07/11 2011-03-07T18:55:07Z

In the 1960s the Beatles were banned from Cuban radio, and some fans were forced to cut their long hair, reprimanded at work or passed over for jobs. Cuba targets racy reggaeton in lyrics crackdown 2013-01-07T20:12:27Z

A 1950s Cuban themed outdoor reception featured cigar rollers and, as décor, a rented 1959 Ford Thunderbird painted pink. Her Persistence Paid Off 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

As Cubans can attest, the idea lives on. Bolívar by Marie Arana – review 2013-06-15T15:00:01Z

“I just feel that I can learn more from the Cuban people and be of greater use to them than I could ever be to the students of Wesleyan University,” he wrote. A New Translation of an Anti-Heroic German Doorstopper of 1968 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z

He encounters Cuban musicians singing "Guantanamera" on the streets of Havana. "Havana is . . . the fantasy of Americans": Filmmaker on capturing the "utopia" of Cuba in new doc 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z

Brushes with the mafia, the US colour bar and the Cuban revolution lead to personal tragedies. Chico & Rita ? review 2010-11-21T00:07:00Z

She liked playing a lot of Brazilian music, interspersing it with African and Cuban music, Eminem, Jay-Z or her favorite song, “I Will Survive.” Serena Bass’s Life Spent in the Main Course 2013-04-17T23:03:58Z

A firm communist - and a personal friend of Cuban leader Fidel Castro - Niemeyer left the country during Brazil's military dictatorship and forged an international career in France. Architect Niemeyer dies aged 104 2012-12-06T16:30:31Z

What appealed to you about "The Cuban," and prompted you to be an executive producer for this film? Music helped treat her father's dementia, and that's why Shohreh Aghdashloo made "The Cuban" 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z

Beyonce posed for pictures with local schoolchildren while Jay-Z puffed on a Cuban cigar, and then they popped into another restaurant that boasts a rooftop terrace with a sweeping view of the harbor. Beyonce, Jay-Z turn heads in Havana 2013-04-04T19:39:13Z

Treasury and State departments to send conservators and archivists to Cuba to help save the literary records and to help train Cuban archivists. Items from Hemingway's Cuba home go to JFK Library 2013-05-06T21:27:08Z

At Zinc Bar each week, Mr. Díaz gathers roughly a dozen percussionists, vocalists and dancers to play traditional Cuban rhythms. Latin Jazz is Booming. Look Beyond the Grammys to Find It. 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z

We were deep in the Cold War, just a week before the Cuban Missile Crisis. My Surprising Duet With Arthur Mitchell in Cold War Moscow 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z

During this time, Cubans suffered greatly and endured shortages in fuel, food, and other resources. A recipe for Cuba's national dish, ropa vieja, or rags, from the new book "Cuban Flavor" 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

According to a Senate report, the C.I.A. tried to use Mr. Donovan as an unwitting assassin by poisoning a diving suit he was planning to give the Cuban leader as a gift. What James Donovan Did After the Bridge of Spies 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z

In 1971, after 38 days of detention, Mr. Padilla was forced to “confess” at the Cuban writers’ union to the charges of “subversive activities.” Books of The Times: ‘The Man Who Loved Dogs’ Centers on Trotsky 2014-01-21T22:09:20Z

Scrambling to show Ms. Josten his better side, Mr. Robb found her in the company of friend at a campus lounge and invited her to lunch at a local Cuban restaurant. They Bonded Over Mexican Art and Street Tacos 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z

Because of this Ruth Behar and I created our blog for Cubans everywhere to connect and work through these changes through storytelling and cultural exchange. Cuba Through the Eyes of the Poet Richard Blanco 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z

Ms. Alonso soon became the virtual empress of Cuban dance, and the company became Cuba’s most important cultural export. Alicia Alonso, Star of Cuba’s National Ballet, Dies at 98 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

One of the most famous places for Cuban food is La Teresita. An Unconventional Guide to Charlotte and Tampa 2012-07-27T18:49:38Z

Miami and Tampa fight about where the Cuban sandwich was invented. Where to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner in St. Petersburg, Fla. 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z

While post-World War II parents anxiously watched the news — the nation came to a standstill during the Cuban missile crisis — their kids got their cues from pop culture. When Russia was the villain: How this moment echoes the era of Cold War spy novels and ‘Rocky IV’ 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z

There’s some incredible art being made by Cubans today. He Collects the Art of Fellow Cuban Exiles, but Miami Is Home 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z

Spencer Tracy played a Cuban fisherman in the 1958 The Old Man and the Sea, but he was on land with others at the beginning and the end. All Is Lost: Robert Redford Is Our Man 2013-05-23T10:30:57Z

Cuban officials insist that the counter-protests are spontaneous, though state security officials are normally present. Cuban singer Milanes blasts attacks on dissidents 2011-08-31T00:31:05Z

“We come across a line that doesn’t make sense, and Eduardo gives us a lecture on Cuban history at that particular moment.” Olney swings for the fences with Moisés Kaufman’s jazzy ‘Carmen’ 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

The Cuban percussionist and singer Román Díaz spreads a strong, cool presence evenly through a room. Román Díaz as Part of El Gallo Místico at Minton’s 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z

Driven by conga and bongos, topped with acoustic guitar and solos plucked on the tres, with trumpet cheekily answering the singers, it was sly, romantic, definitively Cuban and not just for local delight. Review: At Globalfest, a World of Cultural Keepsakes With a Dance Beat 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z

The play is deeply sympathetic to Cuban American emotions and distrust of what Martinez portrays as political machinations by both Castro and the Clinton administration, while also capturing contradictions within the community itself. Divisive Battle Over Elián González Reverberates on a Miami Stage 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z

In this way, a remedy for one problem facing Cuban dance — limited funds — helps address another: weakness in choreography. To Be a Star Carlos Acosta Had to Leave Cuba. Maybe His Dancers Won’t Have To. 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z

Mr. Laverty said he believed individual trips would lead to more “organic” interaction with Cubans. How to Go to Cuba Right Now 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

Calling this Cuban touring group “Kings of Salsa” is marketing hyperbole, but many of the show’s elements were promising. Dance Review: Roclan Gonz?lez Chavez in ?Kings of Salsa? - Review 2011-10-18T20:50:41Z

We got to talking about the song "Do You Hear What I Hear?," which was written during the Cuban Missile Crisis. "I went full Christmas": Rhett Miller on writing holiday songs for now and for the ages 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z

The Cuban military monitors the various southern nature reserves, and we soon discovered that the whole area had been declared off-limits — no explanation given. A Cuban Island That Has Played Both Paradise and Prison 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

Cape Canaveral, the Cuban missile crisis, the women’s-liberation movement—none of this quite moved her. Joyce Maynard’s Second Chances 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z

His Cuban sandwich layered with roast pork, Swiss cheese and pickles is pleasing. Review | Colada Shop in D.C. reviewed: Little Havana done right, and an $8 daiquiri 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

“When we talk about Cuban sandwiches, we talk about the right bread,” she said. Restaurant-Hopping With the Author of ‘The Cuban Table’ 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

She plans on having the Fathom team spend time on the ground to learn from the Cuban people what their needs are. At a New Dominican Port, Cruising With a Conscience 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z

In this same period, Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler were working on their novel “Fail-Safe,” which was serialized in the Saturday Evening Post in October, 1962, right in the middle of the Cuban missile crisis. The Half-Century Anniversary of 'Dr. Strangelove' 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z

That was technically true: The American military was not going to land on Cuban shores; the invasion force comprised CIA-trained Cuban exiles financed by the United States. Masters of their medium: JFK on TV, Trump on Twitter 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z

A note above the kitchen says, “Share the Cuban way to start and end the day. Stop by or spend the times in between.” Perspective | Cuban-styled Colada has lively flavor 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z

The setting of Carlos Lechuga’s Cuban drama “Santa & Andrés” is a world away from the bustling Havana so often seen on travel shows. Review: ‘Santa & Andrés’ Chooses Friendship Over Politics 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

He’s an advocate of throwing it all together: funk, Cuban grooves, city blues, early hip-hop. Live Jazz: 5 April Standouts, From Andrew Cyrille to Linda May Han Oh 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z

Each dish speaks to a moment in Cuba's history, like "Rice with Peanuts," which rose to popularity in Cuban homes during the 1990s, following the collapse of the Soviet Union. The minty banana salad (yes, banana) that stole my heart 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z

As U.S.-Cuban relations continue to improve, and travel to the island becomes easier, art world fascination with the region is mounting. In Havana, following a USC museum director in search of great Cuban art 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z

More recycling: “Sacrifice” was the regime’s byword as it called on Cubans to patiently endure hardship during the Special Period, just as the term stands for the Church’s redemption narrative. Why Did Some Cubans Inject Themselves With H.I.V.? 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z

With a title borrowed from the country’s motto, the movie centers on candid interviews with Cubans living with shortages and rations. Cuba and Curiosity at the New York Film Festival 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z

Coming events include an exploration of Carnatic music, the idiom of southern India, on Tuesday, March 29, and, on April 13, a lineup mixing Cuban rhythms with raga melodies. A Raga Renaissance Flowers in Brooklyn 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

The original "Manchurian Candidate," starring Sinatra and Laurence Harvey, came out at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis. A new era of secrets and spies in Hollywood 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z

With Cubans now allowed to own property, a legislation change as of 2011, building ownership in the country is slowly shifting from state to private hands. Havana's vintage neon glows again: How an L.A. project helped turn on the lights 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z

Del Toro directed the first segment: "The Yuma," Cuban slang for "The American," which tells the story of a young American who travels to Havana for the film festival. Benicio del Toro's directorial debut shows in Cuba 2011-12-10T22:31:05Z

"You had the Cubans, the Haitians, the black kids, the white kids, redneck kids ... you had everyone down there." Diplo on music: 'I'm not good at anything else' 2012-11-29T19:00:00Z

You feature Oona Chaplin and show several Chaplin films to the Cuban children. "Havana is . . . the fantasy of Americans": Filmmaker on capturing the "utopia" of Cuba in new doc 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z

A series of interviews with Haitians and Cubans led him to the story of Makandal, an escaped slave from a sugar plantation who led the failed revolt. Harlem Stage Prepares to Export Its Own Opera 2013-07-28T21:33:45Z

Cuban cigars might be easier to get their hands on soon. An afternoon with cigar enthusiasts, the promise of legal Cuban stogies in the air 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

She realized a Cuban never puts Cuba behind her, and she made more trips. For two Cuban artists, divergent paths intersect at GALA Hispanic Theatre

Plus, a Cuban dissident artist is freed, artists who say no and the wonder that is scream painting. Necessary Links: Saving the NEA, Shia LaBeouf's protest piece, scream painting 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

Such films, he said, represent "the idiosyncrasies of Cuban culture." UCLA teams with Cuban film archive on Latin American cinema project 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

Cuban recently explained that there is “no way” he would run for president. Face it, America: You loved having a celebrity candidate. So who will it be next? 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

Then a funny thing happened: while Cuban kept quiet, the Mavericks kept winning, sweeping the Lakers in commanding, shocking fashion. The Mavs' Big Winner: Mark Cuban's New Image 2011-06-17T09:15:00Z

Victor Albisu grew up in Falls Church, the son of a Cuban father and a Peruvian mother, who still runs a Latin food market. 10 Reasons Washington Is a Great Restaurant City 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z

It seems inevitable that Hijuelos would write the great "Mambo Kings," about doomed Cuban immigrant brothers who find brief fame and happiness in the New York City music scene of the '40s and '50s. 'Thoughts Without Cigarettes': Oscar Hijuelos' search for self 2011-05-25T22:54:04Z

Translated into English, the title is: “The Virgin of Charity of El Cobre in the Soul of the Cuban People.” Can one man’s Cuban road trip fix 56 years of cultural disconnect? 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

We also scored some amazing dinners from the Cuban fisherman anchored near us by trading Bud and Diet Coke for fish. West of Key West, an Under-the-Radar National Park 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z

The intimacy of salsa partnering likewise reflects the warmth of the Estefans’ Cuban culture and the easy intimacy they share as a couple. Sergio Trujillo Realizes His Dream of Salsa on Broadway 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z

Devoid of bias or facile judgments, “The Cubans” is filled with a simple human tenderness that is rare in these politically charged times. America Is Obsessed With Cuba. But What Do We Know About Its Citizens? 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z

There are six Cuban Americans among the nine actors who play the real-life characters in “Elián,” commenting frequently to the audience. Divisive Battle Over Elián González Reverberates on a Miami Stage 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z

Both face what could be called the central problem of Cuban modern dance: that the country consistently produces wonderful dancers but, as of yet, no great choreographers. Two Ways of Looking at Cuba’s Modern Dance Problem 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z

Trump facing the challenges of previous grace-under-pressure presidents — FDR after Pearl Harbor, JFK during the Cuban Missile Crisis — is to welcome weeks of night terrors. Trump’s “alpha-male” paradox: How gender bias makes his behavior seem manly, no matter what 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z

It will be more concerned, they say, with how traditional Cuban son music led to contemporary timba than with how Cuba’s political system functions — though details are still in the works. Cuba headed to Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the Mall as soon as 2017 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

Ms. Viso developed the Walker’s “Adiós Utopia: Dreams and Deceptions in Cuban Art Since 1950,” which focuses on artists who remained in Cuba after the revolution, and opens on Nov. 11. Cuban Art Outshines Politics 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z

It featured the entrepreneur Mark Cuban in a role that had him offering to trade fame and fortune for a last drink of the soda in a convenience store. Tony Scott’s Suicide Complicates ‘Top Gun 3D’ Project 2012-11-06T17:07:38Z

Our country’s relationship with Cuba may still be in flux but the Joyce Theater’s commitment to Cuban artists remains steadfast. 12 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z

"Obviously everyone is free to listen in private to whatever music they want," said Orlando Vistel, president of the Cuban Music Institute, an arm of the Culture Ministry that promotes music. Cuba targets racy reggaeton in lyrics crackdown 2013-01-07T20:12:27Z

The beard grows longer overnight when "The Fidel Castro Tapes" uses rare archival footage for a decades-spanning portrait of the controversial Cuban revolutionary-turned-dictator. TV This Week Aug. 31 - Sept 6: 'Houdini' on History 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

Imagine a chain of Cuban restaurants started by retired employees of the Olive Garden. Made Nice Is Fast and Casual. But Is It Good? 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z

Chico and Rita, both Cubans of African descent, must deal with discrimination and exploitation as they pursue fame, fortune and artistic fulfillment. Movie Review: ?Chico & Rita,? Animated Film About Cuba and Its Music 2012-02-09T22:30:37Z

The accords were signed by Cuban officials but not ratified. Through posters, a dialogue about Cuba's future 2013-05-05T19:58:08Z

Instead, science fiction for Cubans became a way, he said, “to escape, and sharply criticize the realities that they were living.” Sci-Fi Writers Find Warmer Climate Amid Cuban Thaw 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

A historic baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban national team has to be called off in the fourth inning because all but four of the Cuban players have switched sides. Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Trump and the ‘hideous monstrosity’ that was 2016 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

Americans may also organize their own people-to-people trips without depending on an organization — a much cheaper option that Collin Laverty, founder of Cuba Education Travel, believes leads to more “organic” interaction with Cubans. How to Go to Cuba Now 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

The American Ballet Theater is scheduled to perform in the Cuban capital in November in a tribute to one of its former dancers, Cuba ballet legend Alicia Alonso. Wynton Marsalis in Cuba to "bring people together" 2010-10-04T20:34:00Z

He theorizes that the outcome of the Cuban missile crisis prevented the Soviets from intervening; they didn’t want another confrontation with the United States. Review: ‘Iraqi Odyssey’ Shows the Arc of a Family and a Country 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

Over pastrami sandwiches in Central Park, Mr. Cannavale discussed his upbringing in an ethnic neighborhood of Union City, N.J., with a Cuban mother and Italian father, and how it led him to acting. A Hard-Hitting Role That?s Close to Home 2011-05-25T15:10:54Z

That same month, the new county-founded American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora — so far focused on contemporary art — also came to the commissioners looking for help after not finding sufficient private funding. When It Comes to Contemporary Art, Miami Wants More, More, More 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z

Inside the Golden Arrow salon car, paneled with Cuban mahogany and Lalique nymphets, one table was set in homage to the writer Graham Greene. A Writing Retreat by Rail, From Paris to the Côte d’Azur 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z

A woman over 40 and a Cuban American immigrant and refugee were not often the people in the room when the deals happened, and so for her, financial freedom was huge. With ‘Lucy and Desi,’ Amy Poehler Gets to the Heart of a Marriage 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z

Former baseball commissioner Fay Vincent, for example, said this week that he would be "on-guard" if Cuban were to take over a baseball franchise. The Mavs' Big Winner: Mark Cuban's New Image 2011-06-17T09:15:00Z

Visa applications for Cuban entertainers were routinely denied under former U.S. Cuba's Buena Vista Social Club to miss U.S. show 2010-06-24T17:26:00Z

The Cuban missile crisis terrified him and taught him to pay attention to the world. Books of The Times: ?Hitch-22: A Memoir? by Christopher Hitchens 2010-06-01T22:25:00Z

Amazingly, the cost of our Cuban medical insurance was baked into the cost of the plane ticket. Havana’s Symphony of Sound 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

Extinct species depicted in the large, Audubon-like color etchings from Ford — the great elephant bird, the Cuban red macaw and the passenger pigeon in huge flocks. ‘The Singing and the Silence: Birds in Contemporary Art’ at American Art Museum

Havana is also gearing up for its 11th Biennial, from May 11 to June 11, which will draw more than 100 Cuban and international artists. 45 Places to Go in 2012 2012-01-06T17:44:12Z

The ritual-filled religion, which fuses Catholicism with ancient African beliefs brought to Cuba by slaves, is practiced by millions of Cubans, many of whom eagerly await guidance from its annual forecast. Cuba's Santeria priests wax positive as transition from Castros begins 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

But the United States would not admit the troupe — the Cuban vaccines the company had received weren’t on the approved list. Malpaso Review: From Cuba, a Repertory Group in Search of Itself 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z

Ms. Bruguera rejected suggestions by some Cuban artists and critics that her political work in Cuba was a way of furthering her career. Artist Asks Cubans to Imagine They Are Running for President 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

Cuban hotels are pricey, and some travelers are turned off by the extra costs for things like required traveler’s medical insurance and visas. Airline Drops Cuba Flights, Latest 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z

It turns out the Cuban government has played one more trick on us by not giving us the documents to prove our professional qualifications. Free at last... and they all owe?their lives to Amnesty 2011-04-02T23:11:34Z

Nippon Professional Baseball is a clear beneficiary of the Cuban rule changes, signing players who are off limits to Major League teams because of the U.S. embargo. Cuba opens pipeline of baseball talent to Japan, U.S. left out 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z

Fuego president Hugo Cancio believes Miami is a natural market for Cuban artists because of the large Cuban community, but also because the island's music is so popular with Latin Americans in general. Cuban music icon Pablo Milanes to play in Miami 2011-06-02T17:23:09Z

“It kills me that, as a Cuban exile, I can enjoy anything I want in Cuba, and Cuban citizens can’t,” she says. Gloria Estefan left Cuba as a young child, but the island defines her, and her music 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

And a Cuban émigré working to send money to his family back home, who fell prey to dementia before dying incommunicado. ‘One Million American Dreams’ Review: Stories From New York’s Potter’s Field 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

She selects the oldest audience members by asking questions such as “Who was born during World War II?” and “Who remembers the Cuban missile crisis?” Review: In ‘Unexploded Ordnances,’ It’s an Hour to Doomsday. Help! 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z

Arturo Stuart, a Sacramentalist preacher, kicks off the action by moving his family to the Cuban city of Cienfuegos, where he’s been called by God to erect a fortress to his faith. A Fortress to Faith — or Faith’s Undoing? 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

The consultant was an older woman named Lucy, with a thick Cuban accent. My daughter can’t be average 2012-10-22T01:00:00Z

Her album “A Diario,” released about eight years ago, remains popular in Spanish-language rap circles; she performs as part of the Cuban Culture Festival New York. Pop and Rock Listings for March 27-April 2 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

The Mexican and Cuban populations were still relatively small in New York, even as Manhattan-based capitalists looked increasingly toward markets in the Americas. A Tale of Racial Passing and the U.S.-Mexico Border 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

The first danzón had origins in the old Spanish contradanzas, danced in pairs but physically distanced, and it incorporated the Cuban musical heritage that had roots in Africa. Cuba’s danzón genre: ‘150 years later, it’s still alive.’ 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z

In practically pre-digital Cuba, the road trip is the simplest way Cueto knows to ensure that as many Cubans as possible will have access to the book. Can one man’s Cuban road trip fix 56 years of cultural disconnect? 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

“Dancing With Cuba” recounts the time the author spent in Havana in 1970, when she was in her early 20s, teaching modern dance to young Cubans. Cuba: A Reading List 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

He was deceptive, or at best forgetful, about the Vietnam War and the Cuban missile crisis, recounting his role as more dovish than the archives indicate. ‘The Unknown Known’ Explores How Rumsfeld Sees Himself 2014-03-28T17:00:01Z

About 40,000 fans danced to the beat of a genre that had a different flavor to the Sones, Guarachas and other Cuban rhythms of the era. Fania Records celebrates 50th anniversary 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

Estefan’s tribute was an up-tempo, bilingual celebration of the Cuban American singer, songwriter, actress and author, who is considered the most successful Latin crossover artist in music history. At the Kennedy Center Honors, plenty of politics make up for Trump’s playing hooky 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z

Cubans are true nationalists: Jan. 2, the day of the armed forces celebration, saw locals greeting each other with “Viva Fidel!” and “Viva la Revolución!” The sort-of Rum Diaries, 2017: Post-Castro Cuba is a crumbling gem with touches of modernity 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z

However, some Cubans know congrí to be made with red beans, and some say that a black bean dish with rice is actually called moros y cristianos. When I think of essential Cuban food, I think of congrí 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z

“You knew where everyone was going to be celebrating, and it’s here,” said Sophia Pardo, 24, who was born in the United States to Cuban parents and grew up going to Versailles. For Decades, Versailles Restaurant Has Been a Hub for Cuban Protests 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z

What was missing was the opportunity to collaborate, the victim of U.S.-Cuban relations. New this week: Documentaries on Bieber, Fauci and ‘Buried’ 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z

Factor in the sheer gravitas of Celia Cruz, one of the most influential Latin singers of the 20th century, and there’s small reason to wonder why Cubans are so proud of being Cuban. In Miami, Cuban Culture, No Passport Required 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

Its pioneers, mostly of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent, took those influences and created something new: salsa. Birth of the Hot: Salsa in New York 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z

"It is a strange coincidence" that Juanes is again in conflict with the Cuban exiles, said his spokesman. Source: Juanes postpones concert in Miami 2011-01-31T22:32:09Z

Even in the most isolated of times, Cuban artists enjoyed privileges others didn’t, he says. In Havana, following a USC museum director in search of great Cuban art 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z

My Cuban mother is worried about how you’ll react to this review. Review | In ‘A Long Petal of the Sea,’ Isabel Allende delivers another sentimental epic set in troubled times 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z

But he is also highly regarded for continually developing his own postmodern take on the Cuban bolero form: a rhythmic love song synthesizing Spanish and African musical elements. Romance and Romanticism in Valentine’s Day concerts 2013-02-07T23:24:23Z

In its heyday it hosted so many Americans — including a famous Mafia gathering reportedly summoned by Lucky Luciano in 1946 — that Cubans called it the “American embassy.” 5 Ways to Sample Americana in Havana 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

Regardless, cigars are a source of great pride for Cubans. Cuba's famed cigars get a foot in door of U.S. market 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z

Their revolution was a most photogenic one, and the Cubans’ rebellious style infiltrated America. Chanting Crowds and Camo Chic 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z

Whether typed or written in his curly script, some of the dispatches arrived on personalized, onionskin stationery from his Cuban villa Finca Vigia. Hemingway shows soft side in newly public letters 2012-03-28T22:47:09Z

Forget Cuban sensuality: The vocabulary is machine-like, with a touch of heavy metal, martial arts and even a little hip-hop. Two Ways of Looking at Cuba’s Modern Dance Problem 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z

But doing so as a Cuban jazz pianist whose father is Chucho, a name synonymous with Cuban jazz piano, wasn’t easy. A New Vanguard of Women in Cuban Jazz 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

In many crucial ways, Johnny Pacheco’s life told a typical New York Latino story: He was a Dominican immigrant playing Cuban music for a mostly Puerto Rican audience. 15 Essentials From Johnny Pacheco and Fania Records, the ‘Motown of Salsa’ 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z

“Cubans are people too and they’re our neighbors and if they want an Applebee’s, I say let them eat good in the neighborhood.” “According to Fox News, (this) marks the first time an evil communist dictator has met with the leader of Cuba”: Larry Wilmore on Obama’s historic trip 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z

Miami boasts a popular South Beach club scene, Art Deco Architecture, and perhaps the best Cuban food in the country. Ten U.S. Cities In Free Fall 2010-04-09T20:20:00Z

Mr. Harlow’s fascination with all things Cuban also led to his immersion in the religion known in English as Santeria. Larry Harlow, Salsa King, Comes to Lincoln Center 2010-08-13T23:10:00Z

Events in which Cuban artists are involved are contingent on their getting approval to leave their country and visas to travel to the United States. The Arts of Cuba, Set to Wow New York 2011-02-09T00:01:38Z

Music writer Betto Arcos has rounded up some of the best, most meaningful Cuban music from the various eras of the Fidel Castro regime. Essential Arts & Culture: China and Taiwan's music diplomacy, Ghost Ship fallout and Gary's Busey-isms 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z

Our Cuban guide, Lerdo Acosta, patiently explained the nuances of the narrow sea kayaks and assured us it was unusual to tip over. Want to See the Wild Side of Cuba? Try a Kayak 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z

The daughter of Cuban immigrants, Ms. Torres was born in New York and reared in Washington Heights and the Bronx. Gina Torres on Why She Decided to Leave ‘Suits’ 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

Thanks to such initiatives, Liste said, new generations of Cubans “are getting the freedom and spaces to create.” Youth Culture in the New Cuba 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z

The gent sitting next to me takes a bite of a beautiful Cuban sandwich, prompting everyone within earshot to swivel and smile as the bread — packing pork belly and a party of accents — crackles. Oval Room review: Under a new chef, it tastes as vibrant as ever 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z

In one of the bedrooms, a large painting titled Strawberry Fields Forever by another Cuban, Joel Jover, depicts a muzzled, blindfolded figure standing by as masses are executed. A Stylish Beachfront Home in Florida 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

“In a sense it was a test,” Ms. Bruguera said of her bid to stage the work, “Tatlin’s Whisper #6,” in which Cubans would express their desires for the country’s future. In Cuba, Artistic Freedom Remains an Open Question 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

If the U.S. opens its doors to a flood of Cuban cigars — which it hasn’t yet — that doesn’t mean those will be top sellers. An afternoon with cigar enthusiasts, the promise of legal Cuban stogies in the air 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

We asked Greenwald, who is white, whether Cuban is right about the pervasiveness of bias. Is Mark Cuban right about the pervasiveness of prejudice?

The orchestra will play the Beethoven Choral Fantasy with the Cuban National Choir and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, which it played on its visit to Cuba in 1929. Minnesota Orchestra Going to Cuba 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

SAT Marimba, vibes, drum set, handbells, concert, Latin, African, Cuban, marching and traditional percussion workshops, clinics, performances, 10 a.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2014-05-01T04:01:43Z

Cuban said he’s biased, but that everyone else is, too. Is Mark Cuban right about the pervasiveness of prejudice?

A few years ago, I heard a film composer tell of a director’s reaction to his labors: “O.K., now make it twenty per cent more Cuban.” Composing for Hollywood 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

Fidel Castro’s repression of free speech, jailing of political prisoners, refusal to hold elections, travel restrictions and almost total ban on private enterprise have made thousands of Cubans desperate to leave. Change in U.S. policy toward Cuba dismantles an artifact of the Cold War 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

According to Hyperion, the interviews will cover everything from early campaigns to the Cuban Missile Crisis to Jackie Kennedy's role as first lady. 1964 Jackie Kennedy interviews to be published 2010-04-13T11:19:00Z

Ms. Hopkins and other festival organizers said their only objectives were to showcase the richness of Cuban culture and build bridges between American and Cuban creative artists. The Arts of Cuba, Set to Wow New York 2011-02-09T00:01:38Z

As he chomped on his Cuban cigar, he paid no attention to a bird that flew in, perhaps through a skylight. The Whitney Taps Frank Stella for an Inaugural Retrospective at Its New Home 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z

But Miami in 1963 was still a sleepy Southern town with little appeal to a young Cuban with an affinity for art and a desire to live as an openly gay man. He Collects the Art of Fellow Cuban Exiles, but Miami Is Home 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z

This is not a varnished tale about how a kid from Havana learned to cook Cuban food at the hand of his grandmother. Review | This Cuban chef knows how to get the party started 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z

In the post that was shared more than 600 times and commented on hundreds of times, Silva mentioned a directive banning Cubans from taking a catamaran with a motor. Cuban comedian denounces discriminatory policies, attitudes on island 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z

And the powerful prints of a Cuban artist. Datebook: Art inspired by Octavia Butler, photos that get gender-ambiguous, revisiting a Bay Area group 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

Cuban, who also literally owns the Mavericks, wrote about the decision on his blog, where he likened it to old-school trading cards. What is an NFT, and why does John Cleese want to sell you his for $69.3 million? 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z

The grand mixture that is Cuban music — its intricate grooves, melodic inflections, arrays of drums — began flowing into her compositions. A Composer Puts Her Life in Music, Beyond Labels 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z

This summer, the Cuban/Coulter administration will take leadership in Sharknado 3. 'Sharknado 3' Gets 2 New Cast Members 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z

The Cuban American playwright María Irene Fornés has done as much as any modern playwright to change the landscape of American theater. María Irene Fornés, ever the teacher, continues to instruct 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

“There are so many different levels of ‘Cuban,’ ” he said. Oscar Hijuelos Returns to His Muse 2010-07-02T22:01:00Z

Even on Sundays, nearby Caña Cuban Restaurant and Cafe serves up dangerously delicious cocktails that loosen the hips for their Sunday Salsa parties. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z

Onstage, Mr. Malone wore bedazzled Cuban heels and a western-cut silk suit to sing his songs of upscale parties and untrue shorties. Gwyneth Goes Back to Her Day Job 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

Like Mark Cuban, an obvious inspiration, Hanneman put radio on the Internet. 'Silicon Valley' Recap: It's Not About How Much You Earn 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z

It distills the all-too-real generation gap in a stinging father-son confrontation as Douglas, sporting bushy Bob Dylan-like hair and Cuban boots that his father calls “heels,” baits Pat by announcing, “Vietnam is ridiculous.” Movie Review: ‘Not Fade Away,’ Directed by David Chase 2012-12-21T00:07:53Z

Sanchez said he knows Guillen doesn't admire the Cuban despot and "it's all drama for nothing." Report: Group will boycott Marlins seeking Ozzie ouster 2012-04-09T08:35:00Z

They are twins born in France and steeped in the Cuban heritage of their father, Angá Díaz, who was a leading percussionist in Cuba. Review: Ibeyi, Twin Sisters and a Duo, Uses Songs to Show Roots 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

His vanilla cake, surrounded by ham croquetas, sounds Frankenstein-ish, but actually hits all the sweet and savory notes that Cuban bakeries are known for. Discover Miami’s Eclectic Bakery Scene 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z

The Burns documentary mentions only in passing that Hemingway saw hope and promise in the Cuban revolution, but his political engagement extended much further than that. Ken Burns' vicious Hemingway smear: PBS series totally ignores writer's lifelong leftist politics 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z

Reading his grandmother’s 1940s community cookbook, which gave the restaurant its name, he came upon recipes from Cubans and Brazilians alongside Georgians and Louisianians. Bites: A Sense of Place, on the Plate 2013-05-17T18:49:31Z

The melding of Havana street tradition and religious practice with conservatory training now seems to be commonplace among the youngish Cuban instrumentalists making waves on the international jazz scene. 15 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z

Early in the Cuban revolution, the government invested in the country’s fledgling movie industry for the first time. Improvisation Is the Heart of Cuban Animation 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z

In a career that spanned six decades, he stitched together overlapping genres like rock, jazz and R&B and various Cuban genres like rumba, son and guaracha through intimate, soulful knowledge of both musical traditions. Larry Harlow, a Salsa Revolutionary 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z

As U.S.-Cuban relations continue to thaw and travel to the island becomes easier, art world fascination with the region is mounting. Essential Arts & Culture: Trump v. Shakespeare, LACMA in Venice, Beyonce's think tank 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z

He is also a fierce advocate for Santiago de Cuba’s underappreciated legacy as the birthplace of not just Cuban rum, but its most popular vehicle, the daiquiri. Deep in the Birthplace of Cuban Rum and the Daiquiri 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z

Cubans like him are increasingly selling imported sex toys openly on online marketplaces, via social media or word-of-mouth. Cuba's first 'sex shop' tackles taboos, fuels legalization calls 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z

They pay the Cuban government, and the government pays the people. Danilo Maldonado Machado, the dissident artist called 'El Sexto,' on art and liberty in Cuba 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z

Cuban priorities turned away from realizing the designs of individual architects toward an ethos of fast, efficient, prefabricated design. MoMA and the architects of a Latin American design revolution 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

This Havana-based troupe combines Spanish flamenco with contemporary dance and Cuban rhythms for infectious performances that honor both tradition and modernity. Dance Listings for May 20-26 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith stood by his defense of Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban’s statements on bigotry on Friday. ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith strikes back at ‘Uncle Tom’ charges after defending Mark Cuban 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z

The United States, however, is an exception: the embargo prohibits theaters from paying Cubans anything but expenses. Cuban Dancers Complete a 5-Decade Trip to New York 2011-05-09T21:17:34Z

Mendieta, daughter of a Cuban political prisoner, was inspired by the ritualized violence in art by groups such as the Viennese Actionists. 'Radical Women' at the Hammer Museum is a startling show you need to see, maybe twice 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z

The Cuban poet and activist José Martí loved New York, but found that the people were composed of the “yeast of tigers.” Anglos, Hispanics and the Formation of America 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z

A departure from both South Beach minimalism and the neo-Regency bling of the aughts, my midrange room featured leather club chairs, a freestanding bathtub, a fainting couch, Cuban tile floors and oceanfront views. Hotel Review: Soho Beach House, Miami Beach, Fla. 2010-11-28T04:30:00Z

“It’s opened my eyes to how many people who are not of Cuban descent simply do not understand what our families went through,” she said. The Cuban-American Generation Gap 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z

News crews and fervent Cuban protesters camped outside the family’s Little Havana home, visited by a stream of politicians and celebrities as a court battle ensued. Divisive Battle Over Elián González Reverberates on a Miami Stage 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z

In recent weeks, however, it became apparent that the Cuban government was not going to charge her. Dissident artist Tania Bruguera back in the U.S. after being detained for 8 months in Cuba 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z

The prearranged shipment of Cuban art from the National Museum to New York, however, hit a roadblock when, according to the Bronx Museum, Cuban authorities refused to let any of it leave the island. A Bumpy Journey From Havana to New York Ends at ‘Wild Noise/Ruido Salvaje’ 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

The mayor of Miami declared another Cuban singer persona non grata and her concert in a private club was cancelled. Miami sees a return to Cold War cultural hard line on Cuba 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z

He also photographed many other significant happenings during and after the Cuban Revolution. Datebook: New works by Mark Bradford, street art temple, the end of men 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

What if raw, organic Cuban sugar became an indispensable ingredient for craft cocktails, Ms. Pingree asked during a stroll through a Havana neighborhood. A Rush of Americans, Seeking Gold in Cuban Soil 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

Nevertheless, his close identification with the Cuban government made him a controversial figure among Cuban Americans. Pablo Milanés, Troubadour of the Cuban Revolution, Dies at 79 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z

Elsewhere the score for “Real Enemies” dwells in pastiche, evoking 1980s synth-funk, vintage Cuban son and the atmospheric dread of incidental film music. Review: ‘Real Enemies,’ at the BAM Harvey Theater, Sheds Light on Conspiracies 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

Slowly the Cuban farming sector recovered, and this time it won't be relying on fossil fuels. A Rush of Americans, Seeking Gold in Cuban Soil 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

The ritual-filled Santeria religion, which fuses ancient African beliefs brought to Cuba by slaves with Catholicism, is practiced by millions of Cubans, many of whom eagerly await for guidance from its annual forecast. Cuba's Santeria priests forecast prosperity in New Year's prophesy 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z

He tracks down a score of veteran Cuban musicians. The 10 best music documentaries 2013-05-18T15:00:00Z

"US dollars spent on Cuban tourism directly fund the machinery of oppression that brutally represses the Cuban people." Beyoncé and Jay-Z's Cuba trip licensed by US Treasury, say sources 2013-04-09T11:07:24Z

We begin in Washington D.C., where Fin, wearing a tux and his trademark stomach-cramps grimace, is receiving a medal for valor from President Mark Cuban and Vice President Ann Coulter. Review: Sharknado 3, Bigger, Hungrier and More Commercial 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

Juan Carlos Toledano Redondo, an associate professor of Hispanic studies at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore., who writes about Cuban science fiction, said President Raúl Castro’s liberalization of Cuba has changed the genre. Sci-Fi Writers Find Warmer Climate Amid Cuban Thaw 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

For Jimenez, whose parents were born in the Dominican Republic and who had a Cuban grandfather, becoming Fidel entailed more historical digging. Perspective | You think your job has baggage? Try playing Donald Trump or Fidel Castro. 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

At 70 he’s also one of the dignitaries and custodians of Cuban music, particularly the jazz-inflected species he has cross-bred himself. Music Review: Chucho Vald?s Plays With the Afro-Cuban Messengers 2012-01-24T23:07:41Z

“I asked what he would do about Elián González,” she said, referring to the Cuban boy whose mother drowned on their ill-fated raft trip to the United States. How two old-school Washington insiders became the cool kids of Trumpism 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z

"The trips all include studio visits and artists are setting themselves up to receive tour buses full of people who frantically want to buy Cuban art 'before the country changes' — whatever that means." 'Cultural feeding frenzy': Art world descends on Cuba for Havana Biennial 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z

When you talk about Cuban food or food in the Caribbean and the New World, it is a way of telling this history of worlds colliding, in a way. Ana Sofia Peláez: “Food is a way of telling our history” 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

And where, for the matter, are Meg Webster, Michelle Stuart and Ana Mendieta, the Cuban American artist who once burned her silhouette into the landscape? Women of ‘Groundswell’: Thinking Outside the Spiral 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z

Films like Alex Gibney’s “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief” and “Sinatra: All or Nothing at All” screened alongside big Cuban premieres and other European imports. Cuba and Curiosity at the New York Film Festival 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z

Cuban food is big — a legacy of the 19th-century immigrants who brought the cigar rolling business here. Christmas in Key West: Deck the halls with kitsch 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z

Pilar is small, with just six tables and a constant soundtrack of Cuban music. Sandwiches the Miami Way, at Pilar Cuban Bakery in Brooklyn 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z

Check the rosters of American ballet troupes — San Francisco, Boston, Houston, Pennsylvania, Arizona — and you’ll find Cubans. Cuban Ballet: Proud Past, Promising Future 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

The newspaper said the Cubans hoped to join Canadian dance companies. 5 members of Cuba's national ballet stay in Canada 2011-03-02T23:41:27Z

In May, the United States expelled two Cuban diplomats after an alleged sonic attack on U.S. When President Obama moved to normalize relations with Cuba 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z

These pieces explore the abiding connection between Cuban folklore and the West African nation where much of it originated. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

Without doubt, it was political passion and humanism that made him such a profound critic of colonialism in Africa and an enthusiast for the Cuban revolution. Ryszard Kapuscinski: The Biography by Artur Domoslawski – review 2012-08-02T07:00:02Z

More recently no one droned on about wrinkles or sneered at the Cuban Buena Vista Social Club because they were getting on a bit. Mick Jagger: still dancing at 70 2013-07-26T08:00:03Z

Participants get a firsthand look at global issues, with experiences such as meeting with health organizations in Haiti, observing Cuban teachers and musicians at work, or visiting a farming co-op in Korea. Study abroad — at any age 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z

"In this country, there will remain thousands of Cubans fighting for civil rights." Art and politics collide in Tania Bruguera's latest work in Cuba 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

After arriving in Cuba on March 24, the royals will pay their respects to essayist, poet and Cuban national hero Jose Marti. Britain's Prince Charles to make first royal visit to Cuba in March 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z

Jack Kennedy, with the help of his brother Bobby, got Khrushchev to back down in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Television Review: The Power Brokers: Fathers, Sons, Dynasties 2011-03-31T20:00:05Z

Versailles bills itself as the “Most Famous Cuban Restaurant in the World” and that wouldn’t be a stretch; Versailles may suggest the French court of Louis XIV, but it “means” Cuban to anyone in Miami. In Miami, Cuban Culture, No Passport Required 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

Rivera, who was born in New York to Cuban immigrant parents, moved to Miami with his family when he was 9. For Sen. Marco Rubio, a question of friendship vs. politics 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z

But the genre is a small part of Cuban literature as a whole, said Ilan Stavans, a professor of Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College and the publisher of Restless Books. Sci-Fi Writers Find Warmer Climate Amid Cuban Thaw 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

They might take Spanish classes in the morning and salsa classes in the afternoon, or even volunteer to teach Cubans English. How to Go to Cuba Now 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

“Of Women and Salt” begins with a plea from a Cuban American woman named Carmen, who begs her daughter Jeanette to find the will to endure despite traumas both inherited and experienced. Review | In Gabriela Garcia’s ‘Of Women and Salt,’ five generations of mothers and daughters fight to stay afloat 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z

If she should ever step down as director of the Cuban company, she might find work as a life coach. Alicia Alonso to Be Honored by Ballet Theater 2010-06-02T22:11:00Z

The book is ambitious in its attempts to represent the language and attitudes of Haitians, Jamaicans, Cubans and many other Caribbean peoples, alongside Black and white Americans of various social classes. Read Your Way Through Miami 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z

Time was when the loyalty of leading sports stars such as boxer Teófilo Stevenson towards the Cuban regime was a given. TV highlights 12/04/2013 2013-04-12T06:00:05Z

But also appearing is “1 Train,” the Only Built 4 Cuban Linx-reminiscent, cypher-resembling cut that marks Rocky’s first foray into those Big Apple sounds he’s been avoiding. A$AP Rocky Fends Off Naysayers Who Say He’s All Style, No Substance 2013-01-08T15:30:49Z

As he listened to the radio, the young artist was struck by the contrast between the grandiloquence of the Cuban and the quiet, almost apologetic tones of the Argentinian. Che Guevara's 'betrayer' tells his side of the story after 40 years 2013-07-03T13:53:10Z

Angel d'Cuba: Another local act, this singer's Cuban heritage comes to the fore in a sound that defies categorization. Sink your teeth into a better Taste 2011-06-23T11:42:00Z

Aghdashloo, who executive produced "The Cuban," steals the film with her flinty performance. Music helped treat her father's dementia, and that's why Shohreh Aghdashloo made "The Cuban" 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z

“It is a mix of all the information we had around us: folkloric dance, ballet, Cuban modern dance and American modern dance.” Cuban Dancers Complete a 5-Decade Trip to New York 2011-05-09T21:17:34Z

Studies show that the average Cuban lost more than 12 pounds during what President Fidel Castro called the “special period in time of peace.” A Rush of Americans, Seeking Gold in Cuban Soil 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

A young girl explains the Platt Amendment, through which the United States, after Spain’s defeat, essentially granted itself permission to intervene in Cuban affairs. ‘Epicentro’ Review: They Are Cuba 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z

“A Cuban goes where the Cubans are,” he said in Spanish. For Decades, Versailles Restaurant Has Been a Hub for Cuban Protests 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z

Advertising and shop names play a major role in the “Fin de Silencio” sequence of five tapestries by the Cuban Carlos Garaicoa, but they are subtly changed to convey questioning poetic messages. Special Report: Contemporary Art: Show Highlights the Return of the Loom 2011-06-13T12:00:07Z

In 2016, the Wolfsonian-Florida International University museum in Miami Beach will borrow some of his acquisitions for a show, “Paradise Found: Cuban Allure, American Seduction.” Antiques: Looking Back at Cuba and the Lower East Side 2014-04-17T20:23:16Z

People often say that the Cuban company is a fusion of Russian technique, Spanish soul, and Afro-Caribbean pizzazz. Growing Pains in Cuban Dance 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

A demure Cuban tree frog, intensely green, clings to a branch. Sure, It’s Castro and Cigars, but Cuba Is Coral and Crocodiles, Too 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

Besides, why work when you could bring about the fall of Cuban communism by spreading H.I.V. and scaring off the “dishfaced” visitors? Why Did Some Cubans Inject Themselves With H.I.V.? 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z

He was born in Canada to an American mother and a Cuban father. Campaign 2016: Understanding the presidential election 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z

American tourists slipped onto the island, evading U.S. restrictions by flying to Havana via Mexico or Jamaica and then pleading with Cuban airport personnel not to stamp their passports. Change in U.S. policy toward Cuba dismantles an artifact of the Cold War 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

She was overpowered; the pounding of her heels was nearly inaudible, yet the contrasting styles revealed the attack and surrender found in Cuban dance. Review: Ballet Rakatan Delivers Sizzling Cuban Moves 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z

He told me that while all of Rigondeaux’s former teammates on the Cuban National Team were forbidden from consorting with him, they sympathized completely with his reasons for trying to leave. Cuba’s forgotten champ 2012-09-07T23:30:00Z

A Cuban Folk Song Pioneer Outside Carnegie Hall on Friday night were knots of demonstrators, for and against the Cuban government. Music Review: Silvio Rodr?guez, from Cuba, at Carnegie on U.S. Tour 2010-06-06T22:18:00Z

It was one of the city’s best-known purveyors of Chino Latino food, a particular combination of Chinese-American and Cuban fare. La Caridad 78, a Beloved Chinese-Cuban Restaurant, Closes 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z

That does not seem to have dampened U.S. interest in the Cuban market. Expedia begins offering online booking for hotels in Cuba 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z

“The Cubans are extremely passionate about dance, and well trained, and there are a lot of dance companies,” she said. For Cuban Artists, Bigger World Awaits After Restoration of Ties 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

The classic expression nods to the city's characteristically Cuban culture, but the cocktail continues to be modified and modernized, a reflection of Miami's rapidly growing restaurant and bar scene. The magic of Miami's modern daiquiri 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z

The Bronx Museum moved ahead with a make-do version of the project assembled from its own Cuban holdings and American loans. Art and Museums in NYC This Week 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

For $1 to $4 each, you can have your pick of Cuban baseballs, maracas, finely carved Christmas ornaments, inlaid boxes, kitschy Revolution stuff, and Che Guevara knickknacks. Cuba beyond Havana: a colonial town and tobacco farms 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z

"Our World in Song" finds Chinese pipa player Wu Man, Hawaiian ukulele player and slack key guitarist Daniel Ho and Cuban percussionist Luis Conte offering their multi-culti versions of folk songs from around the globe. Holiday music gifts: Leave the best for last-minute 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

They are especially worried about its plan to spend $2.5 million to create a replica of a sculpture of José Martí, the Cuban revolutionary leader, and about an exchange of artworks with Havana. Resignations at the Bronx Museum Over a Costly International Push 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z

The roles were played on Broadway by Bobby Cannavale, whose mother is Cuban, and Elizabeth Rodriguez, who is of Puerto Rican descent; both actors were nominated for Tony Awards for their performances. ArtsBeat Blog: Playwright Criticizes Casting for Production of 'The ____________ With the Hat' 2011-11-30T19:45:25Z

This video feature is part of a larger story about Americans, Cuban tourism and vintage cars. WATCH: American tourists flooding into Cuba may erode a precious gem 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z

“The piece is about the Cubans’ struggle in the street in the context of the new relations with the United States and the influx of American visitors,” she said. Graffiti set design adds punch to Cuba theater festival 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z

Harlow was a singular figure in the salsa scene — he was born and raised in Brooklyn, the son of a mambo musician who couldn’t get the Cuban sound out of his head. 15 Essentials From Johnny Pacheco and Fania Records, the ‘Motown of Salsa’ 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z

The book is particularly critical of the government-run tourism industry of the ’90s, which welcomed and protected tourists — often at the expense of Cubans — and whose legacy can still be felt today. Sci-Fi Writers Find Warmer Climate Amid Cuban Thaw 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

Those last two drinks are the greatest icons among Cuban cocktails, Cabrera says. Perspective | This influential Cuban bartender wants to preserve the elegant tradition of the island’s cantineros 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z

Many of the protesters at Versailles are conservative, white Cubans. For Decades, Versailles Restaurant Has Been a Hub for Cuban Protests 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z

He gave the Cuban charanga sound, which featured flutes and violins, new life. Larry Harlow, a Salsa Revolutionary 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z

He wasn’t in the daily life of the Cubans. In Ella Fontanals-Cisneros’s Collection, Latin American Roots Run Deep 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

The Cuban band will be the latest of Cuba's entertainment exports to the United States as cultural contacts between Cuba and the United States thaw under President Barack Obama. Cuba's Buena Vista Social Club to play U.S., Europe 2010-06-21T23:27:00Z

Born in Cuba to a Mexican father and Cuban mother, Cabello also sees herself as a role model for immigrants to the U.S. Singer Camila Cabello says 'Romance' album is all about falling in love 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z

Young Cubans are forgetting about the sandwich and its history. A Socialite Invented This Quintessential Cuban Sandwich 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z

The cabinets in the extra kitchen are filled with Cuban cookbooks. Can one man’s Cuban road trip fix 56 years of cultural disconnect? 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

But he altered his course in 1959, when he was 23, after being invited by Cuban rebels to document the Castro revolution. Charles Harbutt, Photojournalist With an Eye for Art as Well as News, Dies at 79 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

That’s the kind of thing that outsiders are always saying about Cuban dancers. To Be a Star Carlos Acosta Had to Leave Cuba. Maybe His Dancers Won’t Have To. 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z

“It’s the greatest private temple of Cuban culture outside Cuba,” says José Ramón Cabañas , chief of the Cuban Interests Section in Washington. Can one man’s Cuban road trip fix 56 years of cultural disconnect? 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

And accordingly, “Grace of Monaco” wildly inflates a 1962 tax dispute between France and Monaco into a showdown as big as the Cuban missile crisis. Review: ‘Grace of Monaco,’ a Fractured Fairy Tale on Lifetime 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z

“I see the same thing happening with Cuban contemporary art,” he said of the art boom that followed China’s opening up. Seize the day 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

In a series of photos from February 1936, Hemingway referees sweaty teenagers in a boxing match during a good will exhibition between Cubans and Americans for Key West’s “Week of Joy” commemorating Cuban independence. What Hemingway Left in Sloppy Joe’s Bar 80 Years Ago 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z

Two years later, the United States infuriated Cuban officials by installing a digital sign that scrolled news reports and provocative quotes in five-foot-tall letters on the side of the building. Change in U.S. policy toward Cuba dismantles an artifact of the Cold War 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

She is also an expert at operating the Cuban system. Mariane Pearl: Revisiting the Cuba of My Youth 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

His pitch was “ours is as good as any Cuban sandwich after Paseo.” Adios, Paseo: You made the best mess 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z

To start the symposium, a jazz band plays classic Cuban ballads. Can one man’s Cuban road trip fix 56 years of cultural disconnect? 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

She was detained by Cuban authorities multiple times around New Year's Day for attempting to stage a performance about free speech in Havana's iconic Revolution Square. Artist Tania Bruguera to remain in Cuba as officials weigh charges 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

In the show’s latter half, works by Puerto Rican artists share gallery space with those of Chicanos, Cubans, and other Latin Americans. The Battle Over the Soul of El Museo del Barrio 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z

In this tragicomic novel, a visionary preacher comes up against the grim realities of life in a Cuban backwater. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z

The book also offers thumbnail accounts of the Cuban missile crisis, the civil rights movement and the escalating Vietnam War. Books of The Times: ‘Killing Kennedy’ by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard 2012-10-10T21:54:31Z

In practice, Cuban physics means making gaskets out of cardboard. Cuban car guys star in first U.S. show shot entirely on the forbidden island 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z

We were sitting in Pilar Cuban Eatery, a tiny restaurant in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. Restaurant-Hopping With the Author of ‘The Cuban Table’ 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

And the relationships between Cubans are no less compromised. Theater Review: ‘Mariquitas’ at Theater for the New City 2013-05-13T21:07:18Z

Since Fidel Castro came to power, Cuba has been off-limits to casual American travelers, and any who tried to sneak in unofficially had to pray that Cuban customs officials wouldn’t stamp their passports. Destinations Await in the Summer’s Best Travel Books 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z

Meals are extra and modestly priced from 5 to 20 Cuban convertible pesos. Want to See the Wild Side of Cuba? Try a Kayak 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z

State-of-the-art jazz drumming has changed drastically since then, becoming more about pulse and elasticity, incorporating a host of complex microstrategies from Cuban and Middle Eastern and electronic music, along with hip-hop. Critic’s Notebook: Jamison Ross Wins Thelonious Monk Contest 2012-09-24T22:05:15Z

The two steal away into a White House stairwell and smoke Cuban cigars. House of Cards Season 3, Episode 3 Recap: When Men Were Men 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

Awash in fruit-bowl colors, Colada Shop buys its beans from Compass Coffee, where one of the owner’s fathers is Cuban, and turns them into more than a dozen robust brews. Review | Colada Shop in D.C. reviewed: Little Havana done right, and an $8 daiquiri 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

The members discussed the festival with their Cuban hosts, among other issues, and Leahy presented the book “The Smithsonian’s History of America in 101 Objects” to Abel Prieto, Cuba’s former culture minister. Cuba headed to Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the Mall as soon as 2017 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

That freedom means I have no mortal commitment to the Cuban leaders, whom I have admired and respected. Cuban singer Milanes blasts attacks on dissidents 2011-08-31T00:31:05Z

“There’s a lot of creativity, and they are really thinking about stuff,” said Alexandra Halkin, the director of the Americas Media Initiative, a nonprofit group that distributes and promotes Cuban film overseas. Digital Technology Is Making Its Mark in Cuba 2013-01-05T00:24:27Z

He certainly told reporters on several occasions that he supported Castro's revolution, and refused to denounce the Cuban leader when the U.S. government demanded he do so. Ken Burns' vicious Hemingway smear: PBS series totally ignores writer's lifelong leftist politics 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z

Cuban leader Fidel Castro let her reclaim some of her husband's documents and possessions in exchange for donating Hemingway's villa outside Havana and other belongings to the Cuban people. Dear Papa: Letters to Hemingway get crucial repair 2012-09-26T09:16:04Z

The restaurant and others like it juxtaposed dishes from both cuisines; sometimes they met up in a single dish, like fried rice with plantains or Chinese pepper steak with Cuban black beans. La Caridad 78, a Beloved Chinese-Cuban Restaurant, Closes 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z

Framing “Buena Vista” within the context of isolation diminishes its achievements and those of Cuban music before and after it. ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ at 25: Memories of Memories 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

The United States spent decades trying to either overthrow the Cuban government or stop U.S. goods from reaching the island, which is 90 miles south of Florida. U.S. and Cuba agree to open embassies 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z

Prints, video, collage and installations by Cuban artist Ramos are on view. At museums this fall: Art and science, civilization and extinction

It immediately drew attention because it took charanga, a traditional Cuban style focused on violins and flute, and made it bold and brassy by substituting a pair of trombones for the strings. Eddie Palmieri Ties Together Musical Genres 2012-12-13T22:49:44Z

Because the company was "inspired by Cuban and Indian immigrants", and its prototype is "being made in Uruguay with the help of Israeli engineers". Stranded abroad ? thank goodness everyone speaks Globish 2010-04-20T09:47:00Z

We drove without incident to Pearls Airport, site of an abandoned Russian plane and a Cuban passenger aircraft that was grounded after the 1983 overthrow of the prime minister, Maurice Bishop. Spice and everything nice on Grenada

His clients commissioned personalized etched patterns on their drinking vessels: Cuban officials wanted palm tree motifs, and robber barons asked for their monograms and the names of their yachts. A New Glass Museum Will Open in a Historic Factory 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z

A Quick Stop in Old Cuba FOR most Americans, Havana remains — as a Cuban tourism official recently quipped to a reporter — “the forbidden city,” subject to a United States travel ban and enticingly off-limits. | Heads Up: A Cuba Nostalgia Fair in Miami: No Che T-Shirts 2010-05-14T21:12:00Z

I bought it there after our troops invaded the tranquil island, ostensibly to rescue American medical students and halt Cuban adventurism. Mortar shells and dog tags: The objects Post journalists can’t leave behind 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z

A Cuban painter living in Puerto Rico, Williams Carmona, picked the ballerinas up from their hotel and helped arrange their flights to Florida, the dancers said. Defected ballerinas: We had no future in Cuba 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z

He explained that Cuban seeds are planted in other Latin American countries, where the plant is actually grown. A visit to Little Havana as the embargo that enlivened it comes to an end 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

He explains he needs to get away from dance to "play dominoes, listen to Cuban music, eat black beans and chicken". Carlos Acosta 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z

A revolutionary, poet and martyr, Martí serves as the icon for every side of the Cuban debate: Fidelistas, exiles, Marxists, Miami capitalists — all claim him as their own. ‘José Martí,’ by Alfred J. López 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

Some supporters of the Cuban government accuse activist artists of trying to boost their cachet or get offered asylum through altercations with the state. Cuban indie artists challenge government at Havana arts biennial 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z

The Argentine-born son of Cuban parents, Mr. Perez grew up on the island as a child and fell in love with the art. Cuban Art Outshines Politics 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z

The daughter of a Puerto Rican factory worker and musician, and a Cuban cashier, she was a finalist in the child pageant "Little Miss America" and started performing young on Spanish-language television. Irene Cara was the voice of ambition – both its power and limits 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z

When Obama unveiled the new Cuba policy, which aims to end more than five decades of conflict, among the first forbidden Cuban products legalized was the cigar. Cuba's famed cigars get a foot in door of U.S. market 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z

He persuaded an uncle to lend him money for an accordion and formed a band, playing traditional Cuban tunes at local fiestas. Stage musical planned around Gloria Estefan 2013-02-05T16:48:08Z

Catherine Conley, the first American full-time student at Cuba's prestigious National Ballet School, hopes to gain an edge back home by learning the powerful Cuban style with its dazzling turns and jumps. Cuban ballet school takes first American full-timer 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z

For her next book, Ms. Peláez — unsurprisingly — wants to focus on Cuban desserts. Restaurant-Hopping With the Author of ‘The Cuban Table’ 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

Cubans are notorious for dealing with constant shortages of basic goods by making fun of them. In Cuba, street vendors sing to sell, from salsa to reggaeton 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

Crouching at the bow of a small motorboat, trying not to make a sound, I wonder if my Cuban guide, Juan Carlos, agrees that we make for a strange scene. U.S. anglers seek out the infamous Bay of Pigs for an exclusive fly-fishing experience 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z

A Cuban burger, it is traditionally topped with a special sauce and shoestring potatoes. Restaurant-Hopping With the Author of ‘The Cuban Table’ 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

Like Cuban bread, congrí has always been a "welcome home" dish, a pot simmering on the stove to indicate my return home. When I think of essential Cuban food, I think of congrí 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z

Here, however, these diversions carry as much weight as the romance, which means that the focus finally remains as much on the Cuban people as on their two charmingly sincere stand-ins. A Film Series Honors Black Women Directors 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

So to keep it in the conversation months after its May release, the director and actor turned to one of its stars: the Cuban sandwich. 'Chef,' the movie, the DVD ... the restaurant? Favreau, Choi cook again 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z

By then, the Soviets had already sent Méndez, a Cuban man of African descent, into space as part of the USSR’s Intercosmos program. Breaking the color barrier: behind the long fight to diversify space 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z

“I was only seven,” said Mr. Rousteing referring to his inspiration of the early ’90s, its influence of Cuban art, the masculine/feminine style of the singer Sade, Latin sensuality and rapper cool. Generation Genius! 2012-09-27T18:27:45Z

Feeling that she didn’t fit in because of her mixed ethnic heritage — African-American, Chinese and Cuban — Hernandez eventually discovered hip-hop as her vehicle of self-expression. 8 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z

Four more are in production, including one about Cuban culture in the United States. Can one man’s Cuban road trip fix 56 years of cultural disconnect? 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

The plates are tributes to two late Cuban friends whom Perez befriended when she moved to the United States more than 20 years ago. The hunt for the D.C. area’s best cheap-eats hotbeds: Ritchie Center 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

Much of it is rooted in son and trova, African-derived folk musics dating back to the 19th century that form the backbone of a lot of Cuban dance music. ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ at 25: Memories of Memories 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

And Cuban coffee is available at the decidedly ’50s-era price point of 3 cents a shot. | Heads Up: A Cuba Nostalgia Fair in Miami: No Che T-Shirts 2010-05-14T21:12:00Z

Late last month 17 Cubans were rescued by the Mexican navy after almost a month at sea, 20 days without food. Twenty years after Cuban raft exodus, they keep coming 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z

They were incredibly charismatic young women who were just playing Cuban music. Conan O'Brien's history-making Cuba mission: 'Make them laugh' 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z

The exiled Cubans decided she was a spy for the state, sent to infiltrate their weekly dinners. What’s It Like to Write Poetry in Authoritarian Cuba? Tricky, This Novel Suggests 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z

“Los 100 Sones Cubanos,” a documentary about the Cuban musical style that gave birth to salsa music, screens at 9:30 p.m. James Bond, ‘L.A. Rebellion’ series screen in Seattle 2013-03-21T20:25:49Z

Grenier points out that despite their vast differences, the rival Cuban communities have one interesting thing in common. A visit to Little Havana as the embargo that enlivened it comes to an end 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

On the night of November 25th, the owners of Versailles, Miami’s most famous Cuban restaurant, were at a Thanksgiving gathering when their phones buzzed with a news alert: Fidel Castro was dead. Life After Castro at Miami’s Most Famous Cuban Restaurant 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z

In his library a piece by Cuban artist Arlés del Rio features an open baseball mitt mounted on a pedestal. A Stylish Beachfront Home in Florida 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

On the table sat a mix of “American” holiday food, plus such Cuban dishes as croquetas, roasted pork, black beans and rice and plantains. Cookie-crazed dogs, blackened latkes and more of our favorite holiday food memories 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z

After a clampdown under George W. Bush, Americans may now travel in “people-to-people” tour programs, which encourage contact with Cubans. Journeys: Private Restaurants Try to Expand Cuba?s Menu 2012-03-16T21:28:01Z

Two nights a week, musicians perform Cuban beat music and acoustic folk-rock by the pool, and a free open-air cinema screens classic films, also twice weekly. By the Sea in France, a Stylish but Low-Key Escape 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z

Organizers expect a crowd of 30,000 for three days of Cuban art, music, food and, not least, shopping. | Heads Up: A Cuba Nostalgia Fair in Miami: No Che T-Shirts 2010-05-14T21:12:00Z

Tastes vary; genuine Cuban rum can be difficult to source. How to make an El Presidente, a Cuban drink with a rich history 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z

García’s version of Berlin contains perhaps a disproportionate number of Cubans, brought to Germany mainly through the Havana/East Berlin Communist nexus and introduced to the narrator through her own Cuban connections. A Capital City, Still Haunted by Its Past 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z

The novel’s central nervous system is formed around American politics — it ends as well as begins with Kennedy’s death, and spends considerable time on the Vietnam War, the Cuban Missile Crisis and Watergate. An Encyclopedic Novel Intent on Reliving the Baby Boomers’ Touchstone Moments. All of Them. 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z

He agrees, adding that because his Cuban bread contains no preservatives, it should be eaten within a day or two, tops. Inside the century-old bakery that’s one of America’s last sources of traditional Cuban bread 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z

But a daiquiri that lives up to the enduring mystique of Cuban rum? Cuban Havana Club is legendary, but is it really the best rum for your daiquiri? 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

“Trump’s approach,” Cuban said, “was the right approach by the wrong candidate.” Face it, America: You loved having a celebrity candidate. So who will it be next? 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

Wednesday afternoon's event includes TV host Bob Vila, a son of Cuban emigrants who's been working to restore the Hemingway home itself. US, Cuba assessing efforts to save Hemingway artifacts 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z

Geno is pulled from its classic, swaggering pace and worked up into a kind of Cuban rumba. Other Voices – review 2013-04-09T16:59:39Z

This means that Americans who want to go to the island and spend their time meeting ordinary Cubans no longer have to book their trip through an organization. How to Go to Cuba Right Now 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

Some are languishing as they struggle to tap the limited number of visiting tourists and other foreigners, and the small number of Cubans with enough disposable income to patronize private restaurants. New York meets Cuba in art-fair chef exchange 2012-05-12T21:31:04Z

Katrina Campins, a Cuban American who competed in Season 1, merged her real estate company with Trump International Realty last year. Has Donald Trump lost even the ‘Apprentice’ vote? 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

Mr. Smith argued that Mr. Cuban made statements regarding both black and white people. ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith strikes back at ‘Uncle Tom’ charges after defending Mark Cuban 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z

Puerto Sagua, a no-frills diner in the heart of South Beach, has been churning out Cuban comfort food since the 1960s. Miami Beach with a toddler? Believe it or not, it can be fun. 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z

It's not clear how or whether the standoff was resolved, and of course it's possible that Cuban wasn't serious about leaving but was merely practicing the tough negotiation skills he displays on the show. Sony hack: Mark Cuban threatened to leave 'Shark Tank' in salary tiff 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z

“His one-of-a-kind sense of humor endeared him instantly to everyone he met,” Mark Cuban, the billionaire investor and founder of AXS TV, said in a statement. Eddie Money, rock 'n' roll hitmaker and reality TV star, dies at 70 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z

When Cuban first took over the team, Nelson says, the owner was at every meeting, every practice, learning the business, and evaluating his employees. The Mavs' Big Winner: Mark Cuban's New Image 2011-06-17T09:15:00Z

Stephen L. Carter, the author of this fictionalized account of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, is both a law professor at Yale and a prolific writer. Review: ‘Back Channel,’ by Stephen L. Carter

Desperate people paddle off from the Malecon on rickety watercraft in a clear reference to Cuban raft crises. Brainnnssss! Zombies storm Havana cinema festival 2011-12-09T18:31:04Z

After a rousing version of "The Star-Spangled Banner," Morlot launched into Gershwin's jazzy "Cuban Overture," a performance that took awhile to coalesce but ended convincingly. A festive kickoff to Seattle Symphony's new season 2012-09-16T23:18:03Z

But I recently had a breakthrough on building the sofrito, a flavor base that Cubans use bell peppers, onion, and garlic to make. When I think of essential Cuban food, I think of congrí 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z

The Fuego Cuban Music Worlds Festival scheduled for April 9 was canceled last month. ACLU questions cancelling Fla Cuban music concert 2011-04-06T15:24:09Z

The show, billed as the Rolling Stones’s “Concert for Amity,” will make the group perhaps the most famous musicians to play there since the Cuban revolution in 1959. Rolling Stones to Play Free Concert in Cuba 1460-07-25T05:00:00Z

“I think when you hear Dizzy and Chano play the Afro Cuban Suite, you hear the pattern of call and response,” Faddis added. 75 Years Ago, Latin Jazz Was Born. Its Offspring Are Going Strong. 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z

In early chapters, pegged to pre-Dead show dates in California, where Garcia is coping with his fears of a seemingly apocalyptic Cuban missile crisis, the book suffers from messy chronology. How much more is there to know about the Grateful Dead? 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

In the video work Raptor’s Rapture by US/Cuban duo Allora and Calzadilla a flautist plays a 35,000-year-old flute made from the bone of a Griffon Vulture to a living vulture. Animate/Inanimate: TarraWarra Museum of Art – review 2013-07-16T03:06:57Z

Even if the U.S. completely lifted its trade embargo, a 2010 Cuban law bans cars being taken off the island. In Cuba's sea of classic cars, the truly valuable are elusive 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z

“We teach like Cubans, but American culture is more relaxed,” he said. Cuban Ballet: Proud Past, Promising Future 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

Outside the fence line, noisy debate continues over the U.S. presence on Cuban land and the ethics of using Guantanamo to detain terrorism suspects. An unlikely wildlife haven on controversial Guantanamo Bay 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z

After graduation, Mr. Porro traveled to Paris, where he met the Cuban painter Wifredo Lam, whose embrace of cross-cultural references would greatly influence him. Ricardo Porro, Exiled Cuban Architect, Dies at 89 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z

Born in Havana, Ms. Valdés spent the first few years of her life in Laos, where her father was serving as the Cuban ambassador. A New Leader, at Last, to Bring Cuban Ballet Into the Future 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z

Guests will be welcomed instead by life-size photographs of Cubans from Cuba and New York, alongside quotations that display a variety of views and aspirations. Cuba in All Its Natural Glory at the American Museum of Natural History 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z

Most were Cuban Americans visiting relatives, but about 90,000 were other Americans mostly traveling on licensed visits, Cuban officials say. Beyonce and Jay-Z's Cuba trip part of growing cultural travel trend 2013-04-10T00:52:59Z

The exhibition title comes from the best-selling 1967 autobiography of Piri Thomas, a community organizer of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent who grew up in what was then called Spanish Harlem. Finding Common Ground at El Museo del Barrio 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z

Since the collapse of the U.S.S.R. in 1991, Cuban farmers have had no access to pesticides or fertilizers, so there is none of the chemical flow-off that can devastate marine life. A Cuban Island That Has Played Both Paradise and Prison 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

With its thin, flaky crust and fluffy, generously buttered inside, my toasted Cuban bread was almost the star of my plate. A visit to Little Havana as the embargo that enlivened it comes to an end 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

This is the rich tradition that the Cuban writer Marcial Gala joins with his dazzling novel “Call Me Cassandra.” He Can See the Future, but Can’t Escape It 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z

The brother of former Cuban president Fidel Castro told Penn he would be open to meeting with Barack Obama should he win his presidential election, according to the article published by The Nation. Sean Penn Was a Journalist Long Before 'El Chapo' Interview 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z

He was largely unwelcome in Cuban exile communities, especially in Miami, and radio stations that played his music reported receiving threats afterward. Pablo Milanés, Troubadour of the Cuban Revolution, Dies at 79 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z

A blast of Cuban art is hitting the Kennedy Center this month. A Cuban cornucopia at the Kennedy Center 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

"The Cuban missile crisis was really the most dangerous time in my father's presidency, and there really was a risk that the United States and the Soviet Union might go to war," she said. Kennedy unveils Picasso painting at JFK Library 2012-10-04T23:04:08Z

The cinema is famous for showing rarities – from gems of Korean cinema to US ultra-indie flicks or the latest Cuban offerings. Cine-files: Studio Cin?mas, Tours 2011-08-02T09:28:00Z

Mr. Pérez, the son of Cuban exiles who was raised in Colombia, said no once again. Friends No More? Jorge Pérez and Donald Trump 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z

In the highly charged world of Miami’s Cuban American community, “you’re always going to tick someone off,” she says, although she uses a more vulgar phrase. Gloria Estefan left Cuba as a young child, but the island defines her, and her music 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

One of six children of Cuban immigrant parents, she calls herself a “medicine woman”; her approach to guiding is ceremonial rather than clinical. Welcome to the trip of your life: the rise of underground LSD guides 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

When Cubans left the island after the Cuban revolution, the sandwich followed. A Socialite Invented This Quintessential Cuban Sandwich 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z

Shortly after the United States entered the war, American troops arrived at Guantanamo and, with support from Cuban soldiers, pushed out the Spaniards. An unlikely wildlife haven on controversial Guantanamo Bay 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z

She spoke with Salon about her career and "The Cuban." Music helped treat her father's dementia, and that's why Shohreh Aghdashloo made "The Cuban" 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z

Mr. Burnett said all the business people being portrayed on reality shows might help counter the persistent image on fictional television of the executive as a villain, though Mr. Cuban didn’t entirely agree. Enough Wallowing, Reality TV Is Ready for Entrepreneurship 2011-03-28T01:29:28Z

His turn away from the Cuban government coincided with Fidel Castro’s decision to step down that year, to be succeeded by his brother, Raúl, who promised significant reforms. Pablo Milanés, Troubadour of the Cuban Revolution, Dies at 79 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z

René allies himself with an anti-Castro activist group and flies out to rescue Cuban refugees trying to get to the United States on rafts. ‘Wasp Network’ Review: Fleeing Cuba With Loyalties in Question 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

While the designs will remain Cuban, U.S.-based manufacturers will produce the apparel and ship them to U.S. buyers, Clandestina said. Scrappy Cuban clothing line exemplifies ingenuity with U.S. online store opening 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z

For many years, Cubans were not allowed to stay at resort hotels exclusively reserved for foreigners, or to buy and use cellular telephones or computers. Cuban comedian denounces discriminatory policies, attitudes on island 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z

U.S. travelers need to qualify under one of 12 specific categories, such as “support for the Cuban people.” You’ve decided to visit a Caribbean island — but which one? Here’s our island-by-island guide. 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z

“People are getting killed, the White House is being collapsed, the Washington Monument’s going down, and lo and behold, Mark Cuban is president of the United States!” Here's Jeb Bush's Underwhelming Review of 'Sharknado 3' 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z

The Trump administration on Friday said it will ban U.S. flights to all Cuban destinations except Havana. US to ban American flights to all Cuban cities except Havana 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z

But finding a birding guide is a bit like trying to score a Cuban cigar: Keep asking around until you find somebody who knows a guy. The U.S. Issue:?Explorer: An Eden for Rare Birds in Hawaii 2011-05-13T20:14:41Z

We are still trying to undermine the Cuban government through economic sanctions, after the Bay of Pigs invasion failed. Are Horses More Useful to Humans Than Pigeons? And Other Letters to the Editor 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z

The Cuban missile crisis freaked him out, souring his faith in politics well in advance of the societal breakdowns to come. ‘Garry Winogrand,’ a Retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

I’ve visited six times over the last 20 years, staying with my Cuban family. Cuba Through the Eyes of the Poet Richard Blanco 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z

Half of the birds smuggled back Cuban cigars attached like bomber payloads to their undersides, while the other half were outfitted with cameras to document the crime. Lights, Pigeons, Action! Duke Riley’s Art Spectacle Takes Wing 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

The group build expectations with patience and precision, from quiet, dripping-water motifs propelled by soft mallet sounds that swell and recede, to folksy Mehldau-like themes that release flows of Jarrett-like inventiveness, or hip Cuban groovers. Andrew McCormack Trio: Live in London – review 2012-12-13T22:18:01Z

We spent over an hour in the karstic, limestone hills to find the Cuban solitaire, a difficult bird to locate. A birding adventure in Cuba 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Guantanamo would house Cuban and Haitian refugees and then, notoriously, suspected terrorists. An unlikely wildlife haven on controversial Guantanamo Bay 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z

"It's going to the story and it's asking questions," he said at news conference in the Cuban capital. Benicio del Toro debuts as director in Havana film 2011-03-11T03:21:16Z

While it appears at first that he wants to start a new life in Florida, he joins other exiled Cubans there as part of a ring known as the Wasp Network, a pro-Castro group. Cuban spy ring the focus in political thriller 'Wasp Network' 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z

“The Cuban Affair” is heavy on affair and light on almost everything else. International Thrillers Favor Trysts over Treason 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z

The car guys may welcome this more friendly era — but it spells doom for a Cuban car show. Cuban car guys star in first U.S. show shot entirely on the forbidden island 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z

"It didn't make sense to say anything," Cuban says. The Mavs' Big Winner: Mark Cuban's New Image 2011-06-17T09:15:00Z

Cuba's government estimates the windfall from the embargo being lifted on Cuban cigars and rum would allow it to pump more than $200 million a year into social welfare programs. Cuba's famed cigars get a foot in door of U.S. market 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z

She is a self-contained woman whose intelligence is matched by her passion for her subject; when she discussed Cuban desserts, I thought she might get up and dance. Restaurant-Hopping With the Author of ‘The Cuban Table’ 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, who is like the Bono of the MIT conference, has hired a statistician, Roland Beech, who actually travels with the team and sits behind the Mavericks bench. Why Sports Statisticians Should Be More Involved in Games 2011-03-11T09:35:00Z

He also said that Havana won’t be the only Cuban city it serves. U.S. Airlines Preparing to Offer Flights to Cuba 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z

Fricks up my Cuban heels and stains my velvet cape something rotten. One last thing ... 2010-06-18T23:06:00Z

In the last days of the Obama administration, Rhodes and the Cuban government worked feverishly to broaden their bilateral ties in order to make the rapprochement harder to dismantle. Ben Rhodes: ‘Obama has a serenity that I don't. I get more exercised’ 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z

In addition to the parallel stories of Mercader and Trotsky, “The Man Who Loved Dogs” has a third voice, a Cuban one. Books of The Times: ‘The Man Who Loved Dogs’ Centers on Trotsky 2014-01-21T22:09:20Z

On one wall, amid quotes from Hubbard, is a plaque announcing that, according to legend, the first Cuban sandwich was created in this building. For Ybor City in Florida, a historic cigar town faces a cloudy future 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z

The slightest slip-up–say, mentioning that the once befriended some Cubans–endangers everything. Review: In Deutschland 83, East Meets West Germany 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z

Routes are from 5 U.S. cities to nine Cuban cities other than Havana. 6 US airlines OK’d to start scheduled flights to Cuba 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z

The sheer variety of the Cuban landscape comes as a surprise, erasing the image of the hinterland as an endless vista of sugar cane and tobacco fields. Sure, It’s Castro and Cigars, but Cuba Is Coral and Crocodiles, Too 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

Cuban authorities recently announced restrictions reportedly declaring state-run recording studios and broadcasts off-limits to songs with questionable lyrics. Cuba targets racy reggaeton in lyrics crackdown 2013-01-07T20:12:27Z

As they frantically tried to escape toward Florida, their rickety vessel was rammed and sunk by the Cuban Coast Guard, killing more than half the passengers. America Is Obsessed With Cuba. But What Do We Know About Its Citizens? 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z

My greatest hope is that the borders open both ways and that ordinary Cubans can come and visit us someday. Havana’s Symphony of Sound 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

On Sundays, curious visitors gather in droves to experience the traditional rhumba dance style, among others, performed by local Cuban musicians and talent. Sad eyes and a yearning heart: A young man’s daily odyssey in post-Castro Havana 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z

We had very open talks with young Cuban artists, entrepreneurs. Havana’s Symphony of Sound 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

Mostly, they wrote in a language and style intended for the city’s postwar wave of Cuban and Puerto Rican newcomers, the obvious audience. On Religion: Decades Later, the Clave Beat Goes on for Latin Jazz and Jewish Musicians 2014-03-22T02:01:29Z

Three of the occupants on the smuggler’s boat were elite Cuban boxers. The way we left Cuba 2012-12-31T18:00:00Z

The face is a composite of dozens of photographs the Cuban American artist took in Washington, hence the double meaning of the title, “Out of Many, One.” In Washington, artist Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada creates a giant face on the mall

While some may define Milanés’s career as a product of a Cuban reality, long estranged from the United States, his art and its appeal had broad international repercussions. The Soaring Legacy of Pablo Milanés 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z

The author investigates themes like family, immigration and race, while demonstrating the Cuban influence on Miami. What to Read Before Your Florida Trip 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z

The country does not accept U.S. dollars or credit cards, and cards from U.S.-based companies don’t work at Cuban ATMs. Is Cuba the next hot travel destination for Americans? Tour operators giddily hope so. 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

The Cuban ballet's gala performance marked the close of the Russian Bolshoi season until October. Bolshoi celebrates Cuba's peerless ballerina Alonso 2011-08-04T18:54:32Z

She probably fits, oddly, in some kind of triangulation of that, maybe closer to Cuban than any of those examples. Pop culture, considered: Chuck Klosterman on his new book of essays 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z

In an open letter to the office of foreign assets control, two members of Congress called for an investigation into Beyoncé and Jay-Z's Cuban visit. Beyoncé and Jay-Z's Cuba trip licensed by US Treasury, say sources 2013-04-09T11:07:24Z

Jibacoa, home to the low-key all-inclusive Memories hotel, and a series of basic Cuban resorts, is rated by many as the best beach area close to Havana. Sweet on Cuba: riding the Hershey town train 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z

She is here with her tiny, elderly Cuban mother who lives in Miami. Just don't call it a freak show 2010-04-30T23:07:00Z

For many years, Cubans were not allowed to stay at resort hotels exclusively reserved for foreigners, or to buy and use cellular telephones or computers. Cuban comedian denounces discriminatory policies, attitudes on island 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z

Another insult frequently directed at Cuban was baby. The Mavs' Big Winner: Mark Cuban's New Image 2011-06-17T09:15:00Z

But when it was over the Cuban members of the audience cheered as well. Fire and Ice: Minnesotans Join Orquesta Aragón in Havana 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z

Ronald Reagan is branded a homoclite, but “Reagan never faced a Cuban Missile Crisis.” Books of The Times: What Befits a Leader in Hard Times? An Intimate Knowledge of Insanity 2011-08-10T21:05:51Z

In one unforgettable escape attempt, a Cuban family tried to get to Florida in a fantastically conceived watercraft fashioned from a green 1951 Chevy truck. Change in U.S. policy toward Cuba dismantles an artifact of the Cold War 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

“You can measure the power of Cuban culture through that. You don’t come from a quiet place; you come from a place that makes waves.” Can one man’s Cuban road trip fix 56 years of cultural disconnect? 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

On a Monday afternoon, while most patrons at the doorway counter were Cuban, there was one tourist: Erika Rydberg from New Hampshire. Cuban entrepreneurs take a bigger slice of profits thanks to reforms 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z

He is leaving behind his Jewish father and Cuban mother to become a Rhodes scholar at Oxford. Digested read: We Had It So Good by Linda Grant 2011-01-17T21:30:01Z

What I missed most as a Florida transplant was a traditional Cuban sandwich — pressed, with pork, ham, mustard, pickles and cheese. Three things we love this week 2012-12-07T22:53:46Z

And some live animals, including the Cuban tree frog and Cuban boa, will also be on view. Cuba in All Its Natural Glory at the American Museum of Natural History 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z

The club posted ad on Cuban state-run TV and radio in order to find other owners of British cars, and stopped some they spotted on the street to invite them to join. Prince Charles visit shines spotlight on Cuba's classic British cars 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z

Cuban music tends to involve a direct discussion: between voice and drums, between voice and chorus, between horn sections. Jazz at Lincoln Center Opens Its Season at Rose Theater 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z

Cuban, the Dallas Mavericks owner and star of ABC's "Shark Tank," made an unspecified donation. Walters, Stephanopoulos lead ABC hurricane relief 2012-11-05T17:38:08Z

For younger Cuban dancers, international competitions still offer initial exposure to the broader world. Cuban Ballet: Proud Past, Promising Future 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

The exhibition also features an impressive survey of the island’s spiritual, economic and cultural traditions, not to mention a replica 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air, a nod to the many vintage cars dotting Cuban boulevards. Around Town for Dec. 2-8 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z

He said he believed that much of the offensive against Cuban artists was tied to 2020 electoral politics, both national and local. Miami sees a return to Cold War cultural hard line on Cuba 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z

While the state still produces or vets virtually all Cuban television, radio and print-media content, for example, there is an increasingly audacious repertoire of theater and film. In Cuba, Artistic Freedom Remains an Open Question 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

And Woody Allen sent up the Cuban revolution in his spoof “Bananas.” Change in U.S. policy toward Cuba dismantles an artifact of the Cold War 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

Scenes from Swan Lake, Don Quixote and Coppelia are among the classics adapted by Alonso and danced for her during the gala show by eight Cuban dancers from her troupe. Bolshoi celebrates Cuba's peerless ballerina Alonso 2011-08-04T18:54:32Z

Constructed in 1925, it got its name in the 1960s as the place where Cubans fleeing Castro were taken to be processed and documented. Finding My Florida 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z

Take the Cuban Missile Crisis, it was 16 days and we know about that because they were secretly taping it, so we know what went on in those meetings. Mar-a-Lago: Where Donald Trump learned to be king 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z

He erased his African American heritage when he created his Cuban backstory. Perspective | When writer Hache Carrillo died, the world discovered his true identity. What does that mean for his legacy? 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z

“We haven’t seen this kind of hazing on a hunk of metal since the Cuban missile wedgie.” Kamala Harris Stops By to Chat With Stephen Colbert 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z

He witnessed the secret U.S. bombing of Cambodia during the Vietnam War and received a tour of the Bay of Pigs from Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Former newspaperman Robert S. Boyd dies at age 91 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z

Cubans don’t chat about the matter casually, but there were 7,900 reports of arbitrary detention of Cuban citizens by their government in just eight months in 2016, according to Human Rights Watch. Found in Cuba: The American Dream (and nightmare) 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z

The film begins with Señor’s background with “Rent” as a performer and his decision, regardless of his family’s protests, to direct a Cuban adaptation. ‘Revolution Rent’ Review: Taking the Show South 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z

Over the last three years, I’ve dedicated a lot of time to Cuban art because I thought that there were pieces of the history that were missing from the museums. In Ella Fontanals-Cisneros’s Collection, Latin American Roots Run Deep 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

After testing the Cuban appetite with a 2011 concert of Broadway show tunes, Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment decided to stage a three-month run of "Rent," the first Broadway musical exported to Cuba in decades. Broadway finds a new stage in an old venue: Cuba 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z

So some of our repertory does not sound Cuban at all, but other songs are traditionally and recognizably Cuban.” ArtsBeat: Creole Choir of Cuba Brings Island's Music to Brooklyn 2011-06-03T18:37:23Z

"But we're all so different. Argentinians are completely different from Mexicans.  Mexicans are completely different from Cubans. Cubans are completely different from people from Paraguay and Uruguay." Elizabeth Pena dies at 55; actress in 'The Incredibles,' 'La Bamba' 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

A Cuban pygmy owl perches in a nearby shrub, its breathy calls competing with the muted cracks of rifle shots from a distant target range. An unlikely wildlife haven on controversial Guantanamo Bay 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z

Yoss, who remains on good terms with Cuban publishers despite some of the books he has presented in the past, is the country’s most recognizable science-fiction author, and he continues to publish widely in Cuba. Sci-Fi Writers Find Warmer Climate Amid Cuban Thaw 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

And more importantly, when the Castros eventually fall from power, would Cubans turn to newly established foreign press to tell their story? The next frontier in Cuba: American press is seeping into the country, shaking up nation’s decades-long battle with free expression 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z

This is the dish that made Mr. Estrada open My Cuban Spot: “I wasn’t able to get a picadillo like my grandma made.” Cooking, Inspired by Grandma, at My Cuban Spot in Brooklyn 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z

He recently acquired a French plate printed with an image of a Cuban sugar planter beside a woman with a parasol. Can one man’s Cuban road trip fix 56 years of cultural disconnect? 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

As he prepares another batch of dough, he explains the finer points of making authentic Cuban bread that include unique challenges. Inside the century-old bakery that’s one of America’s last sources of traditional Cuban bread 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z

They are Cuban intelligence agents imprisoned in the United States for spying on right-wing Cuban-exile groups in Miami; in Cuba they are heroes. Music Review: Silvio Rodr?guez, from Cuba, at Carnegie on U.S. Tour 2010-06-06T22:18:00Z

The coming records that best cut through genre, however, are by a Swede and French Cuban twins. Under-the-radar pop albums to watch for this year 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

According to Nicholas Reynolds, the author of "Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy: Ernest Hemingway's Secret Adventures, 1935-1961," Hemingway provided financial aid to Cuban revolutionaries, and gave Castro meticulous advice on how to handle the American press. Ken Burns' vicious Hemingway smear: PBS series totally ignores writer's lifelong leftist politics 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z

They also never discuss the "Crook Factory" — an anti-fascist spy network that Hemingway organized in pre-World War II Cuba to discover whether any influential Cubans were secretly sympathetic to fascism. Ken Burns' vicious Hemingway smear: PBS series totally ignores writer's lifelong leftist politics 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z

In this shallow but enjoyable all-American morality play, Carl falls but rises, chastened, to pursue happiness and fulfillment operating a food truck whose specialty is Cuban sandwiches. Movie Review: ‘Chef,’ a Culinary Comedy by Jon Favreau 2014-05-08T19:55:37Z

What do ragtime and stride piano, two early forms of jazz, have to do with the Cuban rhythm also known as the tango? Review: Tapping Out Some New World Rhythms 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

While the designs will remain Cuban, U.S.-based manufacturers will produce the apparel and ship them to U.S. buyers, Clandestina said. Scrappy Cuban clothing line exemplifies ingenuity with U.S. online store opening 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z

The Cuban Crisis less than two years before had proved that.” Books of The Times: ‘Who I Am: A Memoir,’ by Pete Townshend 2012-10-09T00:36:11Z

One strategy is to encourage choreographers to use Cuban music and designers. To Be a Star Carlos Acosta Had to Leave Cuba. Maybe His Dancers Won’t Have To. 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z

Havana Getaway, May 25 to 29, features concerts by Mr. Folds, including one with Cuban collaborators. Take a Cruise With Oprah? Reservations, Please! 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z

The finely wrought piece received its premiere in a committed performance by the Harlem Quartet in the closing section of the evening, devoted to Cuban music. Music Review: Latino Music, From Tango Back to the 16th Century 2011-05-16T21:12:01Z

In addition to the signature meats like smoked pork shoulder with Hatch vinegar sauce, and the Pig Beach burger, there are specials like Greek-style smoked lamb shoulder and Cuban mojo ribs. Sobre Masa Tortilleria, in Brooklyn, Will Showcase Heirloom Corn 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z

Cuban citizens will be able to earn salaries in the United States as long as they don’t pay special taxes in Cuba. U.S. makes visiting Cuba easier for Americans 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

Ms. Peláez, 39, a Miami-born daughter of Cuban immigrants, reconstructs her family’s recipes and, in doing so, conjures the last 55 years of her countrymen’s exile. Restaurant-Hopping With the Author of ‘The Cuban Table’ 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

Soon his Pilar Cuban Bakery next door will be ready to sell savory and sweet specialties, including croquettes and empanadas, Cuban tamales filled with pork, Cuban bread, café con leche and batidos. Batidos for Bed-Stuy 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z

Vintage decorative details and Cuban art enhance the setting. La Vara Chefs Open Saint Julivert Fisherie in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z

And in place of an intense 30-day regimen with a lunatic Cuban army trainer, subjects get a conflict-baited foray into Manhattan’s nightlife. Would we ever tolerate “Breaking Muslim”? 2013-05-11T20:30:00Z

Cuban: This is your homage to the iconic sandwich. 25 ways to turn a frittata into a game-saver over the holidays 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z

Even as the novel charts the voyages of its vagabonds, it represents an attempt to draw the periphery into the center, steering us toward the provinces as it renovates the Cuban novel. A Fortress to Faith — or Faith’s Undoing? 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

He was born in Queens, N.Y., the youngest of three sons of Cuban immigrants. Meet the man who is turning D.C.’s library system into a national model 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z

The Cuban revolution, Castro comments here, was "a miracle of the imagination". The Autobiography of Fidel?Castro by Norberto Fuentes 2010-04-30T23:14:00Z

Ultimately, the future of Cuban agriculture will be decided in Cuba. A Rush of Americans, Seeking Gold in Cuban Soil 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

Intermittently pulling on a fat cigar, he explained the significance of the "guayabera," the roomy, collared, four-pocketed dress shirts that Cubans wear to look spiffy on this tropical island where neckties are practically extinct. Havana artisan makes guayaberas for the famous 2011-06-20T18:57:14Z

But driving down from the hills, Tolson spies a young Cuban boa lazing on the pavement in the dark, soaking up the residual warmth. An unlikely wildlife haven on controversial Guantanamo Bay 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z

“This is the platform for the Cuban dancers exiled in the United States,” Pena said. Defected ballerinas: We had no future in Cuba 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z

The president replies: "Well, I lifted the ban on Cuban cigars. That's worth something." Obama reads mean tweets as part of Jimmy Kimmel show 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z

They are letting more Cuban artists visit America, and vice versa. In Havana, Jam Sessions With a Master Trumpeter 2010-10-10T21:33:00Z

Beginning in the 1930s, Arsenio Rodríguez, a blind singer and songwriter regarded as the single most significant figure in 20th Century Cuban music, expanded the palette of the music even further. Musical Dialogue Beyond Embargoes 2011-03-24T21:55:35Z

Today, there is such a vibrant community of Cuban hip-hop, and dozens of other Cuban musicians that I hope get a similar level of recognition on an international scale. ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ at 25: Memories of Memories 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

As part of the project, the foundation asked five young authors to write 24 appreciations of books including Donald Barthelme's "Guilty Pleasures" and Cristina García's "Dreaming in Cuban." ArtsBeat: Down Memory Lane With the National Book Awards (and Not Just The Winners) 2012-06-22T17:44:10Z

Language was a lifelong fascination for Rabassa, whose father was Cuban and mother was from New York City's Hell's Kitchen. Gregory Rabassa, translator of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, dies at 94 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

Then he stubs out his Cuban on the wall and walks off. House of Cards Season 3, Episode 3 Recap: When Men Were Men 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

This book, he says, is “another step, by way of the story of the Virgin of Charity, to reunite Cubans — Cubans here and Cubans there.” Can one man’s Cuban road trip fix 56 years of cultural disconnect? 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

And speaking of data, Cuban was one of the early adopters of the advanced analytics that truly quantified the trends of the game. The Mavs' Big Winner: Mark Cuban's New Image 2011-06-17T09:15:00Z

I enjoyed the advantage of the Cuban embassy granting me permission to document this adventure as an official journalist. On the Cigar Trail in Cuba 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

Embassy in Havana, the Cuban capital, is scheduled to open this month. U.S. and Cuba agree to open embassies 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z

How quickly the Cuban state-run tourism companies would develop new hotel infrastructure was unclear, travel agents said. American Hotel Brands Move Into Cuba 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z

This tiny bakery is a breath of fresh air in Little Havana, where many of the restaurants and bakeries are Cuban. Discover Miami’s Eclectic Bakery Scene 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z

The greatest pride for a Cuban is being a father and a Cuban’s biggest disappointment is not having any ability to provide for his children. Cuba’s forgotten champ 2012-09-07T23:30:00Z

At the same time he was discovering dancehall and freestyle music with his friends from the Jewish, Haitian and Cuban communities. Diplo takes a different kind of path to Grammys 2013-02-08T17:18:09Z

Still, I prefer the “Silicon Valley” version of Cuban as an obnoxious lout who brought radio to the internet than the self-mythologizing on display here. ‘Billions’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap: More Wendy, Please 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z

Jon Lee Anderson, the New Yorker writer and author of a biography of Che Guevara, will publish a book about Fidel Castro and the Cuban revolution with Penguin Press, the publisher announced. A Book on Fidel Castro From Jon Lee Anderson 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

A Cuban journey does require careful planning and preparation. Cultural Cuba: an arts tourist’s notebook 2014-02-06T00:49:23Z

Mandela also embraced Fidel Castro and his Cuban Revolution, which served as inspiration for the ANC’s own aims. The real US policy toward Nelson Mandela 2013-12-12T12:35:00Z

Aside from longing for better distribution, Cuban producers are anxious for regulations that would let them establish private production companies and seek permits without going through the film institute, whose bureaucracy eats into meager budgets. Digital Technology Is Making Its Mark in Cuba 2013-01-05T00:24:27Z

Spencer Tracy plays the old man of the title, an aging fisher who scuffles with an enormous marlin in Cuban waters. What’s on TV This Week: The Oscars and a Greta Thunberg Documentary 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z

They hope it will lead to interest among Americans in choreographing for the Cuban company, or in setting up workshops or other programs. Cuban Dancers Complete a 5-Decade Trip to New York 2011-05-09T21:17:34Z

At first glance, the scruffy audience recalls another outdated Cuban archetype: the Barbudos rebels who grew beards while hiding in the Sierra Maestra mountains. Forget Retro. The Men of Havana Embrace the Reggaeton Look. 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z

The most famous participant is set to be Cuban performance artist Tania Bruguera, who works in both Havana and New York and won the Tate Modern’s coveted commission for the Turbine Hall this year. Cuban artists plan to stage alternative Havana biennial 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z

And while it was true that few Cubans had access to the Internet, there seemed to be not even an acknowledgment of the event if anybody had found out. The way we left Cuba 2012-12-31T18:00:00Z

The album brings together Cuban and Brazilian musicians, and one of its producers, the Brazilian guitarist Swami Jr., led her band at Town Hall. Music Review: Flowering in the Present, but With Deep Roots in the Past 2010-03-01T23:00:00Z

Since then, she has been in a legal limbo, unable to leave the country after the Cuban authorities confiscated her passport. 'Cultural feeding frenzy': Art world descends on Cuba for Havana Biennial 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z

Cuba is defined by symbols such as cigars, sugar, rum, but you focus more on Fidel and what he means to Cubans. "Havana is . . . the fantasy of Americans": Filmmaker on capturing the "utopia" of Cuba in new doc 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z

When “Patato & Totico” was released there were few other recorded examples of authentic rumba played by Cubans in New York City. Eugenio Arango, Cuban-Born Musician Known as Totico, Dies at 76 2011-02-01T21:56:01Z

You ask me for my thoughts on the Cuban question. Building: Letters 1960-1975 by Isaiah Berlin – review 2013-07-07T17:00:00Z

He was well into his second encore then, alone at the piano, teasing out a Gershwin medley that had whimsically morphed into the Cuban standard “El Manisero.” Music Review: Chucho Vald?s Plays With the Afro-Cuban Messengers 2012-01-24T23:07:41Z

And so we watch the plucky, ingenious Cuban car guys in their makeshift open-sided garages pursue the quests set up in the first episode: to restore three absolute wrecks to former glory. Cuban car guys star in first U.S. show shot entirely on the forbidden island 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z

"The best tobacco in the world is Cuban so I think Cuba should keep the record for the biggest cigar," he said, noting it was a challenging task. Long life, very long cigar: Cuban dedicates a monster smoke to Fidel Castro 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z

Nearby Tampa is the home of the Cuban sandwich; at least that’s what people from there will tell you. Finding My Florida 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z

“I really do not believe it is the Cuban government,” he says. Ben Rhodes: ‘Obama has a serenity that I don't. I get more exercised’ 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z

After leaving Ramparts in 1970, he collaborated with Susan Sontag on the first American book of Castro-era Cuban posters, “The Art of Revolution.” Dugald Stermer, Illustrator and Ramparts Art Director, Dies at 74 2011-12-08T04:57:38Z

Since few Cubans own cellphones, people look at and interact with one another more in public. Cultural Cuba: an arts tourist’s notebook 2014-02-06T00:49:23Z

Undoubtedly, some of the Cuban curios they purchase will be gifted to friends and family members. Spring breakers import Cuban rum, cigars and racist curios 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z

Dallas general manager Donnie Nelson, who has been with the team for 13 years, gives Cuban credit for knowing when to loosen the managerial leash. The Mavs' Big Winner: Mark Cuban's New Image 2011-06-17T09:15:00Z

I am happy to say that the Cuban government has just announced that the last two prisoners from the "black spring" have been freed. Free at last... and they all owe?their lives to Amnesty 2011-04-02T23:11:34Z

Rodriguez and her "super-tough Cuban boyfriend from Miami" realized they were working on the same lot, which made the relationship "convenient," and that's exactly what she wanted, she told Us Weekly. Gina Rodriguez gushes about her 'gorgeous' man Henri Esteve 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

From Thursday through Sunday, two leading Cuban acts and two renowned Chicago-based groups will each present a recorded set of music. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z

She returns with the kids to the White House, where Kennedy is busy tackling the Cuban Missile Crisis and "saving the world," as Jackie tells little Caroline. 'The Kennedys' paints a flattering portrait 2011-03-31T11:15:09Z

They are pending the approval of the Cuban government. Frequently Asked Questions: How to Travel to Cuba 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z

Northwest Sinfonietta brought "Opre Roma!" -- a lush, beguiling, eclectic composition -- to Cuba in January, with a local Cuban musician taking one of the guitar parts. The Cubans are Coming! Part 2 2012-10-04T15:01:07Z

Her innovative, multi-paneled works boldly mine the insular brotherhood of Abakuá through a distinctly feminist lens and offer veiled commentary on contemporary Cuban politics and culture. The late Cuban artist Belkis Ayón's mysterious world unfurls at the Fowler Museum 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z

“Many new restaurants have opened here that are Cuban in name and décor, but are really pan-Latin. In Miami, the large Cuban community keeps the restaurants honest.” Restaurant-Hopping With the Author of ‘The Cuban Table’ 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

A food tour in Havana showed us how Cuban chefs are serving up world-class food amid restrictions and shortages. Caribbean islands: readers’ travel tips 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z

"The work of men like him is immortal," Cuban President Raul Castro said. Mourning and memories in Garcia Marquez's languid hometown 2014-04-19T08:02:58Z

In 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the suicide of Marilyn Monroe, in different ways and to different degrees, shook up the nation. When ‘New Art’ Made New York the Culture Capital 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z

As for spending one-on-one time with Cuban individuals, that is not so clear. Beyoncé and Jay-Z's Cuban holiday under scrutiny from US Republicans 2013-04-07T17:29:01Z

“It’s trying to understand how I fit between negotiating the world, between being mainstream gay and being Cuban gay,” he said. Richard Blanco, 2013 Inaugural Poet 2013-01-09T04:13:30Z

While you aren’t likely to meet a people more generous, nobody can hold a grudge like Cubans. The way we left Cuba 2012-12-31T18:00:00Z

Many of Ms. Pous’s pieces — like “Showroom,” which DanzAbierta is bringing to the Joyce — address and resist exotic stereotypes of Cuban dancers still promulgated by tacky tourist cabarets. What Comes Next for Cuban Modern Dance? 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

This poignant work, inspired by Webre’s Cuban mother and aunt and their island lore, offered the most luxurious experience, with Cuban songs performed live by a marvelous onstage band.  Julie Kent heralds an elegant new era for the Washington Ballet 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z

The crowd-rouser is among the chef’s Cuban “rice boxes” accessorized with sticky, soothing plantains and oiled white rice speckled with cumin seeds. Review | This takeout is tailor-made for a picnic, even if that means your living-room floor 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z

Here, men of a certain age, some wearing classic Cuban white guayabera shirts and Panama hats, play spirited games of dominoes, a national pastime in Cuba. In Miami, Cuban Culture, No Passport Required 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

In another gallery, one featuring contemporary works, Wheeler walks up to a painting by Cuban artist Yoan Capote. The final days of a semi-secret museum rebel 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z

The concert, which includes classical Cuban music, modern American pop songs reinvented with a Latin twist and original compositions, is dedicated to the Orlando shooting victims. Gay Men's Chorus of L.A. to sing with Cuban counterpart Mano a Mano; show dedicated to Orlando victims 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

Some fans in the raucous, mainly Hispanic crowd draped leftist Latin American revolutionary symbols and Cuban flags over the horseshoe-shaped balcony balustrades. Cuba singer Rodriguez wistful and polemical in U.S. show 2010-06-05T08:00:00Z

These artists sometimes resent gestures they see as grandstanding, especially from Cubans or others who do not live in the country. In Cuba, Artistic Freedom Remains an Open Question 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

He has even started a website Cuban Art News to promote the cause. Seize the day 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

Cuban doctors and nurses departing for West Africa to combat Ebola consider themselves lucky. Cuban doctors proud to risk lives in mission to halt Ebola 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z

His bakery serves Cuban American takes on the classics in Hialeah, one of the most staunchly Cuban areas of the county. Discover Miami’s Eclectic Bakery Scene 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z

The festival runs through July 12, and includes evenings of African and Cuban dance music, disco, Latin and classic rock, with dance lessons in the style of the evening at each performance. ArtsBeat: Midsummer Night Swing Offerings Range From Afro-Cuban to Classic Rock 2014-04-23T16:55:42Z

While most of his work is earnest, some displays classic Cuban humor in the face of adversity. Rural Cuban 'Van Gogh' transforms ramshackle home into art museum 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z

The late Cuban artist Ana Mendieta, for example, is among the most widely known artists in the show. 'Radical Women' at the Hammer Museum is a startling show you need to see, maybe twice 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z

Frank is just brilliant but there are a few things in terms of Cuban slang and things like that, that we need to type up. Carlos Acosta on his debut novel 2013-01-15T09:10:37Z

Set in Cuba in the late 1990s, “Sacrificio” centers on a group of young Cuban counter-revolutionaries who oppose the Castro government and are planning an attack to coincide with Pope John Paul II’s visit. 33 Works of Fiction and Poetry Coming This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z

He keeps a rolled puro – a pure Cuban cigar – in his breast pocket but not to smoke; he likes to chew on it while he thinks. Cuba libre: exploring the island by campervan 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z

Many Cubans we talked to cited President Obama’s 2015 visit as a watershed moment, a critical first step in normalizing relations between the two countries. Havana’s Symphony of Sound 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

That it was the star's belief in her talent and pressure from Florence that led him to make the dreadful "Cuban Rebel Girls" starring Beverly. Late-in-life Errol Flynn leers in 'The Last of Robin Hood' 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

Cleo, a poet, is carrying a sensitive letter, acting as courier for an exiled Cuban she met in Mexico City. What’s It Like to Write Poetry in Authoritarian Cuba? Tricky, This Novel Suggests 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z

Mr. Sarmiento said the American musicians played with more definition than Cubans do, giving the Latin music a new range. Cuba Journal: A Mixing of Styles in Havana 2010-10-08T19:30:00Z

Sarkozy, with his supermodel wife, his immigrant background, his penchant for Montblanc pens and Cuban heels, was a breath of fresh air, a pugnacious politician who promised to reinvigorate France. Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy: The long and the short of it 2010-09-18T23:06:00Z

United States immigration policy, with its fast track for Cuban migrants, exerts a pull. Cuban Ballet: Proud Past, Promising Future 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

It’s one of the few ways Cubans are allowed to run their own businesses. Island-Hopping in the Caribbean With Carrie Gibson 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

Instead, Trump had more important proclamations to issue: about CNN being fake news, and about his ongoing feud with Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks. “Saturday Night Live” and the Limits of Trump Mockery 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z

Magnolia Pictures, a distribution company for independent film also owned by Cuban, is also for sale. Landmark Theatres chain up for sale 2011-04-20T16:40:05Z

We paid $75 for each of our Cuban visas and that was it. Havana’s Symphony of Sound 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

Medina also drew on memories of her two Cuban American grandmothers and other members of her extended family. Meg Medina weaves family memories into ‘Merci Suárez Changes Gears’ 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z

He speaks quietly and unemotionally with a Cuban accent. Bigger than “Goodfellas”: Miami Brinks heist mastermind speaks for the first time 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z

Mr. Carnahan, who worked with Island Film, another Havana production company, said he was struck by the “passionate” crew and the quality of Cuban actors. Hola, Cuba! It’s Hollywood Calling 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

Cuban has previously said he is talking to Sheen about a possible reality series for HDNet. Kimmel on Charlie Sheen: 'my head is still spinning' 2011-03-22T18:14:17Z

Every generation has had its own ugly reaction to refugees, whether the Irish, Vietnamese, Cubans or Haitians, and those fears have been broadly unfounded. John Oliver Explains The Vetting Process For Syrian Refugees 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z

Mr. Corey told the Times he had collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in spare change while begging and that he had donated the money to a charity providing Cuban children with medical aid. Irwin Corey, comic who styled himself the World’s Foremost Authority, dies at 102 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z

He went missing in Bolivia, endured interrogation by the CIA, and was photographed playing basketball with the Cuban revolutionary leader – an episode that inspired a track called Hoops With Fidel. Gruff Rhys: my musical take on the communist Forrest Gump 2013-05-01T18:30:02Z

And Mr. Riley’s “Catskill Beaver” begins with brisk passages in the style of the Cuban composer Leo Brouwer and morphs into an Asian style, with graceful melodies from Ms. Wu. Music Review: Time for Sharing the Love and the Record Labels 2011-07-20T22:28:31Z

Mr. Glazer recalls the Cuban revolution, a Meyer Lansky sighting and the Rat Pack roaming the marble lobby in iridescent suits. ?Magic City,? Jewish Power Brokers in 1950s Miami Beach 2012-03-30T21:10:08Z

The island’s economy runs on dual currencies: the Cuban convertible peso, or CUC, meant primarily for tourists, and the local peso, or CUP, which Cubans use for most day-to-day transactions. What, Reserve a Table? Cubans Confront a New Dining Culture 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z

The appeal of El Güirito’s melody making is its snapshot of a 19th-century country dance with women in full skirts and men in traditional Cuban guayabera shirts accompanied by musicians in a rustic village setting. 10 of the best places to enjoy the dances and music of Cuba 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

The Cuban government is wary of meddling with its internationally famous music scene, but Freemuse, an organisation that monitors music censorship, has documented cases of formal repression. The Creole Choir of Cuba: the a cappella aid agency 2010-08-19T21:15:00Z

Mr. Valdés also wants to see more Cubans and Americans participating in exchange programs. In Havana, Jam Sessions With a Master Trumpeter 2010-10-10T21:33:00Z

He called it Siboney Beach Club, after the indigenous tribe and a Cuban love song he will sing unprompted, eyes closed, shoulders swaying. Seeing the Whole of Antigua 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z

That the principles come together and drift apart amid a constant interplay of destruction and construction suggests that their relationship — like the Cuban Revolution — is a perpetual work in progress. A Feminist, Neorealist, Communist Film, and a Plain Great Movie 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z

City Center begins its three-week festival of Spanish and Latin American dance, A Bailar, with “Havana Rakatan,” a lively, rhythmically rich production that condenses 500 years of Cuban musical history into two hours. ‘Havana Rakatan’ at City Center Offers a History of Cuba 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z

“What’s the one thing that’s most notable about a Cuban?” a clerk at JR Cigars on L Street NW was asking the dozen men standing in an aisle packed with cigars on both sides. An afternoon with cigar enthusiasts, the promise of legal Cuban stogies in the air 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

Her perspective as a woman raised in a Cuban American family proved useful to the job. Charise Castro Smith brings Latin experience to ‘Encanto’ 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z

For all their sophistication, the New Yorkers, including several of whom have written books and appeared on cooking shows such as Iron Chef America, are also learning from the Cubans. New York meets Cuba in art-fair chef exchange 2012-05-12T21:31:04Z

It’s a short, soft plea that’s soon washed away by the Cuban acoustics and strung out recording, but it’s a startling moment. Otherwise, The Strokes Wipe the Slate Clean on Comedown Machine 2013-03-26T11:00:30Z

"I believe this touch of God will also happen in the Cuban community." Communist-ruled Cuba hosts first transgender Mass 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z

The chronicle of this struggle was published during his lifetime as Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War. Reading Che Guevara in his own words 2010-10-12T08:37:00Z

“Try not to kill us,” he teased some workmen who were hauling around palm-tree-shaped Cuban mahogany columns taken from a Park Avenue triplex. A Monk’s Interests Captured on Camera 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

After a lunch of grilled fish and cups of sweet, dark Cuban coffee, we drive a handful of miles southeast along the Bay, past billboards denouncing U.S. imperialism, to the village of Giron. U.S. anglers seek out the infamous Bay of Pigs for an exclusive fly-fishing experience 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z

Pending visa approvals, Mr. Moore said he also hoped to bring some Cuban filmmakers to the festival. Michael Moore Not Bowled Over by U.S. Offerings at His Film Festival 2010-07-20T17:10:00Z

Octopus, sliced dime-thin and marinated, Cuban style, is mixed with chopped hominy and tomatillo; it sits on white beans that have been puréed with squid ink, garlic oil and black garlic. Restaurant Review: El Rey Coffee Bar & Luncheonette on the Lower East Side 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z

Since Cuban bought the Mavs in January of 2000, the team has reached the playoffs in each of the 11 full seasons of his tenure. The Mavs' Big Winner: Mark Cuban's New Image 2011-06-17T09:15:00Z

Ironically, Cuban cultural policy loosened up almost immediately thereafter, and Berroa soon found himself playing at the Havana Jazz Festival. Ignacio Berroa, formerly Dizzy Gillespie’s go-to drummer, swings into Seattle 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z

“Cuba Isla Bella” is the single that announces the reunion, after six years, of Orishas, a trio of Cuban rappers and singers based in France who have frequently returned to their birthplace. The Playlist: A Punk Response to Violence and Neil Young’s Return to Love 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z

Even Cuban ballerina Alicia Alonso, one of the company’s biggest stars, made a ballet in the early years. How American Ballet Theatre spun cowboys and killers into international fame

But the resilience of the Cuban people perfumes each savory dish, as always. A recipe for Cuba's national dish, ropa vieja, or rags, from the new book "Cuban Flavor" 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

Blanco, a Cuban American poet, was asked to compose and write a poem for Obama’s second inauguration — a work called “One Today” that was an ode to the country’s diversity and unity. Do it for the country? Or don’t do it at all? The dilemma facing artists at Trump’s inauguration. 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z

So we ended up just filming the Cubans, and it all just happened by default. Wim Wenders takes 3D dancing in new film "Pina" 2011-12-19T20:49:03Z

My fennel in "Vegetable Kingdom," where I use mojo, which is this Cuban citrus and garlic sauce, and then the plantain powder. Bryant Terry says he just wrote his last cookbook—but this top chef hasn't finished leaving his mark 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z

Set the Mood in Advance If Cuba is on the agenda, for example, cook a Cuban meal or play mambo music, which is integral to the country’s culture. How to Plan Your Family’s Vacation 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

He says about the Cuban missile crisis and other events: “It turns out we weren’t scared enough.” Books of The Times: Thinking the Unthinkable Again in a New Nuclear Age 2011-03-01T16:45:09Z

“It fits a lot with the Cuban government these days and how the system is working - there is a lot of facade,” he said. Art frenzy takes over Havana as biennial kicks off 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z

It was the first of three visits we would make that day to taste Cuban food in the city. Restaurant-Hopping With the Author of ‘The Cuban Table’ 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

Aug. 15: Trump alleges that the influx of Cuban baseball players has led to “an epidemic of stolen bases.” Style Invitational Week 1315: Clue Us In — our backward crossword 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

If you were a doctor who loved Cuban cigars, they’d show up with Cuban cigars as a gift. The reality of life in a "Dopesick" country: "It is just a state of misery" 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z

“I am the daughter and granddaughter of working class Italian and Cuban immigrants,” Caruso-Cabrera said in a statement. Former CNBC host Caruso-Cabrera to challenge Ocasio-Cortez 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

It all began when the Cuban economy collapsed with the fall of the Soviet Union. A Rush of Americans, Seeking Gold in Cuban Soil 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

Mark Cuban, the brash owner of the Dallas Mavericks and Magnolia Pictures and chairman of cable network AXS TV, said he understood the decision to cancel the theatrical run. Sony canceled the release of ‘The Interview.’ Here's how it could come out. 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

We ate authentic Cuban food and experienced the amazing nightlife and cobbled streets of Trinidad. The best of Cuba, beyond Havana: readers’ travel tips 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

Mr. Lucas’s most recent project, still gestating, is a collaboration with Cuban musicians. Songwriter With a Global Guitar 2011-05-09T22:00:27Z

Whatever the fate of this company, the school is the future of Cuban ballet. Cuban Ballet: Proud Past, Promising Future 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

A. So the 1959 Cuban revolution takes place, and at that time there were predominantly American cars on the road and American parts and dealerships, like an adjunct of what you’d see in Florida. Ray Magliozzi of ‘Car Talk’ Takes to the Road in Cuba 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z

Many Cubans surreptitiously receive satellite television signals from the United States and pass movies, music and articles around on devices. In Cuba, Artistic Freedom Remains an Open Question 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

Inside an abandoned movie theater on a noisy avenue in a working-class section of Havana, some 70 Cuban children as young as nine pursue their dream of joining the circus. Cuban children train for circus, and a future 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

“In life you’re handed five cards,” he says philosophically, while puffing a Cuban cigar in the courtyard of his newly opened Palazzo Victoria, far and away the most luxurious hotel in sophisticated Verona. Rebirth In Verona: The New Palazzo Victoria Hotel 2012-09-07T15:57:34Z

A week after the show premieres, a Cuban flag is scheduled to be raised for the first time in more than half a century over the newly reestablished embassy in Washington. Cuban car guys star in first U.S. show shot entirely on the forbidden island 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z

Van Kemenade's quiveringly tender tone and delicately inviting phrasing led his own Close Enough, before an effusively Cuban groove closed the set. Van Kemenade/Anderson/Bennink ? review 2010-10-27T21:30:00Z

Sure, there's money involved - big money - but there's also the matter of preserving Cuban culture. 'Havana Requiem' is a legal thriller with spice 2012-05-08T13:50:08Z

The Cubans formed a stylistic bridge between the Beats and the 1960s counterculture, Dr. Abrego said. Chanting Crowds and Camo Chic 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z

When you speak to Cubans, Castro the elder is still the biggest local hero, along with Martí and Che Guevara. The sort-of Rum Diaries, 2017: Post-Castro Cuba is a crumbling gem with touches of modernity 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z

Cueto appreciates Cuban resentment of the long history of American intervention. Can one man’s Cuban road trip fix 56 years of cultural disconnect? 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

Don goes off the grid for a few days in California and returns to New York just in time for the Cuban Missile Crisis. ‘Mad Men’ and Its Love Affair With ’60s Pop Culture 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z

Rarely for a Hollywood movie, the film puts a Latina caregiver, played by Cuban actress Ana de Armas, front and center. 'Knives Out': a whodunit set in contemporary America 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z

Mr. Verdecia was granted what is called parole, a discretionary federal program that allowed Cubans to obtain green cards to work in the United States. Falling Into Each Other’s Arms, a Step at a Time 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z

The group flew to Miami on Saturday to meet a charter to Havana on Sunday, at which point a itinerary of meetings with Cuban leaders began. A Magazine Leads a Trip to Cuba 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

Then, at 6 p.m., the company performs works by four influential Cuban choreographers. Weekend Miser 2011-05-19T22:44:44Z

Cubaocho is also home to one of the largest privately owned Cuban art collections in the world and is the linchpin of the arts renaissance now flourishing in Little Havana. In Miami, Cuban Culture, No Passport Required 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

The successor to Solis’s Cuban venue adds something fresh to the mix: a focus on seafood preparations from around Mexico. Review | Tom Sietsema’s 8 favorite places to eat right now 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z

The young Cuban group took the stage for the first half, concluding its North American tour marking the release of its new album, “Mozart in Havana,” with the American pianist Simone Dinnerstein. Review | Simone Dinnerstein, Havana Lyceum Orchestra join forces with NOI orchestra 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z

The vintage of those steals indicates the musical tone: retro-modern, a collage of familiar summery styles – a little ska here, some Cuban rhythms there – simmered into something unmistakably of this age. Eliza Doolittle: Eliza Doolittle 2010-07-08T22:30:00Z

There was also the fact that the group, operating in a genre dominated by Cubans, Puerto Ricans and Dominicans, is led by a German trumpet player and a Mexican pianist. Pacific Mambo Orchestra Is Unknown No More 2014-03-14T22:13:54Z

The rappers have become the abrasive voice of a disaffected generation of politically numbed Cubans who grew up during Cuba's post-Soviet economic crisis of the 1990s. Underground Cuban rappers live on the edge 2010-05-16T23:27:00Z

And though Dallas may well have still beaten Miami if Cuban had been a distraction, it certainly made it easier for the Mavs that he wasn't. The Mavs' Big Winner: Mark Cuban's New Image 2011-06-17T09:15:00Z

When the country ended its troubled romance with Marxism in 1991 and thousands of Cubans quit Benin, Codo found there was still a hankering for both the dance and the music. Salsa lives on in Benin though the Cubans have gone 2012-11-05T16:21:39Z

He also read a statement defending the Cuban government - but did not sing - during a recent "Concert for the Homeland" in Havana. Silvio Rodriguez wonders if Cuba should 'evolve' 2010-05-10T19:46:00Z

The actor grew up as an outsider himself — his father, a native Cuban, moved the family from Guatemala to Miami when Isaac was a baby. Oscar Isaac set to simmer in 'A Most Violent Year' 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

There were visits with Cuban artists, musicians, and dancers, as well as to nightclubs with live music and to a children's theater group. Beyonce and Jay-Z's Cuba trip part of growing cultural travel trend 2013-04-10T00:52:59Z

President Raúl Castro of Cuba was already opening up the country: allowing small private businesses, easing some restrictions between Cubans and foreigners. Mariane Pearl: Revisiting the Cuba of My Youth 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

Cuban gets his own back on the property mogul on the Tonight Show. Viral Video Chart: Game of Thrones, BBC ghosts and a Star Trek taster 2013-03-15T07:28:00Z

His "Diary of the Cuban Revolution," published in 1976, remains one of the most-quoted works on the history of that struggle. Cuban writer, activist Carlos Franqui dies at 89 2010-04-17T17:41:00Z

Hired by the Sarasota Ballet in Florida, they settled there, and in 2012, they opened the Sarasota Cuban Ballet School. Cuban Ballet: Proud Past, Promising Future 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

O'Neal will visit historically significant cultural sites in Havana to encourage positive ties between the U.S. and Cuban people. Shaq brings US basketball diplomacy to Cuban capital 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z

Officials, critics and the influential Cuban Women's Federation complain both songs are vulgar and demeaning to women. Cuba targets racy reggaeton in lyrics crackdown 2013-01-07T20:12:27Z

The Cuban player, the youngest on the team, struggles, not knowing the language of this strange new world. Why "A League of Their Own" goes over the rainbow 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z

Whatever the future brings, these wonderful Cubans deserve new and subtler challenges. National Ballet of Cuba 2010-04-08T21:00:00Z

And many Cubans welcome the graffiti in public spaces. Cuban graffiti artists bring social critique to Havana's walls 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z

We would play at confusing them when they asked questions, letting them assume that we were both Cubans. Mariane Pearl: Revisiting the Cuba of My Youth 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

On the four albums they released from 2000-2008, they merged acoustic Cuban traditions with rapping, rock, scratching and loops. The Playlist: A Punk Response to Violence and Neil Young’s Return to Love 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z

In one of his latest columns for a Cuban newspaper, Castro wrote, “Yoga does things with the human body that defy the imagination.” Desperate for health care in Myanmar 2012-06-22T14:06:00Z

Americans will also be barred from transactions with companies run by the Cuban military — a potentially significant restriction, given that many of Cuba’s branded hotels are managed by a military-owned conglomerate. Travel Industry Scrambles After New Cuba Restrictions 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z

The Cuban National Council of Performing Arts said it was a "paramount step" for musical theatre. Cuba stages first musical in 50 years 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z

As a president, Kennedy was undistinguished, a politician who would either be remembered for resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis or initiating it. “Jackie” is a must-see: Natalie Portman is Oscar-worthy as the iconic first lady in the days after her husband’s assassination 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z

In prose that is direct, sarcastic, sexual and often violent, “A Planet for Rent” criticizes Cuban reality in thinly veiled terms. Sci-Fi Writers Find Warmer Climate Amid Cuban Thaw 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

David Virelles, a young Cuban pianist, is an avid musical searcher. ECM’s Catalog Is Finally Streaming. Here Are 21 Essential Albums. 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z

Dawson, a native New Yorker of Puerto Rican and Cuban ancestry, made her film debut in the 1995 indie drama “Kids.” A little love on the campaign trail - Rosario Dawson dating Cory... 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z

He was considered instrumental in developing the Cuban style of ballet, which seeks to imbue classical rigor with the physicality of Latin dance. Fernando Alonso, a Founder of Cuban Ballet, Dies at 98 2013-08-03T01:42:20Z

But her father’s extraordinary story — a Cuban and American patriot who suffered imprisonment and a debilitating illness — proves to have been a principal motivator of her drive and resilience. Gloria Estefan left Cuba as a young child, but the island defines her, and her music 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

Despite the Cuban National Ballet’s prestige, dancers routinely defect while on international tour. Cuban National Ballet dancers arrive in Miami 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

“He really honored who we were,” Choi said of Favreau’s character — all while tinkering with the gas stoves and pressing down on the Cuban sandwiches with a baking sheet. 'Chef,' the movie, the DVD ... the restaurant? Favreau, Choi cook again 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z

That’s good news for Cuban cigar and rum aficionados returning to the United States. How Travel to Cuba May Change 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

So now might be the perfect time to get acquainted with the terminology and the various styles of Cuban music. Musical Dialogue Beyond Embargoes 2011-03-24T21:55:35Z

“My fellow Cubans will brand me as a Communist, but I’d love to make a statement there.” Opening a Restaurant in Miami? Invoking Cuban Communism Might Backfire. 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z

On the other hand, American dancers would be amazed by the privileged place dance enjoys in Cuban society, Ms. Levine said. Cuban Dancers Complete a 5-Decade Trip to New York 2011-05-09T21:17:34Z

Cuban music is in the roots of our music. In Havana, Jam Sessions With a Master Trumpeter 2010-10-10T21:33:00Z

Advertisement However, the Federal Aviation Administration is in talks with Cuban aviation authorities to allow American carriers to offer regularly scheduled commercial flights. What New Rules Mean for Travel to Cuba 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z

Just inside the entrance, as improbable and nearly as imposing as a brontosaurus, squats a four-door, two-tone 1955 Chevy Bel Air, headlights and taillights shining, Cuban music wafting from the radio. Sure, It’s Castro and Cigars, but Cuba Is Coral and Crocodiles, Too 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

"I knew the questions everyone was going to ask," Cuban explained after Dallas knocked off the Heat last Sunday night at post game press. The Mavs' Big Winner: Mark Cuban's New Image 2011-06-17T09:15:00Z

The bay also was the site of a key battle of the 1898 Spanish-American War, which was precipitated by Cuban resistance to Spain’s colonial rule. An unlikely wildlife haven on controversial Guantanamo Bay 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z

President Barack Obama after his historic visit to Havana in the wake of the U.S.-Cuban detente, fostering the leaders’ popularity in the country. Cuban comedian denounces discriminatory policies, attitudes on island 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z

Someone always bakes a pumpkin flan made with calabaza, a kind of pumpkin-shaped squash popular in Cuban recipes. The American Thanksgiving 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z

"This is the beginning of a good friendship," the 89-year-old grande dame of Cuban ballet added. 2010-02-15T10:26:00Z

“I was honestly shocked they had the audacity to open up in Miami,” said Josue Alvarez, 31, the son of Cubans who left the island in 1980. Opening a Restaurant in Miami? Invoking Cuban Communism Might Backfire. 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z

Camera in hand, he spoke with Cuban immigrants in Florida, coal miners in West Virginia, a rancher in Arizona and others, at least one of whom said he twice voted for Barack Obama. Review: ‘American Chaos’ Looks at the Election. You Know the End. 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

Dallas Mavericks owner and "Shark Tank" panelist Mark Cuban will play the president of the United States and conservative political author and commentator Ann Coulter will be the vice president in the film. 'Sharknado 3' will take place during a Mark Cuban administration 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z

Her chief executive through the project: future Dallas Mavericks owner and entertainment entrepreneur Mark Cuban. Allee Willis is the most interesting woman you’ve never heard of 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

That doesn't mean, however, that Cuban has suddenly become a recluse who never wants to make waves. The Mavs' Big Winner: Mark Cuban's New Image 2011-06-17T09:15:00Z

His son lives in … what’s that place all the Cubans go? Cuba libre: exploring the island by campervan 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z

The film is about Cuban teenagers, struggling in poverty, who decide to flee to Florida. 'War Witch,' 'Una Noche' win top honors at Tribeca 2012-04-27T02:46:04Z

Chorizo shumai, calamari in a blue cornmeal crust, and Cuban lasagna with adobo pulled pork and plantains are also available. At Tavo, Mexican With Stops Around the World 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

The McCarthy hearings, the Cuban missile crisis and arms race underscored an existential threat. When Russia was the villain: How this moment echoes the era of Cold War spy novels and ‘Rocky IV’ 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z

Though he married into a prominent Cuban family, his wife never embraced his revolutionary zeal. ‘José Martí,’ by Alfred J. López 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

With the thawing of diplomatic relations, they hope to book more Cuban acts, like the singer Cucu Diamantes, who performed during Miami Art Basel. A Miami Restaurant Where the Show Rivals the Food 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z

Cuban bread may seem like a baguette with a Spanish accent. Inside the century-old bakery that’s one of America’s last sources of traditional Cuban bread 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z

Some beef is sanctioned by the government for food, and locals say it is 9 CUCs per kilo, more than half an average Cuban’s monthly salary from the government. The sort-of Rum Diaries, 2017: Post-Castro Cuba is a crumbling gem with touches of modernity 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z

Once, I had dinner at a Cuban restaurant where the eggs were served as a topping, à la the Japanese dish omurice. Cuban-Chinese arroz frito is a reminder of a complex past 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z

JFK missed the expo's closing ceremonies because of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Weekend preview: Seattle trivia edition 2012-10-19T18:36:54Z

Wild Cuban Rhythms, Loose in North America The thing about Pupy y los Que Son Son, one of Cuba’s greatest dance bands, is how casual it is about blowing a hole through you. Music Review: Pupy y los Que Son Son Lets Loose at S.O.B.?s 2010-06-11T22:25:00Z

As with much of the Cuban film industry, not everything is family friendly. Improvisation Is the Heart of Cuban Animation 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z

It was created in the early ’90s, after the fall of communism, when scores of Cubans left the country because of dire economic conditions. In Havana, following a USC museum director in search of great Cuban art 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z

"A large part of society is going down a dark path," said the 27-year old, criticizing Cuba's ailing, Soviet-style economy that forces Cubans to turn to illegal activities to get by. Cuban graffiti artists bring social critique to Havana's walls 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z

Officials are reportedly preparing a statement on the musicians' Cuban holiday, after complaints by Republican lawmakers. Beyoncé and Jay-Z's Cuba trip licensed by US Treasury, say sources 2013-04-09T11:07:24Z

Dozens of Cuban groups are performing in New York until June as part of ¡Si Cuba!, a festival of Cuban art, film, music and dance that began in March and includes the Joyce engagement. Cuban Dancers Complete a 5-Decade Trip to New York 2011-05-09T21:17:34Z

They all cite the same reasons: the Cuban company’s stagnant and conservative repertory; the restrictions and capricious decision-making concerning travel and career opportunities outside of Cuba; the poverty. Cuban Ballet: Proud Past, Promising Future 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

While the emergent sound of Cuban hip-hop provided a topical spin on the crisis, Desandann reached back to the resistance songs of their ancestors as a more oblique form of comment. The Creole Choir of Cuba: the a cappella aid agency 2010-08-19T21:15:00Z

It seems likely that as diplomatic relations normalize, new Cuban immigrants will come to Miami, exiles will return to the island, and more cross-cultural pollination will occur, changing both La Habana and Little Havana dramatically. A visit to Little Havana as the embargo that enlivened it comes to an end 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

At first the rhythmic foundation of the piece — the five-beat repeated pattern called the clave, the basic building block of Cuban music — confounded some of the American players. Fire and Ice: Minnesotans Join Orquesta Aragón in Havana 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z

But Mr. Esparza, whose parentage is Cuban, was the only one who infused the songs with a fiery theatrical intensity and nostril-flaring passion. 2010-01-12T07:14:00Z

You see, we’re very near where, more than half a century ago, a bunch of CIA-backed Cuban exiles tried — and failed spectacularly — to overthrow the Castro regime. U.S. anglers seek out the infamous Bay of Pigs for an exclusive fly-fishing experience 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z

While Seattleites were all talking about one particular Cuban sandwich, a different one was making other headlines. Another Cuban sandwich named Pillsbury Bake-Off finalist 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z

The 1994 crisis led to a major shift in U.S.-Cuba policy and an accord under which Washington agreed to grant visas to 20,000 Cuban migrants a year. Twenty years after Cuban raft exodus, they keep coming 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z

But for the Cuban musicians, Chagnard says, the concert marks all sorts of firsts: "First time leaving the island; first time playing the Ninth; the first time, obviously, to the U.S." Northwest Sinfonietta: 'The Cubans are here!' 2012-09-26T21:51:04Z

One technique that’s far more common in Cuban bartending is throwing drinks, a mixing technique that hasn’t yet caught on widely in American bars. Perspective | This influential Cuban bartender wants to preserve the elegant tradition of the island’s cantineros 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z

Havana's always bustling streets are even more colorful than usual these days, with Friday's kickoff of the Cuban capital's Bienal art festival. Biennial art festival transforms Cuban capital 2012-05-11T17:40:12Z

A Cuban story of lost love, between a writer and a dancer, and lost idealism, covering decades of the nation’s modern history. Summer Movie Release Schedule 2016 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

In a typical Cuban home kitchen, you’ll find tools from the 1950s like pressure cookers and rice cookers, broken utensils, dull knives, and mismatched china. A recipe for Cuba's national dish, ropa vieja, or rags, from the new book "Cuban Flavor" 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

In a piece called “Walk,” by the Cuban artist Wilfredo Prieto, untamed nature is a single tropical plant to be trundled around in a wheelbarrow. ‘Under the Same Sun,’ Art From Latin America, at Guggenheim 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

With no history of commercial airline traffic to judge by, the airlines were largely guessing how many United States citizens and Cubans would line up for tickets. Airline Drops Cuba Flights, Latest 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z

After more than five decades of hostility from Washington, most Cubans firmly oppose U.S. policies and the long economic embargo against their communist-led country but they admire U.S. culture. Cubans look fondly to U.S. as talks to resume relations start 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

Like many private Cuban businesses in Havana, Clandestina benefited from a boom in U.S. travelers since a thawing of U.S.-Cuban relations in 2014. Scrappy Cuban clothing line exemplifies ingenuity with U.S. online store opening 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z

"I mean Cuban, Puerto Rican, they are all very hot," the governor said. Revelations could tarnish Schwarzenegger's legacy 2011-05-18T10:31:23Z

He thought their music had become old-fashioned, so he split off with a handful of his fellow-musicians and mixed Cuban tumba drums into his own compositions. When Burkina Faso Vibrated with a New Culture 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z

“Cubans do have a tendency to ­exaggerate—and not just when it comes to talking about baseball,” says Havana architect and urban planner Miguel Coyula, chuckling. A Design Lover's Guide To Cuba 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

He toured the United States several times, coming and going with the fluctuations in U.S.-Cuban relations. Pablo Milanés, Troubadour of the Cuban Revolution, Dies at 79 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z

"I imagine Cuban authorities would be sensitive to American pigeons flying over with cameras - that that would cause some alarm," Riley said, grinning. Cigar-smuggling pigeons to touch down at New York gallery 2013-10-23T12:06:27Z

There is no crime to speak of, or so the Cuban government says. Havana’s Symphony of Sound 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

It was the only time the Cuban government recognized something I did over my 20-year career. Tania Bruguera on her art, her detentions and what happens next 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z

Ms. Sánchez was born to a Spanish father and a Cuban mother in Havana in 1926. Zilia Sánchez’s Island of Erotic Forms 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z

In a display case nearby is a curiosity: the skull of a Cuban crocodile that died in 2005 after spending most of its life at the Bronx Zoo. Sure, It’s Castro and Cigars, but Cuba Is Coral and Crocodiles, Too 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

It also marks Puente’s attempts to reconcile the end of the Palladium era with the emergence of the Cuban/African American R&B hybrid of bugalú. 10 Tito Puente Essentials for the Mambo King’s Centennial 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z

Visitors will see a re-creation of the Zapata wetlands — home to the endangered Cuban crocodile — as well as a reconstructed cave showcasing fossil remains of a giant ground sloth. Around Town for Dec. 2-8 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z

On the streets of Havana, people talk of escaping to “La Yuma,” Cuban slang for the United States that most likely derived from the 1950s Western “3:10 to Yuma.” Change in U.S. policy toward Cuba dismantles an artifact of the Cold War 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

In the mid-1960s, Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration instituted the Cuban Adjustment Act, which aids Cuban migrants in becoming permanent residents after being admitted to the United States. Change in U.S. policy toward Cuba dismantles an artifact of the Cold War 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

All but a skeleton US embassy staff have been withdrawn from Cuba and most of the Cuban diplomats in Washington have been expelled. Ben Rhodes: ‘Obama has a serenity that I don't. I get more exercised’ 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z

Still, a lot of artists are barely known, especially outside Havana, said Sandra Levinson, a founder of the Center for Cuban Studies in New York. Cuba’s Art Scene Awaits a Travel Boom 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z

The second thing was that my supervisor said, “You’re going to Florida to interview some Cubans who were involved in the break-in.” What it was like to be 18 and investigating the president during the summer of Watergate 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z

For Raekwon’s “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...,” there was a piano lacquer box atop which rested a copy of the album on cassette, colloquially known as the Purple Tape. Critic’s Notebook: Get On Down and the Reissue Market 2013-04-18T22:28:34Z

Many Cuban artists say they are tired of that being used as an excuse to shut down independent arts movements, and complained about pressure from authorities not to participate. Cuban artists stage alternative festival after government delay 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z

Her family, like many Cubans, believed that their sojourn in Miami would be fleeting. Gloria Estefan left Cuba as a young child, but the island defines her, and her music 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

The Cuban government was suspicious of religious art of any kind. How an Afro-Cuban Visionary Made a Man’s World Her Own 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z

The four-day Cuban voyage also kept O'Brien from attending the "Saturday Night Live" 40th anniversary celebration in New York last month. Conan O'Brien's history-making Cuba mission: 'Make them laugh' 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z

Born in Havana, Estefan, 61, emigrated to the US after the Cuban revolution. Gloria Estefan: 'I have nightmares where I go on stage naked' 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z

“Is that the movie about the Cuban missile crisis?” 13 Hours: Michael Bay's Benghazi movie and 'the American Way' 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z

She rarely saw characters who looked like her, an American-born daughter of Cuban immigrants, but she didn’t mind. In ‘With Love,’ Gloria Calderón Kellett Comes Home for the Holidays 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

The Cuban artist Wilfredo Lam spent close to two decades living and working in Europe before fleeing the Nazis and returning to his native country in 1941. Björk in Montreal and Flower Art in Melbourne: Global Arts Guide 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

Seldom pictured without a Cuban cigar and a jovial grin, he relished the excitement of striking big deals and the lifestyle that went along with being a top executive in music’s high-flying 1980s and ’90s. Charles Koppelman, Force in the Music Industry and Beyond, Dies at 82 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z

To comply with the Treasury Department’s people-to-people educational exchange rules, all of the following tours include personal encounters with Cuban artists, farmers, fishermen, doctors, mechanics or other locals. The Getaway: Cuba: Going With a Tour Company 2013-09-11T18:40:04Z

“He was in love with a little Cuban guy named Victor.” ‘Battle of Versailles’: How African American models reshaped fashion 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

One of them was played wonderfully by the late Elizabeth Peña, who was of Cuban heritage. The American Latino Experience: 20 Essential Films Since 2000 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z

The political shift also made it easier to invite Cuban colleagues to help and accelerated visas, said Ana Luz Porzecanski, director of the museum’s center for biodiversity and conservation and a curator of the exhibition. Cuba in All Its Natural Glory at the American Museum of Natural History 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z

Ms. León, who grew up hearing the National Symphony Orchestra, will conduct it in one of her pieces, “Indígena,” which is influenced by Cuban music, and in works by Alberto Ginastera. Nearly 50 Years After Leaving, a Composer Returns to Cuba to Conduct Her Work 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z

Even those traveling to Cuban independently on people-to-people trips are expected to have a full-time schedule of activities and retain documents that demonstrate how they spent their time in Cuba. How to Go to Cuba Right Now 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

One is a nude self-portrait, the artist draped in the Cuban flag, from her series “Eyes That Saw You Leave.” In Havana, following a USC museum director in search of great Cuban art 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z

A menu of international-style bar food, with items like Thai chicken meatballs, Cuban egg rolls, Margherita flatbreads, and burgers, is served at this restaurant and sports bar. John Fraser’s 701West Opens in the Times Square Edition Hotel 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z

Until only a few years ago, the most vocal exiles successfully blocked any Cuban music or musician considered to be too sympathetic toward the Castro regime, or simply not anti-Castro enough. A visit to Little Havana as the embargo that enlivened it comes to an end 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

This beachside shack may draw a lot of tourists, but the coffee, Cuban sandwiches and the platters certainly taste authentic. In Key West, a Taste of Cuban Coffee Culture 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z

What is strange is that when I studied Thomas Moore's book "Utopia," and I looked at the charter from the Cuban revolution, it basically quotes Moore's book. "Havana is . . . the fantasy of Americans": Filmmaker on capturing the "utopia" of Cuba in new doc 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z

“The piece is about the Cubans’ struggle in the street in the context of the new relations with the United States and the influx of American visitors,” she said. Graffiti set design adds punch to Cuba theater festival 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z

Her closest moments with her husband came during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, when the United States and the Soviet Union seemed on the verge of nuclear war. New book shows another side to Jackie Kennedy 2011-09-12T03:51:08Z

What did you learn about the Cuban sense of humor? Conan O'Brien's history-making Cuba mission: 'Make them laugh' 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z

Visitors have spiked in recent years, in tandem with the overall tourism boom since the U.S.-Cuban detente. Crabs invade Cuba's Bay of Pigs 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z

The Cuban missile crisis was a significant turning point for American-Cuban relations and also an indication of the danger of continued enmity. 3 Books That Help Explain American-Cuban Relations 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z

Very rarely, reality intrudes on Fantasy — as this past Sunday, when the ship stopped off the coast of Key West, Florida, to rescue four men, reportedly Cubans, who were stranded on a raft. Disney's Fantastic Voyage 2012-06-01T18:10:44Z

In 1965 the Cuban military sent him to a forced labor camp; he was one of tens of thousands of artists, intellectuals, priests and gay people deemed potentially subversive by the government. Pablo Milanés, Troubadour of the Cuban Revolution, Dies at 79 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z

Like many private Cuban businesses in Havana, Clandestina benefited from a boom in U.S. travelers since a thawing of U.S.-Cuban relations in 2014. Scrappy Cuban clothing line exemplifies ingenuity with U.S. online store opening 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z

"Cuba is special for these iconic drinks, and, similar to New Orleans with its cocktail history, the daiquiri is a great example of a Cuban classic that has withstood the test of time." The magic of Miami's modern daiquiri 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z

A travel and tourism expert and scholar both shared how Americans are handling themselves abroad, and what changes lie ahead for Cuban tourism. LISTEN: Americans are flocking to Cuba — and change is coming fast 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z

A lot of bands, many of them Cuban ones, can show you how polyrhythm works with great clarity, as if demonstrating the intersection of gears. Review: ‘Triangles and Circles,’ an Album From the Dafnis Prieto Sextet 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

The Cuban government, which usually does not comment on police activity like the detention of dissidents, did not respond to a request for comment. Imprisonment of Cuban 'art-ivist' sparks charges of censorship 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z

Ms. Matamoros said that after years of being able to travel to the United States for art projects, she was denied a visa last year by Cuban officials. Bronx Museum Plans Ambitious Art Exchange With Cuba 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

On Monday evening, they met at the presidential Palace of the Revolution with the Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, who said their visit was an honor for Cuba that underscored the good state of bilateral relations. Prince Charles visit shines spotlight on Cuba's classic British cars 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z

It opens up pertinent topics: the American embargo, the rickety Cuban economy, the sense of a nation frozen in time. Sure, It’s Castro and Cigars, but Cuba Is Coral and Crocodiles, Too 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

“I am a worker who labors with songs, doing in my own way what I know best, like any other Cuban worker,” he told The New York Times after that show. Pablo Milanés, Troubadour of the Cuban Revolution, Dies at 79 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z

A still-exciting mixture of documentary and narrative fiction from the Cuban director Sara Gómez, this influential work primarily concerns Cuba’s efforts to incorporate what the film calls marginal cultures with the revolution. A Film Series Honors Black Women Directors 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

He was treated as a juvenile delinquent growing up and was later refused by the Cuban government when he tried to join its military. Fifty years after Dallas, 'Killing Kennedy' taps into life of Oswald 2013-11-07T13:03:08Z

An influx of non-Cuban immigrants, mostly from Central and South America, has reduced the Cuban population to about a third of Little Havana’s residents, Grenier says. A visit to Little Havana as the embargo that enlivened it comes to an end 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

Those Cubans like Stevenson or Savon represent all that insane stuff over there, I represent all our insane stuff. Sparring with Mike Tyson 2012-08-09T04:48:00Z

The next “Fast & Furious” installment may be partly shot in Cuba, a spokeswoman for its studio, Universal Pictures, said, adding that the company “is currently seeking approval from the United States and Cuban governments.” Hola, Cuba! It’s Hollywood Calling 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

But I’m pretty sure they weren’t talking about Cuban bread. Inside the century-old bakery that’s one of America’s last sources of traditional Cuban bread 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z

Work by those same Cuban artists fills Mr. Menéndez’s Miami home. He Collects the Art of Fellow Cuban Exiles, but Miami Is Home 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z

On board, as it happened, was the Cuban Army’s chief of staff, Col. On Holocaust Remembrance Day, the U.N. Hears of a Little-Known Killing Field 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z

Take it from Mark Cuban, the owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks and star of the reality TV hit “Shark Tank.” Face it, America: You loved having a celebrity candidate. So who will it be next? 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

When he was 12, he encountered a group of street musicians playing traditional Cuban music, and he persuaded his mother to let him leave school to start his career early. Pablo Milanés, Troubadour of the Cuban Revolution, Dies at 79 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z

In later albums he continued to mix and match dance rhythms, adding bits of Dominican merengue, Venezuelan and Cuban salsa, Jamaican reggae, hip-hop, African music and American rock and country. Arrow, Soca Musician, Dies at 6o 2010-09-16T06:15:00Z

But even those frustrated by Mr. Alpert’s politics will appreciate the ordinary Cuban lives he captured on his visits. Review: ‘Cuba and the Cameraman’ Lavishes Love on a Country … and Castro 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z

Another seven-day “Cuban Discovery” tour package from Minneapolis-based tour operator Go Next notes that it doesn’t include airfare between home and Miami, passport fees, a Cuban visa fee of approximately $75 and Cuban departure tax. The too-good-to-be-true prices in glossy travel brochures are often just that 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

Our second season was all about the Cuban Missile Crisis, and in the popular culture there was such an obsession with the end of the world. ArtsBeat: ‘Mad Men’ Creator Matthew Weiner Reflects on the Season So Far 2012-06-10T19:42:36Z

This becomes clear in the Camaguey library when he greets his old friend Soledad Cruz, a writer and former Cuban ambassador to UNESCO. Can one man’s Cuban road trip fix 56 years of cultural disconnect? 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

The Old Cuban is made with Bacardi 8 rum, Angostura bitters, lime juice, muddled mint and a splash of Canard-Duchêne champagne. A Quiet Drink: Music, Cocktails and ‘Madeline’ at Bemelmans Bar 2013-07-25T22:59:00Z

Some people don’t like fried chicken, and some people don’t like Cuban cigars. An afternoon with cigar enthusiasts, the promise of legal Cuban stogies in the air 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

It was odd to think that a mere few blocks away were Latin bands, bars, souvenir stores selling Cuban fedoras, flags and T-shirts, and people lounging in cigar stores. In Miami, Cuban Culture, No Passport Required 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

As a daughter of Cuban immigrants who once struggled with her accent, I had never seen characters who looked or sounded like us as the heroes of their own story. A Latina Disney Movie Princess? The Wait Isn’t Over 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z

The visual material is culled from comic strips, street demonstrations, Cuban movie posters and filmed be-ins; the technique encompasses collages, stick figure animations, shadow plays and kaleidoscopic special effects. In ‘The Color of Pomegranates,’ the Cinema of the Cryptic 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

His dream is to start a chain and help bring Cuban men’s style back to the glory days. Forget Retro. The Men of Havana Embrace the Reggaeton Look. 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z

Last time Mrs. Clinton set up Mr. Trump by bringing up his mocking of Alicia Machado, a former winner of his Miss Universe pageant, and needled him by inviting his billionaire adversary, Mark Cuban. Was That a Debate? Or Were the Candidates Just Trying to Go Viral? 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z

An estimated 2 million Hispanics of Cuban origin live in the United States, according to a Pew Research Center study. Family visits to Cuba inspired girl to become a poet 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z

Of course he’s talking about the Irish, Italian and Polish instead of Mexican, El Salvadoran and Cuban. The Knick: scalpel-sharp second season cuts away at Mad Men's status 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z

They are the staple bean in much of southern Mexico, and the one associated with classic Brazilian feijoada and Cuban frijoles negros. Rediscovering Black Bean Soup 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z

And many Cubans welcome the graffiti in public spaces. Cuban graffiti artists bring social critique to Havana's walls 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z

“Art is a very elastic word within Cuban nostalgia,” Mr. Pantín said. | Heads Up: A Cuba Nostalgia Fair in Miami: No Che T-Shirts 2010-05-14T21:12:00Z

Beyonce and Jay Z celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary in the Cuban capital, where big crowds greeted them as they strolled hand in hand through the city and posed for pictures with admiring Cubans. Beyonce, Jay-Z Cuba trip was OK'd by US Treasury Dept - source 2013-04-08T18:13:27Z

The Kennedy years of this series abound in memorable crises—JFK shaken by the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion, the terrifying standoff with the Russians over the Cuban missiles, the fires of the civil-rights battles. ‘American Dynasties: The Kennedys’ Review: A Striving in the Blood 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z

New Orleans — which is also Marsalis’s hometown — was “a melting pot of Cuban, French, Haitian, African-American, even Mexican musical influences,” said Henríquez. Rubén Blades, a Salsa Legend, Swings in a Different Direction: Jazz 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z

At last she was able to return home, through a Cuban government family reunification program. A Composer Puts Her Life in Music, Beyond Labels 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z

The Cuban government wouldn’t give him a visa. Can one man’s Cuban road trip fix 56 years of cultural disconnect? 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

The dealer made up for his small stature — “He had little Cuban heels,” Fremont recalls — with a big personality. | The Private Works of a Gallerist Who Changed Art Forever 2014-03-06T17:22:13Z

"Success, as with most things Cuban, will require unusual - and often unorthodox - approaches". Cuba is 'huge opportunity' for U.S. travel companies, BCG says 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z

The alto saxophonist Yosvany Terry blends twisty contemporary jazz with buoyant Cuban folklore, sacrificing little along the way. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z

The fur of the Cuban solenodon — which looks like a shrew with a very long snout — was repurposed from a polar bear and painted rusty brown. Cuba in All Its Natural Glory at the American Museum of Natural History 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z

And I fell for the special at the Cuban Corner Café, too: a pint of Harp and a hand-rolled cigar for $6. Frugal Traveler: A Post-Spring Break Jaunt to Florida's Beaches 2011-04-19T21:52:22Z

Most of these individuals were Cubans living in the U.S. who, for one reason or another, wished to return to their native land and were otherwise blocked due to the U.S. embargo against Cuba. D.B. Cooper, the changing nature of hijackings and the foundation for today’s airport security 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z

His music was inspired by the “nueva trova” movement that began after the Cuban Revolution and spread across Latin America in the 1960s, merging traditional folk tunes with modern political and progressive songs. Luminaries Lost: A look at some of the artists lost to virus 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z

What Reynoso desires is refreshingly unusual for such a story: the rights to the traditional Cuban music he and other elderly composers wrote before the revolution. 'Havana Requiem' is a legal thriller with spice 2012-05-08T13:50:08Z

Mark Cuban plays a tough negotiator on ABC's "Shark Tank." Sony hack: Mark Cuban threatened to leave 'Shark Tank' in salary tiff 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z

Mark Cuban, meanwhile, extended a virtual olive branch to Trump, writing, "I know it was a rough night for u," and inviting Trump to join him in raising funds for victims of Hurricane Sandy. Celebrities air post-election feelings online 2012-11-07T19:17:08Z

So cultural tourism is a big opportunity for the Cuban people. LISTEN: Americans are flocking to Cuba — and change is coming fast 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z

Cuban has since walked back the idea of his own campaign, but would there even be anything surprising about him running anymore? Face it, America: You loved having a celebrity candidate. So who will it be next? 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

In captivity, some elderly animals are helping to save their species, such as a 58-year-old Cuban crocodile named Dorothy, who lives in the National Zoo’s Reptile Discovery Center. At zoos, not every resident is a spring chicken 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z

Across the street is a walk of stars, similar to the one in Hollywood, featuring greats of Latin music and cinema, including a number of Cubans who died in exile. Through posters, a dialogue about Cuba's future 2013-05-05T19:58:08Z

Yoan Capote makes ambitious sculptures with Cuban twists, most recently a series of seascapes that use thousands of fish hooks instead of paint. Seize the day 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

With interviews from insiders and political operatives, the film looks at how a custody battle over 6-year-old Elián González, a Cuban refugee, caused political chaos in Miami, which ultimately helped swing the crucial state. What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Undoing’ and the Presidential Debate 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z

Support for the Cuban people, including human rights work. How Travel to Cuba May Change 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

She produced many enduring shots of strongmen like Castro, the Cuban president; Gen. Augusto Pinochet of Chile; and the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. Lisl Steiner, Colorful Creator of Black-and-White Photographs, Dies at 95 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z

"Really we're Cubans, so the music we listen to is Cuban," she says. The Creole Choir of Cuba: the a cappella aid agency 2010-08-19T21:15:00Z

“Wherever there is Cuban music there will be the aura of the Buena Vista Social Club,” said Valdes, for whom the farewell tour is also an end of an era. Cuba’s Buena Vista Social Club on ‘Adios Tour’ 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z

The July music program runs from Cuban salsa to classical. In Transit: At the Scoop, a Summer of Culture in London 2011-06-05T10:01:04Z

So what important principle is this Cuban boy betraying? Cuba’s forgotten champ 2012-09-07T23:30:00Z

The small candle-lit tables in this live music venue, featuring mostly Cuban musicians, provides an intimate experience that feels like a throwback to speakeasies during Prohibition. A visit to Little Havana as the embargo that enlivened it comes to an end 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

In the day, swing by to look at some of the mostly Cuban artwork for free. A visit to Little Havana as the embargo that enlivened it comes to an end 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

In one of his latest columns for a Cuban newspaper, Castro wrote “Yoga does things with the human body that defy the imagination.” Is Fidel Castro doing yoga? 2012-06-21T14:39:00Z

What little we knew about Cuban history confirmed this, so Fletcher and I nodded. Found in Cuba: The American Dream (and nightmare) 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z

The widely televised battle that ensued absorbed diplomats, Americans and Cubans for months, ending with Elián’s return to Cuba. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Elián’ and ‘Asian Provocateur’ 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z

The two artists met in Havana while working with the Cuban dance company Malpaso; they hit it off and began developing “New Conversations” during a residency at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. On a cold night, Ronald K. Brown/Evidence offers the balm of human warmth 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z

But green curries and Cuban sandwiches were not going to get me into my clothes again, so I focused on delivery services offering healthy meals. A Takeout Addict Tries Clean Eating 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z

Like Russian dancers, training for Cuban dancers is very strict, and is funded by the government. Life after ballet 2011-06-14T00:44:54Z

The exhibition is laid out like a Cuban street, with colonnaded shops on one side. Sure, It’s Castro and Cigars, but Cuba Is Coral and Crocodiles, Too 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

When they were told it was unavailable, they went ahead anyway, becoming one of very few Cuban troupes not reliant on government money. What Comes Next for Cuban Modern Dance? 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

Dancers from the prestigious company joined the Cuban National Ballet on stage at Karl Marx Theatre in Havana. 2010-02-15T10:26:00Z

He brought his taste for the outsider experience to this film about the Cuban ensemble making its first trip to America. The 20 best music documentaries – ranked! 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z

It offers American presenters something Cuban along with something more familiar, as Mr. Delgado and his dancers absorb American influences. What Comes Next for Cuban Modern Dance? 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

He joined the prominent Cuban bandleader Machito, then — after a stint in the Navy — formed his own band. Bringing Tito Puente’s Fire to a New Generation 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z

Valdes, who identifies as Afro Cuban, said she was heartened to see the face of the baritone Will Liverman, who is Black, on the cover of the programs. A Historic Night as the Metropolitan Opera Tries to Ensure Its Future 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z

It will be created by Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada, a Cuban American portrait artist who uses buildings, billboards, fields and beaches as his canvas. National Portrait Gallery installation will transform tons of sand and soil on the Mall

I think there’s a difference between Mark Cuban and Donald Sterling. Is Mark Cuban right about the pervasiveness of prejudice?

Outside the stage area, the four-floor public space is overwhelmed by a clunky green staircase of Cuban “marble” — actually serpentine — donated by Fidel Castro, and a chandelier of 1,000 glass cubes. Scene/Seen: Prague: What's New in the Cube 2011-01-07T13:00:08Z

It was published in Spain in 2001 but was rejected multiple times by state-run Cuban publishers — effectively banning it in a country where the government controls mass communication. Sci-Fi Writers Find Warmer Climate Amid Cuban Thaw 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

On the sidelines of the Produced By Conference, Cuban told The Associated Press he wouldn't be worried about the Weinsteins splitting their time between two movie studios. Cuban says he'd back Weinstein deal for Miramax 2010-06-06T06:01:00Z

At 11 a.m. the company invites you to observe one of two master classes: classical Cuban ballet, taught by Caridad Martinez; the second, an Afro-Cuban dance class, taught by Rebecca Bliss, is at 1 p.m. Weekend Miser 2011-05-19T22:44:44Z

The José Martí project and Wild Noise, in particular, were undertaken with full Board support,” he said, noting that the Martí project “fits well with our interest, as an institution, in Cuban art.” Resignations at the Bronx Museum Over a Costly International Push 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z

His Cuban sugar business supplied his chocolate empire, sent molasses to the rum factory up the road, and sold sugar to Coca-Cola. Sweet on Cuba: riding the Hershey town train 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z

A passage on the Cuban missile crisis leads into an account of Russian attempts to impregnate chimpanzees with human sperm. The Book of Barely Imagined Beings by Caspar Henderson - review 2012-12-25T07:00:15Z

"The coaches are asking him questions more than anything," says Cuban. Why Sports Statisticians Should Be More Involved in Games 2011-03-11T09:35:00Z

Then there’s David Virelles, 33, a Cuban pianist whose inclinations run rampant. Latin Jazz is Booming. Look Beyond the Grammys to Find It. 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z

The music, taped, is in a series of Cuban rhythms, accumulating in complexity; I wish it did not sound so formulaic. Dance Review: The Limón Dance Company at the Joyce 2012-06-20T21:44:19Z

As loaded with surprises as it was with flavor, this was Mr. Sasso’s tribute to the Cuban sandwich. Restaurant Review: Casa Mono in Gramercy Park 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z

Blanco, at age 44 the youngest ever inaugural poet, recited a poem that painted vivid scenes about America and included reflections on his experience growing up as Cuban exile in New York City and Miami. Inaugural poet pays homage to American experience 2013-01-21T21:46:05Z

The selection includes Cuban rum, Spanish sherry and Italian grappa, but the real gems are the Swiss liquors. Five Places to Go in Zurich 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z

On Monday, Nespresso announced that it would be the first company to sell Cuban coffee in America since the revolution. A Rush of Americans, Seeking Gold in Cuban Soil 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

"Standing in the Breach" also features a song "Walls and Doors" by his friend Carlos Varela, the Cuban singer. Singer Jackson Browne still manning the barricades 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z

This time it was Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, who, in discussing L.A. Is Mark Cuban right about the pervasiveness of prejudice?

But let’s be honest: The show will be more jokes derived from man-on-the-street interviews than facts about Cuban culture and the effects of the embargo. Conan O'Brien Is the Right Man for a Visit to Cuba 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

I asked the Cuban souvenir vendors about the ceramic caricatures. Spring breakers import Cuban rum, cigars and racist curios 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z

Her brittle mother Carmen “lives among the Cuban elite, the First Wave, the people who lost homes and businesses and riches and ran from communism at the start of the revolution.” Review | In Gabriela Garcia’s ‘Of Women and Salt,’ five generations of mothers and daughters fight to stay afloat 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z

The prearranged shipment of Cuban art from the National Museum to New York, however, hit a roadblock when authorities refused to let any of it leave the island. Art and Museums in NYC This Week 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

“His first recording, ‘Heavy Smoking,’ featured his girlfriend Vicky singing lead and playing congas, unheard-of in the Cuban patriarchy, where women were not allowed to touch the drums. Larry Harlow, Influential Figure in Salsa, Dies at 82 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

Here’s Lorene: “How would Mom ever meet a Cuban? Our housemaids were Filipino and the lawn crew men are Mexicans, I think.” Joyce Carol Oates Takes On Racism and Grief in Her New Novel 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z

His relatively abstract mature works drew on Cuban iconography and global political themes. Björk in Montreal and Flower Art in Melbourne: Global Arts Guide 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

Now a small yet dedicated following of several dozen Cuban dance enthusiasts are seeking to expand its appeal once more, claiming it as their cultural legacy. Cubans seek to revive little-known tango legacy 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z

Cuban wrote on Sept. 24 after receiving an email informing him that his Season 5 salary would be $30,000 per episode, with modest increases in following years. Sony hack: Mark Cuban threatened to leave 'Shark Tank' in salary tiff 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z

In scenes of Churchill’s increasingly uneasy sittings with Sutherland, he’s a Lear-like figure, consumed by gloom, defiance and anger — none of which are improved by his addictions to French cognac and Cuban cigars. Tina Brown on the Final Two Episodes of ‘The Crown’: Love and Duty 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

Sherwin, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, has comprehensively analyzed the impact of nuclear weapons from the end of World War II to the Cuban missile crisis. New in Paperback: ‘How Beautiful We Were’ and ‘No One Is Talking About This’ 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z

It’s open extra late for people looking for a Cuban sandwich.” An Unconventional Guide to Charlotte and Tampa 2012-07-27T18:49:38Z

No story is more inspiring than his own — son of Cuban refugees turned into unlikely and extremely well-tailored pop star — so he raps about it from different angles, using mildly different terminology. Pitbull Moves Beyond Hip-Hop and Into the Unknown on ‘Climate Change’ 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z

But when I see Puerto Rican food I also see Cuban food, and Dominican food. Sazón and struggle: In Puerto Rico and Cuba, food is a marker of resilience and creativity 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z

On a whim that day, Ahmed sent a personal tweet inviting Mark Cuban, the billionaire owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks and a prominent social media advocate, to join the gathering. Social media changing the nightlife 2010-07-14T21:19:00Z

Long stretches of boredom, often filled by soldiers drag racing their souped-up roadsters on the base’s long straightaways, would suddenly be shattered by Cuban fighter jets flying into American airspace. A Cold War Missile Base in the Heart of the Everglades 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

The room looks darker and smaller than when it served Cuban food. Review | The more Mexican, the merrier, with the arrival of Anafre 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z

He reiterated Wednesday that Cubans' freedom of expression is limited and that he believes public criticism of the political system should be encouraged, not stifled, in order to improve it. Pablo Milanes looks forward to first Miami gig 2011-07-13T18:52:18Z

Parlá, who was born in Miami to Cuban émigré parents, grew up moving between the United States mainland and Puerto Rico with an early awareness of political strife. Covid. A Coma. A Stroke. José Parlá Returns From the Edge. 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z

As a Spaniard, Fernandez was able to register a company in the United States, and a loophole in the embargo allows her firm to hire Cuban designers. Scrappy Cuban clothing line exemplifies ingenuity with U.S. online store opening 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z

He says “Fuhgeddaboutit” far more than the typical Cuban curse words. Oscar Hijuelos Returns to His Muse 2010-07-02T22:01:00Z

Historian, too: his novels and films have dealt with radicals in the 1960s, Appalachian coal miners in 1920, Cuban exiles in 1980s Miami. Amigo: John Sayles' Latest Declaration of Indie-pendence 2011-08-17T07:10:00Z

The waters are home to bonefish, sturgeon and an ancient fish called the manguari as well as their nemesis, the Cuban crocodile. Want to See the Wild Side of Cuba? Try a Kayak 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z

Norberto Fuentes, one of Cuba's most distinguished writers, fought with Castro in the Cuban revolution but later fell out with him, narrowly escaped a death sentence and now lives in exile. The Autobiography of Fidel?Castro by Norberto Fuentes 2010-04-30T23:14:00Z

She was born in Havana to a Cuban mother and Mexican father and moved back and forth between Cojímar and Mexico City until the age of 6. How Camila Cabello Lost Some Friends and Found Her Voice 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

Her father, Mario, was a Cuban actor, director and playwright, and Ms. Peña spent much of her childhood in Cuba before returning to the United States. Elizabeth Peña, Actress on the Big and Small Screens, Dies at 55 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

We drank rum at a bar dedicated to the late Compay Segundo, a venerated bandleader seen in the popular documentary on Cuban music, “The Buena Vista Social Club.” Cultural Cuba: an arts tourist’s notebook 2014-02-06T00:49:23Z

"Based off what's happening in the White House, based off what's happening in the country and the world, we need better leadership," Cuban said in a separate interview with CNBC's Fast Money. Alec Baldwin says he'd beat Donald Trump in 2020 "hands down" 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z

Cubans tend to pride themselves on their colorful opinions and language, no?JR: | The Cuban Connection 2012-12-07T14:00:26Z

Secondary ones concern a Polish refugee and his violin teacher; a Cuban drummer and his mother; and a Black trumpet-playing GI. John Kander’s Major Chord, Undiminished 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z

It was in this prison, improbably enough, that the Cuban revolution was effectively planned. A Cuban Island That Has Played Both Paradise and Prison 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

While this confused me at first, I later realized that for any Cuban it was culturally the right thing to do. Searching for Ernest Hemingway in Cuba 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z

In Havana last May, he watched a dozen Cuban companies over the course of five or six days. For a Cuban Troupe, a Gift of Rootedness 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z

Classic Journeys This company, known for its countryside walks, is now offering tours to introduce travelers to “Cuban people from all strata of society.” The Getaway: Cuba: Going With a Tour Company 2013-09-11T18:40:04Z

Secretary of State Henry Kissinger ordered contingency plans for a military strike in order to "smash Castro" in response to former President Fidel Castro sending Cuban troops to Angola in 1975. Authors see chance for breakthrough in U.S.-Cuba relations 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

“My father was a businessman, but my mother was an intellectual,” says Pérez, who was born to Cuban exiles in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A Stylish Beachfront Home in Florida 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

“Where the hell have you been, you Cuban dimwit?” she bellows. ‘Being the Ricardos’ Review: Kiss, Fight, Rinse, Repeat 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

Others opened, and the new opera, “Cubanacán: A Revolution of Forms,” by an American librettist and a Cuban composer, will have its premiere at the complex on Thursday during the Havana Biennial. ‘Cubanacán’ Imagines When Che and Fidel Compared Golf Swings 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z

In the Cuban capital, Kurlansky writes, Hemingway is “remembered with an obsession that borders on fetish.” Destinations Await in the Summer’s Best Travel Books 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z

Jay Alvarez in this show about his Cuban family at Stage Left Studio. Theater Review: Jay Alvarez in ?Be Careful! The Sharks Will Eat You!? 2012-03-02T00:47:53Z

Cuban's had a headshot of Sheen with the word "WINNING" underneath, while Kimmel's had a picture of a kitten above the words "I have tiger's blood in me." Kimmel on Charlie Sheen: 'my head is still spinning' 2011-03-22T18:14:17Z

The opening piece, Gershwin’s “Cuban Overture,” was the weakest link: sloppy, with uncharacteristically bottom-heavy balances. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s centennial gala hits all the right notes 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

The art seized ranges from family portraits of little financial value to Cuban and European paintings from the 19th and early 20th centuries, Mastrapa said. Despite detente, search for art looted in Cuba could take years 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

By flipping aside a metal lid atop a silver canister, you can inhale the heady aroma of a fine Cuban cigar. Sure, It’s Castro and Cigars, but Cuba Is Coral and Crocodiles, Too 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

A third novelist did sneak onto the list: Rachel Kushner, author of the novels "The Flamethrowers" and "Telex From Cuba," wrote up the Time 100 entry for Cuban President Raul Castro. Time 100 includes Haruki Murakami and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

And Cuban briefly had his own reality show, called The Benefactor, in which 16 aspiring entrepreneurs competed for a $1 million prize from the Dallas owner. The Mavs' Big Winner: Mark Cuban's New Image 2011-06-17T09:15:00Z

A closet holds the secrets of Cuban maps. Can one man’s Cuban road trip fix 56 years of cultural disconnect? 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

A professor of English and ethnic studies at the University of Nebraska, Crucet was raised in Miami by Cuban parents. A sneak peek at this year’s Fall for the Book author lineup 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z

Staples of the Cuban diet you’ll see everywhere are roast chicken and pork, eggs, rice and beans, and many kinds of sweets. Tips for Cuba travel 2014-02-05T23:36:06Z

There were also knickknacks like handsome humidors crafted from Cuban cedar wood. Five Places to Shop in Havana 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z

It includes the return of two groups vital to Cuban traditions. Spring Performance: Music: Festivals of Cuba?s Finest And of the Avant-Garde 2011-02-20T02:01:32Z

Has it come to this that Cuban music is now being called salsa, that commercialized version of true Cuban music? Havana’s Symphony of Sound 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

It was Richard who initially wanted to visit Havana, for research; he hoped to study a new Cuban horror film, “Revolución Zombi,” which is debuting at the festival. A Noirish Narrative in Which the Self Is an Enigma, and So Is Everything Else 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z

These uptown spots — one in Washington Heights, the other in Inwood — are known for sandwiches, not just the standard Cuban. Cuban Sandwiches, Available for Takeout and Delivery Across the City 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z

Initially they planned to put the museum in Havana, but talks with the Cuban government failed. Museum to showcase contemporary Latin American art 2013-03-21T15:01:09Z

Most sports fans could always find some reason to at least grudgingly respect Cuban; in 1999, he sold his internet radio business to Yahoo! for $5.9 billion in stock. The Mavs' Big Winner: Mark Cuban's New Image 2011-06-17T09:15:00Z

He self-published a book of photos documenting Cuban skate culture and architecture. Beyoncé’s history-making Vogue cover: A black photographer to shoot cover, and she made it happen 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

This restaurant — and not its sibling bakery, which is closed — is selling Cuban sandwiches, $16. Cuban Sandwiches, Available for Takeout and Delivery Across the City 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z

They're accompanied by unintentionally hilarious coffee commercials from the 1950s, newsreels of nuclear tests, the Cuban missile crisis and encounters between American and Soviet leaders. Psycho; Double Take | Film review 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z

La Guarida staffers showed The Associated Press pictures of the two dining on typical Cuban creole favorites - fish, chicken, black beans and rice - accompanied by their mothers. Beyonce, Jay-Z turn heads in Havana 2013-04-04T19:39:13Z

In 1996, two planes operated by Brothers to the Rescue, an exile group that assisted rafters, were shot down above the straits after what the Cuban government claimed was an intrusion in its airspace. Change in U.S. policy toward Cuba dismantles an artifact of the Cold War 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

Prominent Cuban artists already exhibit their work extensively at galleries and museums around the world, though more in Europe than the United States. For Cuban Artists, Bigger World Awaits After Restoration of Ties 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

For average Cubans, the notion of rating or even reserving tables remains hypothetical, as the new CUC-based restaurants are simply unaffordable for nearly everyone. What, Reserve a Table? Cubans Confront a New Dining Culture 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z

The film's big set piece involves the information Oleg is collecting and passing on to Greville about what will become the Cuban Missile Crisis. Benedict Cumberbatch is a tense & meticulous spy in Cold War thriller "The Courier" 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z

Festival ends with a gathering of major talents from across the spectrum of Cuban performance. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

In Sterling, a Cuban immigrant starts four or more of his weekly Uber shifts with a visit to the senior outpost there. Review | Colada Shop in D.C. reviewed: Little Havana done right, and an $8 daiquiri 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

“I went there as a teenager, with my aunt Gertrude,” says the American artist, writer, and fashion designer, more than 70 years after she strolled down a gangplank and onto Cuban soil. A Design Lover's Guide To Cuba 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

I arrived only hours after Fidel Castro’s death and partook in his mesmerizing funeral, surrounded by a million grieving Cubans. A recipe for Cuba's national dish, ropa vieja, or rags, from the new book "Cuban Flavor" 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

Cuban artist Belkis Ayón’s family home sits on a quiet street of central Havana, the charm of the house belying the mysteries of her death. The late Cuban artist Belkis Ayón's mysterious world unfurls at the Fowler Museum 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z

Michele Miyares Hollands, a Cuban artist who created some of the posters, was brought in to help develop that part of the show. Cuba in All Its Natural Glory at the American Museum of Natural History 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z

After all the years of derision, Cuban has become used to the name-calling. The Mavs' Big Winner: Mark Cuban's New Image 2011-06-17T09:15:00Z

He surrounds himself with strong, if careful, arrangements: congas and shakers, harmonizing backup singers, buzzing tenor saxophone solos, Cuban piano figures on his version of Ty Segall’s “It No. 3.” New Music: Albums From Real Estate, Linda Perhacs and Nick Waterhouse 2014-03-03T23:08:37Z

We compare favorite local Cuban restaurants and joints, most of which get their bread from his bakery. Inside the century-old bakery that’s one of America’s last sources of traditional Cuban bread 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z

Soon, he told the assembled Cubans and Egyptians and East Germans and Mongolians and Vietnamese, Soviet citizens would enjoy products "considerably higher in quality than the best productions of capitalism". Red star rising 2010-08-06T23:04:00Z

New York critics praised the Cubans for their virtuosity, versatility and charm. For a Cuban Troupe, a Gift of Rootedness 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z

Last week, as the Ladies in White marched through Havana to mark the anniversary of the arrests, pro-government groups surrounded them and Cuban state security agents put several in choke holds. Gloria Estefan leads march for Cuban dissidents 2010-03-25T23:25:00Z

In 1986, President Ronald Reagan began a program that allowed private organizations to resettle 16,000 Soviet Jews and Cubans — but it was not renewed. While other countries turn Syrian refugees away, Canadians are taking them home 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

A panel discussion led by the Cuban journalist and author Achy Obejas will follow. Weekend Miser 2011-05-19T22:44:44Z

Discovery calls “Cuban Chrome” the first American television series ever shot entirely in Cuba. Cuban car guys star in first U.S. show shot entirely on the forbidden island 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z

Luckily, Nucky’s brave and handsome Cuban bodyguard disarms the man, firmly planting the machete in his head and slicing off the man’s ear as a souvenir. 'Boardwalk Empire' Recap: Lessons to Last a Lifetime 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z

The next year, during the Cuban revolution, he interviewed Fidel Castro at his rebel base. Morton Silverstein, Documentarian Who Explored Social Ills, Dies at 86 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z

Nicknamed as the "army of white robes" and citing a long history of Cuban medical missions in Africa and elsewhere, they speak of a sense of duty and are willing to assume the risks. Cuban doctors proud to risk lives in mission to halt Ebola 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z

And there’s been excitement about this one: Monday was the first of three sold-out nights, with a serious Cuban crowd. Music Review: A Rare Citing of a Beloved Cuban Band 2010-12-08T00:04:00Z

There was that cigar, for starters, and the typical Cuban creole food – fish, chicken, black beans and rice – they ate at the renowned paladar, La Guarida. Beyoncé and Jay-Z's Cuban holiday under scrutiny from US Republicans 2013-04-07T17:29:01Z

Mark Cuban, the billionaire and frequent Trump critic, wrote in with some suggestions of his own. Cast the Trump Mini-Series: Who Should Play the Donald? 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

And he released a series of albums that revitalized neglected Cuban musicians and styles, especially those who, like him, were rooted in the country’s Afro-Caribbean culture. Pablo Milanés, Troubadour of the Cuban Revolution, Dies at 79 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z

But, being Cuban, he finds time to chat, regardless. Cuba libre: exploring the island by campervan 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z

In the early 1960s, specialized Cuban government teams sealed the homes of wealthy exiles and took away paintings, antiques and jewelry. Despite detente, search for art looted in Cuba could take years 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

Mr. Cuban added, “It is still so shocking to me that he is gone.” Tony Scott’s Suicide Complicates ‘Top Gun 3D’ Project 2012-11-06T17:07:38Z

In the post that was shared more than 600 times and commented on hundreds of times, Silva mentioned a directive banning Cubans from taking a catamaran with a motor. Cuban comedian denounces discriminatory policies, attitudes on island 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z

In the Zapata wetlands, Cuban parakeets and spoonbills luxuriate in the tropical humidity, at peace with the world, as an explosion of violence takes place a few steps away. Sure, It’s Castro and Cigars, but Cuba Is Coral and Crocodiles, Too 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

Puerto Rican and Cuban food share the scars of African and indigenous slavery, including a reliance on heavy, filling foods intended to sustain workers, food grown on islands cultivated for sugar cane, not kale. Sazón and struggle: In Puerto Rico and Cuba, food is a marker of resilience and creativity 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z

The exhibition will feature well-known artists such as Ana Mendieta, the Cuban American artist known for her earthy body works, and Lygia Pape, the Brazilian sculptor known for her psychological approaches to space. Hammer Museum's 'Radical Women' to spotlight women united by struggle and overlooked by history 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z

“These are artists with ties to the Cuban dictatorship, who are used as tools of the dictatorship,” said Otaloa, who emigrated from Cuba in 2003. Miami sees a return to Cold War cultural hard line on Cuba 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z

On Margarita Velasco’s Thanksgiving table, there’s always a pumpkin flan made with calabaza, a kind of pumpkin-shaped squash popular in Cuban recipes, alongside the traditional desserts. The American Thanksgiving 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z

I eased in slowly: Shortly after landing in Miami, I stopped for a quasi-authentic Cuban experience at a chain restaurant called Havana 1957, at a location about 30 miles north of Little Havana. A visit to Little Havana as the embargo that enlivened it comes to an end 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

This sweeping debut novel, full of literary allusions, follows a Cuban family’s journey to America and back. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

Sanchez, a Key West folk artist, was a second-generation American descended from Cuban immigrants. First American Paintings to Be Shown in Cuba in 50 Years 2014-01-15T16:50:44Z

A good example is one of the most anticipated items of this year's fair: "The Man Who Loved Dogs," by Cuban writer Leonardo Padura, published last year by Spanish publisher Tusquets Editores. Cuba's celebration of books draws millions 2011-02-20T18:01:04Z

Just as the Virgin in Cueto’s book is an emblem of common ground between the exile community and Cubans who never left, his quest is an elaborate gesture of personal diplomacy. Can one man’s Cuban road trip fix 56 years of cultural disconnect? 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

“The level of hatred, for quite a number of Cuban immigrants, is quite intense.” Opening a Restaurant in Miami? Invoking Cuban Communism Might Backfire. 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z

Trying to perform a simple task puts him at odds with the secret police, ambiguous American officials and a Cuban beauty, Amaryll Cruz, who is as enigmatic as the island nation. 'Havana Requiem' is a legal thriller with spice 2012-05-08T13:50:08Z

Cuban knew he'd receive questions about his opposition, so he shut up again. The Mavs' Big Winner: Mark Cuban's New Image 2011-06-17T09:15:00Z

To get to La Yuma, Cubans have been willing to do almost anything, including risking death. Change in U.S. policy toward Cuba dismantles an artifact of the Cold War 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

The film adaptation of “The Old Man and the Sea” had to be shot off the coast of South America, Cecilia says, because Cuban marlin don’t jump out of the water as Hemingway describes. Why Did Some Cubans Inject Themselves With H.I.V.? 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z

The Miami-based Cuban artist, whose “Green Machine” is at the American University Museum, is both a modernist and classicist, with twists of cubism and underground-comics grotesquerie. Review | In the galleries: Myths and respite at the American University museum 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z

"Chico & Rita": One of this year's Oscar nominees for best animated feature, this is a story of Cuban music and culture. Weekend Preview: family-fun fest, record and CD show 2012-02-22T22:48:10Z

With the unnerving Cuban missile crisis of 1962 two years in the past, Fidel Castro’s island nation had become less of a concern, and fears of nuclear conflict had abated. Everything you know about the 1960s is wrong 2012-11-24T14:00:00Z

That the Cuban people have zero interest even pretending to be happy. Havana’s Symphony of Sound 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

A similar spirit suffused their Aug. 1 wedding at the Cuban resort Club Habana. Falling Into Each Other’s Arms, a Step at a Time 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z

The Montreal Gazette reported that among the Cubans was a principal dancer, Elier Bourzac, who said he was staying in Canada for "artistic" reasons. 5 members of Cuba's national ballet stay in Canada 2011-03-02T23:41:27Z

He ordered a Cuban coffee and a margarita. The Many Voices of Boots Riley 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z

Under the table I’d hired a translator and cinematographer from Cuban television to accompany me. The way we left Cuba 2012-12-31T18:00:00Z

By the early 1970s, he was also intently exploring a distinctly Afro-Cuban strain of jazz, building on ideas famously embodied by Chano Pozo, the Cuban percussionist, and Dizzy Gillespie, the bebop trumpeter. Chucho Valdés, the Pianist, Reflects on Irakere and His Career 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z

The Cuban production is a total financial loss meant as a cultural exchange, Nederlander said, declining to reveal any details. Broadway finds a new stage in an old venue: Cuba 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z

What matters to Cubans, she told the group, is neither American market pressure nor the battle over which style of farming is better. A Rush of Americans, Seeking Gold in Cuban Soil 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

Here he opens up about his groundbreaking Cuban adventure. Conan O'Brien's history-making Cuba mission: 'Make them laugh' 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z

"The Cuban" is available virtually and in select theaters beginning July 31. Music helped treat her father's dementia, and that's why Shohreh Aghdashloo made "The Cuban" 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z

While many Cubans respond to questions about how Cuba is changing by rolling their eyes, Mr. Céspedes says that maybe his grandchildren will see change. What Comes Next for Cuban Modern Dance? 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

Did you try to do a Cuban accent? Rita Moreno Aims to Hit the Right Accent on ‘One Day at a Time’ 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z

Keeping Little Havana Cuban is good for business. A visit to Little Havana as the embargo that enlivened it comes to an end 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

"Heavenly," opines another, describing the marinated pork on the Midnight Cuban, pressed with smoked ham and melted Swiss. Looking for the best sandwiches in the area? Nancy Leson's reader cast their votes 2011-06-30T22:38:05Z

The Los Angeles-based sculpture conservator, who writes frequently on Cuba and leads art and architectural tours of the country, is in the Cuban capital for the opening of the latest edition of the Havana Biennial. 'Cultural feeding frenzy': Art world descends on Cuba for Havana Biennial 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z

The film, which features archival footage of Kennedy at news conferences, public events and with family, traces the major events of his presidency, from civil rights protests to the Cuban missile crisis. Letters of grief to Jacqueline Kennedy brought to life in film 2013-09-22T18:10:31Z

A succession of U.S. governments tried to make it easier for Cubans to come to the United States. Change in U.S. policy toward Cuba dismantles an artifact of the Cold War 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

Cubans, she said, are ambivalent about the warming relations with the United States. In Cuba, as an uncertain future inches closer, it’s still a step back in time 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

Some of the goods, such as one of the world's largest collections of Napoleonic memorabilia that was amassed by sugar baron Julio Lobo, were housed in Cuban museums where they remain. Despite detente, search for art looted in Cuba could take years 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

Due to schedule constraints, the players had just three rehearsals before the concert — the norm in the U.S., but "a real shock for the Cubans," Chagnard says. Northwest Sinfonietta: 'The Cubans are here!' 2012-09-26T21:51:04Z

The stark image is meant to convey inclusiveness, says Albisu, whose background is Cuban and Peruvian and whose résumé and travels have steeped him in Mexican culture. Review | A chef steeped in tacos takes Mexican cuisine on an upscale ride 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z

"Killing Kennedy," which eschews the conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination, shows Oswald's violent temper, whether striking his wife, Marina, or fighting with Cuban emigres over his support for Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Fifty years after Dallas, 'Killing Kennedy' taps into life of Oswald 2013-11-07T13:03:08Z

For one thing, it looks so beguilingly Cuban. Swan Lake | Ballet review 2010-03-31T20:30:00Z

At noon, families are invited to take part in any of six free workshops devoted to Cuban music and dance. Spare Times for Children for July 17-23 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

Alexander said he wanted his students to see what made Cuban dancers unique. Cuban ballet school takes first American full-timer 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z

In a land of chronic shortages made worse by those sanctions, Cubans kept the pre-revolution cars on the road, using makeshift parts and considerable ingenuity. In Cuba's sea of classic cars, the truly valuable are elusive 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z

The second sale will also offer contemporary pieces by today’s most promising young Cuban artists. Sotheby’s Auctions Latin American Art 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z

Cuban leader Fidel Castro was in the front row when Welsh rock band The Manic Street Preachers in 2001. The stars whose gigs courted controversy 2013-07-01T11:12:52Z

Built in the 1930s, the neighborhood was populated by well-to-do Cubans who built an array of California-style houses with small patios. Mariane Pearl: Revisiting the Cuba of My Youth 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

“The rationale was to disperse military aircraft beyond the reach of Soviet missiles,” he wrote in “Gambling With Armageddon: Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis,” which came out last year. Martin J. Sherwin, Pulitzer-winning scholar, dead at 84, 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z

I heard a friend saying, “For us Cubans in Cuba, Fidel was dead a long time ago.” In Ella Fontanals-Cisneros’s Collection, Latin American Roots Run Deep 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

Like most Cubans they have little access to Internet, but their music is all over the Web and a recent homemade video got almost 500,000 hits. Underground Cuban rappers live on the edge 2010-05-16T23:27:00Z

So the owner of El Sapo Cuban Social Club in Silver Spring slashed all his prices. Review | This takeout is tailor-made for a picnic, even if that means your living-room floor 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z

Every Cuban child is taught that on the afternoon of May 19, 1895, Martí, astride an eye-catching white horse, rode into a Spanish ambush in Dos Rios. ‘José Martí,’ by Alfred J. López 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

The way that young Cubans think now is different than what their parents thought. | The Cuban Connection 2012-12-07T14:00:26Z

A goblet of rum and lime finished with sparkling wine makes a delightful Old Cuban. Review | Emilie’s, from chef Kevin Tien, brings some good news to the Hill 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z

The two struck a deal whereby Mrs. Hemingway was allowed to take papers and paintings out of the country and, in return, gave Finca Vigía and its remaining contents to the Cuban people. Batch of Hemingway Ephemera From Cuba Is Digitized 2014-02-10T22:52:36Z

If you said anything at all, you passed, and were rewarded with a Cuban peso, a coin utterly valueless outside the island’s bizarre dual-currency system. Havana’s Vital Biennial Was Trumped by a Stifled Voice 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z

On Saturday Ballet Hispanico takes its turn celebrating Cuban arts and culture as part of the ¡Si Cuba! Weekend Miser 2011-05-19T22:44:44Z

Most crucially, this is a Swan Lake geared to displaying the Cuban dancers' most legendary skills: the double-figure turns, the rock-solid balances, the fearless lifts. Swan Lake | Ballet review 2010-03-31T20:30:00Z

“A lot of people who are Cuban American still have a very firsthand story around communism, right?” An Orange County House race has become an Asian American culture clash 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z

If the rules continue to loosen as expected, you’ll soon be able to more easily stack Cuban rum up against varieties from everywhere else. Cuban Havana Club is legendary, but is it really the best rum for your daiquiri? 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

Many tourists who’ve decided to visit Cuba clamor for rides in Havana’s famous classic cars, and will pay handsomely for one — sometimes $30 US, which might be two month’s salary for a Cuban. History on wheels: Cuba’s vintage cars tell the country’s story 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z

In the early 1960s, my own Florida family also provided shelter to another group of desperate refugees—a Cuban family fleeing Fidel Castro’s oppressive Communist regime. Our fathers escaped the Holocaust: Recovering a wartime friendship through letters 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z

A tiny Cuban flag waving from one of the lone sandwiches on the menu announces El Cubano, split so that its many layers of ham, cheese and pork are visible. Review | This Cuban chef knows how to get the party started 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z

She invited other Cuban children living in the orphanage to join her family, and sang songs to remind them of home. He recorded his Nana’s songs. Now, at 95, she’s nominated for a Latin Grammy. 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z

The group's name means "The Villagers" and refers to their vision of a unified and supportive Cuban society. Underground Cuban rappers live on the edge 2010-05-16T23:27:00Z

They benefitted from having deep roots in the country’s music scene—several are the daughters of Cuban music legends—and from connections to an international jazz community. A New Vanguard of Women in Cuban Jazz 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

The two men stand in grief while the house appears to have grown its own brain — a social movement run astray and the best comment I’ve ever seen on the Cuban revolution. He Collects the Art of Fellow Cuban Exiles, but Miami Is Home 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z

It's an important part of the Cuban history, but it's been talked about too much. "Havana is . . . the fantasy of Americans": Filmmaker on capturing the "utopia" of Cuba in new doc 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z

Mr. Perry conveyed the full emotional scope of the work, poignantly expressive while recalling the abuse of slaves, funny while describing his forest life and womanizing, and feisty when describing the Cuban revolutionaries. Music Review: ?El Cimarr?n? Is Revived at the Theater at St. Catherine of Siena 2010-06-11T22:16:00Z

He said he preferred the longer beard of other Cuban heroes. Forget Retro. The Men of Havana Embrace the Reggaeton Look. 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z

There's a painting of Marilyn Monroe, of her chewing beads, which we have seen in a photograph, and another key work, July 26, which is about the Cuban revolution. Mystery of missing art of Pauline Boty 2013-04-27T11:58:30Z

Corky is an ancient Cuban lady with a Hollywood bungalow, a cockatoo and a spirit guide called "the Gypsy" – ''The Yipsy is drivin' me crazy today. Vanished Years by Rupert Everett – review 2012-10-05T21:54:01Z

But he also stood in place and danced in Cuban heels without necessarily looking for approval, as if you’d come upon him in nature. Music Review: Depeche Mode’s Tour Stops at the Barclays Center 2013-09-08T21:46:59Z

Renamed the Ballet Nacional de Cuba, the company became a symbol of Cuban artistic achievement and was allowed to tour the world. Fernando Alonso, a Founder of Cuban Ballet, Dies at 98 2013-08-03T01:42:20Z

But the Cuban revolution, the assassination in 1965 of Malcolm X and the Newark riots of 1967, when the poet was jailed and photographed looking dazed and bloodied, radicalized him. Activist author Amiri Baraka dead at 79 2014-01-09T23:19:00Z

As one scare tactic, he proposed the CIA fly a huge cross across the Cuban night sky as sort of a Second Coming, a fake divine warning to Catholics about their atheist leader. JFK loved James Bond: How Ian Fleming's spy novels influenced the CIA 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z

Bruce Greenwood showed him earning his spurs against the backdrop of the Cuban missile crisis in the underrated Thirteen Days. Jackie: behind the creation of JFK, America's once and future king 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z

“Romanticizing the past is not a good thing. Cubans deserve to join a world that has moved on without them.” A Design Lover's Guide To Cuba 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

Many places claim to make the best Cuban bread — a long, thin, baguettelike loaf — it’s a matter of pride, I’m told. A visit to Little Havana as the embargo that enlivened it comes to an end 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

Versailles opened when emotions in Little Havana were raw, in 1971, and quickly became the gathering place for Cuban exiles. In Miami, Cuban Culture, No Passport Required 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

Formell’s most recent album, “Johnny’s Dream Club,” is a rare fusion of American jazz and Cuban music, reflecting the same passion for defying strict conventions that brought him to America. Romance and Romanticism in Valentine’s Day concerts 2013-02-07T23:24:23Z

For last year’s Havana Biennial, the artists directed a film called “Conga Irreversible,” in which 100 performers enacted a traditional Cuban comparsa — a ceremonial procession — down Havana’s historic Paseo del Prado, entirely in reverse. | A Cuban Art Collective’s Revelations in Reverse 2013-05-09T22:10:24Z

It was released 15 years ago, a year after the Buena Vista Social Club album, that sepia-tinted homage to Cuban son. Clandestino: the story of Manu Chao's classic album 2013-05-09T17:33:05Z

If you’re still crying over the shuttering of Pedro Vargas’ popular Cuban food truck on Aurora Avenue North in Greenwood, dry your tears. Café con Leche brings food-truck-style Cuban fare to Sodo 2013-01-31T23:03:49Z

And no, what encases Arby’s new Miami Cuban sandwich doesn’t count. Inside the century-old bakery that’s one of America’s last sources of traditional Cuban bread 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z

Still, it’s an uphill battle to attract travelers, since La Isla is today so obscure that even most Cubans know nothing about it. A Cuban Island That Has Played Both Paradise and Prison 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

Mr. Brown said he was surprised at how disconnected Cuban “contemporary dance” seemed from “folkloric” dance, how Mr. Delgado and his dancers seemed to look away from their roots or undervalue them. For a Cuban Troupe, a Gift of Rootedness 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z

An internationally published poet, he worked in the Cuban film industry for seven years as an assistant director and in casting, and spent time working with the Miami International Film Festival. Seattle Latino Film Festival expands to 10 days 2012-10-04T00:46:04Z

But many Cubans came to see them as a refuge. Why Did Some Cubans Inject Themselves With H.I.V.? 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z

It can appear as a human if it needs to, the Cuban woman explains, but it's not. HBO's "The Outsider" to "Wrinkles the Clown" – why the boogeyman is all over our TVs 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

“It totally connects the history of the Cuban American immigration to Miami to the greater … sports community of the city,” said Rosa Lowinger, a Cuban-born art conservator. As Miami’s skyline booms, the future of a long-neglected tropical brutalist gem hangs in the balance 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z

Diaz’s “Antigonón,” at the Eisenhower on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, was a robust 85-minute vaudeville of sorts in which five actors took a jaundiced look at Cuban society. Perspective | The world still comes to Washington’s stage 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z

Ms. Bruguera defended the timing of the piece and her right to protest, as a Cuban. In Cuba, Artistic Freedom Remains an Open Question 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

The Cuban band is bringing its lively music to the Triple Door stage. Listen: From Xavier Omär to Juan de Marcos and more, a playlist of songs by musicians playing in Seattle Jan. 24-30 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z

The U.S. government also paved the way for Cuban athletes to one day play Major League Baseball and other professional sports. U.S. makes visiting Cuba easier for Americans 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

The first James Bond film, Dr. No, which opened in London the same month as the Cuban Missile Crisis. A Failing Grade to X-Men: First Class 2011-06-02T17:35:00Z

He read me the description of By Brothers, a Cuban eatery with crafts vendors, a nursery and donkeys. With Hertz, road-trippers can get a charge out of Tesla rentals 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z

Plokhy, a historian at Harvard, has written previous books about Chernobyl and the Cuban Missile Crisis. ‘Atoms and Ashes,’ a Frightening Tour of Six Nuclear Accidents 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z

The new rules simply make it easier to partner with the Cuban aviation industry. Frequently Asked Questions: How to Travel to Cuba 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z

His turn as jailed Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas in Schnabel's "Before Night Falls" earned him his first Oscar nomination and made Bardem one of the few Spanish-language actors to break into Hollywood's ranks. Javier Bardem faced down acting demons in "Biutiful" 2010-12-28T16:09:19Z

Gardon asked her resident Cuban aunts why people don’t overthrow the government, or start another revolution, given certain economic and living conditions she considered untenable. The sort-of Rum Diaries, 2017: Post-Castro Cuba is a crumbling gem with touches of modernity 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z

"This is going to create a new school in the world of Cuban gastronomy. With time, all these young people learning new skills will end up being good chefs." Yearning for a challenge, two top chefs plan restaurant in Cuba 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

To this, he responded, “Well, I lifted the ban on Cuban cigars. That’s worth something.” WATCH: President Obama reads mean tweets, takes swing at Donald Trump on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

Recalling the 1962 Cuban missile crisis in that book, Khrushchev branded Fidel Castro a “hothead” who had beseeched Moscow to attack the United States. Jerrold Schechter, Who Procured Khrushchev’s Memoirs, Dies at 90 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z

A Cuban American cuisine institution with affordable prices where heads of state and celebrities get their grub on. A visit to Little Havana as the embargo that enlivened it comes to an end 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

The first time out, on “The Magic Sound of Fenn O’Berg,” a fresh and startling live album from 1999, three individual sensibilities were pressed together like a Cuban sandwich, possibly in competition. Critics? Choice: New Music From Gorillaz, the Chieftains and Fenn O?Berg 2010-03-14T21:41:00Z

Ricardo Barreras, a restaurateur who is from Miami, opened his Pilar Cuban Eatery in Brooklyn nine years ago. Batidos for Bed-Stuy 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z

Long before I got interested in booze, I knew Cuban rums were forbidden and wonderful — none more so than Havana Club. Cuban Havana Club is legendary, but is it really the best rum for your daiquiri? 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

“We could see Lin thinking, and he looked at us and said, ‘It feels like a spooky ghost story, like a spooky montuno,’” Howard said, referring to a Cuban musical pattern. We’re Going to Talk About ‘Bruno,’ Yes, Yes, Yes 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z

As Fidel Castro’s power waned, Cubans grappled with the aftermath, from scarce supplies to neighborhood informants. The 10 books to read — and gift — in December 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z

Tampa claims that the Cuban sandwich was created in Ybor City, not Miami. For Ybor City in Florida, a historic cigar town faces a cloudy future 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z

Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, is a Weinstein Co. investor. Cuban says he'd back Weinstein deal for Miramax 2010-06-06T06:01:00Z

For the past decade he has represented an energetic group, Los Carpinteros, who make humorous odes to Cuban shoddiness with installations, sculptures and drawings. Seize the day 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

Shark Tank Just in time for Halloween, viewers get an update on a Haunted Hayride business that Mark Cuban took a huge stake in last season. Friday's TV Highlights: 'Porgy And Bess' on KOCE 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

“Omar was a catalyst in teaching me the Cuban way, which is to accept that you’re African and European,” she said. Nora Chipaumire’s Dance About Miriam Makeba Comes to BAM 2012-09-11T21:54:24Z

I caught a free bluegrass band on a Friday night, with dinner from a Cuban food truck. Worth the trip: a pilgrimage to experience Bellingham’s MegaZapper 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

Short of stature, and with a broad smile, Granado remained a benign observer of Cuban developments and, in later years, became a permanent source of anecdotes about Guevara. Alberto Granado obituary 2011-03-07T19:25:12Z

For most Cubans, or at least the ones I am related to in Maryland, Christmas Eve is always the bigger deal. Cookie-crazed dogs, blackened latkes and more of our favorite holiday food memories 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z

There is no one on the water apart from the ludicrously well-built Cuban canoeing team, who look bionic. Cuba libre: exploring the island by campervan 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z

Ros-Lehtinen, long a fierce critic of the Cuban government, called it a racist dictatorship that "harasses, beats, and wantonly jails" its opponents. Beyonce, Jay-Z visited Cuba with US Treasury Dept OK-source 2013-04-08T21:45:12Z

The studio is in the National School of Dance here in Havana, part of the National Arts Schools, an avant-garde architectural project conceived not long after the 1959 Cuban Revolution but never completed. What Comes Next for Cuban Modern Dance? 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

I was there to track down the family of one of the most notorious defectors in Cuban history. The way we left Cuba 2012-12-31T18:00:00Z

Cuban said Saturday that the ultimately failed $625 million offer was too high. Cuban says he'd back Weinstein deal for Miramax 2010-06-06T06:01:00Z

"A mural is constantly in interaction with the public," said Lopez, whose work is inspired by Cuban independence hero Jose Marti, who said "children are the hope of the world". Havana walls brought to life with murals of wide-eyed children 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z

In the heyday of the revolution in the 1980s, Arcadio had also served in the Cuban army in Angola and he reminisced about the monstrous bugs he found in Africa. A Cuban Island That Has Played Both Paradise and Prison 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

“The illusion of Versailles as a village square obscures how varied Cuban Miami is, and that Cuban-Americans are not a monolith,” she said. Life After Castro at Miami’s Most Famous Cuban Restaurant 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z

While Spanish and Cuban immigrants brought the croqueta to Miami, chefs today are taking the croqueta’s basic framework and adapting it to reflect the county’s increasing cultural diversity. Will It Croqueta? Miami Pushes the Limits of a Favorite Snack. 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

I appreciate the cultural sensibilities in "The Cuban," but not all films are that nuanced. Music helped treat her father's dementia, and that's why Shohreh Aghdashloo made "The Cuban" 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z

Her new picture book, “All the Way to Havana,” features American cars from the 1940s and 1950s that are still on Cuban roads. Family visits to Cuba inspired girl to become a poet 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z

There’s a lot of interest in Cuban artists among American collectors going to visit. In Ella Fontanals-Cisneros’s Collection, Latin American Roots Run Deep 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

Schneider unwittingly strolls in wearing a Che Guevara T-shirt and gets a long harangue about the devastation of the Cuban revolution. In Netflix’s perfect revival of ‘One Day at a Time,’ there’s hope for the future of sitcoms 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z

Two U.S. projects shot in Cuba are already underway — "Cuban Chrome," a reality TV series from the Discovery Channel, and a feature film titled "Papa," about Ernest Hemingway. Thaw in U.S.-Cuba relations stuns 'Alumbrones' filmmakers 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z

The leader's own You Got the Fever brought suitably heated interjections from Sneider, and inspired freewheeling scat vocals as the Cuban groove swelled. Curtis Stigers – review 2012-07-01T16:03:01Z

Some other groups with licenses to operate people-to-people Cuba tours include Austin-Lehman Adventures, Friendly Planet Travel and the Center for Cuban Studies. The Getaway: Cuba: Going With a Tour Company 2013-09-11T18:40:04Z

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, she was tasked with reading around 10 international newspapers a day and, as she likes to say, “at a certain point, words just became gelatinous.” Both Sides Now: In Conversation With Lorraine O’Grady 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z

AfroCubism, a group made up of Cuban and Malian musicians, were named best cross-cultural collaboration. Bellowhead win world music award 2011-04-28T14:51:06Z

Before Sheen's firing, billionaire Mark Cuban said he'd contacted him about collaborating on a project that Cuban called a unique opportunity but declined to detail. Without 'Men,' is Charlie Sheen winning or losing? 2011-03-08T13:46:04Z

The Cuban dancers are courageous, spirited, clearly completely committed to what they do. Dance Review: A Collection of Classics With a Cuban Touch 2011-06-09T21:41:56Z

His carved figure of the revolutionary Cuban poet José Martí, body caked with mud, glass eyes gleaming, hand gripping a machete like a Diogenes lamp, has haunted me ever since. A Constellation of Stars From the Latin Art World 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z

Diaz, who is Cuban American, grew up in Miami with “a lot of salsa music playing in the house,” she said. A Swiss Army Knife of a Dancer, Making a Virtue of Versatility 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z

Carter was seen as too soft on immigration, even among the staunchly anti-Castro Cuban population of Miami. America Is Obsessed With Cuba. But What Do We Know About Its Citizens? 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z

The way he tells it — as the beat flips from reggaeton to a Cuban son — he’s got a girlfriend with a lot of social-media followers, and she wants him in fancier clothes. Billie Eilish and Rosalía Join Eccentric Forces, and 12 More New Songs 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z

Stuck for hotel space, more travelers are renting rooms or houses from Cubans. Ready to Go to Cuba? It Has Gotten Even Easier 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z

But, although that period was technically three days shorter than the Cuban missile crisis, it is widely accepted to have been just as lively. The Mooch makes the move into his natural habitat – late-night television 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z

Exploring his roots as the son of Cuban émigrés Mr. Esparza was joined by an excellent 12-member orchestra that traveled stylistically between Havana and New York by way of South Florida. Music Review: American Songbook?s Afro-Cuban Connection 2011-02-22T00:00:10Z

Sixteen years after Wim Wenders' eponymous documentary about the Cuban music group debuted, the follow-up, "Buena Vista Social Club — Adios," is poised to begin production, Broad Green Pictures announced Friday. Cuban music documentary 'Buena Vista Social Club' gets an encore 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z

Jay Z, in shorts, a short-sleeve shirt and straw hat, looked like a typical tourist, puffing on a big Cuban cigar. Beyonce and Jay Z 'rock Havana' for their anniversary 2013-04-05T22:09:42Z

Young Cuban artists have discovered that they can make a very decent living, better than anyone else’s including doctors and lawyers there, with what they sell to tourists. He Collects the Art of Fellow Cuban Exiles, but Miami Is Home 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z

We’re also looking back on what became a turning point in how the outside world perceived Cuban music — and, also, how other cultures decided to treat the music of their own elder generations. ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ at 25: Memories of Memories 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

Born in Havana, Ms. Cabello was brought to the United States by her Cuban mother as a child and allowed in; her Mexican father later joined them. The Best and Worst of the Grammys 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z

Arguably the only Wu classic to be revisited was Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx … Pt II, which was released last year. Wu-Tang Clan's GZA to release Liquid Swords sequel 2010-04-29T10:08:00Z

Also Wednesday, a group of Cuban entrepreneurs traveled to Washington, D.C., to deliver a letter asking Trump to support increased U.S. travel, trade and investment with Cuba. Cuban tourism industry sees softening in travel demand 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

“It has the classic Cuban cuisine, but people overlook it because it’s been here so long,” she said. Restaurant-Hopping With the Author of ‘The Cuban Table’ 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

My group was mostly Cubans — we had been moved from Texas to Mississippi to Louisiana. COVID-19 in ICE detention: An asylum-seeker on getting coronavirus in a for-profit immigration jail 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z

She became a titan of Latin music, a godmother to younger performers, an emissary of the Cuban American dream, beloved. Gloria Estefan left Cuba as a young child, but the island defines her, and her music 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

Thousands of Cuban migrants are believed to have died trying to enter the United States by sea. Change in U.S. policy toward Cuba dismantles an artifact of the Cold War 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

“I leave this judgment to the reader,” he adds, noting that “the United States and its people are still facing the dilemma of the Cuban detainees.” ‘Guantánamo Diary’ by Mohamedou Ould Slahi 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z

It was so visceral, and such a good idea using these Cuban refugees that came over and started the drug trade. 29 movies in, Brian De Palma still won’t play by Hollywood’s rules 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z

It fluently covers a spectrum of dance idioms: jazz arm gestures, Cuban hip motion and the intricate petite batterie of ballet jumps are just three of the most unmistakable. Dance Review: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at City Center - Review 2011-12-07T22:26:02Z

There are silvery originals inspired by Cuban batá drumming, and by each of Mr. Rubalcaba’s three children. Lonely Voyage of Player,Piano and Audience 2011-07-02T04:00:25Z

Thanks to the Cuban government's strategic investment in the arts, singing is their full-time job, and they rehearse for six hours a day. The Creole Choir of Cuba: the a cappella aid agency 2010-08-19T21:15:00Z

“Most Cubans leave because we want to do something different,” Reyneris Reyes said. Havana?s Sphere of Influence 2011-05-25T19:32:32Z

The Cuban bar scene was already swinging by the time Prohibition hit in the States, but the influx of thirsty Americans with money to spend helped push it further. Perspective | This influential Cuban bartender wants to preserve the elegant tradition of the island’s cantineros 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z

Shiflett also wrote at least one speech for Trump, he said, an address to a Cuban American group. The perilous high-wire act of writing speeches for Donald Trump 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z

And to hear the Cuban government media tell it, Americans interested in visiting Cuba were triggered by a message that told everyone to “travel now.” Airline Drops Cuba Flights, Latest 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z

Rather, it was his brevity that appealed to them, especially compared to the longwinded Comandante Fidel –a man whose name Cubans rarely uttered but who they referenced by simply stroking an imaginary beard. ArtsBeat: The Leader, El Comandante: A Former Foreign Correspondant Weighs in on Real and Big Screen Dictators 2012-05-17T14:56:25Z

Or is it that a Cuban writer is expected to remain a Cuban writer, locked into her assigned box so as to reach her target audience? A Capital City, Still Haunted by Its Past 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z

He brought out a bag of Sheen-branded T-shirts, which he handed out to the audience as well as to Cuban and Kimmel. Kimmel on Charlie Sheen: 'my head is still spinning' 2011-03-22T18:14:17Z

More recently Milanés, who moved to Spain several years ago to seek cancer treatment, resumed his critical stance toward the Cuban government. The Soaring Legacy of Pablo Milanés 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z

A 1948 tour of Mexico by Ballet Alicia Alonso, a small company led by the renowned Cuban ballerina Alicia Alonso, opened the door to elite training and an international career. Lupe Serrano, Ballerina of Power and Fire, Is Dead at 92 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z

In the end, Ms. Bruguera’s resistance to a show that she found to be too unprotestingly in line with the Cuban government’s dictatorial control of art is well taken. A Bumpy Journey From Havana to New York Ends at ‘Wild Noise/Ruido Salvaje’ 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

But I believe a lot in Cuban culture, since I was a child .... Grammy-award winning singer Albita lights up Cuban version of Carmen 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z

When the cheap oil stopped flowing, the Cubans were unable to feed themselves. A Rush of Americans, Seeking Gold in Cuban Soil 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

“AXS TV is committed to delivering the best in live music, and we’re proud to continue that legacy with this groundbreaking lineup,” said AXS TV founder Mark Cuban in a statement. AEG to televise Coachella, Stagecoach, more festivals on AXS TV next year 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z

The surprise December unveiling of President Obama’s and Cuban President Raúl Castro’s resolve to temper the nations’ geopolitical relationship added another impetus. Cuba headed to Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the Mall as soon as 2017 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

The former is a good primer on the Bay of Pigs, the Berlin Wall and the Cuban Missile Crisis and the evolving thinking of Kennedy and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. CNN's 'The Sixties' is a familiar flashback 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

During Obama’s second term, Rhodes spent a significant amount of his time engaged in secret negotiations with Cuban officials in a house laid on by the Canadian government outside Ottawa. Ben Rhodes: ‘Obama has a serenity that I don't. I get more exercised’ 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z

A Cuban may not identify with a European Spaniard. A Latina Disney Movie Princess? The Wait Isn’t Over 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z

In “The Last Resource,” choreographed by George Céspedes, who formed the troupe in Havana in 2013, dancers explore the obstacles that Cubans face. This Week in Arts: a Menagerie, Fresh-Picked Plays and Cuban Dance 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z

It lasted from the launch of Sputnik in 1957 through Yuri Gagarin's first spaceflight in 1961 and dissipated along with the fear in the couple of years following the Cuban missile crisis in 1963. Red star rising 2010-08-06T23:04:00Z

During the Cuban missile crisis, the writer Christopher Isherwood was surprised to find himself going to the gym. Woody Allen’s New Memoir Is Sometimes Funny — and Tone Deaf and Banal 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z

At first glance, the Porkinator — served at Pilar Cuban Bakery in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn — seems to be one of these sandwiches, designed as a dare. Sandwiches the Miami Way, at Pilar Cuban Bakery in Brooklyn 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z

Describing himself as a "progressive, tolerant, left-wing revolutionary", Milanes made clear he believed there should more freedom of expression in Cuba, including the right to protest, and more freedom for Cubans to travel abroad. Singer Pablo Milanes urges more freedom in Cuba 2011-08-14T15:09:37Z

Not a week goes by that Juan Coronado says he doesn’t hear about someone crying in one or another of his Cuban cafes. Review | Colada Shop in D.C. reviewed: Little Havana done right, and an $8 daiquiri 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

Garcia unpacks generational trauma, deftly reflects on the parallel experiences of exiles and immigrants and fully considers what it means for the Cuban community to hold the majority of the population in Miami. Read Your Way Through Miami 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z

With his Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, he presents original works that tangle up Cuban folklore with modernism and experimental jazz. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z

Politics aside, as I walked down the vastly changed Havana streets, I was reminded of one of the aspects of Cuban culture that fascinated me and inspired me to study it so closely: the food. Sazón and struggle: In Puerto Rico and Cuba, food is a marker of resilience and creativity 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z

Castillo, a film critic, researcher and historian, said pre-revolutionary Cuban movies often took the form of comedies, musicals and melodramas, many inspired by theater traditions and radio soap operas. UCLA teams with Cuban film archive on Latin American cinema project 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

"I think that given the circumstances, there’s a unique opportunity for someone like me who’s independent, and not affiliated to a party in any way," Cuban told The New York Times DealBook conference in November. Alec Baldwin says he'd beat Donald Trump in 2020 "hands down" 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z

In two weeks, Khrushchev and Kennedy would go eyeball to eyeball in a dispute over Cuban missiles. The James Bond Films at 50: A Golden Franchise for the Ages 2012-10-05T12:00:58Z

When stripped-down salsa bands of a new generation began to steal his thunder, he persisted by hiring both La Lupe and Celia Cruz — two brilliant and beloved Cuban singers — as his lead vocalists. 10 Tito Puente Essentials for the Mambo King’s Centennial 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z

The Cuban Revolution is itself a state religion and its gods inevitably find a place in the show, though as objects of ambivalent devotion. A Bumpy Journey From Havana to New York Ends at ‘Wild Noise/Ruido Salvaje’ 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

“Joyas Inéditas” was launched in two formats: one standard with a typical acrylic case and the other inserted in a wooden box that includes five Cuban cigars. Cuba’s danzón genre: ‘150 years later, it’s still alive.’ 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z

As one of Europe’s primary melting pots, in Berlin you’ll find sushi, Peruvian, Cuban, Thai, Georgian, Indian, Argentinian and lots of Vietnamese cuisine. German cuisine is a treat for travelers 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z

They said "OK." I found a guy and I asked if he would be Cuban Andy. Conan O'Brien's history-making Cuba mission: 'Make them laugh' 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z

What do you think of Cuban and "Shark Tank"? Sony hack: Mark Cuban threatened to leave 'Shark Tank' in salary tiff 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z

Tom shot seven of the singer's album covers and cowrote "Fins" and "Cuban Crime of Passion." Key West: A Writer's Town 2011-04-14T14:50:16.727Z

This brilliant invention was worth $15.9 million, the entrepreneur said, as Mark Cuban grew steadily, delightfully more irritated. The Emmys 2016: The Season’s Most Memorable TV Moments 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

The choir also brought familiar Cuban songs, like “Son de La Loma,” as well as an elegant close-harmony version of “Unforgettable” and a Ping-Ponging arrangement of “Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho.” Music Review: Cuban Visitors Share Sounds and Moves of Their Roots 2011-06-05T22:07:40Z

Spencer Tracy played a Cuban fisherman in 1958’s The Old Man and the Sea, but he was on land with others at the beginning and the end. All Is Lost: Robert Redford’s See-Worthy Adventure 2013-10-17T03:30:42Z

While Frank and Petrov are off smoking their Cubans, the two ladies share a heart-warming game of beer pong in the White House. House of Cards Season 3, Episode 3 Recap: When Men Were Men 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

It is one of the Cuban genres that has lasted the longest,″ Failde said. Cuba’s danzón genre: ‘150 years later, it’s still alive.’ 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z

The gigantic black and white portraits of children started appearing on walls around a suburban neighborhood of Havana two years ago, the work of Cuban artist Maisel Lopez. Havana walls brought to life with murals of wide-eyed children 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z

Hers was one of several restaurants that contributed to the buffet held on the couple’s last day in Cuba, showcasing dishes from Cuban cuisine that blends native, European, African and Caribbean flavors. Prince Charles mixes mojitos, grinds sugar cane on last day of Cuba... 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z

I think the flavors that are specific to Cuban food are very much a way of telling our history. Ana Sofia Peláez: “Food is a way of telling our history” 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

While many of Capote’s pieces relate to a specifically Cuban experience, the larger themes—censorship and brutality, but also neglect, abandonment, and oppression—are universal. Cuban Artist Yoan Capote Considers Censorship and Oppression in a New Exhibition 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

More people today are comfortable cooking at home with ethnic ingredients such as jalapenos and cilantro, or marinating meats with Cuban mojo or chimichurri. Latina chefs becoming the new face in cooking 2012-02-25T19:37:18Z

In a “people to people” program, guests will meet Cuban artists. New Sailings to Cuba; Highlights of Gujarat 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z

“Tony was amazing,” Mr. Cuban said, in a recent e-mail, of his experience with Mr. Scott in making the 30-second spot. Tony Scott’s Suicide Complicates ‘Top Gun 3D’ Project 2012-11-06T17:07:38Z