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Somos Cumbia, somos Familia: talk and workshop by Cumbia dancer, choreographer, and teacher Karla Flores.
FEBRUARY 13, 2025 6:00-8:30 PM | SKYLIGHT ROOM, GRADUATE CENTER CUNY In times of crisis and upheaval, join us for a special talk and workshop with Karla Flores, a renowned dancer, choreographer, and teacher from Barranquilla, Colombia, with over 45 years of experience in cumbia—a genre born from the cultural fusion of Indigenous, African, and…
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Book launch and Panel “Mapping Cuba’s Literary-Cultural History: The Cambridge History of Cuban Literature, edited by Vicky Unruh and Jacqueline Loss”
JANUARY 30, 2024 6:00-8:30 PM | ROOM 9206/07, GRADUATE CENTER CUNY A book conversation with editors and authors: Vicky Unruh, University of KansasJacqueline Loss, University of ConnecticutEsther Allen, CUNY Graduate Center and Baruch CollegeOdette Casamayor-Cisneros, University of PenssylvaniaCamilla Stevens, Rutgers UniversityIraida H López, Ramapo College Extending from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century, The Cambridge…
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Book Launch: Jardin en Tierra Fría by Fátima Vélez
NOVEMBER 21, 2024 6:30-8:30 PM | ROOM 9206/07, GRADUATE CENTER CUNY This novel narrates twenty-four hours in the life of Primera V, the caretaker of the garden in Tierra Fría (Cold Land), which for years Papá V has built with plants brought from distant places and ruins of colonial palaces. She suspects that her father…
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Documentary Screening: Okupas with director Catalina Santamaria
NOVEMBER 13, 2024 6:00-9:00 PM | SEAGAL THEATRE, GRADUATE CENTER CUNY
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Workshop: Brazilian Music Approach: Rhythms and Analysis
NOVEMBER 5, 2024 3:00-9:00 PM | ELEBASH RECITAL HALL, GRADUATE CENTER CUNY Led by pianist, composer, arranger, music producer and educator Flávio Silva, the goal of this workshop is to introduce listeners and performers to principle Brazilian rhythms and styles associated with them, as well as an exploration of groups, composers and musicians who were…
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