Tag: Cuban

Free Afro-Cuban Dance Classes With Marisol Blanco

BriefingNicole Molina -
Dancer and master instructor Marisol Blanco teaches free weekly Afro-Cuban dance classes—¡Baila Little Havana!—at the Miami Dade College Koubek Memorial Center, 2705 S.W. 3rd St. The classes start on Aug. 24 and take place every Tuesday through...

Freedom Tower Showcases Josefina Tarafa’s Photographs In Exhibition

A&EAmanda Rana -
Miami Dade College’s Freedom Tower, 600 Biscayne Blvd., is presenting Remaking Miami: Josefina Tarafa’s Photographs of the 1970s at their Cuban Legacy Gallery through Jan. 28.  The exhibition, which started last November, features the work of Josefina...

MOAD To Reopen In-Person Exhibitions On November 5

BriefingAshlie Rodriguez -
The Museum of Art and Design will reopen on Nov. 5. It will present two exhibitions at Miami Dade College’s Freedom Tower, 600 Biscayne...

NWSA To Present Play By Playwright Federico García Lorca

Wolfson CampusWilliam Sanchez -
New World School of the Arts, 25 N.E. 2nd St., will present a play entitled Yerma by Spanish playwright Federico García Lorca on Dec....

Cuban-American Musical At The Koubek Center

BriefingAlenis Olivera -
Koubek Center, 2705 S.W. 3rd St., will present a musical entitled Sueños "An Exile Journey" The Musical on Dec. 7 at 4 p.m.  There will...

I’m Not Related To My Family By Blood And That’s Okay

ForumJasmine Machado -
I was born on June 8, 1999 in Magnitogorsk, Russia. I was adopted on May 26, 2000 by a Cuban couple. Before my adoption,...

Sale And Exhibition Of Cuban Art Presented By VII Cuba Arte

BriefingMelba Silwany -
VII Cuba Arte will be selling and exhibiting Cuban art on Oct. 14 from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. at The Koubek Center, 2705...

Wolfson Campus Executive Assistant Blends Administrative Work With Love For Music

Wolfson CampusRiane Roldan -
The only visible hint that Viviám María López, the business suit-wearing executive assistant to Wolfson Campus president Richard Soria, is a veteran host of...

MOAD Ignites Political Activism Through Art

BriefingCiro Salcedo -
The new exhibit Q & A, Nine Contemporary Cuban Artists will open to the public at the MDC Museum of Art + Design, in...

The Future Of Cuba Continues To Be Uncertain

ForumJessica Alvarez -
Cuba is a country that is changing, currently filled with young and old entrepreneurs. The little amount of money paid by the government has...

West Campus Honors Cuban Comedian Tres Patines

BriefingCarolina Panduro -
Miami Dade College will pay tribute to Cuban comedian/actor Leopoldo Fernandez, better known as Tres Patines, with an exhibition at West Campus, 3800 N.W....

College ‘Joyful But Watchful’ Over Freed Cuban Artist

NewsNicolette Perdomo -
Graffiti artist Danilo Maldonado Machado was freed from a Cuban jail on Oct. 20, nearly 10 months after he was first jailed for transporting...

Cuban Art To Be Displayed At Freedom Tower

BriefingBrayan Vazquez -
Miami Dade College’s Museum of Art and Design will be exhibiting Francisco Gelabert’s show entitled A Dialog With Time as part of MOAD’s 2014-2015...

Aurelio: Rebel with a Cause Premieres at Koubek Center

BriefingHector Gonzalez -
The film Aurelio: Rebel with a Cause directed by Camilo Vila and narrated by actor Andy Garcia premiers March 8 at 2 p.m. at...