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As oil drilling begins off the coast of Cuba, prices at the pump threaten to reach record levels and the debate over the Keystone Pipeline expansion continues, some of the world’s foremost experts on energy are set to convene at Florida International University for two industry conferences. The Global Energy [...]
WHAT: Latin Grammy Award Winner Nestor Torres will host “Havana Forever: A Cuban Music Love Affair,” as he conducts the FIU Danzon/Charanga Ensemble performing a selection of timeless music from Cuba, as well as Havana inspired original compositions. Throughout the program, Torres will share personal stories about his discovery of music. The concert will [...]
WHAT: The Cuban Research Institute at Florida International University will present “Classically Cuban: Cuban Music in the U.S.,” a concert of music compiled by author and independent scholar Emilio Cueto. The program includes pieces written from 1840 through the 1990s by Cuban composers living in both Cuba and the U.S. [...]
Author Carlos M. N. Eire will visit FIU Monday, Nov. 21, to deliver a lecture about his book Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy. The lecture and book signing is scheduled for 1 p.m. in Room 140 of the Graham Center at FIU’s Modesto A. Maidique [...]
Seminar marks 20th anniversary of Cuban Research Institute The nation’s top Cuba scholars will gather at Florida International University to discuss what lies ahead for Cuba as part of the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of FIU’s Cuban Research Institute. The panel discussion, “Cuba Today and Tomorrow: Reform and Expectations,” [...]
WHAT: The Cuban Research Institute at Florida International University will present “Classically Cuban: Ida y Vuelta (Roundtrip),” a concert arranged by Cuban collector and independent scholar Emilio Cueto, featuring an anthology of songs and instrumental pieces, some composed by Spaniards and dedicated to Cuba, and others the work of Cuban [...]
A stellar cast that includes FIU alumnus Danny Pino takes to the stage in Havana Bourgeois, a much-anticipated Florida regional theatre debut. Havana Bourgeois is set in Cuba from 1958-1960 and explores the impact of Fidel Castro’s Revolution on the Cuban middle class. This play follows the lives of the [...]
