New York Prepares for Spring 2011 Cuban Arts Festival

The Cuban rumba and dance troupe Los Muñequitos de Matanzas, scheduled to be part of the “¡Sí Cuba!” festival coming to New York this spring. The Cubans are coming in a two-month long festival, called “¡Sí Cuba!” that runs from March 31 to June 16 all around New York. Organized with strong leadership from Karen Brooks Hopkins, president of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the festival will showcase the richness of Cuban culture.

“Both governments have clearly identified the cultural space as a safe space for them to pursue connections between the two countries, so this fits very well into that context,” said Julia E. Sweig, author of “Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know” and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. “This could be like Ping-Pong diplomacy, except that it’s happening in the cultural sphere.” via NYTimes

Read on for a comprehensive list of who is coming and where they are performing in New York.