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Arte, de Cuba a Nueva York 7/1/2016 Vistar: "Harlem-Havana Music and
Cultural Festival es la nueva puerta que— a través de la música, las artes
visuales, la danza, el cine y la comida criolla— muestra a Cuba y su cultura en
Estados Unidos. Previsto del 15 al 21 de agosto, el evento, en su primera
edición, llevará a artistas cubanos hasta Nueva York, y los hará protagonistas
de varios espectáculos."
Harlem and Havana Connect in Culture Festival 6/26/2016 Cuba Journal: "The
Harlem/Havana Music & Cultural Festival will bring Cuban artists to New York in
August for a week of performances and other events – followed by a similar
cultural exchange in Havana in February. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and U.S.
Representative Charles Rangel, a longtime Cuban Embargo opponent, have been
working for years on developing cultural exchange ideas between the US and Cuba.
A contingent of American artists with Harlem connections, including Smokey
Robinson, are slated to travel to Havana for a similar showcase of cultural
exchange in February 2017."
First Annual Harlem-Havana Cultural Exchange Is Coming To NYC This August 6/25/2016 Gothamist: "The
movement to normalize relations between the U.S. and Cuba is coming to Harlem
this summer: from August 15-21, the first annual Harlem/Havana Music & Cultural
Festival will bring Cuban musicians, artists, dancers, chefs, educators, and
more to New York as part of Harlem Week 2016."
Harlem
Havana Music Festival - Press Conference June 24 2016 6/24/2016 YouTube
New York Gov. Cuomo Announces Harlem/Havana Music & Cultural Festival 6/24/2016 Billboard: "Cuban
musicians, visual artists, dancers, filmmakers, chefs and educators will be
highlighted during this years Harlem Week from Aug. 15-21. They include
saxophonist César López and his Habana Ensemble, and pianist Jorge Luis Pacheco,
a young lion who was selected by Wynton Marsalis to perform with the Jazz at
Lincoln Center orchestra during the New York big band’s trip to Havana in 2010."
Harlem in Havana Project - E-News - March 2016 3/15/2016 Harlem in
Havana: "I am so excited to share updates for the film project about Harlem in
Havana. Six years in the making, the film will be completed by the end of 2016.
Our goal is to launch the film in early 2017, exactly 50 years after Harlem in
Havana’s last bally! "
Harlem Meets Havana 9/3/2015 Huff Post: by Rep Charles Rangel - "I am proud
that this summer a delegation of Harlemites led by The Greater Harlem Chamber of
Commerce (GHCC)’s President Lloyd Williams and Council member Inez Dickens
returned from their successful mission to Havana, Cuba, where I helped arrange
their meetings with senior officials of the Cuban government regarding trade,
business and tourism and our anticipated first annual cultural exchange program
in 2016 — Harlem Meets Havana."
Harlem
Havana Music Festival - Press Conference June 24 2016
The press conference was held at Sylvia's, Harlem on June 24 2016.
00:00 Lloyd Williams, President,Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce
08:55 Kathy Hochul, Lieutenant Governor of New York
15:01 Hon. Charles Rangel, U.S. Representative
21:07 H.E. Mr. Rodolfo Reyes Rodríguez, Permanent Representative of Cuba to
the United Nations
26:52 Carl McCall, Chairman, State University of New York
31:07 Inez Dickens, New York City Council
36:53 Closure & Thanks - Lloyd Williams
45:07 Keith Wright, New York State Assembly
47:06 Q&A and Conclusion.
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