MORE TIME TO TRAVEL The Broadway musical “Buena Vista Social Club” transports theatergoers to the colorful sights and sounds of Havana, Cuba. MORE TIME TO TRAVEL - Explore new places and savor new tas ...

Celebration of Dance, Art, and Wellness! The event was held on Sunday, May 25, 2025, 1-5 pm, People’s Street Plaza in Leimert Park. The program Invertigo Dance Theatre presents Dancing Through ...

Friday, May 2, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Meet the Mambo Legends Orchestra, committed to keeping the sounds of the great Afro-Cuban bandleaders Machito, Tito Puente ...

Mambo Legends: The Music Never Ends. Season 2024 Episode 3 | 54m 47s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Meet the Mambo Legends Orchestra, keeping the sounds of the great Afro-Cuban bandleaders alive.

Afro-Cuban dance orchestras flourished in the 1950s after the decline of the jazz big bands. But the golden age of mambo was cut short by Cold War politics and the United States embargo of Cuba.

There is a saying in Cuba that Cubans were born dancing. From the influence of West African and Caribbean cultures to the invention of the mambo in the 1930s by native Cuban composer Arsenio ...

Background. Established in 1962, the National Folkloric Ensemble has evolved beyond being a mere dance group. Under the steadfast leadership of Leiván García, it stands as a symbol of Cuban ...

If you think in terms of Cuban music under that umbrella to the soul Mambo dance song, cha cha cha. To your music is a mixture of European and African music. When you open a window, the amount of ...

Novelist Stephen King revealed Tuesday that his love for Lou Bega's "Mambo No. 5" nearly caused his wife, Tabitha, to divorce him. "Oh, yeah. Big time," said King, 75, to Rolling Stone magazine.

When asked if the Bega rumors are true, King responded, "Oh, yeah. Big time. My wife threatened to divorce me. I played that a lot." The Misery writer continued, "I had the dance mix. I loved ...

A Scottish company celebrates leading dance tours to the Caribbean island for 25 years with an anniversary trip to Santiago de Cuba Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you ...

Victor Parra was a Chicago-area radio host, musician and bandleader who championed Afro-Cuban jazz music as the host of his weekly radio show, “Mambo Express,” on both WBEZ-FM and WDCB-… ...