In its third year, the CubaCaribe Dance Festival fuses folkloric and traditional dances from Cuba and the Caribbean with those of other cultures, including Brazil, as it blends in modern dance ...

Like music in New Orleans and Louisiana, Cuban music runs generation to generation. Traditional music groups in the Caribbean island nation can consist solely of family members. Also like New Orleans ...

Marisol Blanco performs in the traditional Afro-Cuban dress inspired by Yemayá, an African mother deity of the seas." For the last 12 years, Marisol Blanco has been fighting against numbers.

A dancer of the Afro-Cuban IFE-ILE Dance Company performs at its annual dance festival in 2014. Courtesy of Nelson Alvarez/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0 Later this month, rhythm and dance from the Afro-Cuban ...

Recently, the White House took historic first steps to end travel restrictions to Cuba. But until an epic Capitol Hill battle, which will likely end in blood, tears, and airline tickets, lifts the ...

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Selah Thompson (front) teaches how the skirt is used in Afro Cuban dance to mimic natural movements seen in nature at the Traditional Music Society dance class. Susan Pfannmuller Special to The Star ...

If you wind your way down Melbourne Avenue, across from Crane Creek you will come upon El Ambia Cubano restaurant, where you will find the fuselage of a Lear jet, plus many more surprises. Owner ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. During Cuba Week, Big Top Deli, Gelato Fiasco, Henry and Marty’s, Little Dog ...

Editor's Note: This interview is part of an ongoing Star series highlighting Kansas Citians from historically underrepresented communities and their impact on our region. The series builds on The Star ...