Well after a year of planning, some of which panned out, Cuba Music Week is here.  The soft launch version is @ www.cubamusicweek.org, with a lnks and data complete version avail SATURDAY, MAY 14.  So there is a list of all that’s happening tomorrow below, and we’d like to let you know about a special event tomorrow evening here in NYC.

Hostos will relive the Mambo era as it evolved at New York’s dance palace, the Palladium Ballroom.

Performers include – Cándido Camero, Frankie Figueroa, Nayibe La Gitana, Orlando Marín, Frankie Morales, Papo Pepín, Cita Rodríguez, The Steve Oquendo Mambo Orchestra, Eddie Torres Dancers, & Vicki Solá, Mistress of Ceremonies.

Mambo Memories   7:30   Hostos Main Theater, 450 Grand Concourse, in the Bronx.  Not hard to get there, take the IRT 2, 4 or 5  train to 149th Street (Eugenio María de Hostos Boulevard) and the Grand Concourse.

Here’s their description of the event – “Cherishing the memories of the Mambo era at the Palladium Ballroom with the music of Puente, Rodríguez and Machito along with songs of La Lupe and Graciela featuring some of New York’s top Latin artists, supported by the most-talked-about new orchestra of the Bronx, with a special guest appearance by the internationally- renowned Eddie Torres Dancers. Don’t miss this unforgettable evening of Mambo.”

ALSO in NYC TOMORROW there are two other New York events:
• Performance – DanzAbierta    8pm   Cuban group mixing a variety of styles in a Cabaret setting. Joyce Theater, NYC.
• concert – Son de Madre Trio     7:30pm: Flor de Sol, NYC

TONIGHT  Friday the 13, you can Jumpstart our event if your in the Atlanta area :
• concert – Afro-Cuban All Stars    8pm Afro-Cuban All Stars with Juan De Marcos. Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, Georgia. details  

• PLUS: 6-8pm  talk by Jose Conde of Ola Fresca. Bloombars, Washington DC.  “We are Bridges!, Cuban music in the Diaspora”  and later that night  10pm concert – Ola Fresca w/ Jose Conde. Bossa Bistro, Washington DC.  band site