The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. On Wednesdays, SALSAthens hosts Cuban salsa dancing lessons at El Carretonero event ...

Even with social distancing restrictions relaxing, many people probably won’t feel like heading to clubs or concerts for the foreseeable future. The men are from Cuba but have resided in Italy for ...

"Join us for a night of Cuban music and dance on Friday, January 19th, 2024, at Kimbara, located at 3380 19th Street, San Francisco. Cuban Salsa Dance classes (Rueda de Casino): 8-9 pm: Beginners 9-10 ...

Timba, a Cuban cousin of Salsa is popular worldwide, but never really caught on in LA. That might be changing, if a hard-working Timba band keeps finding new fans. In the early 1990s, “Timba”, a new ...

In Cuba, salsa “really comes alive,” said James Vlahos in National Geographic Traveler. Though I’m not Latin American, I discovered the music in my 20s, “have dabbled with the dance ever since,” and ...

Rene Gueits, founder of Salsa Lovers dance studio, was born and raised in Miami. Photo provided to the Miami Herald I was born in Miami in 1966 and raised in Hialeah. When I got older I moved down to ...

The Cheetah Club on Broadway and 53rd Street was the “granddaddy of the big commercial disco,” wrote cultural historian Steven Watson in his 2003 book, “Factory Made: Warhol and the Sixties.” Warhol ...

The dance that began as a folk tradition has exploded into the mainstream, from nightclubs to performance halls, senior centers and salsa schools. Today, histories and traditions are recounted on ...