A lot of Bay Area salsa nights feature DJs spinning the classics by Celia Cruz and Willie Colón, so it’s a rare treat to see not one but three high-caliber ensembles playing both traditional and ...

On a Wednesday night in Dinkelspiel Auditorium, four vocalists rehearse an arrangement of Cuban singer Celia Cruz, accompanied by a pianist to their right. Through these weekly rehearsals, Stanford ...

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.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Mayambo is an Afro-Latin dance company ...

Black culture by nature includes the intersections of groups that make this country so diverse. Rico No Suave embodies this through his Afro-Cuban heritage and his electrifying salsa skills. Reset ...

For this inaugural event, Cuban instructor Wilfredo Guilbiac Rodriguez will lead the Afro-Latin dance workshops while Venezuelan musician Jorge Orta "Cro Cro" leads the music ensemble Jazzismo. DJ ...

The late Cuban American singer Celia Cruz, known as the Queen of Salsa, will be the first Afro Latina to appear on the U.S. quarter. Cruz was one of the 20th century’s most celebrated Latin music ...

Cuban-American singer Celia Cruz, who died in 2003, is the first Afro-Latina to appear on the U.S. quarter issued by the United States Mint. The coin was presented last Thursday on the institution's ...

Celia Cruz was used to making history. The late Cuban American icon recorded over 80 albums, earned 23 gold records, won five Grammy Awards, and received the president's National Medal of Arts. And ...