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.

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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Hundreds of people gathered at Calder Plaza downtown on Friday night to enjoy opening night of the Grand Rapids Hispanic Festival, and at 8 p.m., all eyes were on a group of ...

“Why is it so delicious when Cubans dance salsa?” asks Marisol Blanco, a former member of the National Folkloric Troupe of Cuba, who has been teaching dance in Miami since 2008. Her answer: “Because ...

SEATTLE — Salsa Cubana is alive and thriving in Puget Sound from its birthplace in Havana to West Seattle. Born and raised in Havana, Yasiel Calderón fell in love with the style of dance thanks to his ...

Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from ...

"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 ...