FEET ON EXHIBITION: The original ‘Mambo King,’ Pedro Aguilar, also known as Cuban Pete, danced with partner Barbara Craddock as artist Erich Padilla painted their moves on canvas at the Byron-Carlyle ...
They called him Cuban Pete; he was king of the mambo beat. (And, yes, when he danced, everything went chick-chickee-boom, chick-chickee-boom.) But here’s the thing: Pedro “Cuban Pete” Aguilar, the man ...
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 ...
When Amy Bernabeo and her friends are in the mood for authentic Cuban mambo, mojitos and sandwiches, they head on over to Corazon de Cuba, a restaurant two blocks from Long Beach's Boardwalk. Bernabeo ...
Pedro “Cuban Pete” Aguilar, one of the leading mambo dancers of the 1950s, has died. He was 81.The mambo legend passed away Tuesday at the Sinai Plaza Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Miami, said ...
Talking-head disquisition on the role of African religion in the formation of Cuban culture lacks any especial edge, coming off as sincere yet old-fashioned piece of filmmaking. Subject is potentially ...
 This week we listen to some Afro-Cuban mambo from its beginnings in the 1940’s, through its high point in the 1960’s, to the present day. Like the words bongo and… Next we hear Pérez Prado’s biggest ...
Cuban bassist and composer Israel "Cachao" Lopez, who is credited with pioneering the mambo style of music, died Saturday. He was 89. Known simply as Cachao, the Grammy-winning musician had fallen ill ...
A national Cuban modern dance troupe is visiting America for the first time since the United States imposed an embargo on the island nation. The Danza Contemporanea de Cuba will perform in ...