One night in 1984, Compay Segundo, the Cuban singer and guitarist, heard in his dreams what would become his signature song. “I woke up hearing those four sensitive notes,” Segundo recalled later on. “I gave them a lyric inspired by a children’s tale from my childhood, ‘Juanica y Chan Chan.’” A hypnotic account of peasant
Officially, playwright and screenwriter Marco Ramirez began working on the Broadway musical “Buena Vista Social Club” a little more than six years ago. But if you start the clock when the Cuban supergroup’s music first seeped into his soul, he’s been penning it for decades. Like many Cubans and Cuban Americans, the silky crooning of
The spirit of the musical “Buena Vista Social Club” is evident in its opening scene. Audience members have barely settled into their seats before a group of onstage musicians strikes up the number “El Carretero,” with the rest of the cast gathered around and watching. Some are leaning in from their chairs, others get up
Southern California is home to many of the top 2026 high school girls basketball prospects in the country. In Ventura County no junior is being more heavily recruited than Buena’s Karisma Lewis and, true to her name, she is building her brand with a basketful of skill and a charismatic personality that makes her fun
Hayley Atwell cut a chic figure in a sheer black blouse as she posed at a Fendi event in London on Wednesday amid speculation she secretly welcomed her first child with fiancé Ned Wolfgang Kelly. The actress, 42, was all smiles as she flashed her black bra beneath the sheer top while mingling with other attendees at