HAVANA — Looks like it will be close, but no giant cigar, for Cuba‘s stogie-rolling king Jose Castelar. The 64-year-old former world-record holder has teamed up with five assistants, using nearly 93 ...

Ana Perez reached into a pile of Connecticut shade tobacco leaves and placed one on the small table in front of her. She began spraying the leaf with water and carving it up with a chaveta knife.

The fundraiser added a few new touches this year, including a cigar-rolling station from the masters at JC Newman Cigar Co. Anyone can view a sampling of recent comments, but you must be a Times ...