MoMA, the Museum of Modern Art
Monday, October 21, 2019
MIDTOWN, NYC ~ One of the world’s most important museums of Modern, Post-War, and Contemporary art and film, reopens with exhibitions more inclusive of time, region and gender. ¡Bravo!
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Celebrate World Ballet Day with the world’s great ballet companies
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American Ballet Theatre Fall 2019 Season ~ Herman Cornejo 20 Years!
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Bolivian Parade 2019 Desfile Boliviano de New York
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Vahagni’s ‘The Life and Death of a Great Matador’ tribute to a great guitarist
1a, 2, Aztec, celebration, fall, feature, indigenous., Mayan, mexican festivals, Pre-Columbian
Day of the Dead ~ Día de los Muertos
1a, 3, feature, mexican, purchase college, Rock, veterans day weekend.
Gina Chavez is an awesome Austin rocker (now say that real fast)
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World-class Latin American, African, Indigenous & European culture
October | November
“Voy, voy, voy rumbo a la soledad” Nella / Javier Limón
Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks play New Orleans Jazz at Iguana
Mondays & Tuesdays
TIMES SQUARE, NYC ~ Live music by New York’s specialist in early New Orleans jazz
IFPDA Print Fair
Wed-Sun, Oct 23-27, 2019
HELL’S KITCHEN ~ The biggest and longest-running fine art print fair is showing French, Italian and Spanish dealers this year at Javits Center
Celebrate World Ballet Day with the world’s great ballet companies
Wed, October 23, 2019
The world’s leading ballet companies take you behind the scenes to see a day in the life of a professional ballet dancer on Facebook Live
Forro in the Dark Brazilian Forro at Nublu
Wednesdays
EAST VILLAGE, NYC ~ Live music by New York City’s leading Brazilian forro band. It’s Brazil night!
VolvoTango is Argentine Tango Dancing on a pier with Hudson River views
Wednesdays & Sundays, April-November
WEST VILLAGE, NYC ~ One of New York City’s most romantic tango venues is Pier 45
Tango La Nacional is NYC’s most traditional Argentine milonga
Thursdays
CHELSEA, NYC ~ Argentine tango dancing at NYC’s most traditional milonga (tango party) at La Nacional, the old Spanish social club
American Ballet Theatre Fall 2019 Season ~ Herman Cornejo 20 Years!
October 16-27, 2019
LINCOLN CENTER ~ In a season of masters, jazz, romantics and families; Principal Herman Cornejo (Argentina) celebrates his 20th Anniversary with ABT on a starry, starry night at the David H. Koch Theater
The All Night Milonga is one of America’s biggest Argentine tango parties
Saturday, October 26, 2019
NOMAD, NYC ~ Argentine tango dancing at one of America’s biggest tango parties with guest teachers and performers from around the world at Stepping Out Studios
Bolivian Parade 2019 Desfile Boliviano de New York
Sunday, October 27, 2019
JACKSON HEIGHTS, Queens ~ See the rich dances, costumes and traditions that make up our Bolivian Heritage on 37th Avenue
Bad Bunny brings Puerto Rican Latin trap to Prudential Center
Sunday, October 27, 2019
NEWARK, New Jersey ~ The Puerto Rican bad boy of Latin trap and reggaeton brings his X100Pre Tour (Para Siempre, Forever) to Prudential Center
El Destino Argentine tango dancing at Solas
Sundays
EAST VILLAGE, NYC ~ Argentine tango dancing with NYC’s best dancers in an intimate room with one of New York’s best tango DJs
Arturo O’Farrill Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Cuban Jazz at Birdland
Sundays
HELL’S KITCHEN, NYC ~ Cuban jazz live music by this multiple Grammy winning band continues a Sunday tradition started by Chico O’Farrill in 1997
‘Hamilton’, written by a Puerto Rican, is the Broadway hit of our generation
Open run. Dark Mondays
TIMES SQUARE THEATER DISTRICT, NYC ~ Puerto Rican New Yorker Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights) wrote the Broadway hit of our generation at the Richard Rodgers Theatre
Vahagni’s ‘The Life and Death of a Great Matador’ tribute to a great guitarist
Friday, October 18, 2019
DIGITAL RELEASE ~ LA-based guitarist Vahagni releases a compelling flamenco tribute to his late father, the first guitar soloist for the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Armenia
‘Freestyle Love Supreme’ is the funnest show on Broadway
Oct 2, 2019 – Jan 5, 2020
TIMES SQUARE THEATER DISTRICT ~ Lin-Manuel Miranda brings one of his early projects, a Latin hip-hop improv show, back to the Booth Theatre
Xiomara Laugart is one of the legendary Cuban voices
Saturday, October 26, 2019
GREENWICH VILLAGE, NYC ~ The famous Cuban nueva trova singer who was part of Yerba Buena and played Celia Cruz Off-Broadway, is in duo with timba pianist Axel Tosca (Unity) at Zinc Bar
Fall 2019
September 23 – Dec 21, 2019
Fall reminds us that life is ephemeral
The most important thing you can do for your family today is Register to Vote (vote.org is an NGO)
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Features
Latin culture is originally Greek. Romans absorbed it from Greeks in Southern Italy and spread the culture around the Mediterranean. When Rome fell, the culture survived among Christians, Jews and Muslims in Spain. The Renaissance made it a pan-European culture.
Meanwhile, there were other great civilizations across Africa, Asia and the Americas. Spices and silk, and later sugar, brought us together. In the Americas we mixed into our Latin thing and New York City is our capital. ¡Azúcar!
Nella Rojas flamenco “Best New Artist” Latin Grammy nomination
Monday, October 21, 2019
GREENWICH VILLAGE, NYC ~ Venezuela, Berklee, the world’s top flamenco producer, IMG Artists, the movie that opened Cannes, and a Latin Grammy nomination. World Music Institute brings Nella to Le Poisson Rouge.
American Ballet Theatre Fall 2019 Season ~ Herman Cornejo 20 Years!
October 16-27, 2019
LINCOLN CENTER ~ In a season of masters, jazz, romantics and families; Principal Herman Cornejo (Argentina) celebrates his 20th Anniversary with ABT on a starry, starry night at the David H. Koch Theater
Vahagni’s ‘The Life and Death of a Great Matador’ tribute to a great guitarist
Friday, October 18, 2019
DIGITAL RELEASE ~ LA-based guitarist Vahagni releases a compelling flamenco tribute to his late father, the first guitar soloist for the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Armenia
Day of the Dead ~ Día de los Muertos
November 2, 2019
You live as long as someone remembers you, so we remember passed family members on the Day of the Dead
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More Latin Culture
Bulla en el Barrio sings Colombian Bullerengue of San Basilio de Palenque
Monday, October 28, 2019
PARK SLOPE, Brooklyn ~ This Colombian women’s song and dance from San Basilio de Palenque, the first free African town in the Americas, is at Barbès
Celebrate National Chocolate Day
Monday, October 28, 2019
Chocolate, made from cocoa, is native to the upper Amazon of Colombia and Venezuela. It was domesticated in Guatemala and Mexico. Spanish priests took it to Europe.
St Jude Thaddeus is patron saint of lost causes
Monday, October 28, 2019
Because people confuse him with Judas Iscariot the betrayer, the apostle Saint Jude is said to be less busy and eager to help in difficult situations
Grupo Rebolu is Afro-Colombian Caribbean dance music
Monday, October 28, 2019
WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn ~ The Colombians get everybody dancing at Brooklyn Bowl
Winter Village holiday shopping, ice skating and dining for the family
Daily Oct 31, 2019-Jan 5, 2020
MIDTOWN, NYC ~ Great place to take your family to do holiday shopping and have some fun in Bryant Park
Day of the Dead ~ Día de los Muertos
November 2, 2019
You live as long as someone remembers you, so we remember passed family members on the Day of the Dead
NYC Halloween Parade 2019
Thursday, October 31, 2019
SOHO TO CHELSEA ~ All you need to join this fabulous, friendly New York City Parade is to show up in costume
Mictlancihuatl is the Aztec goddess of the underworld
October 31 – November 2
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“You live as long as someone remembers you.” We remember you Mictlancihuatl.
“El coronel no tiene quien le escriba” Colombian theatre at Repertorio
Friday, November 1, 2019
KIPS BAY, NYC ~ Colombian director Jorge Alí Triana’s off-broadway theatre adaptation of the classic Gabriel García Márquez story about how history repeats itself is at Repertorio Español
Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ with De Niro, Pacino and Pesci
Friday, November 1, 2019
NEW YORK CITY / LOS ANGELES ~ Martin Scorsese’s latest and best in years, stars Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino in a telling of the Jimmy Hoffa disappearance. It gets a limited theatrical release on November 1 and hits Netflix on November 27.
All Saints Day
November 1
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This Catholic feast honors all saints whether they are recognized by the church or just are saintly
Native American Heritage Month
November
UNITED STATES ~ We are the first Americans. We have always been here. We are still here from the Arctic to Tierra del Fuego.
Remember Joe Arroyo the Colombian Salsa Legend
Friday, November 1, 2019
CARTAGENA, Colombia ~ The greatest Colombian salsa singer of all time was born on November 1, 1955. ‘Rebelión (No le pegue a la negra)’, ‘En Barranquilla me quedo’, ‘La Noche’
The story of La Sonora Ponceña is the story of La Salsa
Saturday, November 2, 2019
JEROME PARK, The Bronx ~ One of Puerto Rico’s legendary salsa bands plays Lehman Center. “Moreno soy, porque nací de la rumba…”
Celebrate All Souls Day, the Catholic day for remembering dead family
Saturday, November 2, 2019
The Roman Catholic day for tending family graves was blended in Mexico with Aztec traditions into the Day of the Dead
Marc Anthony’s ‘Opus’ swims against the current with more Puerto Rican salsa
Saturday, November 2, 2019
PROSPECT HEIGHTS, Brooklyn ~ The best-selling tropical salsa artist of all time pours another round of Puerto Rican salsa at Barclays Center
México City Day of the Dead Parade
Saturday, November 2, 2019
MEXICO CITY, Mexico ~ This parade was inspired by the movie parade in the James Bond film ‘Spectre’
Panamanian Separation Day
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA, November 3, 1903 ~ The department (state) of Panama officially separated from Colombia and became the Republic of Panama.
#PANAMANIAN #INDEPENDENCEDAY
‘Filomena Marturano’ is a play about marriage Caribbean style
Sunday, November 3, 2019
KIPS BAY, NYC ~ Cuban director Leyma López created a Spanish-language adaptation of Eduardo de Filippo’s classic Neapolitan comedy which inspired the movie ‘Marriage Italian Style’. At Repertorio Español.
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Latin Art Exhibitions
“Todo lo que puede ser imaginado es real” ~ Everything that can be imagined is real
Pablo Picasso (Spain, 1881-1973)
Taíno culture at the Museum of the American Indian
July 28, 2018 – Nov 12, 2019
FINANCIAL DISTRICT, NYC ~ This art exhibition examines the renaissance of Indigenous Taíno identity in Caribbean communities. FREE
Vik Muniz: Museum of Ashes
Tue-Sat, Oct 10-Nov 16, 2019
CHELSEA, NYC ~ Like a phoenix, the renowned Brazilian sculptor and photographer recreates objects lost in the Brazilian National Museum fire, from their own ashes at Sikkema Jenkins
Argentine Titanosaur at American Museum of Natural History
Through January 1, 2020
Argentine dinosaur
UPPER WEST SIDE, NYC ~ This cast of a 122-foot-long skeleton from Patagonia, Argentina is so big, the head pokes out the door of the dinosaur hall
Socrates Annual, the sculpture of history, landscape and community
Daily
Oct 5, 2019 – Mar 8, 2020
ASTORIA, Queens ~ The annual exhibition of work by emerging artists created during a summer residency at Socrates Sculpture Park
‘Crown of the Andes,’ Colombian art at the Met Museum
Daily
Colombian Ecuadorian Peruvian Indigenous Inca art
UPPER EAST SIDE, permanent collection ~ This Marion crown from Popayán, Colombia contains the legendary Atahualpa Emerald which belonged to the last Inca emperor
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Coming Soon
Radio City Rockettes Christmas Spectacular 2020
Daily, Nov 8, 2019-Jan 5, 2020
MIDTOWN, NYC ~ One of New York City’s most beloved holiday Christmas shows has something for everyone at Radio City Music Hall
Gina Chavez is an awesome Austin rocker (now say that real fast)
Friday, November 8, 2019
PURCHASE, NYC (near White Plains) ~ The Texan brings her Latin folk pop and awesome Austin rock and roll to Purchase College
Veterans Day Weekend 2019
Fri-Mon, Nov 8-11, 2019
This U.S. holiday honors those who serve in the U.S. military on the anniversary of the end of World War I on November 11, 1918
Gilberto Santa Rosa is the Caballero de la Salsa
Saturday, November 9, 2019
ENGLEWOOD, NJ ~ The Puerto Rican “Gentleman of Salsa” is still going strong. ‘Perdoname’
Remember Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass
November 9 – 10, 1938
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Nazi paramilitary forces and civilians attacked Jewish communities across Germany
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It can happen again, so we must never forget
Veterans Day Parade 2019
Monday, November 11, 2019
MIDTOWN, NYC ~ New York City’s Veterans Day Parade celebrates the Veterans Day centennial on Fifth Avenue. The Parade celebrates peace.
Carlos Fuentes was Mexico’s most celebrated novelist
Monday, November 11, 2019
PANAMA CITY, Panama ~ The author of ‘The Death of Artemio Cruz’ (1962), ‘Terra Nostra’ (1975), and ‘The Old Gringo’ (1985) was born on November 11, 1928
20th Latin Grammys 2019 are the biggest night in Latin music
Thu, November 14, 2019
LAS VEGAS, Nevada ~ Watch the Latin Grammy Awards on Univision
Taíno culture at the Museum of the American Indian
July 28, 2018 – Nov 12, 2019
FINANCIAL DISTRICT, NYC ~ This art exhibition examines the renaissance of Indigenous Taíno identity in Caribbean communities. FREE
‘La Canción’ is a Puerto Rican Hip-Hop Reggaeton Musical
Thusday, November 14, 2019
KIPS BAY, NYC ~ Puerto Rican playwright Cándido Tirado’s Off-Broadway musical about a Bronx kid who wakes up with a hip-hop song in his head and wonders where it came from. Music by reggaeton legend VICO C.
Pedrito Martinez is the world’s best Cuban rumba percussionist
Friday, November 15, 2019
UPPER EAST SIDE, NYC ~ The world’s best Cuban rumba percussionist plays the 92nd Street Y
Our Lady of Providence is patron saint of Puerto Rico
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
The idea is not that faith will give you what you want, but that “God helps those who help themselves”
Met Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche
UPPER EAST SIDE, Daily, (estimated) November 19, 2019 to January 5, 2020 ~ The Met Christmas tree and a nativity are decorated with figurines from Naples, Italy where the nativity tradition began.
# italian christmas tree nativity
Pedro Giraudo leads NYC’s busiest Argentine tango band
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
STUYVESANT HEIGHTS, Brooklyn ~ “Best Tango Album” Latin Grammy winner plays Argentine tango at lunÁtico
Beaujolais Nouveau Day ~ Le Beaujolais nouveau est arrivé!
Thu, November 21, 2019
Taste the fruit in this season’s Beaujolais by drinking it chilled right after it is bottled
Saint Cecilia is patron saint of musicians
Friday, November 22, 2019
Said to have heard heavenly music in her heart, Saint Cecilia represents the idea of divine inspiration
Orchestra of St. Luke’s Baroque Storytelling at Brooklyn Museum
Sunday, November 24, 2019
PROSPECT PARK, Brooklyn ~ A concert of chamber works by Vivaldi (Italian), Rameau (French) and Telemann’s ‘Don Quichotte’ Overture-Suite (Spanish story) at the Brooklyn Museum
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Monday, November 25, 2019
SALCEDO, Dominican Republic ~ The Mirabal Sisters: Patria, Minerva and Maria, whose codename was “Las Mariposas” (the Butterflies), were murdered by Trujillo’s right-hand man for helping the resistance to dictatorship
Watch Real Madrid vs PSG UEFA CL with Peña Madridista NYC
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
GARMENT DISTRICT, NYC ~ Watch UEFA Champions League Real Madrid vs PSG with Peña Madridista NYC at Playwright Irish Pub
Atlético Madrid plays Juventus UEFA Champions League Group Stage
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
KOREATOWN, NYC ~ Watch Atléti games with Peña Oficial Atlético de Madrid en New York at the Football Factory at Legends
Thanksgiving Weekend 2019
Thu-Sun, Nov 28 – Dec 1, 2019
The family U.S. holiday launches the winter holiday season
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 2019
Thursday, November 28, 2019
UPPER WEST SIDE to GARMENT DISTRICT ~ Nothing Latin about the Thanksgiving Parade, but children love it and balloon inflation is something to see
Black Friday opens the holiday shopping season
Friday, November 29, 2019
Let’s go shopping for Latin fashion
Panamanian Independence Day
Saturday, November 28, 2019
PANAMA CITY ~ Rebels drafted a Declaration of Independence from Spain and joined Gran Colombia on November 28, 1821
Watch FC Barcelona at Atlético Madrid with Penya FC Barcelona NYC
Saturday, November 30, 2019
CHELSEA, NYC ~ Watch Barcelona at Atlético Madrid (La Liga) with NYC’s official Barcelona supporters club at Smithfield Hall
Advent, the countdown to Christmas
December 1-24, 2019
Kids love the tradition of counting down the days until Christmas
Winter’s Eve at Lincoln Square 2019
Monday, December 2, 2019
LINCOLN SQUARE ~ This holiday street fair has entertainment, food tastings, a Christmas tree lighting, and a parade. FREE
Giving Tuesday 2019
December 3, 2019
UNIVERSAL ~ Giving is the natural currency of the universe. The tradition was started by New York City’s 92nd Street Y. This holiday tradition easy with this list of cultural organizations who deserve your support.
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1-13 Fall for Dance Festival
2 Sandy e Junior
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7-13 Celebrate Mexico Now
8-9 Yom Kippur
11-14 COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND
11-13 New Yorker Festival
12 Panamanian Day Parade
12 Spain’s National Day
13 Hispanic Day Parade
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14 COLUMBUS DAY
14 Columbus Day Parade
14 Indigenous People’s Day
15 Hispanic Heritage Month ends
15 Casita Maria Gala
(19-20) ColombiaFest
20 Queens Bolivian Day Parade
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21 MoMA reopens
23 World Ballet Day
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31 Winter Village
31 Halloween Parade
November 2019 New York Latin Culture Calendar
Puerto Rican Heritage Month
National Native American Heritage Month
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1 Auction exhibitions open
1-5 TEFAF antiques fair
1 Day of the Holy Innocents|All Saints Day
2 Day of the Dead | All Souls Day
3 Panamanian Separation Day
3 New York City Marathon
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5 Election Day
6-15 DOC NYC
8-11 VETERANS DAY WEEKEND
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10-11 Impressionist & Modern auctions
11 Veterans Day Parade
12 Beaver Moon
12-16 Django Reinhardt Festival
13 Puerto Rican Film Festival
13-14 Contemporary Art auctions
14 Salon Art + Design fair
14 Latin Grammys
16 Latin American Art auction exhibition
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20-21 Latin American Art auction
21 Macy’s Holiday Windows
21 Beaujolais Nouveau Day
23 Puerto Rican Artisans Fair
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25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
27-1 THANKSGIVING WEEKEND
27 Thanksgiving Parade Balloon Inflation
28 Panamanian Independence Day
28 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
29 Black Friday
29 New York City Ballet ‘Nutcracker’
December 2019 New York Latin Culture Calendar
1 Portuguese Restoration Day
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2 Cyber Monday
2 Advent
2 Winter’s Eve street fair
3 Giving Tuesday
4 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree
4 Alvin Ailey
5-8 Art Basel Miami Beach
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11 International Tango Day
11 Las Mañanitas
12 Our Lady of Guadalupe
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16 La Posada / La Novena
19 Paul Winter’s Winter Solstice
22-30 HANUKKAH
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24 Christmas Eve
25 CHRISTMAS
26-1 KWANZAA
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31 New Year’s Eve
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A rumba flamenca for the Americas
Miguel Matamoros, Lágrimas negras “Black tears” (Cuba, 1929)
Aunque tú me has echado en el abandono
(Though you lied and abandoned me)
Aunque ya se han muerto todas mis ilusiones
(Though now all my illusions have died)
En vez de maldecirte con justo encoño
(Instead of cursing you with a just bitterness)
En mis sueños te colmo, en mis sueños te colmo de bendiciones
(In my dreams I fill you, in my dreams I fill you with blessings)
Listen to Diego el Cigala sing it with Bebo Valdés and Paquito D’Rivera (YouTube) in 2003 produced by Javier Limón
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