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 Spanish social club that is New York’s oldest social club
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NYC Ballet opens the 2019-20 season with Balanchine’s ‘Jewels’
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Feast of San Gennaro is NYC’s most popular Italian street fair
1, african, argentine, Bolivian, brazilian, Chilean, colombian, Costa Rican, cuban, Dominican, ecuadorian, French, Guatemalan, honduran, italian, Mexican, Nicaraguan, panamanian, Paraguayan, Peruvian, Philippine, Politics, Portuguese, Romanian, Salvadoran, spanish, un, uruguayan, Venezuelan
74th UN General Assembly looks for global solutions to global problems
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Hispanic Heritage Month 2019
New York Yankees vs Angels
Tue-Thu, September 17-19, 2019
CONCOURSE, The Bronx ~ It’s the last weeks of the regular season
Climate Strike NYC & Puerto Rico Day of Action
Friday, September 20, 2019
CIVIC CENTER, NYC ~ On the 2nd anniversary of Hurricane Maria which devastated Puerto Rico, Greta Thunberg (age 16) and youth leaders are striking to end the use of fossil fuels, make a just transition and hold polluters accountable. NYC public schools allow students to join the climate strike with a note from their parent or guardian.
‘La Celestina’ is social criticism inside a story of romantic love
Friday, September 20, 2019
KIPS BAY, NYC ~ Cuban playwright Leyma López renews the classic Spanish tragicomedy by Fernando de Rojas (1499) whose critique of the moral rot of medieval Spanish society can also reflect contemporary times
Romeo Santos is on his Utopia Tour
Sat, September 21, 2019
EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey ~ The Dominican Bachata superstar becomes the first Latin artist to headline 80,000 seat Metlife Stadium
Colombian comic Saul Garcia’s ‘I am Latino’ makes us laugh at ourselves
Sat-Sun, September 21-22, 2019
KIPS BAY, NYC ~ Colombian stand-up comic Saulo makes us laugh (in Spanish) at being Latin AND American of the United States
Eddie Palmieri is a Puerto Rican salsa and Latin jazz legend
Sat, September 21, 2019
JEROME PARK, The Bronx ~ El maestro and Dominican jazz pianist Michel Camilo play a double-bill at Lehman Center. ¡WEPA!
Ballet Nepantla Mexican folkloric ballet
Sat, September 21, 2019
JAMAICA, Queens ~ Nepantla performs ‘Valentina’ excerpts at the Making Moves Dance Festival at Jamaica Performing Arts Center
Do the Central Park Tango
Saturdays, June-September
CENTRAL PARK, NYC ~ Argentine tango dancing in the summer is so romantic! FREE
NYC Ballet opens the 2019-20 season with Balanchine’s ‘Jewels’
September 17-21, 2019
LINCOLN CENTER ~ NYC Ballet opens its 2019-20 season with the first full-length abstract ballet. Emeralds, Rubies and Diamonds were never so lovely at the David H. Koch Theater.
En el Ojo de la Aguja
September 7-22, 2019
HELL’S KITCHEN, NYC ~ A Colombian director and his theatre company explore how in the age of the internet and social media, actually communicating has become harder than threading a needle. In Spanish with English subtltles.
Whitney Biennial 2019 shows the diversity of American art today
May 17 – Sep 22, 2019, Closed Tuesdays
MEATPACKING DISTRICT, NYC ~ The survey of the latest developments in U.S. art includes work by artists with an Argentine, Colombian, French, Indigenous, Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage
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
Feast of San Gennaro is NYC’s most popular Italian street fair
September 12-22, 2019
LITTLE ITALY, NYC ~ This popular Italian street fair combines lots of food and live music with a parade and a religious procession on Mulberry St
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
New York Red Bulls celebrate Hispanic Heritage Night
Sunday, September 22, 2019
HARRISON, New Jersey ~ Watch Red Bulls vs Philadelphia Union Major League Soccer at Red Bull Arena
VolvoTango Argentine Tango Dancing on Pier 45
Wednesdays & Sundays, April-November
WEST VILLAGE, NYC ~ Argentine tango dancing on a pier with romantic Hudson river views
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
74th UN General Assembly looks for global solutions to global problems
September 17-30, 2019
High-Level General Debate
September 24-30, 2019
MIDTOWN EAST, NYC ~ Politicians discuss Climate, Universal Health Coverage, Sustainable Development, Financing for Development, Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, and Small Island Developing States
NYCFC vs Atlanta is NYCFC’s last home game of a good season
Wed, September 25, 2019
CONCOURSE, THE BRONX ~ NYCFC soccer is powered by Argentine, Brazilian, Costa Rican, Paraguayan, Peruvian, Romanian, players and a Spanish coach at Yankee Stadium
‘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
NYC Ballet Fall 2019 Season
September 17 – Oct 13, 2019
LINCOLN CENTER ~ New leadership, Lovette and Liang premieres, a centennial tribute to modern dance legend Merce Cunningham, and Brazilian Soloist Jovani Furlan at the David H. Koch Theater
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!
Sandy e Junior, the Brazilian MPB & sertaneja superstars, are back!
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
PROSPECT HEIGHTS, Brooklyn ~ The child and teen stars, among the most popular Brazilian singers ever, celebrate their 30th Anniversary of television with a Nossa História Tour at Barclays Center
Hispanic Heritage Month 2019
September 15 – October 15
The United States celebrates our Hispanic Heritage and the contributions of Hispanic-Americans
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More Latin Culture
Celebrate Fall 2019
Monday, September 23, 2019
Fall begins in the northern hemisphere and Spring begins in the southern hemisphere
Honor Obatalá, the Yoruba creator of humankind
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
IFE, Nigeria ~ Obatalá is the son/daughter of God, creator of land and humankind, and godfather/mother of the Orishas
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!
“El coronel no tiene quien le escriba” Colombian theatre at Repertorio
Friday, September 27, 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. In Spanish with English subtitles.
Flor de Toloache NYC’s all-women Mariachi band
Friday, September 27, 2019
PORT WASHINGTON, Long Island ~ NYC’s All-Women Mexican mariachi celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month at the Landmark on Main Street. 2019 album ‘Indestructible.’ 2017 Latin Grammy Best Ranchero Album.
J Balvin is on his Arcoíris Tour
Sat, September 28, 2019
CHELSEA, NYC ~ The Colombian Reggaeton star brings his pop art infused Arcoíris Tour (Rainbow Tour) to Madison Square Garden
Watch Real Madrid play the Madrid Derby with Peña Madridista NYC
Saturday, September 28, 2019
GARMENT DISTRICT, NYC ~ Watch Atlético Madrid vs Real Madrid with Peña Madridista NYC
Atlético Madrid plays Real Madrid in the Madrid Derby
Sat, September 28, 2019
KOREATOWN, NYC ~ Watch Atléti games with Peña Oficial Atlético de Madrid en New York at the Football Factory at Legends
The All Night Milonga is one of America’s biggest Argentine tango parties
Saturday, Sep 28, 2019
NOMAD, NYC ~ Argentine tango dancing at one of America’s biggest tango parties with guest teachers and performers from around the world
Celebrate Rosh Hashanah 2019 “Shana Tovah”
Sundown, Sunday-Tuesday, September 29 – Oct 1, 2019
This Jewish holiday feast celebrates the New Year 5780. “Shana Tovah” (Have a Good Year)
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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)
Whitney Biennial 2019 shows the diversity of American art today
May 17 – Sep 22, 2019, Closed Tuesdays
MEATPACKING DISTRICT, NYC ~ The survey of the latest developments in U.S. art includes work by artists with an Argentine, Colombian, French, Indigenous, Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage
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
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
‘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
Sandy e Junior, the Brazilian MPB & sertaneja superstars, are back!
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
PROSPECT HEIGHTS, Brooklyn ~ The child and teen stars, among the most popular Brazilian singers ever, celebrate their 30th Anniversary of television with a Nossa História Tour at Barclays Center
Feast of St. Francis of Assisi
Friday, October 4, 2019
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Celebrate the feast of the patron saint of animals and the environment
‘La Canción’ is a Puerto Rican Hip-Hop Reggaeton Musical
Saturday, October 5, 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.
Celebrate Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement
Tue-Wed, October 8-9, 2019
The holiest day in Judaism is a day of atonement and repentance. Public schools are closed October 9. “G’mar Hatima Tova” (May you be sealed in the Book of Life).
Columbus Day Weekend 2019
Fri-Mon, October 11-14, 2019
NEW YORK CITY ~ Discover a world of Latin things to do over Columbus Day Weekend, New York City’s big Italian and Indigenous celebration
Celebrate Spain’s National Day, La Fiesta Nacional de España
Saturday, October 12, 2019
BAHAMAS ~ Rodrigo de Triana, a lookout on the first expedition of Columbus, sighted land on October 12, 1492
Indigenous Peoples Day 2019 Dia de la Raíces
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S CELEBRATION
Red Hawk Native American Arts Council
October 13 – 14, 2019 (TBD)
Sunday – Monday
Randall’s Island
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INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY
October 14, 2019, Monday
Columbus Day 2019
Monday, October 14, 2019
MIDTOWN, NYC ~ This U.S. holiday is New York City’s big Italian-American celebration
Colombian Salsa legends Grupo Niche play Kupferberg Center
Saturday, October 19, 2019
FLUSHING, Queens ~ Colombian salsa legends play their hits ‘Cali Pachanguero’, ‘Un Aventura’ and more
Hispanic Heritage Month 2019
September 15 – October 15
The United States celebrates our Hispanic Heritage and the contributions of Hispanic-Americans
Happy Birthday Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa. ¡Azúcar!
October 21, 1925 (Mon in 2019); Cuban music ~ Úrsula Hilaria Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso was born in Havana, Cuba ~ Celia helped popularize Latin music around the world
Dizzy Gillespie
OCTOBER 21, 1917 ~ John Birks Gillespie was born in Cheraw, South Carolina. Dizzy helped create bebop and modern jazz. Dizzy asked Machito’s arranger Mario Bauzá for a conga player and got introduced to Chano Pozo. Their collaboration produced classics like “Manteca” and “Tin Tin Deo,” and brought Latin rhythm back to the forefront of jazz.
Watch FC Barcelona’s El Clásico with Penya FC Barcelona NYC
Saturday, October 26, 2019
CHELSEA, NYC ~ Watch Athletic Club vs Barcelona with NYC’s official Barcelona supporters club at Smithfield Hall
Bad Bunny brings Puerto Rican Latin trap to Prudential Center
Sunday, October 27, 2019
Puerto Rican Latin trap and reggaeton
NEWARK, New Jersey ~ The bad boy of Latin trap stops over with his X100Pre Tour (Para Siempre, Forever)
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 the 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
Day of the Dead ~ Día de los Muertos
OCTOBER 31
We build ofrendas (home altars) to invite the souls of family members to visit this world
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NOVEMBER 1
Day of the Holy Innocents
Día de los Santos Inocentes
Child souls visit
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NOVEMBER 2
Día de los Muertos
Day of the Dead
Adult souls visit and we tend family graves
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.
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
Indigenous celebration
We are the first Americans, and we are still here from the Canadian 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’
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
ESTRELA DE LUZ TO EL ZOCALO, Mexico City ~ The real parade was inspired by the fictional parade in the James Bond movie ‘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
Radio City Rockettes Christmas Spectacular 2020
RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, MIDTOWN, Daily, November 8, 2019 – January 5, 2020 (unconfirmed dates) ~ A New York holiday classic
#CHRISTMASSHOW
Veterans Day Weekend 2019
Fri-Mon, November 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’
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
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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September 2019 New York Latin Culture Calendar
1 Brazilian Day
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2 LABOR DAY
2 West Indian Day Parade
3-16 NYC Broadway Week
5 Socrates Annual
6-14 New York Fashion Week
7 New York City Labor Day Parade
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11 New York Philharmonic Opening Night ~ ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’
12 Jazz at Lincoln Center Season Opener
12 Crossing the Line festival
12-22 Feast of San Gennaro
15 Hispanic Heritage Month
15 Costa Rican, Guatemalan, Honduran, Nicaraguan, Salvadoran Independence Day
15 African American Day Parade
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16 Mexican Independence Day
17-30 UN General Assembly
17-13 New York City Ballet Fall Season
22 Queens Hispanic Day Parade
22 Peru to the World Expo
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23-6 NYC Off-Broadway Week
23 Met Opera Opening Night Gala ~ ‘Porgy and Bess’
27 New York Film Festival
29-1 Rosh Hashanah
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October 2019 New York Latin Culture Calendar
OCTOBER 2019
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 Halloween Parade
November 2019 New York Latin Culture Calendar
Puerto Rican Heritage Month
National Native American Heritage Month
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1-5 TEFAF antiques fair
1 All Saints Day / Day of the Holy Innocents
2 All Souls Day / Day of the Dead
3 Panamanian Separation Day
3 New York City Marathon
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5 Election Day
8 Veterans Day Weekend
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11 Veterans Day Parade
14 Latin Grammys
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(19-20) Christie’s Latin American Art auction
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25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
28 Panamanian Independence Day
28 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
29 Black Friday
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