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Ay, no hay que llorar (No hay que llorar)
Written by Victor Daniel, arranged by Isidro Infante, sung by Celia Cruz (1998)
Que la vida es un carnaval
Y es más bello vivir cantando
Oh-oh-oh, ay, no hay que llorar (No hay que llorar)
Que la vida es un carnaval
Y las penas se van cantando”
[ January 24: 2020 ~ Thanks for understanding as we patch our new web. We will be done by the next new moon. A la orden.]
Axel Tosca
Saturday, February 22, 2020
ZINC BAR
Greenwich Village, NYC
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One of New York City’s best young timba musicians is joined by the legendary voice of Xiomara Laugart for a hot night of Cuban jazz
Xiomara Laugart
Saturday, February 22, 2020
ZINC BAR
Greenwich Village, NYC
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The famed Cuban nueva trova singer (Yerba Buena, Celia Cruz Off-Broadway), a real Guantanamera, joins timba jazz pianist Axel Tosca (Unity) for a hot night of Cuban jazz.
Cie Hervé KOUBI 2020
Tue-Sun, February 18-23, 2020
JOYCE THEATER
Chelsea, NYC
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The Algerian-French contemporary dance company celebrates its 20th anniversary with a Mediterranean journey through our common humanity.
National Margarita Day
Saturday, February 22, 2020
Enjoy the classic Mexican cocktail of tequila, orange liqueur, lime juice and salt
New Moon
Sunday, February 23, 2020
Your best chance this month to see stars over New York City
Bulla en el Barrio
Monday, February 24, 2020
BARBÈS
Park Slope, Brooklyn
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Colombian Bullerengue inspired by the Caribbean women’s song and dance tradition from San Basilio de Palenque, the first free African town in the Americas
Mardi Gras
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana
The party in New Orleans gets going two weeks before “Mardi Gras” (Fat Tuesday). Mardi Gras in New Orleans is African, Caribbean, African-American, Congo Square, March, Ragtime, Blues, Jazz, Latin Music and Latin Dance all at once.
Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sextet
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Alegría directs a Mardi Gras Count Basie Tribute with the NJCU Jazz Orchestra & NJCU N.O. Brass Band.
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Friday, March 27, 2020
Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sextet
One of NYC’s best Peruvian jazz bands.
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ZINC BAR
Greenwich Village, NYC
La Canción
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
REPERTORIO ESPAÑOL
Kips Bay, NYC
Puerto Rican reggaeton legend VICO C’s hip-hop musical
FC Barcelona NYC
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
SMITHFIELD HALL
Chelsea, NYC
Watch Napoli vs Barcelona (UEFA Champions League Round of 16) with NYC’s Barcelona supporters club Penya FC Barcelona NYC
Barranquilla Carnival 2020 is the world’s second biggest Carnival
Sat-Tues, Feb 22-25, 2020
BARRANQUILLA, Colombia ~ This Colombian carnival festival is a unique blend of Colombian, Caribbean and Latin culture
Continue Reading Barranquilla Carnival 2020 is the world’s second biggest Carnival
Trinidad and Tobago Carnival
February 24-25, 2020
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad ~ One of the world’s great Carnivals set patterns for Carnivals around the world
Rio Carnival 2020
Fri-Tue, February 21-25, 2020
Saturday, February 29, 2020
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
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The world’s biggest Carnival festival is a bucket list experience of rehearsals, balls, parades and street parties.
NYC Ballet Winter 2020
Tuesday-Sunday
January 21 – March 1, 2020
DAVID H. KOCH THEATER
Lincoln Center, NYC
Balanchine, Robbins, Peck, Ratmansky, Wheeldon and Swan Lake
Features
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Carnival, Carnaval, Carnevale
SEASON
January 6 – February 25, 2020
MONTH
January 26-February 25, 2020
WEEK
February 19-25, 2020
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Carnival is a month of partying before Lent that now has European, Caribbean and Brazilian forms. In the Americas, Carnival is an important expression of who we are as Africans and Latins.
Maluca Mala
Saturday, March 21, 2020
CARNEGIE HALL CITYWIDE
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
East Harlem, NYC
Washington Heights’ own “bad girl” flips it up with her fly R&B barrio techno
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Sponsored by
Carnegie Hall
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Ongoing
El Destino
Sundays
SOLAS
East Village, NYC
Dance Argentine tango with NYC’s best dancers in an intimate room with one of NYC’s top tango DJs
Arturo O’Farrill Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Sundays
BIRDLAND
Hell’s Kitchen, NYC
Cuban jazz by this multiple Grammy-winning band continues a Sunday night tradition started by Chico O’Farrill in 1997
Los Hacheros
Sundays
VERLAINE
Lower East Side, NYC
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Thursday, March 5, 2020
GONZALEZ Y GONZALEZ
Greenwich Village, NYC
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Puerto Rican Golden Age salsa for dancing. ¡WEPA!
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Original Sponsor
Carnegie Hall
Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks
Mondays and Tuesdays
IGUANA
Times Square, NYC
New York’s Italian-American 1920s-30s Dixieland jazz specialist
Tango La Nacional
Thursdays
LA NACIONAL
Chelsea, NYC
Dance Argentine tango at NYC’s most traditional milonga (tango party).
Black History Month
FEBRUARY
“Black History is American History.” Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, Langston Hughes, Rosa Parks, Hank Aaron, Abraham Lincoln, Toni Morrison, Frederick Douglass, Machito, W.E.B. DuBois, Fats Domino and many more.
Winter
December + January + February
The holidays are a winter wonderland. Early February is the cheapest time to visit New York City.
West Side Story Broadway
IN PREVIEWS
Dark Mondays
OPENING NIGHT February 20, 2020
BROADWAY THEATRE
Times Square Theater District, NYC
One of the great love stories, one of the great New York stories, is our story too
Hamilton
Dark Mondays
RICHARD RODGERS THEATRE
Times Square Theater District, NYC
The Broadway hit of our generation was written by Puerto Rican New Yorker Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights, Freestyle Love Supreme)
Chicago the Musical
Dark Wednesdays
AMBASSADOR THEATRE
Times Square Theater District, NYC
The original leading ladies of the longest running U.S. musical were Puerto Rican and Italian (Chita Rivera & Liza Minelli)
Pain and Glory (Dolor y Gloria)
Opened Fri, October 4, 2019
VILLAGE EAST CINEMA
East Village, NYC
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Antonio Banderas won Best Actor at Cannes starring in Pedro Almodóvar’s loosely autobiographical triptych about the life of an aging movie director. Penélope Cruz plays the young filmmaker’s mom. Nominated for Best Actor and Best International Feature Film Oscars.
Alex Sensation
Monday-Saturday
LA MEGA FM 97.9
NYC’s top radio DJ is a Colombian who plays reggaeton and Latin trap.
Lionel Cruet Flood Aftermath and Other Hurricane Stories
Opening Reception
Saturday, February 15, 2020
Wednesday-Sunday
Through March 8, 2020
FACTION Art Projects
Harlem, NYC
The Puerto Rican artist riffs on the aftermath of 2017’s Hurricane Maria.
Continue Reading Lionel Cruet Flood Aftermath and Other Hurricane Stories
Socrates Annual
Daily
Oct 5, 2019 – Mar 8, 2020
SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK
Astoria, Queens
The annual exhibition of work by emerging artists created during the park’s summer residency
Zilia Sánchez: Soy Isla
Wednesday-Sunday
Nov 20, 2019-Mar 22, 2020
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
East Harlem, NYC
A touring retrospective of the Puerto Rico-based Cuban artist whose sensual abstractions broke the picture plane before standing on their own
Crown of the Andes
Daily
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
Upper East Side, NYC
The Atahualpa Emerald on this Marian crown from Popayán, Colombia belonged to the last Inca emperor
The Argentine Titanosaur
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Upper West Side, NYC
How do you know this dinosaur is Argentino? It’s head is so big, it sticks out the door. 😂
La Cultura Latina
La vida es un carnaval
(Life is a Carnival)
Its Carnival Week!
Written by Victor Daniel, arranged by Isidro Infante, sung by Celia Cruz (1998)
Coming Soon
Ash Wednesday
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
This day of repentance starts the Catholic period of devotion leading to Easter. “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
Lent
Wednesday, February 26 – Thursday, April 9, 2020
The roughly 40-day period of Catholic devotion leads up to Easter, the Christian spring festival
Juventus NYC
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
FOOTBALL FACTORY AT LEGENDS
Koreatown, NYC
Watch Olympique Lyonnais vs Juventus UEFA Champions League with NYC’s Juventus supporters club, Juventus Official Fan Club Empire State
Real Madrid NYC
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
PLAYWRIGHT IRISH PUB
Garment District, NYC
Watch Real Madrid vs Manchester City (UEFA Champions League), with NYC’s Real Madrid supporters club: Peña Madridista NYC
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL
Midtown East, NYC
Ashes are available from 7am to 8pm
La Traviata
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
February 26 – March 29, 2020
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE
Lincoln Center, NYC
Michael Mayer’s 2018 production stars Lisette Oropesa and Luca Salsi. “Sempre libera degg’io” and “Addio, del passato.”
Dominican Independence Day
Thursday, February 27, 2019
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic ~ Dominican rebels captured Santo Domingo fortress on February 27, 1844
Betsayda Machado y Parranda El Clavo
Saturday, February 29, 2020
Afro-Peruvian tambor jams with Jewish klezmer.
All Night Milonga
Saturday, February 29, 2020
STEPPING OUT STUDIOS
NoMad, NYC
Dance Argentine tango at one of America’s biggest tango parties with guest teachers and performers from around the world
Spring
March + April + May
New York City blooms anew in spring.
Gabriel García Márquez
Friday, March 6, 2020
ARACATACA, Magdalena, Colombia
The Nobel Prize-winning author and leading writer of Magical Realism was born on March 6, 1927
Grupo Niche
Saturday, March 7, 2020
LEHMAN CENTER
Jerome Park, The Bronx
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The Colombian salsa legends reprise their hits “Cali Pachanguero,” “Un Aventura” and more
International Women’s Day
Sunday, March 8, 2020
It’s a Latin tradition to show our love and respect for all the women in our lives (including family, friends and associates) on March 8
Miguel Zenón
Sunday, March 8, 2020
BIRDLAND
Hell’s Kitchen, NYC
Zenón joins the Berklee All Star Ensemble
Chris Botti
March 8, 2020
BERGEN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Englewood, New Jersey
The best-selling American instrumental artist is Italian-American
Purim
Mon-Tue, Mar 9-10, 2020
SOUTH WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn
This Jewish holiday feast commemorates how Queen Esther of Persia found the courage to break tradition, speak up, and thereby save her people. “Chag Purim Sameach!” (Happy Purim Holiday!)
Astor Piazzolla
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
MAR DE PLATA, Argentina
The Argentine tango composer and father of “tango nuevo” (tango jazz) was born on March 11, 1921
Tony Bennett
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
COUNT BASIE CENTER
Red Bank, New Jersey
The Italian-New Yorker pop and jazz legend left his heart in San Francisco
Atlético Madrid NYC
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
FOOTBALL FACTORY AT LEGENDS
Koreatown, NYC
Watch Liverpool vs Atlético Madrid vs Liverpool (UEFA Champions League) with NYC’s supporters club Peña Oficial Atlético de Madrid en New York
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¡New York Latin Culture Sponsor!
Ballet Nepantla “Valentina”
Friday, March 13, 2020
AILEY CITIGROUP THEATER
Hell’s Kitchen, NYC
This contemporary ballet with Mexican folkloric styling is a collection of stories that speak to the strength and resilience of women during the Mexican Revolution. ¡Viva Valentina!
Pedro Giraudo
Saturday, March 14, 2020
BARBÈS
Park Slope, Brooklyn
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Tuesday, March 24, 2020
THE DJANGO
Tribeca, Manhattan
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Thursday, March 26 2020
TERRAZA 7
Elmhurst, Queens
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“Best Tango Album” Latin Grammy winner plays Argentine tango jazz
St Patrick’s Day
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
MIDTOWN, NYC ~ Commemorate the death of the patron saint of Ireland. Spanish Galicians and French Bretons share Celtic culture with western Irish
Saint Joseph
Thursday, March 19, 2020 ~ The Catholic Feast of Saint Joseph is the Latin Father’s Day
Binomio de Oro
Friday, March 20, 2020
LA BOOM
Woodside, Queens
One of Colombia’s most famous vallenato groups joins Puerto Rican salsa romántica singer Maelo Ruiz.
Maelo Ruiz
Friday, March 20, 2020
LA BOOM NYC
Woodside, Queens
The Puerto Rican salsa romántica singer is joined by Colombian Vallenato group Binomio de Oro.
Maluca Mala
Saturday, March 21, 2020
CARNEGIE HALL CITYWIDE
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
East Harlem, NYC
Washington Heights’ own “bad girl” flips it up with her fly R&B barrio techno
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Sponsored by
Carnegie Hall
Benito Juárez
Saturday, March 21, 2020
SAN PABLO GUELATAO, Oaxaca, Mexico
The Indigenous founding father of the modern Mexican state was born on March 21, 1806. There is a statue of Juárez in the northwest corner of Bryant Park.
World Poetry Day
UNITED NATIONS CELEBRATION
Saturday, March 21, 2020
Poetry reaffirms our common humanity by revealing to us that individuals, everywhere in the world, share the same questions and feelings (UNESCO)
Puerto Rico Emancipation Day
Sunday, March 22, 2020
Day off Mon, March 23, 2020
PUERTO RICO ~ This Puerto Rican holiday commemorates the day Puerto Rican slaves were officially freed by the Spanish Parliament on March 22, 1873
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Latin
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.
There were other great civilizations in Africa, Asia and the Americas. Spices and silk, then sugar and slavery brought us together. In the Americas we mixed into our Latin thing and New York City is our capital. ¡Azúcar!
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February 2020 Calendar
Black History Month
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Broadway Week
Off-Broadway Week
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3-12 New York Fashion Week
5-19 MoMA Doc Fortnight
8 VILLALOBOS BROTHERS
8-11 Westminster Dog Show
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14 Valentine’s Day
14 President’s Day Weekend
14 PISTOLERA
14 Neighboring Scenes Film Festival
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17 PRESIDENTS DAY
21 Carnival weekend
21-15 International Children’s Film Festival
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25 Mardi Gras
26 Ash Wednesday
26 ADAA Art Show
27 Dominican Independence Day
March 2020 Calendar
Women’s History Month
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3-9 Spring/Break Art Show
4-8 Volta New York
5-15 Rendez-Vous with Frenc Cinema
5-8 Armory Show
5-8 Scope New York
5-8 Art on Paper
5-8 Clio Art Fair
6-8 Independent art fair
8 International Women’s Day
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9 Purim
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17 St. Patrick’s Day
17 St. Patrick’s Day Parade
20 Spring
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26-29 Affordable Art Fair
27 Register to Vote
27-5 Flamenco Festival
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31 Cesar Chavez Day
April 2020 Calendar
National Autism Month
National Poetry Month
International Guitar Month
ReelAbilities Film Festival
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2-5 Paris Photo NY (AIPAD)
2 Yankees home opener
(3-14) Havana Film Festival New York
5-11 HOLY WEEK
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8 PASSOVER
8 Romani Day
9-17 SPRING RECESS
10-17 Youth American Grand Prix
12 EASTER
12 Easter Parade
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15 Dance Theatre of Harlem
15-26 Tribeca Film Festival
16-26 Art of the Real film festival
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21 New York City Ballet Spring
22 Earth Day
23 RAMADAN
23 Artexpo
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28 New York Primary Election 2020
30 International Jazz Day
It’s Carnival Weekend
Traditional Caribbean Carnival builds to Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) before Ash Wednesday and Lent. Preparations start a year ahead, get busy a month before, build up over Carnival weekend and blow up on Mardi Gras. “La vida es un Carnaval.”