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Where Every Day is Hispanic Heritage Month

And Indigenous, European, African; and Jewish, Arab, and Asian Heritage Month.


What’s up? ¿Qué bolá? Ça va? Sak pase? ¿Qué lo que? ¿Qué tal? Hoe gaat het? ¿Todo bien? Tudo bem? ¡Che! Now let’s get down!


It’s Hispanic Heritage Month


Dorrance Dance (Antonio Diaz/Adobe)

Dorrance Dance Taps The 92nd Street Y

NYC Off-Broadway Week (Andrys Lukowski/Adobe)

NYC Off-Broadway Week Fall 2023 Offers 2-for-1 Tickets to Select Latin Shows


Latin Culture


Hispanic Heritage Month 2023 (Skypixel/Dreamstime)

Hispanic Heritage Month Isn’t About Spanish Culture Any More


National Coffee Day (Vladislav Jirousek/Dreamstime)

On National Coffee Day, Celebrate the Ethiopian Drink and Martinican Arabica!



Latin Music is the Rhythm of Life


Global Citizen Festival (Decaale/Dreamstime)

Global Citizen Festival Latin Headliners Include Anitta, D-Nice, Lauryn Hill and Sofia Carson

Cimafunk, “the James Brown of Cuba,” Plays Timba Backed by Chucho Valdés and Pedrito Martinez at the Blue Note

Pedrito Martinez Backs Cimafunk & La Tribu, Featuring Chucho Valdés, at the Blue Note

The Pablo Mayor Folklore Urbano Orchestra Plays Colombian Salsa for Uptown Nights at Harlem Stage



Latin Dance is How We Pray


Dorrance Dance (Antonio Diaz/Adobe)

Dorrance Dance Taps The 92nd Street Y

Fall For Dance 2023 Celebrates 20 Years at New York City Center

New York City Ballet 75th Anniversary Fall Season is a Ballet Master Class

Dance Salsa Sundays at Orchard Beach, The Bronx



Latin Theatre is Real Magic


NYC Off-Broadway Week (Andrys Lukowski/Adobe)

NYC Off-Broadway Week Fall 2023 Offers 2-for-1 Tickets to Select Latin Shows

NYC Broadway Week Summer 2023 Offers 2-for-1 Tickets to Great Latin Broadway

The Public Theater is One of America’s Most Important Theaters

Repertorio Español Has Been New York’s Leading Spanish-Language Repertory Theatre for Over 50 Years



Latin Art is the New Black


Affordable Art Fair New York (Ehw258/Dreamstime)

Affordable Art Fair New York Fall 2023 is a Great Way to Start Collecting

The Armory Show Brings International Latin and African Galleries to New York

Independent 20th Century Art Fair Looks Deeper Into the Recent Past

Spring Break Art Show Always Plays the Wild Card



Latin Books are the Poetry of Love


Isabel Allende at the 92nd Street Y, New York in 2020 (Nancy Crampton/92NY)

Isabel Allende Reads From and Discusses Her New Book “The Wind Knows My Name” with Alicia Menendez

PEN World Voices Festival 2023 is Mightier Than the Sword

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture was Founded by a Puerto Rican Art Collector

Nuyorican Poets Cafe is New York’s Historic House of Slam Poetry



Latin Film is Not Hollywood


Brasil Summerfest 2023 (Viacheslav Dubrovin/Dreamstime)

Brasil Summerfest Brings the Latest Brazilian Music, Film and Dance to NYC

Tribeca Film Festival 2023 is Screening Some Latin Films That are Deep Dives into Latin Culture

Brooklyn Film Festival 2023 Screens Stories About Life & Those Who Live It

Open Roads New Italian Cinema is a Window on Italian Culture



Latin Festivals Bring Communities Together


Yom Kippur (Chinnapong/Adobe)

On Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, “Yom Tov”

Junta Hispana 2023 is a Family Festival of Latin Culture in Queens

“Harvest Moon” is a Native American Name for the September Full Moon

Fall in Love with New York City



Latin Food Has Become American Food


National Coffee Day (Vladislav Jirousek/Dreamstime)

On National Coffee Day, Celebrate the Ethiopian Drink and Martinican Arabica!

Gonzalez y Gonzalez is a Salsa and Bachata Dance Club with Live Music

NYC Restaurant Week is a Great Time To Try New Restaurants With Friends

NYC Pride Builds to a Climax at the NYC Pride Parade



Things To Do in NYC


Things to do in NYC (AboutLife/Adobe)


Best of New York


New York’s leading Indigenous, Latin, European, African, Jewish, and Global cultural organizations support New York Latin Culture Magazine because they support you.

Let’s support them back!

92nd Street Y, New York (Cory Weaver Bright/92NY)

92nd Street Y, New York is a cultural center where legends are made. It serves all communities from a foundation of Jewish values.

Calpulli Mexican Dance Company "Monarchas" (courtesy)

Calpulli Mexican Dance Company is a community folkloric dance organization with a touring company and teaching artists.

Carnegie Hall (courtesy)

Carnegie Hall presents classical, jazz, and pop in one of the world’s legendary concert halls, and all kinds of music Citywide.

CCCADI, Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (courtesy)

The CCCADI, Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute preserves and promotes the culture of the entire African Diaspora.

Flushing Town Hall theater (FTH)

Flushing Town Hall presents the incredible diversity of Queens, the most diverse place on the planet.

Harlem Stage (Marc Millman)

Harlem Stage is the performing arts center of the Harlem Renaissance 3.0.

Hostos Center (courtesy)

Hostos Center is one of the Northeast’s premiere performing arts centers for Latin culture.

Little Island (Michael Grimm/LI)

Little Island is a performing arts center in a park built on a pier in the Hudson River.

New York City Center Main Stage (courtesy)

New York City Center, New York’s original performing arts center, is now one of New York’s premiere musical theatre and dance theatre venues.

Find your next project. Discover your next team. Do it on RISE.

RISE Theatre Directory Joins Diverse Theatre Professionals With Top Employers

Robert Browning Associates is a Global Music pioneer (Ildogesto/Adobe)

Robert Browning Associates was one of the very first world music (now called global music) pioneers.


Oye, you are crossing the Kalûnga

Kalûnga (Andrey Kuzmin/Dreamstime)

The Call of The Drum

Bienvenido a el areíto en el batéy del pueblo Latino. Somos unidos en el tambor.
Escucha la llamada. La rumba ya se forma en el solar.
Yo prendo una vela.

(Welcome to the community gathering in the sacred circle of the Latin people.
We are one in the drum. Listen to the call. The party is forming in the field. I lit a candle.)

Bom, bom, bom, ba-ta-ba-ta, ba, ta-ba, ta-ba
Bom-ba, ba-ta, Bom-ba, ba-ta
Bom-ba, ba-ta, Bom-ba, ba-ta

This call of the drum is the bomba Puertorriqueña sicá rhythm.

Singing begins with the “Diana,” the call to prayer that asks for spiritual connection before we dance,
because by tradition, dance is how we pray.

“E-le-le, le-le-le, A-la-la, le-le-le“
Villa Palmeras, Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

“E-le, le-le, le-le-le-le“
La Marina, Matanzas, Cuba 🇨🇺

“Dirikirikiriki, Dikiri“
Capotillo 42, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 🇩🇴

“Ay, ay, Ay-ay“
San Juan de Ulúa, Veracruz, Mexico 🇲🇽

“Aí aí aí“
San Basilio de Palenque, Bolívar, Colombia 🇨🇴

“Bim Bom, Bim Bim, Bom Bom“
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 🇧🇷

“I like to be in América“
San Juan Hill, Lincoln Center 🇺🇸 🇵🇷 🇮🇱
{{{ Dudamel arrives in 2026! }}} 🇻🇪

¡ A-G-U-A-N-I-L-E!
El Barrio, Loisaida, Bushwick y El Bronx🗽

Who answers the call? The community responds.



¿Oye Cómo Va?

playingforchange.com Carlos Santana, Cindy Blackman, Tito Puente, Jr, Al Harban Brothers, André Siqueira, Andreus Valdés Torres, Chouloute Minouche, Cory Henry, Estevinson Padilla Valdés, José Valdés Terán, Karl Perazzo, and more.

We are Indigenous, European, African, Jewish, Arab, Asian, and everything in between.

“¿Oye cómo va? Mi ritmo, bueno pa’ bailar, mulata.

Hey, how’s it going? My rhythm is good for dancing, Latina.

“Andando, andando, andando…”

(Walking, walking, walking…)

“Yo me tiro pa’l solar”

(I leap into the field.)

Dios te bendiga

(God bless you)

Àṣẹ

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