Holy Week (Semana Santa)
Sun-Sat, April 5-11, 2020
This most important Christian holiday season commemorates the passion of Christ
Passover ~ Pesach
Wednesday-Thursday, April 8-16, 2020
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The Jewish spring festival is the most sacred time in Judaism. It commemorates our release from slavery in Egypt and the Exodus.
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“Chag Pesach samech”
Romani Day
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
The Romani were originally traveling court musicians in northern India. Flamenco is Romani.
Good Friday (Viernes Santo)
Friday, April 10, 2020
This Christian holiday commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus
Easter
Sunday, April 12, 2020
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The Christian spring holiday commemorates the Biblical resurrection of Jesus.
The most important thing you can do for your family is register to Vote (vote.org)
Register to Vote
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
Register by: Friday, April 3, 2020
Vote: Tuesday, April 28, 2020
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NEW YORK STATE PRIMARY
Register by: Friday, May 29, 2020
Vote: Tuesday, June 23, 2020
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GENERAL ELECTION
Register by: Friday, October 9, 2020
Vote: Tuesday, November 3, 2020
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How to register to vote in New York City in English or Spanish, and online, by mail or in person.
The most important thing you can do for yourself is get an education
schools.nyc.gov
Ongoing
Alex Sensation
Monday-Saturday
LA MEGA FM 97.9
NYC’s top radio DJ is a Colombian who plays reggaeton and Latin trap.
Women’s History Month
MARCH
Contemplating women’s history is actually contemplating women’s future.
Lent
Wed, February 26 – Thu, April 9, 2020
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The roughly 40-day period of Catholic devotion leads up to Easter, the Christian spring festival
Spring
March + April + May
New York City blooms anew in spring.
Central Park
SummerStage, Tango and the Metropolitan Museum of Art make Central Park a beloved place for New Yorkers to relax
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
QUEENS ~ The big park in Queens is the home of the Unisphere, Citi Field, Billie Jean King Tennis Center, Queens Museum, Queens Theatre, Queens Zoo and Terrace on the Park
Coming Soon
Jackie Robinson Day
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
BROOKLYN, NYC
#42 broke the Major League Baseball color barrier on Brooklyn Dodgers opening day, April 15, 1947
Malbec World Day
Friday, April 17, 2020
A global celebration of the popular Argentine red wine
SummerStage 2020
[Anticipated]
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
City Parks Foundation announces its 2020 SummerStage lineup
Earth Day
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Earth Day celebrates the only home we have
New Moon
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
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Your best chance this month to see stars over New York City
Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr
Thursday, April 23 – May 23, 2020
Celebrate the Muslim holy month of daytime fasting which ends with the feast of Eid Al-Fitr. “Eid Mubarak” (Happy Holiday)
International Workers Day
Friday, May 1, 2020
Celebrate the international labor movement on the day of the ancient spring festival May Day
Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is celebrated at different times around the world
May 3 (1st Sun) Portugal, Romania & Spain
May 10: Mexico, Guatemala & El Salvador
May 10 (2nd Sun) U.S. & many countries
May 15: Paraguay
May 27: Bolivia
May 30: Nicaragua
May 31 (Last Sun) Dominican Republic & France
Aug 15: Costa Rica
Oct 18 (3rd Sun) Argentina
Dec 8: Panama
Cinco de Mayo
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
PUEBLA, Mexico
This Mexican-American festival has become dining festival in the U.S., but commemorates the victory of a small Mexican force over the great French Army at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862
Osvaldo Fresedo
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina
The bandoneon player, composer, and bandleader (Vida Mía) was born in Buenos Aires on May 5, 1897
“Evita” Eva Perón
Thursday, May 7, 2020
LOS TOLDOS, Argentina
Evita who rose from poverty to become an actress, radio personality, public relations master and first lady of Argentina, was born on May 7, 1919
Manhattan + Brooklyn + Queens + The Bronx + Staten Island | New Jersey
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!
Indigenous + European + African + Asian
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North American + Caribbean + South American
North American
Costa Rican + French-Canadian
Guatemalan + Honduran + Mexican
Nicaraguan + Panamanian
Salvadoran + US American
Caribbean
Cuban + Dominican + Puerto Rican
Haitian + Creole
Jamaican + Trinidadian
South American
Argentine + Bolivian + Brazilian
Chilean + Colombian + Ecuadorian
Paraguayan + Peruvian
Uruguayan + Venezuelan
Indigenous
European
French + Italian + Portuguese
Romanian + Spanish
African
Asian
Chinese + Filipino + Indian
Jewish + Romani
Culture
Art + Celebrations + Dance + Fashion + Food
Literary + Movies + Music + Sports + Theatre
Calendar
JAN + FEB + MAR + APR + MAY + JUN
March 2020 Things to do in NYC
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 things to do in NYC
National Autism Month
National Poetry Month
International Guitar Month
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5-11 HOLY WEEK
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8 PASSOVER
8 Romani Day
9-17 SPRING RECESS
12 EASTER
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22 Earth Day
23 RAMADAN
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28 New York Primary Election 2020
30 International Jazz Day
May 2020 Things to do in NYC
1 International Workers Day
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(3) Cinco de Mayo Parade
4 Met Gala
(4-10) Pen World Voices Festival
5 CINCO DE MAYO
6-10 Frieze New York
8-12 TEFAF New York
(8-17) Bronx Week
10 MOTHER’S DAY
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11 American Ballet Theatre
16 Dance Parade
(17) Cuban Parade
19 Laylat al-Qadr
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22-25 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
22-25 Big Salsa Festival
(23) 152nd St Cultural Festival
23 Eid al-Fitr
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25 Memorial Day
March is Women’s History Month
Contemplating women’s history is actually contemplating women’s future. Contemplating women’s future is contemplating the future of all humanity.
The writings of Puerto Rican poet and human rights activist Julia de Burgos (1914-1953) came twenty years before the women’s rights movement in the United States. De Burgos was a working class woman with an African heritage who got divorced in a a Catholic culture. She worked in a machista (male chauvinist) society where women were supposed to just stay at home.
Young people today tend to be much more evolved, but for De Burgos to do what she did in her time was exceptional.
En todo me lo juego a ser lo que soy yo”
“Songfest: A Cycle of American Poems for Six Singers and Orchestra” (1977) by Leonard Bernstein with words from the “A Julia de Burgos” poem
(I gamble it all to be exactly as I am)
De Burgos explored themes of colonialism, human enslavement, and imperialism. These themes remain relevant whether you are colonizer, slaver, imperialist or colonized, enslaved and imperialized. From the spring of the soul of the great river of Puerto Rico, Julia de Burgos touches our common humanity.
In New York City, the Julia de Burgos Cultural Center in El Barrio East Harlem is named after her.