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World-class American Latin: Indigenous, European & African Culture

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World-class American Latin: Indigenous, European & African Culture

Welcome to the dog days of summer. Sirius, the dog star, the brightest one, is rising high in the night sky. Our city and country are going through a messy decolonization process. It’s making us change rapidly.

New York is always changing, and New Yorkers are always a step ahead. The sound of the city is the drum of the feet of 18 million people. In New York, the drum never stops. Jembe, everyone gathering together in peace. We want peace. “Queremos paz.”

#latinopower ~ #blacklivesmatter ~ #palante
#culturalatina ~ #allinnyc

Our vision of the American Dream includes everyone. “The rumba has no color.” We invite you to dance with us, with our ancestors and yours too…

Biden ~ Harris 2020

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It is important for all of us to appreciate where we come from and how that history has really shaped us in ways that we might not understand.”

Sonia Sotomayor, Bronx-born, New York Puerto Rican, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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You Are Not Alone ~ No Esta Solo

August 9, 2020 ~ Something is happening spontaneously. Latin media and artists are getting together. It started with “El Rey de la Cultural Latina,” the King of Latin Culture in New York City, Fernando Cárdenas @NY1noticias.

We are getting together, following, and promoting each other’s work. It’s like Latin jazz. If you have something to say, sit in, but be sure to play along with the theme and when it’s your turn, add some of yourself to the conversation. All we need is love, love is…

Some great American voices are joining us. Big or small, where you are from, or what language you speak doesn’t matter. What matters is heart, el corazón Latino: @MartinezMau @GomezPickering @TintaNews @NYCReaders @TioLouie @PLMSalon @LaGuiaCult @CalendarioArte @JaimeLozano @FlowCuenca and we’re there too @NYLatinCulture. Where are you? Follow us. We are restarting the American Dream all together now!

Ongoing

“Lamento Boliviano”

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“Llego el general”

New York

All In NYC

“When you’re here, you’re a New Yorker,” and the entire world is here. Living, loving and working together, New Yorkers see our common humanity every single day. It’s what makes our city work.

New York leads the country in bad times and good, so let’s get together and make Our City work for everyone. Together we help make the American Dream work for everyone too. Isn’t that why you’re here? We are all in NYC. #AllInNYC

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“When you are here, you are a New Yorker.” New York is a city of immigrants, just as the United States is a nation of immigrants.…

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Things to do in NYC

Things to do in NYC in August 2020

COVID-19
Large outdoor events cancelled to at least the end of September
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Open Streets : Open Restaurants (Fri-Sat)
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1 Pachamama (At home)
1 “Liquidus” Tabula Rasa Dance Theater (YouTube)
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6 Bolivian Independence
9 Dominican Parade (Virtual)
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10 Ecuadorian Independence
14 Shakespeare in the Park (TV)
14-16 Jazz Masters & All Stars Weekend (Virtual)
14-22 Battery Dance Festival (Virtual)
16 Dominican Restoration Day
16-23 Harlem Week (Virtual)
23 Subway Series (TBS)
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19-20 Al-Hijra (school holiday)
21 Haitian Revolution
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25 Uruguayan Independence
26 19th Amendment
28 Remember Emmett Till
28 “I Have a Dream”
29 Metropolitan Museum plans to open
30 MTV VMA Video Music Awards (TV)
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31-13 US Open Tennis (ESPN)

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Things to do in NYC in September 2020

COVID-19
Large outdoor events cancelled to at least the end of September
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NY Carnival (Virtual dates TBD)
1-24 US Open Tennis (ESPN)
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4-7 Labor Day Weekend
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7 Labor Day
7 Brazilian Independence
10 NYC Public Schools opening day
11-16 FDLA Fashion Designers of Latin America
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14-16 NYFW NY Fashion Week
15-15 Hispanic Heritage Month
15 Independence of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras & Nicaragua
16 Mexican Independence
18 Chilean Independence
18-20 Rosh Hashanah
20 African American Parade (Virtual)
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23 US Open Tennis Women’s Final
24 US Open Tennis Men’s Final
25-11 NY Film Festival (Virtual)
27-28 Yom Kippur
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29 Latin Grammy Nominations

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Things to do in NYC in October 2020

New York on PAUSE COVID-19
Register to Vote Deadline October 9
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Hispanic Heritage Month
Filipino American History Month
Italian-American Heritage Month
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3 Panamanian Parade (YouTube)
3-4 Brooklyn Book Festival (Virtual)
4 Blessing of Animals
5 –
5-11 New Yorker Festival (Virtual)
9 Register to Vote (Deadline)
9 Columbus/Indigenous Weekend
12 –
12 Columbus Day Holiday
12 Columbus Day Parade (Virtual)
12 Indigenous Peoples Day
12 Spain National Day
19 –
26 –
31 Halloween

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Everyone Gather Together in Peace

African drummers (Jakezc/Dreamstime)
Jembe drummers. “Jembe” is a Malian expression that means “everyone gather together in peace.”

Colonizers (human slavers) feared the drum because they understood that rhythm talks. They were afraid we would use the drum to rise up, and do to them what they were doing to us.

To justify their own violence and thievery, colonizers dehumanized and demonized everything that wasn’t their own. They said we were not human, devil worshipers who practice black magic and a bunch of other nonsense. Colonizer priests played along because it enriched them too. Politicians gained power. Hollywood made money. This colonial point of view got into our heads and became part of our American culture.

One of the things the colonizers didn’t realize is that there are no demons, only demonizers. To dehumanize others, you must dehumanize yourself first and that eats you from the inside. That’s the trouble in our country now. We’ve become the very demons that we so feared.

The colonizers got the drum wrong too. The drum is a healing instrument. It’s true that it talks, but “jembe,” the Malian word for drum, says “everyone gathering together in peace.” Regardless of your heritage, it’s time to start the drum again. It’s time for everyone to start gathering together in peace. Jembe.

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