New York Latin Culture Magazine

Latin Art

• Miguel Cardenas “Beyond the Fence” is at Chapter NY in the Lower East Side, June 19 – July 31. 🇨🇴
• The Latin American Foto Festival 2021 is at the Bronx Documentary Center in Melrose, The Bronx through August 1. FREE  🇦🇷🇨🇱🇨🇴🇸🇻🇲🇽🇵🇪🇻🇪
• The Open Call exhibition of emerging New York artists shows the diversity of our City at The Shed in Hudson Yards through August 1. theshed.org
• The Alice Neel: People Come First exhibition is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Central Park through Aug 1. 🇨🇺
• Beto de Volder: Landscapes is at Hutchinson Modern in the Upper East Side June 17 – August 20, 2021. By appointment at hutchinsonmodern.com 🇦🇷

Broadway

Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway.

• Springsteen on Broadway is at the St James through Sat, September 4, 2021. seatgeek.com
• Experimental theater “Endure: Run Woman Show” is in Central Park July 3 – Aug 8. $44.99 runwomanshow.com
• Pass Over at the August Wilson previews Aug 4 and opens Sep 12. seatgeek.com
• Shakespeare in the Park presents “Merry Wives” at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, July 5 – Aug 29 🇰🇪

Latin Dance

• Latin Mondays at Taj salsa dance party reopens in the Flatiron District on Mon, Aug 2 at 5pm. $10 🇵🇪
• Midtown Dance Free Outdoor Dancing & Lessons at Greeley Square Plaza near Herald Square on Tue, Aug 3 from 5:45-8pm. FREE with pre-registration. 🇵🇪
• Midtown Dance Free Outdoor Salsa Dancing at Greeley Square Plaza near Herald Square on Thu, Aug 5 from 5:45-8pm. FREE with pre-registration. 🇵🇪
• Do the Central Park Tango at the Shakespeare Statue in Central Park on Sat, Aug 7 at 6pm 🇦🇷
• Salsa Sundays at Orchard Beach is in Pelham Bay Park, The Bronx on Sun, Aug 8. 🇵🇷

Latin Festivals

• SummerStage is back to first-come, first-serve.
• Pachamama is Sun, Aug 1. 🇦🇷🇧🇴🇨🇱🇪🇨🇵🇪
• Bolivian Independence Day is Fri, Aug 6 🇧🇴
• Ecuadorian Independence Day is Tue, Aug 10 🇪🇨
• India Independence Day is Sun, Aug 15 🇮🇳
• The Assumption of Mary, on Sun, Aug 15, marks the start of summer holidays in Latin Europe. 🇫🇷🇮🇹🇵🇹🇷🇴🇪🇸

Latin Film

Film Festivals

• Big Screen Summer: NYFF58 Redux is at Film at Lincoln Center through Aug 26 at filmlinc.org
• The Inwood Artworks Bilingual Film Festival is Monday nights at sundown at The Hudson in Inwood Hill Park, through Aug 30.
• Summer of Soul, the documentary of the 1969 Harlem Music Festival is now playing 🇺🇸
• In the Heights is now playing 🇵🇷🇩🇴

Latin Food

• NYC Restaurant Week is July 19 – Aug 22. 🇺🇸🇧🇷🇨🇺🇫🇷🇬🇾🇭🇹🇮🇹🇲🇽🇵🇪🇵🇷🇪🇸
• International Beer Day is Sat, Aug 7
• The 3rd Creole Food Festival is at Skinny’s Cantina on the Hudson in Manhattanville, Sat-Sun, Aug 7-8 from 2-8pm. From $55 creolefoodfestival.com 🇧🇧🇧🇷🇨🇲🇨🇺🇩🇴🇭🇹🇵🇷🇻🇨🇸🇳🇹🇹🇺🇸
• National Rum Day is Mon, Aug 16 🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷
• The Peru to the World Expo is at The Baker House 1650 in East Hampton, Long Island on Sun, Sept 26 🇵🇪
• The NYC Wine and Food Festival (NYCWFF) is Thu-Sun, Oct 14-17, 2021

Latin Literature

• Garifuna drummers talk about their rhythms with Bobby Sanabria of the Bronx Music Heritage Center on Facebook @bxmusic on Fri, July 30 at 8pm. FREE 🇧🇿🇬🇹🇭🇳
• Nuyorican Poets Cafe in the East Village is hosting Monday and Thursday night Online Open Mics. nuyorican.org 🇵🇷

Latin Music

• Sarah Cabral sings Brazilian pop at LunÀtico in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn on Mon, Aug 2 at 9pm. $10/person suggested donation 🇧🇷
• Terence Blanchard featuring the E-Collective with the Turtle Island Quartet celebrate Wayne Shorter (Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis, Weather Report) for Carnegie Hall Citywide in Bryant Park in the Garment District on Fri, Aug 6 at 7pm. FREE 🇺🇸
• Gili Yalo sings Ethiopian Israeli pop at Drom in the East Village on Fri, August 6, 2021 at 8pm (7pm doors). $25 🇪🇹🇮🇱
• The Red Bull Batalla freestyle rap championship of Costa Rica is on redbull.com on Sat, Aug 7. 🇨🇷
• Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble play Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen on Sun, Aug 8 at 7pm. 🇨🇺
• Extranjero (Joel Moscoso) plays Latin rock at Drom in the East Village on Sat, August 7, 2021 at 8pm. (7pm doors). 🇪🇨
• Caribbean Beach Fest features Dexta Daps and Lyrikal playing reggae and soca at the Ford Amphitheater on the Coney Island Boardwalk in Brooklyn on Sun, Aug 8 at 8pm (7pm doors). From $83 seasideparkconeyisland.com 🇯🇲🇹🇹
• The Blue Note Jazz Festival is June 15 – Aug 15 🇩🇴🇮🇹🇵🇷

Latin Sports

• Mets play baseball at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens through Oct 3. The Atlanta Braves rivalry is Mon-Thu, July 26-29. 🇩🇴🇮🇹🇵🇷🇪🇸🇻🇪
• Yankees play baseball at Yankee Stadium in Concourse, The Bronx through Oct 3. The Red Sox Rivalry is Tue-Wed, Aug 17-18. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇷🇻🇪
• US Open tennis grand slam (Aug 30 – Sep 7)tickets go on sale on Thu, July 15 at 12 noon.
• NYCFC plays Major League Soccer at Yankee Stadium in Concourse, The Bronx through Nov 7.
• NY Red Bulls play Major League Soccer at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey (Newark) through Nov 7.
• Peak whale-watching season in NYC is June – August.

Latin Television

• PBS Great Performances Roots of Latin Jazz, with Sheila E., Tony Succar, and Dr. Pablo Gil, premieres on PBS Thirteen on Fri, July 16 at 10pm ET. pbs.org 🇧🇷🇲🇽🇵🇪
• The Latino Experience, three episodes of short films about Latin culture and identity, premieres on PBS Thirteen on Tuesdays, July 6, 13, 20 at 9pm ET. 🇧🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇬🇹🇲🇽🇵🇷🇺🇸
• Great Performances – Gloria Estefan: Sangre Yoruba streams on PBS Thirteen through Fri, Aug 6. pbs.org 🇧🇷🇨🇺