World-class Latin American, Indigenous, European & African culture”
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“Ay, unidos venceremos y yo se que llegaremos
Con sangre nueva, indestructible”
Ray Barretto, Indestructible (1973)
Bembé
Chinese New Year Firecracker Ceremony
Saturday, January 25, 2020
SARA D. ROOSEVELT PARK
Chinatown NYC
We light firecrackers at the start of Chinese New Year celebrations to scare away evil spirits
New Moon
Friday, January 24, 2020
Your best chance this month to see stars over New York City
All Night Milonga
Saturday, January 25, 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
La Bohème
Saturday, January 25, 2020
April 29 – May 7, 2020
METROPOLITAN OPERA
Lincoln Center, NYC
Franco Zeffirelli’s classic staging of the world’s most popular opera, the tragic love story of Mimi and Rodolfo
Grammys 2020
Sunday, January 26, 2020
STAPLES CENTER and CBS
Los Angeles, California
The big music awards
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
La Traviata
Sunday, January 26, 2020
January 10 – February 7, 2020
February 26 – March 29, 2020
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE
Lincoln Center, NYC
Michael Mayer’s 2018 production opens with Aleksandra Kurzak and Quinn Kelsey. “Sempre libera degg’io” and “Addio, del passato.”
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Monday, January 27, 2020
AUSCHWITZ, Poland
When Soviet soldiers opened the gates of Nazi concentration camps on January 27, 1945, the Holocaust/Shoah became undeniable
Bulla en el Barrio
Monday, January 27, 2020
BARBÈS
Park Slope, Brooklyn
NYC’s leading Colombian Bullerengue group is inspired by the Caribbean women’s song and dance tradition from San Basilio de Palenque, the first free African town in the Americas
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Limón Dance Company
Thursday, January 30, 2020
PURCHASE COLLEGE
Purchase, New York (White Plains)
The legacy company of Mexican-American modern dance pioneer José Limón performs Limón classics and new works
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Villalobos Brothers
Saturday, February 8, 2020
PURCHASE COLLEGE
Purchase, New York (White Plains)
High-energy classical pop with a world of musical influences from a base of Mexican style with social consciousness in the mix
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Ongoing
Tango La Nacional
Thursdays
LA NACIONAL
Chelsea, NYC
Dance Argentine tango at NYC’s most traditional milonga (tango party)
Pain and Glory (Dolor y Gloria)
Opened Fri, October 4, 2019
ANGELIKA and LANDMARK 57
Greenwich Village and Hell’s Kitchen, NYC
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. Oscar nominations for Best Actor and Best International Feature Film.
An Emphasis on Resistance
Wednesday-Sunday
October 30, 2019-Feb 2, 2020
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
East Harlem, NYC
2019 commissions from the Foundation that holds the world’s leading collection of modern and contemporary Latin American art
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)
West Side Story Broadway
Previews to February 6, 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
Alex Sensation
Monday-Saturday
LA MEGA FM 97.9
NYC’s top radio DJ is a Colombian who plays reggaeton and Latin trap.
Mexico is Mexico: Contemporary Mexican Design
Tuesday-Saturday
Oct 24, 2019 – Feb 8, 2020
HENRIQUE FARIA FINE ART
Upper East Side, NYC
A century after the first exposition of Mexican folk art, contemporary design objects continue to show the diversity and unity of contemporary Mexican culture
Continue Reading Mexico is Mexico: Contemporary Mexican Design
Carnival, Carnaval, Carnevale
SEASON
January 6 – February 25, 2020
MONTH
January 26-February 25, 2020
WEEK
February 19-25, 2020
This medieval European winter festival became important in colonial times because it was the only time enslaved humans were allowed to celebrate their own culture
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
Winter
December, January, February
(Dec 22, 2019 to Mar 19, 2020)
Once the holidays pass, the coldest time of year is the cheapest time to visit New York City
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
This Argentine dinosaur from Patagonia is so big, its head pokes through the door of the Dinosaur Hall
Coming Soon
Porgy and Bess
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Ends February 1, 2020
METROPOLITAN OPERA
Lincoln Center, NYC
James Robinson’s new English National Opera production of the Gershwin classic about African-American life in the old South. “Summertime, and the livin’ is easy…”
Limón Dance Company
Thursday, January 30, 2020
PURCHASE COLLEGE
Purchase, New York (White Plains)
The legacy company of Mexican-American modern dance pioneer José Limón performs Limón classics and new works
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¡New York Latin Culture Sponsor!
Pedrito Martinez
Thursday, January 30, 2020
GINNY’S
Harlem, NYC
One of the world’s best Cuban rumba percussionists shakes one of the hottest joints in Harlem
Bárbara Martínez
Friday, January 31, 2020
CLUB BONAFIDE
Midtown East, NYC
The Argentine-Venezuelan New Yorker sings Brazilian bossa nova and Spanish flamenco
Atlético Madrid NYC
Saturday, February 1, 2020
FOOTBALL FACTORY AT LEGENDS
Koreatown, NYC
Watch the Madrid Derby Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid, with NYC’s supporters club Peña Oficial Atlético de Madrid en New York
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Real Madrid NYC
Saturday, February 1, 2020
PLAYWRIGHT IRISH PUB
Garment District, NYC
Watch the Madrid Derby, Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid, with NYC’s Real Madrid supporters club: Peña Madridista NYC
An Emphasis on Resistance
Wednesday-Sunday
October 30, 2019-Feb 2, 2020
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
East Harlem, NYC
2019 commissions from the Foundation that holds the world’s leading collection of modern and contemporary Latin American art
Our Lady of Candelaria
Sunday, February 2, 2020
CANARY ISLANDS, Spain
The patron saint of these Spanish African islands is a Black Madonna
La Canción
Thursday, February 6, 2020
REPERTORIO ESPAÑOL
Kips Bay, NYC
Puerto Rican reggaeton legend VICO C’s hip-hop musical
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Thursday, February 6, 2020
CARNEGIE HALL
Midtown, NYC
Rare works for double orchestra by Handel and Vivaldi
Villalobos Brothers
Saturday, February 8, 2020
PURCHASE COLLEGE
Purchase, New York (White Plains)
High-energy classical pop with a world of musical influences from a base of Mexican style with social consciousness in the mix
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¡New York Latin Culture Sponsor!
Pedro Giraudo
Saturday, February 8, 2020
BARBÈS
Park Slope, Brooklyn
“Best Tango Album” Latin Grammy winner plays Argentine tango jazz
Saulo Garcia’s Quinceañera
Saturday-Sunday, February 8-9, 2020
REPERTORIO ESPAÑOL
Kips Bay, NYC
The Colombian comic celebrates his “Quinceañera” (15th birthday) at Repertorio Español with a greatest hits show
Snow Moon
Sunday, February 9, 2020
The cheapest time to visit New York City offers deals on travel, hotel, meals and things to do
Our Lady of Lourdes
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
LOURDES, France
This Marian apparition told 14-year old Bernadette Soubirous to dig a well whose water is famous for miraculous healings
Valentine’s Day
Friday, February 14, 2020
This popular celebration honors a Roman saint who got associated with romantic love in the Middle Ages
Presidents Day Weekend
Fri-Mon, Feb 14-17, 2020
This U.S. holiday commemorates the birthdays of presidents Washington and Lincoln
El coronel no tiene quien le escriba
Friday, February 14, 2020
REPERTORIO ESPAÑOL
Kips Bay, NYC
Colombian director Jorge Alí Triana’s adaptation of the classic Gabriel García Márquez story about how history repeats itself
Gran Combo de Puerto Rico
Saturday, February 15, 2020
RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL
Midtown, NYC
The most popular salsa band ever is joined by Jerry Rivera and Tito Nieves for a night of Puerto Rican salsa. “Brujeria,” “Arroz con Habichuelas,” “Un Verano en Nueva York”…
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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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January 2020 Calendar
1 Haitian Independence
3-5 PBR Professional Bull Riders
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6 Three Kings Day Parade
9-18 Winter Jazzfest
10-14 APAP
12 globalFEST
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17 MARTIN LUTHER KING WEEKEND
17-18 Black Comic Book Festival
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20 Martin Luther King holiday
24-2 Winter Antiques Show
25-1 Master Drawings
26 Grammys
February 2020 Calendar
Black History Month
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Cinema Tropical film festival
New York Fashion Week
8-11 Westminster Dog Show
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Cheapest week to visit NYC
MoMA Doc Fortnight
14 Valentine’s Day
14 President’s Day Weekend
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17 PRESIDENTS DAY
Film Comment Selects
International Children’s Film Festival
21 Carnival weekend
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25 Mardi Gras
26 Ash Wednesday
26 ADAA Art Show
Neighboring Scenes Film Festival
Broadway Week
Off-Broadway Week
March 2020 Calendar
Women’s History Month
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3-9 Spring/Break Art Show
4-8 Volta New York
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
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