Los Pleneros de la 21 are a Grammy nominated, National Endowment of the Arts fellows, New York Puerto Rican, bomba and plena group of performers and teaching artists, based in "El Barrio" East Harlem. A little advice. If you are lonely in New York City, study bomba and plena with Los Pleneros de la 21. You will find the most loving community. Welcome to Puerto Rico! Los … [Read more...] about Los Pleneros de la 21 Celebrate 40 Years with Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra “Una Navidad Nuyorkina” at Hostos
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Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Salute 40 Years of Los Pleneros de la 21 at Hostos
Arturo O'Farrill is a multi-Grammy winning, Mexican-born, New York Cuban jazz pianist, composer, and leader. He wins a Grammy almost every year. Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra keep the Latin big band format alive. Arturo is the son of Cuban Jazz legend Chico O'Farrill, and has carried on the Sunday night Latin Jazz gig at Birdland for over 20 years. … [Read more...] about Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Salute 40 Years of Los Pleneros de la 21 at Hostos
Celebrate Las Fiestas de Cruz 2023 with Los Pleneros de la 21 at Julia de Burgos Cultural Center
Las Fiestas de Cruz 2023 Los Pleneros de la 21 celebrate their 38th Las Fiestas de Cruz 2023, Puerto Rican style, with chanted rosaries, bomba, and plena, drumming, singing, and dancing. It's at Julia de Burgos Latino Cultural Center in "El Barrio" East Harlem, Manhattan; on Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 7pm. Suggested donation $5. losplenerosdela21.org 🇵🇷 Las Fiestas de … [Read more...] about Celebrate Las Fiestas de Cruz 2023 with Los Pleneros de la 21 at Julia de Burgos Cultural Center
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The Pablo Mayor Folklore Urbano Orchestra Plays a Portrait of the Americas at Drom
Colombian-born Pablo Mayor and his Folklore Urbano Project are a pan-Latin cumbia, salsa, jazz, and folkloric band that plays the musical traditions of the Americas. The band plays as a big band orchestra or an ensemble. Pablo Mayor is an artist-in-residence at iD Studio Theater, a Colombian community theater in Mott Haven, The Bronx. Daniel Fetecua, one of New York's … [Read more...] about The Pablo Mayor Folklore Urbano Orchestra Plays a Portrait of the Americas at Drom
Things To Do in NYC in December 2023
Things to do in NYC in December are holidays, holidays, and more holidays. The December U.S. national holiday is Christmas Day. New Year's Eve is big in New York City. New York holiday traditions include Chris Botti's Jazz Holiday Residency. Latin traditions include Hannukah, the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Winter Solstice, and Kwanzaa. December weather … [Read more...] about Things To Do in NYC in December 2023
La Casa de La Plena Tito Matos Trains the Next Generation of Pleneros at La Goyco
At a time when social media is replacing traditional cultures, La Casa de la Plena Tito Matos is keeping Puerto Rican traditions alive by training the next generation of Pleneros. La Plena La Plena is a Puerto Rican musical tradition with roots in the African Diaspora. It's a song, drum and dance tradition that is performed on the streets in Puerto Rican communities. … [Read more...] about La Casa de La Plena Tito Matos Trains the Next Generation of Pleneros at La Goyco
Héctor “Coco” Barez & El Laberinto del Coco Take Bomba to the World
Héctor Barez is a Puerto Rican percussionist who is best known as Calle 13's original percussionist during the first decade of their rise. Everyone calls him "Coco." Coco is taking Puerto Rican bomba to the world with his project El Laberinto del Coco and the support of some of the most important cultural organizations in Puerto Rico and the United States including the NEA … [Read more...] about Héctor “Coco” Barez & El Laberinto del Coco Take Bomba to the World
The El Museo Three Kings Day Parade 2021 Celebrates Our Collective Strength Virtually
The 44th El Museo Three Kings Day Parade 2021 is a virtual celebration on El Museo's Facebook, YouTube and web site on Three Kings Day, Wednesday, January 6, 2021. There are two shows: for families and schools from 11am - 12pm, and for all ages from 6-7pm. FREE with RSVP 44th El Museo Three Kings Day Parade 2021 The show is hosted by TV personality Rhina Valentin with … [Read more...] about The El Museo Three Kings Day Parade 2021 Celebrates Our Collective Strength Virtually
El Museo del Barrio Three Kings Day Parade 2020
The 43rd El Museo Three Kings Day Parade is in El Barrio East Harlem on Monday, January 6, 2020 from 11am to 12:30pm. The parade is followed by a celebration with live music at El Museo del Barrio from 1 to 2pm. FREE There are live camels, the iconic giant puppets, parrandas (Puerto Rican Christmas carols), music, dancing and of course, the Three Kings en vivo. 43rd El … [Read more...] about El Museo del Barrio Three Kings Day Parade 2020
Things to do in NYC in December 2019
December 2019 is New York City's busy holiday season. The season starts in November before Thanksgiving Weekend. The December holidays are Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, New Year's. Christmas is the world's most popular Latin holiday. There are holiday markets in Columbus Circle, Grand Central Terminal, Bryant Park and Union Square. There are holiday windows all over. The … [Read more...] about Things to do in NYC in December 2019
El Museo Three Kings Day Parade 2019
The 42nd Annual El Museo Three Kings Day Parade and Celebration in East Harlem, Manhattan is Friday, January 4, 2019. There are three parts to the day. El Museo Breakfast: 8:30 - 10:15am Parade: 11am - 12:30pm El Museo Celebration: 1 - 3pm After the Parade, celebrate the day with improv theater and a parranda (Puerto Rican Christmas music). El Museo Three Kings Day … [Read more...] about El Museo Three Kings Day Parade 2019
La Casita Sings the Poetry and Music of Our Communities
La Casita (The Little House) is an annual weekend of community-oriented poetry and music that is part of Lincoln Center Out of Doors at Lincoln Center and Teatro Pregones in Concourse, The Bronx. #LCOutOfDoors La Casita 2018 La Casita is in: Hearst Plaza, Lincoln Center on Saturday, August 4, 2018 at 12 noon. FREE Teatro Pregones in Concourse, The Bronx on … [Read more...] about La Casita Sings the Poetry and Music of Our Communities
El Museo del Barrio Three Kings Day Parade 2018
The El Museo del Barrio Three Kings Day Parade is a New York City holiday tradition. The giant puppets of the Three Kings Day Parade by El Museo del Barrio are a. Three Kings Day is the day when most Hispanic children receive their holiday gifts. You'll see many wide-eyed little ones carrying the gift the Three Kings left for them overnight. 41st Three Kings Day Parade … [Read more...] about El Museo del Barrio Three Kings Day Parade 2018
It’s the Holidays in New York City
Buena Vista Social Club™ is now a Saheem Ali musical about a band of retired Cubans who made the whole world dance again ~ An Atlantic Theater World Premiere 🇨🇺 Ballet Nepantla “Nacimiento” is a Holiday Folkloric Ballet About The Birth of the Mexican People From Indigenous and Spanish Roots 🇲🇽 🎄 Latin Music is the Rhythm of Life Latin … [Read more...] about It’s the Holidays in New York City
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Queens Theatre is the Premiere Performing Arts Center in Queens
Past Artists These artists are representative of who you can see at the Queens Theatre. … [Read more...] about Queens Theatre is the Premiere Performing Arts Center in Queens
Things To Do in NYC in November 2023
Things to do in NYC in November include: the Veterans Day Parade and Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Celebrate Mexico Now cultural festival, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and the fall art auctions. November is Native American Heritage Month, Puerto Rican Heritage Month, and Hip-Hop History Month. US national holidays in November include Veterans Day, Thanksgiving … [Read more...] about Things To Do in NYC in November 2023
Bomba NYC
Bomba is a Puerto Rican drum, song, and dance tradition of the African Diaspora, but today it is a communal expression of family, faith, community, and love for all Puerto Ricans. Bomba rhythms mixed with Cuban son into salsa. In NYC, bomba is performed and taught by folkloric drum, song and dance groups such as Los Pleneros de la 21, BombaYo, Bombazo Dance Co, and Danza … [Read more...] about Bomba NYC
Things To Do in NYC This Weekend: May 5-7, 2023
Things to do in NYC this weekend: May 5-7 are the week of May 1-7, 2023. Things To Do in NYC in the Week of May 1-7, 2023 Monday, May 1, 2023 May is Asian American Heritage Month. Asians are not only East Asians, like many Americans seem to think. The Jewish community is from all over, but is originally Asian. Arabs, South Asians, and Filipinos are too. … [Read more...] about Things To Do in NYC This Weekend: May 5-7, 2023
Puerto Rican NYC
New York Bomba
Bomba in NYC is a Puerto Rican drum, song, and dance tradition with African roots. The barille drum used to be made from old rum barrels. "Bomba" in Spanish means "pump." We pump the barille. The Bomba dancer challenges the lead drummer to match their dance moves. Cuban Rumba Columbia plays a similar game. Women usually dance with a skirt or a scarf. Skirts raised in front … [Read more...] about New York Bomba
Pregones/PRTT
December 2022 Jorge B. Merced’s musical “Aloha Boricua” tells the story of the Puerto Rican migration to Hawaii at the turn of the 20th century through bomba, plena, música Jíbara and reggaeton at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC, Thursday-Sunday, December 1-18, 2022. From $25. 🇵🇷 May 2022 TORCHED!, Rosalba Rolón's new musical about the … [Read more...] about Pregones/PRTT
Jarana Beat Does the Mexican Fandango at Terraza 7
Jarana Beat is an urban folk music collective that has been building fandango communities in New York City and around the world since 2007. This February 19, 2021 story has been updated since. The Bronx's own Jarana Beat does the Mexican Fandango at Terraza 7 in Elmhurst, Queens on Fri, May 13 at 10pm. $15. 🇲🇽 Jarana Beat Urban folk music collective recreating … [Read more...] about Jarana Beat Does the Mexican Fandango at Terraza 7
Learn with Carnegie Hall: Jazz, Bomba & Plena, and Brazilian
Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute presents a Musical Explorers concert for families (ages 4-8) with introductions to jazz, bomba & plena, and Brazilian music on Facebook and Instagram on Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 2pm. FREE The concert features Brianna Thomas singing jazz, Juan Gutiérrez and Julia Gutiérrez-Rivera of Los Pleneros 21 singing, drumming and dancing … [Read more...] about Learn with Carnegie Hall: Jazz, Bomba & Plena, and Brazilian
Things to do in NYC in August 2019
August 2019 brings the Ecuadorian Parade, Dominican Day Parade, Ecuadorian Festival, Battery Dance Festival, New York Latino Film Festival, Afropunk, U.S. Open Tennis and the New York International Salsa Congress to New York City. It's the 400th Anniversary of slavery in the colonies that became the United States. Brasil SummerFest, BRIC Celebration Brooklyn, Lincoln … [Read more...] about Things to do in NYC in August 2019
Things to do in NYC in June 2019
SUMMERSTAGE June is Pride Month. WEEK 22 ~ May 27 - June 2, 2019 Monday-Friday May 2019 Calendar Saturday, June 1 It's the start of hurricane season in the Atlantic and Caribbean. OPENING Pedro & Juana, an installation by the Mexican architects, opens at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, Queens from 12pm - 6pm. Thursday-Monday through September 1. From … [Read more...] about Things to do in NYC in June 2019
Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2018 free music, dance, movies and word
Lincoln Center Out of Doors is an annual Summer festival of diverse music, dance, and spoken word artists at Lincoln Center. There is usually a spoken word section at Teatro Pregones in the Bronx. It's a great chance to get a look at some different artists. Muchas Gracias to Lincoln Center for giving diversity a strong voice. Shows are free, but go … [Read more...] about Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2018 free music, dance, movies and word