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Open Roads New Italian Cinema is a Window on Italian Culture

The Open Roads New Italian Cinema 2023 film festival brings Italian movie legends and emerging filmmakers to Lincoln Center screens. Italians have a particular sense of style and humor, so there are many interesting films to choose from. Open Roads New Italian Cinema 2023 The opening-night film is Francesca Archibugi's "The Hummingbird," an adaptation of Sandro Veronesi's … [Read more...] about Open Roads New Italian Cinema is a Window on Italian Culture

The Open Roads New Italian Cinema Festival Freaks Out at Film at Lincoln Center

The 21st Open Roads New Italian Cinema Festival 2022 is at Film at Lincoln Center for one week Thu-Wed, June 9-15, 2022. filmlinc.org 🇮🇹 21st Open Roads New Italian Cinema 2022 Italian cinema produces some interesting artists who have influenced the entire art form. Even American cinema has many great directors with an Italian heritage. So it's great to see what Italian … [Read more...] about The Open Roads New Italian Cinema Festival Freaks Out at Film at Lincoln Center

Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2021 is In-Theater and Virtual

The Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2021 film festival is hybrid in-theater at Film at Lincoln Center and virtual at filmlinc.org from Friday, May 28 to June 6, 2021. Open Roads New Italian Cinema 2021 This season presents eleven Italian movies. The Opening Night Film is "Bad Tales" by Damiano & Fabio D'Innocenzo. It's a beautifully drawn pre-teen story set in the … [Read more...] about Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2021 is In-Theater and Virtual

Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2018

Open Roads: New Italian Cinema is an annual festival of the best contemporary Italian movies with a few classics sprinkled in. It is the main Italian film festival in the United States. Films are in Italian with English subtitles. 18th Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2018 The 18th Open Roads: New Italian Cinema film festival is at Film Society of Lincoln Center … [Read more...] about Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2018

Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2017

Open Roads: New Italian Cinema at Film Society of Lincoln Center is an annual festival of contemporary Italian films with many directors present for Q&As. It is co-presented by Film Society and Istituto Luce Cinecittà. Films are screened in Italian with English subtitles. Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2017 The 17th annual festival is June 1-7, 2017 at the Walter Reade … [Read more...] about Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2017

Latin Film

The Film Calendar Film Festivals help determine which new films get released in the coming year. The film festival calendar is oriented around the Oscars or Academy Awards, the world's most prestigious film awards which are usually held in March. The film year starts with Berlin in February. Cannes arrives in May. Tribeca is in June. Things get interesting in … [Read more...] about Latin Film

Grupo Rebolú Plays Afro-Colombian Caribbean Dance Music at Esplanade Plaza

Grupo Rebolú is a New York Afro-Colombian band that plays Tropical dance music inspired by the traditions of the Colombian Caribbean coast. Grupo Rebolu plays plays Afro-Colombian Tropical dance music at the Esplanade Plaza in Battery Park City on Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 6pm. 🇨🇴 Once you cross the U.S. southern border, you discover that Indigenous and African … [Read more...] about Grupo Rebolú Plays Afro-Colombian Caribbean Dance Music at Esplanade Plaza

Things to Do in NYC in June 2022

Things to do in NYC in June 2022 include SummerStage, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn, NY Puerto Rico Week and the National Puerto Rican Day Parade, the Coney Island Mermaid Parade and NYC Pride Parade. June is NYC Pride Month. It's also Caribbean Heritage Month and African-American Music Appreciation Month. June is a great month to visit because the school and cultural … [Read more...] about Things to Do in NYC in June 2022

Things to do in NYC in May 2020

May 2020 is one of the most beautiful months to visit New York City because of the big fluffy clouds from the Caribbean that frame the urban landscape. The City is still in it main school year rhythm. The weather is usually summery, but not too hot. May is National Salsa Month and Haitian Heritage Month. MAY HOLIDAYS: Cinco de Mayo, Mother's Day and Memorial Day … [Read more...] about Things to do in NYC in May 2020

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

Fall in Love with New York City

Fall is American English for Autumn, the season that transitions from summer to winter. The Fall months in the northern hemisphere are September, October, November. I once thought it would be cool to create an endless Summer by heading South in November and returning North in May. After all you can travel light without winter clothes. After a while though, it feels like … [Read more...] about Fall in Love with New York City

Hispanic Heritage Month 2023 Isn’t About Spanish Culture Any More

Hispanic Heritage Month 2023 isn't about Spanish culture, it's about us, the Americans of the Americas who come together in the United States, and especially New York City, the capital of the Latin world. We meditate on Hispanic Heritage Month every year, because as New Yorkers traveling constantly in the Caribbean and Latin America, our understanding of what it means to be … [Read more...] about Hispanic Heritage Month 2023 Isn’t About Spanish Culture Any More

Peruvian Culture

Peru Peru is defined by the Andes mountains with a dry coastal plain on one side and Amazonian jungle on the other. Cusco was the capital of the Inca, one of the great civilizations of South America. Spanish colonizers first controlled South America from Lima. Peru still has a strong Indigenous culture with Afro-Peruvian culture along the coast. The descendents of … [Read more...] about Peruvian Culture

Celebrate Ogun, the Warrior Orisha of Metals, Technology, Drivers and Rum. ¡Aguanile!

Celebrate Ogun, the Cuban Yoruba orisha of metal, technology, drivers and rum on June 29. Who is Ogun? [NOTE: These are oral traditions that vary by region, town and even by family. In Cuba, they are a blend of many traditions. This is our own cultural understanding.] Ogun is the Yoruba orisha of metal, technology, drivers and rum. He is one of the Seven African … [Read more...] about Celebrate Ogun, the Warrior Orisha of Metals, Technology, Drivers and Rum. ¡Aguanile!

Travel

Traveling in the Latin World Traveling in the Latin world is more complicated than traveling in the United States. Poverty is the Normal State of Humanity Most Americans have no idea how fortunate we are. Poverty is the normal state of humanity. In many places, the electricity and internet go out regularly. There may not be usable internet. You can't drink tap … [Read more...] about Travel

Ballet Hispánico Makes its Mark as America’s Largest Latinx Cultural Organization

Ballet Hispánico takes center stage in Spring 2023 with William Forsythe's iconic ballet pas de deux "New Sleep" at New York City Center. William Forsythe's "New Sleep" William Forsythe is an iconic New York contemporary dance choreographer known for his work with Ballet Frankfurt and The Forsythe Company. @william_forsythe_🗽 "New Sleep" is a duet danced in a … [Read more...] about Ballet Hispánico Makes its Mark as America’s Largest Latinx Cultural Organization

Spanish Harlem Orchestra with Oscar Hernández plays the Ballet Hispánico Legacy Gala Honoring The Miranda Family

The Spanish Harlem Orchestra (SHO) plays New York salsa for dancing in the style of the 1970s Salsa Golden Age. Almost every song on their albums is great and danceable from beginning to end. Put on the record and let the party begin. A Spanish Harlem Orchestra party no paré. As salsa dancers in Puerto Rico, they are one of our favorite salsa bands. It also should be said … [Read more...] about Spanish Harlem Orchestra with Oscar Hernández plays the Ballet Hispánico Legacy Gala Honoring The Miranda Family

New York Spanish NYC

New York Spanish NYC is spread out now, but used to be in Manhattan's "Little Spain" on 14th St between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, on the border of Chelsea and the West Village. Spain is the tip of the European peninsula. Many peoples mixed together there, including North Africans, Arabs, and the Romani with their flamenco. Like many European nations, Spain had Roman … [Read more...] about New York Spanish NYC

Doc Fortnight 2023 Explores the Sad Echoes of Our Colonial Past and Present

MoMA Doc Fortnight 2023 is the Museum of Modern Art's festival of new international documentary film. It's an important festival because the Museum of Modern Art holds one of the world's great film collections. Art follows the times, and occasionally leads it. This film festival gives a bird's eye view into what's happening in the world. 22nd MoMA Doc Fortnight … [Read more...] about Doc Fortnight 2023 Explores the Sad Echoes of Our Colonial Past and Present

Drom NYC

Drom NYC is an underground Global Music nightclub in Manhattan's East Village. Since the pandemic, Drom has become one of Manhattan's leading Global Music venues. The Turkish owners present all kinds of music including Latin artists, the New York Gypsy Festival and lots of eclectic musical fusions. Latin Culture at Drom NYC January 2023 Pedrito … [Read more...] about Drom NYC

New York Latin Rock

Latin Rock in NYC tends to be Argentine, Mexican and Venezuelan. Latin Rock has come a long way from Ritchie Valens' "La Bamba" in 1958. Latin Rock developed first in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. In the early days, playing Rock could get you beaten up, jailed, or worse. Now rockeamos el mundo (we rock the world). This page is about Hard Rock. Soft rock and Rock fusions … [Read more...] about New York Latin Rock

Guatemalan NYC

Guatemalan NYC is a growing community centered in Bensonhurst and Bath Beach, Brooklyn. Guatemala is Indigenous Maya country. Spanish colonizers controlled Central America from Guatemala City. Guatemalan NYC News January 2023 The 32nd New York Jewish Film Festival 2023, coproduced with the Jewish Museum, screens 29 Jewish films from around the … [Read more...] about Guatemalan NYC

Things To Do in NYC in January 2023

Happy New Year! Many Latin families are preparing for Three Kings Day, Friday, January 6, the Hispanic gift-giving day at the end of Christmas Season. 🇵🇷🇪🇸 After that, we start preparing for traditional Carnival, and the cultural year begins with showcases for the APAP convention of presenters and booking agents including: The PBR Buck Off professional bull rider's … [Read more...] about Things To Do in NYC in January 2023

globalFEST 2023 Brings Global Music to David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center

globalFEST 2023 is a global music conference and showcase during the APAP convention of presenters, artists, and booking agents in January. Global music used to be called world music. It's basically the music of Mother Africa and Asia. globalFEST 2023 globalFESt 2023 brings global classical, cumbia, flamenco, folk, gospel, rock, rhythm & blues, and salsa; to … [Read more...] about globalFEST 2023 Brings Global Music to David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center