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Salsa Dance

Salsa Dance NYC The New York Salsa Dance Scene New York is the world salsa capital. The Origin of Salsa Dance Salsa originates in the African Diaspora, so you can trace it back to Mother Africa. That’s a long journey, so we’ll start in Cuba, the living heart of Caribbean culture. Most human culture begins […]

David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center Ticket Office Hosts Free Concerts and Dance Parties

Juana Luna, Argentine pop 🇦🇷
Frente Cumbiero, alternative Colombian cumbia 🇨🇴
Juan Fernando Velasco, Ecuadorian pop 🇪🇨
La Dame Blanche, Cuban Yoruba alternative 🇨🇺
Orquesta Broadway Cuban charanga (salsa) 🇨🇺
Rhina Valentin talks environmental justice with Elizabeth C. Yeampierre 🇵🇷
Xenia Rubinos Latin alternative 🇨🇺 🇵🇷

LINCOLN CENTER, Manhattan

Haitian Culture in New York City

Explore Haitian Culture in New York City, including Haitian artists and institutions, and New York venues that present Haitian culture. 🇭🇹

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 […]

I’m a Storyteller and This is My Story “Lo Co-qui” Keith Widyolar

Buenas. ¿Todo bien? If I am any one thing, it is creative. Whether writing, singing, marketing, designing, photographing, dancing, or just having fun with friends; I am a storyteller. My first mentor taught me to write. My second taught me that marketing is always having an answer. I learned that lesson myself doing beauty photography […]

Things To Do in NYC in February 2023

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Things To Do in NYC in January 2023

Three Kings Day, Martin Luther King Day
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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 […]

Flatiron District

The Flatiron District NYC is a residential/commercial district named after the triangle-shaped Flatiron Building (1902). It was Manhattan’s luxury district in the 1850s. It was formerly the top of Ladies Mile, Toy District, Photo District, and Silicon Alley. 26th StSixth Avenue | Flatiron District | Lexington20th St Latin culture in the Flatiron District includes the […]

West African

West African NYC includes people from Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Saint Helena, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. West Africa’s borders were drawn by colonizers, so they make no sense at all. Borders cut across peoples and languages. It makes it hard to understand […]

Havana Film Festival New York 2018 new Latin American cinema

Argentine, Brazilian, Chilean, Colombian, Cuban, Ecuadorian, Mexican, Paraguayan and Venezuelan films plus tributes to Senel Paz (Cuban), Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (Cuban), and Fernando Birri (Argentine).
AMC Loews 34th St in Chelsea, and other venues in Manhattan, Queens & The Bronx
OPENING NIGHT
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
FESTIVAL April 6 – 17, 2018

Zappa, Ramones & Punk

by New York Latin Culture February 17, 2013 Cecilia Jurado with works by Moris. Photo Keith Widyolar Rock artists Cal Schenkel and Arturo Vega discussed their art with punk, poet and diplomat Gaspar Orozco last night at Y Gallery as part of the exhibition “Metal Coyote.” Gallery director Cecilia Jurado explained, “‘Metal’ is a style […]