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Salsa Stories Sound of Light Edition is an Immersive Multimedia Salsa Block Party

Salsa Stories Sound of Light Edition is an immersive multimedia Salsa block party. It brings Salsa music and dancing, free dance classes, photo and video exhibitions, to the New York City streets where Salsa as we know it today was born. Salsa Stories Sound of Light Edition South Bronx is at the Open Street on Kelly St (between Ave St John & Legget Ave) in Longwood, … [Read more...] about Salsa Stories Sound of Light Edition is an Immersive Multimedia Salsa Block Party

The Salsa Stories Multimedia Pop-Up Salsa Festival is at The Clemente

Bianca WidaKay's Salsa Stories is a multimedia pop-up salsa festival that explores the Golden Age of 1970s salsa and how it became part of New York City culture. Salsa was made in New York. Salsa Stories at The Clemente There’s a SalsaStories.tv pop-up salsa festival with a TV documentary screening, live band (The A Train), DJ Babaloo (@djbabaloo_nyc) photo … [Read more...] about The Salsa Stories Multimedia Pop-Up Salsa Festival is at The Clemente

Remember Celia Cruz, “The Queen of Salsa” Who More Than Anyone Popularized Latin Music Around the World

Celia Cruz was is the most famous and influential woman in Latin music and what became La Salsa. She is remembered as the "The Queen of Salsa." Her career follows the development of Latin music from rumba and changüi to son cubano with La Sonora Matancera, to pachanga (Salsa Cuban-style) with Tito Puente in New York, to salsa with Johnny Pacheco at FANIA to reggaeton (La … [Read more...] about Remember Celia Cruz, “The Queen of Salsa” Who More Than Anyone Popularized Latin Music Around the World

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 in religious tradition celebrated at home with … [Read more...] about Salsa Dance

You’re Invited to New York Latin Culture Magazine’s 10-10-10th Anniversary Salsa Party at Latin Mondays at Taj

New York Latin Culture Magazine celebrates its 10th Anniversary in the 2022-23 Season. It's been quite a journey. The best part has been the warm embrace of so many people, from so many cultures, from around the world. We want to celebrate with you. New York Latin Culture Magazine 10-10-10th Anniversary Salsa Party You're invited to the New York Latin Culture … [Read more...] about You’re Invited to New York Latin Culture Magazine’s 10-10-10th Anniversary Salsa Party at Latin Mondays at Taj

Brazilian NYC

Brazilian NYC used to be in Little Brazil on 46th St between Fifth and Sixth Avenues in Midtown, Manhattan, but has shrunk a lot. There is a Brazilian community in Astoria, Queens. Metro New York's biggest Brazilian community is in Newark, New Jersey's Ironbound District. Little Brazil is on 46th St between Fifth & Sixth Avenue. 🇧🇷 Brazilian NYC … [Read more...] about Brazilian NYC

The Bronx Music Heritage Center (BHMC) Presents the Cultural Diversity of The Bronx

The Bronx Music Heritage Center (BMHC) is a community cultural center with music, dance, spoken word, and theater in Crotona Park East, The Bronx. Many programs are free or low cost. This community cultural center presents some of the most diverse programming in New York City. It was founded by WHEDco, the Women's Housing and Economic Development Corporation. That's … [Read more...] about The Bronx Music Heritage Center (BHMC) Presents the Cultural Diversity of The Bronx

Santa Barbara is the Female Changó

Santa Barbara was a mythical Greek saint and martyr. She has quite a fanciful story. Though no longer recognized by the Church, Santa Barbara is syncretized with Changó and Puerto Ricans love her. Changó is fierce and Santa Barbara represents fierce Puerto Rican women. Feast of Santa Barbara Her feast day is December 4 in commemoration of the traditional day when she … [Read more...] about Santa Barbara is the Female Changó

Buena Vista Social Club™ is now a Saheem Ali musical about a band of retired Cubans who made the whole world dance again, at the Atlantic Theater Company

The Buena Vista Social Club™ musical tells the story of one of the most famous Cuban bands of all time. It's a great story of some retired musicians who had long careers in Cuba, but were mostly unknown to the outside world. Their serendipitous 1996 album made them the iconic Cuban band, won a Grammy, toured the world, and became an Academy Award-winning Wim Wender documentary. … [Read more...] about Buena Vista Social Club™ is now a Saheem Ali musical about a band of retired Cubans who made the whole world dance again, at the Atlantic Theater Company

Eddie Palmieri Plays a Spring Residency of Latin Jazz at the Blue Note New York

Eddie Palmieri is a ten-Grammy winning New York Puerto Rican salsa and Latin jazz legend who is still going strong at 86-years young (November 2023). Palmieri is around and plays regularly in New York City. He just keeps on going and is now one of the padrinos (godfathers) of Latin music. Over the years, Palmieri has launched many music careers, but he is now nurturing the … [Read more...] about Eddie Palmieri Plays a Spring Residency of Latin Jazz at the Blue Note New York

The Bushwick Film Festival is Coming of Age with a Diverse Crew of Emerging Filmmakers

The Bushwick Film Festival 2023 is a community film festival that reflects the diversity of Bushwick, a center of Brooklyn's Latin, and especially Puerto Rican community. The Festival was founded in 2007 by Liberian-born Kweighbaye Kotee to provide opportunities to filmmakers of color. 16th Bushwick Film Festival 2023 The 16th Bushwick Film Festival 2023 uses its … [Read more...] about The Bushwick Film Festival is Coming of Age with a Diverse Crew of Emerging Filmmakers

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Yewá Dances in the Cemetery to Help the Dead Move On

In the Caribbean, Yewá is a warrior orisha of fertility, chastity, loneliness, and death. She doesn't cause death, she helps us get through it. She has other meanings in Mother Africa. [NOTE: These are oral traditions that vary by region, town, and even family. We don't do religion. This is culture, a very beautiful one. It's a Caribbean framework for understanding the … [Read more...] about Yewá Dances in the Cemetery to Help the Dead Move On

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

Things To Do in NYC in October 2023

Things to do in NYC in October 2023 include the: Panamanian Parade, Hispanic Day Parade, Italian Day Parade, Indigenous Parade, Jackson Heights Halloween Parade, and the Village Halloween Parade. The October holiday is Indigenous Peoples Day / Italian Heritage Day (formerly Columbus Day, but the man and the colonization he triggered was pure evil). Latin traditions … [Read more...] about Things To Do in NYC in October 2023

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!

152nd Street Festival 2023 is Basically a Bronx Fiesta Patronales or Taíno Areíto

The 152nd Street Festival 2023 launches the 2023 National Puerto Rican Day Parade celebrations with a family street fair of live music, dancing, food, and activities for little Boricuas, on 152nd St between Jackson and Tinton Ave in Longwood, The Bronx; on Saturday, May 27, 2023. 🇵🇷 Bring la bandera mas bonita and get ready for some good bomba, plena, and música jíbara; … [Read more...] about 152nd Street Festival 2023 is Basically a Bronx Fiesta Patronales or Taíno Areíto

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 backstage at New York Fashion … [Read more...] about I’m a Storyteller and This is My Story “Lo Co-qui” Keith Widyolar

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