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More Latin art
May 17 – Sep 22, 2019, Closed Tuesdays
Argentine, Colombian, French, Indigenous, Mexican & Puerto Rican art exhibition
MEATPACKING DISTRICT, NYC ~ The survey of the latest developments in American art
More Latin Books
May 6-14 & 19, 2019 | International literary festival | The world’s writers and thinkers gather in New York City to talk and read and perform
ARACATACA, COLOMBIA; Mar 6, 1927; Colombian author ~ Magical realism is considered a literary construct, but for many of us expresses the real magic in our lives. “It is life, more than death, that has no limits” (‘Love in the Time of Cholera,’ 1985)
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Portuguese national poet books
LISBON, PORTUGAL ~ The author of Portugal’s national epic poem ‘Os Lusíadas,’ about Vasco de Gama’s sea route to India, died on June 10, 1580
MARCH 21, (2020, Sat) ~ Poetry reaffirms our common humanity by revealing to us that individuals, everywhere in the world, share the same questions and feelings (UNESCO)
More Latin broadway
Open run. Dark Mondays
Puerto Rican Broadway musical theatre
TIMES SQUARE, NYC ~ The Broadway hit of our generation was written by Puerto Rican New Yorker Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights)
June 1 – August 27, 2019
Summer live music dance theatre festival
NYC PARKS ~ African, Argentine, Brazilian, Chilean, Colombian, Creole, Cuban, Dominican, French, Garifuna, Haitian, Indigenous, Italian, Jewish, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Spanish culture and more. FREE
MAJESTIC THEATRE, TIMES SQUARE THEATER DISTRICT, Dark Sundays, Ongoing ~ The Paris Opera House is haunted
AMBASSADOR THEATRE, TIMES SQUARE THEATER DISTRICT, Dark Wednesdays, Open-ended run. ~ Puerto Rican Broadway legend Chita Rivera originated the role of Velma Kelly. Italian-American Liza Minnelli added her style.
More Latin off-broadway
Saturday-Sunday, July 6-7, 2019
Colombian stand-up comedy in spanish
KIPS BAY, NYC ~ Saulo makes us laugh at being Latin AND American. He’s really funny.
CLOSING Sunday, June 9, 2019
Colombian off-broadway theatre in spanish
KIPS BAY, NYC ~ Jorge Alí Triana’s adaptation of the classic Gabriel García Márquez story about how history repeats itself
KIPS BAY, NYC | Sat Jun 8, 2019 | Puerto Rican hip-hop off-broadway musical theatre in Spanish | Cándido Tirado’s tale of a Bronx kid who wakes up with a song in his head. Music by reggaeton legend VICO C.
CONCOURSE, THE BRONX; Fri-Sat, Apr 5-6, 2019; Puerto Rican Off-broadway theatre ~ A new play by the playwright in residence at Pregones
More Latin celebration
Saturday, July 6, 2019
Argentine Party
HELL’S KITCHEN, NYC ~ Dance all night like we do in Argentina
Sunday, July 7, 2019
Colombian Venezuelan Guatemalan Mexican Olmec Maya Aztec food celebration
Chocolate, made from cocoa, is native to the upper Amazon of Colombia and Venezuela and was domesticated in Guatemala and Mexico
GALA Friday, July 12, 2019
PARADE Sunday, July 14, 2019
JACKSON HEIGHTS, Queens ~ This Colombian flower festival is New York’s version of the Feria de las Flores (Flower Festival) in Medellín, Colombia
Sunday, July 14, 2019
UNION SQUARE, NYC ~ Parade down Broadway from Madison Square to the Disability Pride Festival at Union Square
More Latin dance
Fri-Mon, July 12-15, 2019
LINCOLN CENTER, NYC ~ The world’s longest-running dance film festival is screening Cuban, Disability, French and Spanish dance films
Sunday, July 21, 2019
Live music dance dancing African Colombian cumbia women
FLUSHING, Queens ~ Bullerengue is a Colombian women’s puberty ritual from Palenque of San Basilio, the first free African town in the Americas
June 1 – August 27, 2019
Summer live music dance theatre festival
NYC PARKS ~ African, Argentine, Brazilian, Chilean, Colombian, Creole, Cuban, Dominican, French, Garifuna, Haitian, Indigenous, Italian, Jewish, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Spanish culture and more. FREE
LINCOLN CENTER | Mon-Sat, May 13-20, 2019 | French ballet dance theatre | Ratmansky’s staging stars Stella Abrera, Alexandre Hammoudi and Carlos Gonzalez
More Latin dancing
Saturday, July 13, 2019
Argentine tango dancing
NOMAD, NYC ~ One of America’s biggest Argentine tango parties has great guest teachers and performers
Wednesdays & Sundays, April-November
Argentine tango dancing
WEST VILLAGE, NYC ~ Dance tango on a pier with romantic Hudson river views
Thursdays
Argentine tango dancing
CHELSEA, NYC ~ New York’s most traditional milonga (tango party) is also the center of NYC’s tango community
Saturdays, June-September
Argentine tango dancing
CENTRAL PARK, NYC ~ Dance, take a free lesson or just watch. FREE
More Latin FASHION
Daily, May 9 – September 8, 2019
French, French-Canadian, Italian, Spanish fashion art exhibition
UPPER EAST SIDE, NYC ~ The Costume Institute’s 2019 exhibition explores how camp fashion goes mainstream
UPPER EAST SIDE ~ Dress like a first lady at Carolina Herrera and CH Carolina Herrera.
#VENEZUELAN #FASHION #MADISONAVENUE
EAST HARLEM, Wed-Sun, Nov 14-18, 2018 ~ The iconic Spanish jewelry designer of La Movida Madrileña hosts a pop-up exhibition.
# spanish jewelry exhibition
Upper East Side
Midtown East
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Legendary Italian fashion
More Latin food
Sunday, July 7, 2019
Colombian Venezuelan Guatemalan Mexican Olmec Maya Aztec food celebration
Chocolate, made from cocoa, is native to the upper Amazon of Colombia and Venezuela and was domesticated in Guatemala and Mexico
Fri-Sat, July 12-13, 2019
DOWNTOWN, Brooklyn ~ Mariachi Flor de Toloache and José Alberto “El Canario” headline this festival of concerts, talks and food from the African diaspora
Friday, August 16, 2019
Cuban Dominican Puerto Rican spirits
Enjoy the spirit of the Caribbean
RESERVATIONS
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
DINING
July 22 – August 16, 2019
Food Festival
NEW YORK CITY ~ Prix fixe lunches and dinners at African, Brazilian, Cuban, French, Italian, Mexican, Puerto Rican and Spanish restaurants across NYC
More Latin movies
Sunday, July 14, 2019
LINCOLN CENTER, NYC ~ This inspiring movie tells the life story of Cuban ballet dance legend Carlos Acosta (Royal Ballet, Acosta Danza)
More Latin live music
Friday, July 5, 2019
Live music Trinidadian calypso SummerStage
SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, Queens ~ The Grenada-born “Calypso King of the World” is one of the living legends of Trinidadian calypso
Fri-Sat, July 12-13, 2019
DOWNTOWN, Brooklyn ~ Mariachi Flor de Toloache and José Alberto “El Canario” headline this festival of concerts, talks and food from the African diaspora
Fri-Sat, July 12-13, 2019
CHELSEA, NYC ~ The Puerto Rican actress and pop superstar celebrates her 50th (really) with her first tour in years
Wednesdays
Live music Brazilian forro
EAST VILLAGE, NYC ~ It’s Brazil night at Nublu!
More Latin sports
Friday-Sunday, July 5-7, 2019
Major League Baseball
Dominican, Italian, Puerto Rican & Venezuelan players
FLUSHING MEADOWS CORONA PARK, Queens ~ Subway Series Mets vs Yankees
June 7 – July 7, 2019
Women’s soccer
Argentine, Brazilian, Chilean, French, Italian, Spanish, & USA teams play to be the best
Friday-Sunday, August 2-4, 2019
CONCOURSE, THE BRONX ~ Watch the greatest rivalry in Major League Baseball
Saturday, August 3, 2019
HARRISON, New Jersey ~ Watch the Red Bulls play Major League Soccer with Toronto FC with fireworks