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UPPER EAST SIDE, Tue-Sun, Jan 23 to Apr 14, 2019 ~ The minimalist abstract artist mixed painting, sculpture and architecture in ways that foretold performance art.
# argentine italian modern art exhibition opening
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HARLEM, Fri-Sat, Jan 17-18, 2020 (unconfirmed) ~ Harlem is Wakanda this weekend. Buy, sell, learn, watch or show your stuff at this family festival.
# african comic book festival cosplay
HARLEM, Mon-Sat ~ Grew out of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary collection of Afro-Puerto Rican Arturo Alfonso Schomburg.
# african puerto rican library
November 11, 1928
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Carlos Fuentes Macías was born in Panama City, Panama
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Mexico’s most celebrated novelist is known for “The Death of Artemio Cruz” (1962), “Terra Nostra” (1975), “The Old Gringo” (1985)
October 5 – 7, 2018
Friday – Sunday
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African, French, Italian & Mexican thinkers
More Latin BROADWAY
JAN 21 – FEB 10, 2019 ~ 2-for-1 tickets to popular Broadway shows are on sale now.
# broadway #theatre #sale
TIMES SQUARE, Open-ended run. Dark Mon ~ The Broadway hit of our generation was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda (“In the Heights”), a Puerto Rican New Yorker.
# puerto rican broadway musical
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
KIPS BAY, Sat, Jan 26; Fri, Feb 1 ~ Jorge Alí Triana’s adaptation of the classic Gabriel García Márquez story about how history repeats itself
# colombian off-broadway play in spanish
REPERTORIO ESPAÑOL, KIPS BAY, Fri-Sun, January 4-6, 2019 ~ Colombian comic opens his new stand-up comedy show in Spanish. Saulo has a clever understanding of how Anglos and Latinos react to each other. He’s really funny. It’s good to laugh at ourselves.
#COLOMBIAN #OFFBROADWAY #STANDUP #COMEDY #INSPANISH
REPERTORIO ESPAÑOL, KIPS BAY, Friday, February 1, 2019 ~ Puerto Rican playwright Cándido Tirado’s musical about a Bronx kid who wakes up with a song in his head. Original music by Reggaeton legend VICO C.
#PUERTORICAN #OFFBROADWAY #HIPHOP #MUSICAL #INSPANISH
THALIA HISPANIC THEATRE, SUNNYSIDE, QUEENS, Fri-Sun, November 30-December 16, 2018. NYC’s leading Mexican dance company premieres a new Off-Broadway holiday production
#MEXICAN #CHRISTMASSHOW
More Latin celebration
JANUARY 27, 1945 (Sat in 2019) ~ When Soviet soldiers opened the gates of the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Birkenau, nobody in their right mind could again deny what happened. Never forget or it will happen again.
# jewish romani lgbt human rights commemoration
FEBRUARY 14 (2019, Thu) A Christian feast that honors a Roman saint who got associated with romantic love in the Middle Ages
#HOLIDAY
THIRD MONDAY IN FEBRUARY, Fri-Mon, February 15 – 18, 2019 ~ National holiday commemorates the birthdays of presidents Washington and Lincoln
#HOLIDAY
EPIPHANY to FAT TUESDAY (MARDI GRAS), Sun, January 6 to Tue, March 5, 2019 ~ This reversal ritual is a Christian winter festival rooted in the seasonal norms of European agrarian society that spread around the world. What can you say? It’s a Latin party!
#CHRISTIAN #WINTER #FESTIVAL
More Latin dance
LINCOLN CENTER, Thu, Jan 24; Sat, Jan 26 & Fri, Feb 1; Sat, Feb 2, 2019 ~ Balanchine’s neoclassical ballet masterpieces “Apollo,” “Orpheus” and “Agon” set to Stravinsky.
# french ballet dance
RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, MIDTOWN, Daily, November 8, 2019 – January 5, 2020 (unconfirmed dates) ~ A New York holiday classic
#CHRISTMASSHOW
CHELSEA, Tue-Wed, January 15-16, 2019 ~ One of Cuba’s most daring contemporary dance makers, George Céspedes, makes his U.S. debut at the Joyce Cuba Festival.
# cuban contemporary dance festival
More Latin dancing
CHELSEA, Thursdays ~ The Argentine center of NYC’s Tango community is also the most traditional milonga
# argentine tango dancing
NOMAD, Sat, Jan 26, 2019 ~ One of America’s biggest Tango parties has great guest teachers and performers.
# argentine tango dancing
Warm Tuesdays
April – mid-November
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LIC Landing
Long Island City, Queens
(Ferry from Manhattan or Brooklyn)
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Donation
Warm weather Wednesdays & Sundays
April – mid-November
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Pier 45
West Village, Manhattan
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Roofed open-air Argentine Tango dancing with romantic river views
More Latin FASHION
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
November 8, 2018, Thursday
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Museum of Arts and Design
Midtown, Manhattan
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This sale of gently or never used items donated from NYC women’s wardrobes benefits social development in Colombian, Dominican and Mexican artisanal communities by Women Together
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FREE
More Latin FOOD
Jan 21 – Feb 8, 2019 ~ 2-course lunches for $26 and 3-course dinners for $42.
# african brazilian cuban french italian mexican latin & spanish food
July 7
World Chocolate Day
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October 28
National Chocolate Day (USA)
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Cocoa, from which chocolate is made, is native to the upper Amazon of Colombia and Venezuela. Domesticated in Guatemala and Mexico, Spanish friars took it to Europe where the addition of sugar made it popular.
AUGUST 16 (2019, Fri) ~ Enjoy the spirit of the Caribbean
November 21, 2019, Thursday
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Taste the fruit in this season’s Beaujolais by drinking it chilled right after it is bottled
More Latin movies
HUDSON SQUARE, Jan 16-29, 2019 ~ “A coming of age story for a 60-year old woman.” A critics pick.
# paraguayan movies women
FACEBOOK LIVE, Sun, Jan 27, 2019; GREENWICH VILLAGE through Thu, Jan 31, 2019 ~ This unprecedented screening of the award-winning documentary at 350 venues in 55 countries and Facebook Live marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Not Jewish? It’s even more important to watch.
# jewish documentary movie
CITYWIDE, November 16, 2018 ~ When people who might seem different, actually live and work together, we discover our common humanity.
OSCAR NOMINATIONS Best Picture, Lead Actor, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay, Film Editing
GOLDEN GLOBES Best Picture Musical or Comedy, Supporting Actor, Screenplay
# italian african movies
CITYWIDE opened Oct 5, 2018 ~ Lady Gaga follows Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland in one of the great love stories.
OSCAR NOMINATIONS Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Sound Mixing & Original Song
GOLDEN GLOBE Best Original Song
AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE Movie of the Year
# italian american movie
More Latin live music.
GREENWICH VILLAGE, Jan 15-20, 2019, Tue-Sun ~ Palmieri celebrates his new album “Mi Luz Mayor” at the Blue Note.
# puerto rican live music jazz
CITY WINERY, THE LOFT, HUDSON SQUARE, Mon, January 7, 2019 ~ A tribute to 60 years of bossa nova by a powerful blues and jazz singer with a band of great guest artists
#BRAZILIAN #BOSSA NOVA #LIVE MUSIC
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE, LINCOLN CENTER, Closes Sat, Jan 5 ~ This shortened family version of Mozart’s fairy tale in English has become a New York holiday tradition
#OPERA #CHRISTMASSHOW #FAMILY #CLOSING
BLUE NOTE, GREENWICH VILLAGE, Nightly, December 10, 2018 – January 6, 2019 ~ The best-selling American instrumental artist riffs the holidays
#ITALIAN #JAZZ #LIVEMUSIC
More From sports
KOREATOWN, Sat, Apr 27, 2019 ~ Watch the giants of Italian soccer battle their rivals in Milan in the Derby of Italy.
#ITALIAN #SOCCER
RED BULL ARENA, HARRISON, NEW JERSEY, around January 3, 2019 ~ 2019 season announcement. Supporters clubs are the Viking Army (Official), Empire Supporters Club and Garden State Ultras.
YANKEE STADIUM, CONCOURSE, THE BRONX, Around January 3, 2019 ~ 2019 season announcement ~
Argentine, Costa Rican, Paraguayan, Peruvian, Spanish and Venezuelan players
FOOTBALL FACTORY AT LEGENDS, KOREATOWN, Sat, February 9, 2019 ~ Madrid Derby