Valentines Day on February 14, commemorates the death of several Roman saints, all named St Valentine, who got associated with romantic love through Arthurian stories in the Middle Ages. New York is a great city to celebrate Valentine’s Day because it is a romantic city.
Valentines Day NYC 2022
The big day is Monday, February 14, 2022. Many people will celebrate the weekend before.
OPENING NIGHT
Pedrito Martinez plays Cuban Rumba and Timba live at Harlem Stage (with the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute) in Manhattanville, Harlem on Fri-Sat, Feb 11-12 at 7:30pm. From $25. 🇨🇺
Bachata Dance
Zacarias Ferreira and Kiko Rodriguez sing Dominican Bachata Para Enamorados for dancing at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Fri, Feb 4 at 10pm. From $50. 🇩🇴
Salsa Concert
El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, Grupo Niche and India play Salsa at Radio City Music Hall in Rockefeller Center on Sat, Feb 12 at 8pm. From $96. 🇵🇷🇨🇴
Salsa Dance
Marisela sings Mexican Pop at the Beacon Theatre in the Upper West Side on Mon, Feb 14 at 8pm. From $70. 🇲🇽
Latin Mondays at Taj with Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s favorite Salsa dance parties, is celebrating its 15th Anniversary at Taj on Mondays from 7-11pm (5pm doors). From $10. 🇵🇪
Flamenco Jazz
Nella Rojas, the Venezuelan Jazz singer and 2019 Latin Grammy Best New Artist, sings Flamenco Jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village on Mon, Feb 14 at 8pm & 10:30pm (6pm & 10pm doors). From $25. 🇻🇪
Mexican Pop
Marisela sings Mexican Pop at the Beacon Theatre in the Upper West Side on Mon, Feb 14 at 8pm. From $70. 🇲🇽
Romantic Comedy
Jennifer Lopez stars with Maluma and Owen Wilson in the hilarious new romantic comedy Marry Me, directed by Kat Coiro. 🇵🇷🇨🇴
Many people feel a lot of social pressure to be in a relationship on Valentine’s Day. Actually, you have everything you need in your own chest. We always remember the wisdom of Don Quixote.
Where there is great love, there is often little display of it.”
“Don Quixote” by Miguel Cervantes (1605) 🇪🇸
Fri, February 11
Celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, the Marian apparition known for her healing powers. 🇫🇷
OPENING DAY
New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2022 collections are showing at Spring Studios in Tribeca and all over town through Wednesday. nyfw.com
OPENING DAY
Jennifer Lopez stars with Maluma and Owen Wilson in the hilarious new romantic comedy Marry Me, directed by Kat Coiro. 🇨🇴🇵🇷
OPENING NIGHT
The 50th Dance on Camera film festival is at Film at Lincoln Center through Monday. $15.
Carlos Motta and Tiamat Legion Medusa: When I Leave This World opens with a reception at OCDChinatown in Two Bridges, Manhattan on Fri, Feb 11 from 6-8pm. The show runs Sat-Sun to Apr 10. ocdchinatown.com 🇨🇴🏳️🌈
OPENING NIGHT
Pedrito Martinez plays Cuban Rumba and Timba live at Harlem Stage (with the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute) in Manhattanville, Harlem on Fri-Sat, Feb 11-12 at 7:30pm. From $25. 🇨🇺
Salsa Cabaret by Cali Salsa Pal Mundo with guest singer Anissa Gathers is at the Thalia Spanish Theatre in Sunnyside, Queens at 8pm. From $40. 🇨🇴
Marc Anthony brings his Pa’lla Voy Tour to Madison Square Garden in Chelsea, Manhattan at 8pm. From $77. 🇵🇷
La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao, the Junot Díaz Pulitzer Prize winner, is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan at 8pm. From $15. 🇩🇴
OPENING NIGHT
New York City Ballet dances a “Swan Lake I” program at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center at 8pm. From $38.
Pedro Giraudo plays Argentine Tango at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Fri, Feb 11 from 9-10:30pm. $20. 🇦🇷
Yotoco plays Latin Folk Jazz (Rumba, Son, Cumbia, Plena) at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn Fri, Feb 11 from 11pm to 1am. $20. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇵🇷
Jowell & Randy sing Puerto Rican Reggaeton for dancing at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Fri, Feb 11 at 10pm. From $48. 🇵🇷
Arturo Ortiz & 7 Con Calle play Puerto Rican Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Fri, Feb 11 from 11:45pm – 2am. $20. 🇵🇷
DJ Annita Yes (Pamela Anderson, Real Madrid) spins Spanish House Music at Sabor Latino in Elmhurst, Queens on Fri, Feb 11 after midnight (10pm doors). From $10. 🇪🇸
Sat, February 12
Remember Abraham Lincoln. The American president who held our country together and ended legal slavery, was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky on February 12, 1809. 🇺🇸
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves”
Abraham Lincoln, Complete Works – Volume XII
Remember “Tite” Curet Alonso! The Salsa poet (Las Caras Lindas, Anacoana) was born in Guayama, Puerto Rico on February 12, 1926.
OPENING DAY
Tomás Saraceno: Silent Autumn explores the relationship between humans and other life forms at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in Chelsea. It opens Sat, Feb 12 from 10am – 6pm, and runs to Mar 26. tanyabonakdargallery.com 🇦🇷
New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2022 collections are showing at Spring Studios in Tribeca and all over town. nyfw.com
The 50th Dance on Camera film festival is at Film at Lincoln Center through Monday. $15.
Mexican American draftsman Martín Ramírez: Memory Portals closes at Ricco / Maresca Gallery in Chelsea from 10am – 6pm. riccomaresca.com 🇲🇽
New York City Ballet dances a “Swan Lake II” program at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center at 2pm. From $38.
Pedrito Martinez plays Cuban Rumba and Timba live at Harlem Stage (with the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute) in Manhattanville, Harlem on Fri-Sat, Feb 11-12 at 7:30pm. From $25. 🇨🇺
El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, Grupo Niche and India play Salsa at Radio City Music Hall in Rockefeller Center on Sat, Feb 12 at 8pm. From $96. 🇵🇷🇨🇴🇺🇸
Salsa Cabaret by Cali Salsa Pal Mundo with guest singer Anissa Gathers is at the Thalia Spanish Theatre in Sunnyside, Queens at 8pm. From $40. 🇨🇴
Filomena Marturano: Un Matrimonio a la Caribeña, the Leyma López adaptation of De Filippo’s romantic comedy, is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan, at 8pm. From $15. 🇮🇹🇨🇺
New York City Ballet dances a “Swan Lake I” program at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center at 8pm. From $38.
DJ Camilo, DJ Spinking, DJ Manny Mills, DJ 3Sixty and special guests spin the Spanglish Saturdays dance party at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Sat, Feb 12 at 10pm. Guestlist free before midnight. Then $25. 🇨🇴
Jimmy Bosch “El Trombon Criollo” (Spanish Harlem Orchestra) plays Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Sat, Feb 12 at midnight & 1:30am. $20. @jimmyboschforever 🇵🇷
Jean Carlos Centeno & Ronal Urbina play Colombian Venezuelan Vallenato at Sabor Latino in Elmhurst, Queens on Sat, Feb 12 after midnight (10pm doors). From $50. 🇨🇴🇻🇪
Sun, February 13
Happy Galentines Day!
New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2022 collections are showing at Spring Studios in Tribeca and all over town. nyfw.com
The 50th Dance on Camera film festival is at Film at Lincoln Center through Monday. $15.
New York City Ballet dances a “Swan Lake II” program at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center at 2pm. From $38.
Filomena Marturano: Un Matrimonio a la Caribeña, the Leyma López adaptation of De Filippo’s romantic comedy, is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan, at 3pm. From $15. 🇮🇹🇨🇺
Salsa Cabaret by Cali Salsa Pal Mundo with guest singer Anissa Gathers is at the Thalia Spanish Theatre in Sunnyside, Queens at 4pm. From $40. 🇨🇴
Pepito Gomez sings a Buena Vista Social Club tribute of Cuban Son at Drom in the East Village on Sun, Feb 13 at 5:30pm & 8pm. $55. 🇨🇺
New York City Ballet dances a “Swan Lake I” program at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center at 7pm. From $38.
Bebel Gilberto, Guilherme Monteiro and DJ Gaspar Muniz play Bossa Nova and Brazilian Jazz at Nublu in the East Village on Sun, Feb 13 at 8pm & 10pm. $40. 🇧🇷
Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble play Latin Jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $20+. 🇨🇺
La Arrolladora from Mazatlán, Sinaloa plays Mexican Banda for dancing at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Sun, Feb 13 at 10pm. $50. 🇲🇽
Mon, February 14 (Valentines Day)
Remember Frederick Douglass. The great African American abolitionist, writer and statesman celebrated his birthday on February 14, 1818. It’s terribly ironic that an African American who was technically still enslaved, is perhaps most responsible for the way we see ourselves as Americans today. 🇺🇸
The soul that is within me no man can degrade.”
Frederick Douglass, traveling in Pennsylvania, quoted by Booker T. Washington in 1901
LAST CHANCE
The 50th Dance on Camera film festival closes at Film at Lincoln Center. $15.
New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2022 collections are showing at Spring Studios in Tribeca and all over town. nyfw.com
Latin Mondays at Taj with Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s favorite Salsa dance parties, is celebrating its 15th Anniversary at Taj on Mondays from 7-11pm (5pm doors). From $10. 🇵🇪
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Nella Rojas, the Venezuelan Flamenco Jazz singer and 2019 Latin Grammy Best New Artist, at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village on Mon, Feb 14 at 8pm & 10:30pm (6pm & 10pm doors). From $25. 🇻🇪
Marisela sings Mexican Pop at the Beacon Theatre in the Upper West Side on Valentines Day, Mon, Feb 14 at 8pm. From $70. 🇲🇽
Celebrate Valentines Day with Amor & Amistad live Mariachis at Sabor Latino in Elmhurst, Queens on Mon, Feb 14 after midnight (9pm doors). Standing free with pre-registration. Tables from $261. 🇲🇽
Tue, February 15
Remember Johnny Pacheco! The co-founder of Fania Records who popularized La Salsa and led the Fania All-Stars to international fame, was born in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic on March 25, 1935.
New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2022 collections are showing at Spring Studios in Tribeca and all over town. nyfw.com
OPENING NIGHT
Sankofa Danzafro: Accommodating Lie brings Afro-Colombian Contemporary dance to The Joyce Theater in Chelsea at 7:30pm. Through Sunday. From $26. 🇨🇴
New York City Ballet dances a “Swan Lake II” program at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center at 7:30pm. From $38.