Friday, March 13, 2020
AILEY CITIGROUP THEATER
Hell’s Kitchen, NYC
This contemporary ballet with Mexican folkloric styling is a collection of stories that speak to the strength and resilience of women during the Mexican Revolution. ¡Viva Valentina!
Haitian Flag Day
Monday, May 18, 2020
LITTLE HAITI, NYC
Haitian Flag Day celebrations commemorate the unity of African and Creole peoples, and in the U.S., Haitian contributions to U.S. culture
Hispanic Heritage Month
September 15 – October 15
The national celebration of our Hispanic roots, culture and contributions to the United States
Thanksgiving Weekend
Thu-Sun, Nov 26-29, 2020
The big U.S. family holiday launches the winter holiday season
Day of the Dead ~ Día de los Muertos
Sat-Mon, Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2020
We remember deceased family members on Day of the Dead because you live as long as someone remembers you
Martin Luther King Weekend
Fri-Mon, Jan 15-18, 2021
UNITED STATES
Latin things to do in New York City over January’s long weekend
Rosalía
Sunday, January 26, 2020
62nd GRAMMY AWARDS
Los Angeles, California
The Spanish flamenco pop singer performed and “El Mal Querer” won Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
Women’s March on NYC
Saturday, January 18, 2020
Foley Square
FINANCIAL DISTRICT, NYC
March for the civil rights of every human regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, disability, religion or creed
El Museo del Barrio Three Kings Day Parade 2020
Monday, January 6, 2020
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
LA MARQUETA
East Harlem, NYC
Giant puppets, camels, parrandas, BombaYo, Annette Aguilar, Wabafu Garifuna Dance Theater, Fogo Azul NYC, and the Three Kings bring the true spirit of the holidays to El Barrio. ¡WEPA!
Carlos Henriquez
December 26-31, 2019
DIZZY’S CLUB
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER
Columbus Circle, NYC
Ring in the New Year with NYC’s most important Latin Jazz artist (Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Wynton Marsalis, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra)
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¡New York Latin Culture Sponsor!
Paul Winter’s Winter Solstice Celebration
Thu-Sat, Dec 19-21, 2019
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS, NYC
Welcome back the sun with the Paul Winter Consort jazz band, gospel singer Theresa Thomason and Forces of Nature Dance
Navidad: A Mexican-American Christmas
Saturday-Sunday, December 14-15, 2019
QUEENS THEATRE
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
Calpulli Mexican Dance Company has created a Latino New York holiday tradition
Bad Bunny
Friday, December 6, 2019
PROSPECT HEIGHTS, Brooklyn ~ The Puerto Rican bad boy of Latin trap and reggaeton brings his X100Pre Tour (Para Siempre, Forever) to Barclays Center
Vahagni’s ‘The Life and Death of a Great Matador’ tribute to a great guitarist
Friday, October 18, 2019
DIGITAL RELEASE ~ LA-based guitarist Vahagni releases a compelling flamenco tribute to his late father, the first guitar soloist for the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Armenia
American Ballet Theatre Fall 2019 Season ~ Herman Cornejo 20 Years!
October 16-27, 2019
LINCOLN CENTER ~ In a season of masters, jazz, romantics and families; Principal Herman Cornejo (Argentina) celebrates his 20th Anniversary with ABT on a starry, starry night at the David H. Koch Theater
The Paco de Lucía Project
Sunday, October 13, 2019
WORLD MUSIC INSTITUTE
SYMPHONY SPACE
Upper West Side, NYC
Producer Javier Limón reassembled the last touring band of the greatest flamenco guitarist in history
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Vik Muniz: Museum of Ashes
Tue-Sat, Oct 10-Nov 16, 2019
CHELSEA, NYC ~ Like a phoenix, the renowned Brazilian sculptor and photographer recreates objects lost in the Brazilian National Museum fire, from their own ashes at Sikkema Jenkins
Edna Vázquez is not our father’s mariachi
Saturday, October 5, 2019
PROSPECT PARK, Brooklyn ~ Carnegie Hall Citywide has the fiercely independent folk singer bring her post-Mariachi style to a Latinx Pride celebration at First Saturdays at the Brooklyn Museum. FREE
Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education
HUNTS POINT, The Bronx
Charitable school for South Bronx youth that gets kids into college
Chimichurri Grill
HELL’S KITCHEN, NYC
Homemade Argentine empanadas, meats, pastas and desserts. The made to order pasta is to die for.
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La Sonora Ponceña
Saturday, November 2, 2019
JEROME PARK, The Bronx ~ One of Puerto Rico’s legendary salsa bands plays Lehman Center. “Moreno soy, porque nací de la rumba…”
New York Film Festival 2019
September 27 – Oct 13, 2019
LINCOLN CENTER ~ The 57th Festival opens with Scorcese’s ‘The Irishman’ and screens Cannes Grand Prix winner ‘Atlantic,’ Pedro Almodóvar’s Spanish film ‘Pain and Glory,’ and Olivier Assayas’ French film ‘WASP Network’ at Film at Lincoln Center
Eddie Palmieri
Saturday, April 25, 2020
KUPFERBERG CENTER
Flushing, Queens
One of the living legends of Latin jazz and Puerto Rican salsa is still going strong at 83
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Selena for Sanctuary
Sunday, August 18, 2019
CENTRAL PARK SUMMERSTAGE ~ Support immigrant rights at Selena for Sanctuary SummerStage with Kali Uchis, Cuco, Helado Negro, IV Jay, Ambar Lucid, Jasper Bones, La Doña, Ana Villafañe
AfriBembé Festival 2019
Sunday, August 18, 2019
EAST HARLEM, NYC ~ The Caribbean Cultural Center hosts a Pan-African cultural festival and street fair around East Harlem Art Park on 120th St between Lexington and Third Ave
Dominican Day Parade 2019 Desfile Dominicano
Sunday, August 11, 2019
MIDTOWN, NYC ~ Share your Dominican Pride with 10,000 marchers on Sixth Avenue from 35th St to 56th St
Jesús Carmona
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
LINCOLN CENTER OUT OF DOORS
Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center
Charismatic Spanish flamenco dance star of the new generation brings one of his more personal shows to New York. Arooj Aftab opens with Sufi rock.
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Yuli
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)
SummerStage 2019
June – October, 2019
NYC PARKS
African, Argentine, Brazilian, Chilean, Colombian, Creole, Cuban, Dominican, French, Garifuna, Haitian, Indigenous, Italian, Jewish, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Spanish culture and more. FREE
Joe Bataan, the King of Latin Soul, comes home to El Barrio
EAST HARLEM, NYC | Sat, May 18, 2019 | Live music Latin Boogaloo Carnegie Hall Citywide | The elder statesman of Boogaloo, the Latin soul of the 1960s, brings his hits “Gypsy Woman,” “Subway Joe,” “Ordinary Guy” and more
Calpulli Puebla: The Story of Cinco de Mayo
Saturday-Sunday, April 13-14, 2019
QUEENS THEATRE
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
Calpulli tells the real story of why we celebrate Cinco de Mayo
Tribeca Film Festival 2019
TRIBECA, NYC | Daily Apr 24 – May 5, 2019 | Film festival | Argentine, Bolivian, Cuban, Dominican, Ecuadorian, Honduran, Indigenous, Mayan, Mexican, Peruvian, Puerto Rican, Spanish and more stories
Melissa Misla’s APT 9D is Nuyorican art in two places at once
QUEENS COLLEGE, KEW GARDENS HILLS; Apr 9-13, 2019; New York Puerto Rican Indigenous Taíno art exhibition ~ RECEPTIONS Tue, Apr 9 & Sat, Apr 13
Havana Film Festival New York 2019
MANHATTAN, BRONX, QUEENS; PREFEST Apr 5-8, FEST Apr 9-16, 2019; Latin American film festival ~ Argentine, Brazilian, Chilean, Colombian, Cuban, Dominican, Mexican, Peruvian & Spanish movies, red carpet & parties, plus Cuban ballet legend CARLOS ACOSTA
Mundos Alternos, welcome to the Latin world(s)
Wed-Sun, Apr 7 – Aug 18, 2019
FLUSHING MEADOWS CORONA PARK, QUEENS ~ You might not have a heard of most of these artists, but each and every one will make you think (as in Kidnapped by Aliens) at the Queens Museum
Tiempo Libre
Sunday, April 7, 2019
PURCHASE, New York ~ Three-time Grammy nominees play Cuban timba dance music at Purchase College
Annabella Gonzalez Dance Theatre ‘Sorpresas’ at MMAC
LINCOLN SQUARE; Fri-Sat, Apr 5-6, 2019; Mexican-American modern dance theatre ~ One of New York’s great Mexican-American choreographers
Leyla McCalla Haitian Creole songstress at Rubenstein Atrium
LINCOLN CENTER; Thu Apr 4, 2019; New Orleans Haitian Creole folk blues ~ In the simplest of terms, Leyla McCalla is on her way to becoming one of the great American voices. FREE
Malena & Lena Burke share an evening of Cuban boleros at Hostos
Saturday, March 30, 2019
CONCOURSE, The Bronx ~ One of the great families of Cuban bolero singers. ‘Contigo Aprendi,’ ‘Me Voy Pa’l Pueblo,’ ‘La Longina’ and ‘Total.’
Ballet Hispánico stretches Latino horizons at The Joyce
CHELSEA; Tue-Sun, Mar 26-31, 2019; Cuban contemporary dance theatre ~ Explore the Latin diaspora with Annabelle Lopez Ochoa (Colombian), Edwaard Liang (Chinese) & Bennyroyce Royon (Filipino)
Dominican Day Parade 2019 Scholarships
Sun, Mar 24, 2019; Dominican parade education scholarships ~ Up to $10,000 to high school seniors, college undergrads and post graduate students of Dominican descent with a 3.0 or better GPA
Uptown Nights Curtis Brothers & Circa ’95 at Harlem Stage
Saturday, March 23, 2019
HARLEM, NYC ~ The Curtis Brothers map the rhythms of the slave trade. Circa ’95 raps in Spanglish about what happened once we landed in El Barrio. For the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) and Carnegie Hall’s Migrations: the Making of America festival. At Harlem Stage
Ballet Nepantla ‘Valentina’ Gala at 26 Bridge
DUMBO, BROOKLYN, Fri, Mar 22, 2019, Mexican contemporary ballet gala fundraiser ~ Support this young dance company who explores being “nepantla” (in-between) with grace and beauty
Nona
TV ON DEMAND; Tue, Mar 19, 2019; Honduran movies ~ Nona (Sulem Calderon) trusts Hecho (Jesy MCKinney) to take her to her mother in America, but gets trafficked instead. The film launched first-time actress Calderon on the road to stardom, and it’s more than a movie. It’s a story that needs to be told and needs to be heard. This is real. By Michael Polish (2018).
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Saturday, March 16, 2019
EL BARRIO EAST HARLEM, NYC ~ In her solo work Ileana Cabra, the multi-Grammy winning Puerto Rican singer from Calle 13 shows the strength and grace of Violeta Parra at El Museo del Barrio. FREE
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Flamenco Festival NYC 2019
Tuesday-Sunday, March 7-10, 2019
FLAMENCO FESTIVAL NYC
JOE’S PUB, PUBLIC THEATER
NoHo, NYC
The Flamenco Festival organization (Madrid) sends the best artists from the flamenco heartland, Andalusia, Spain
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Flamenco Festival (Madrid)
Flamenco Festival New York City Center 2019 Sara Baras ‘Sombras’
Thursday-Sunday, March 7-10, 2019
FLAMENCO FESTIVAL NYC
NEW YORK CITY CENTER
Midtown, NYC
Sara Baras, one of the world’s great flamenco dancers (really) plays with gender in the shadows of flamenco for her company’s 20th Anniversary
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New York City Center
Ballet Nepantla “Sin Fronteras”
Saturday, March 2, 2019
QUEENS THEATRE
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
What New York City Ballet’s George Balanchine did with the folkloric dances of his native Russia, Ballet Nepantla is doing with the folkloric dances of Mexico
Compañia Irene Rodríguez
Friday-Sunday, January 18-20, 2019
JOYCE THEATER, NYC
One of Cuba’s leading flamenco dance companies returns to New York
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Los Hijos del Director Cuban Contemporary Dance at The Joyce
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.
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