HERITAGE
New York City’s Latin culture draws from an extraordinary web of heritage lines — the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, the European colonizers who reshaped the hemisphere, the African nations whose descendants forged new traditions, and the Asian communities who arrived through indentured servitude and later migration. More recent arrivals, from Lebanese to Japanese communities, have woven themselves permanently into Latin identity across generations. Explore events, artists, and cultural traditions organized by heritage, spanning the full breadth of the communities that make up NYC’s Latin world.
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NYC Parks Life and Death Celebration: Día de los Muertos
Saturday, October 26, 2019 BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, Brooklyn ~ NYC Parks holds a family celebration of Day of the Dead and Fall traditions at Hattie Carthan Community Market
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Mexico is Mexico: Contemporary Mexican Design
Tuesday-Saturday Oct 24, 2019 – Feb 8, 2020 HENRIQUE FARIA FINE ART Upper East Side, NYC A century after the first exposition of Mexican folk art, contemporary design objects continue to show the diversity and unity of contemporary Mexican culture
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World Ballet Day 2019
Wed, October 23, 2019 The world’s leading ballet companies take you behind the scenes to see a day in the life of a professional ballet dancer on Facebook Live
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Paco de Lucía Project Flamenco Legend
Sunday, October 20, 2019 PURCHASE COLLEGE ARTS CENTER Purchase, NYC (White Plains) Javier Limón, the world’s best flamenco producer, brings “the best flamenco group in the world” -¡New York Latin Culture Sponsor!
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Staten Island Day of the Dead Festival
Sunday, October 20, 2019 WEST BRIGHTON, Staten Island ~ Help build a communal ofrenda (altar) and learn Mexican Day of the Dead handicrafts for the entire family with teaching artists at Our Lady of Mount Carmel-St. Benedicta School
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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
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Tablao Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana
Wed-Fri, October 16-18, 2019 GREENWICH VILLAGE ~ One of New York City’s leading flamenco dance companies brings the Andalucían style of dancing in bars to Le Poisson Rouge
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Viva Broadway 2019
Sunday, October 13, 2019 TIMES SQUARE THEATER DISTRICT ~ Ana Villafañe of Broadway’s ‘On Your Feet!’ and NBC’s ‘Sunnyside’ and ‘New Amsterdam’ hosts a ¡Viva Broadway! cabaret concert series at the W Hotel
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Redhawk Indigenous People Day Pow Wow
Sun-Mon, Oct 13-14, 2019 RANDALLS ISLAND ~ The Redhawk Native American Arts Council’s annual Indigenous People Day pow wow celebration in front of Icahn Stadium in Randall’s Island Park