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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Colombian comic Saul Garcia’s ‘I am Latino’ makes us laugh at ourselves
Sat-Sun, September 21-22, 2019 KIPS BAY, NYC ~ Colombian stand-up comic Saulo makes us laugh (in Spanish) at being Latin AND American of the United States
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Climate Strike NYC & Puerto Rico Day of Action
Friday, September 20, 2019 CIVIC CENTER, NYC ~ On the 2nd anniversary of Hurricane Maria which devastated Puerto Rico, Greta Thunberg (age 16) and youth leaders are striking to end the use of fossil fuels, make a just transition and hold polluters accountable. NYC public schools allow students to join the climate strike with a…
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UN General Assembly looks for global solutions to global problems
African American, Argentine, Bolivian, Brazilian, Chilean, Colombian, Costa Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Ecuadorian, Filipino, French, Guatemalan, Honduran, Italian, Mexican, Nicaraguan, Panamanian, Paraguayan, Peruvian, Portuguese, Romanian, Salvadoran, Spanish, United Nations, Uruguayan, VenezuelanSeptember 17-30, 2019 High-Level General Debate September 24-30, 2019 MIDTOWN EAST, NYC ~ Politicians discuss Climate, Universal Health Coverage, Sustainable Development, Financing for Development, Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, and Small Island Developing States
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En el Ojo de la Aguja
September 7-22, 2019 HELL’S KITCHEN, NYC ~ A Colombian director and his theatre company explore how in the age of the internet and social media, actually communicating has become harder than threading a needle. In Spanish with English subtltles.
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Eduardo Cabra is Trending Tropics
Wed, September 4, 2019 HUDSON SQUARE, NYC ~ Eduardo Cabra of Calle 13, one of the producers who seems to be unlimited in the types of Latin music he makes well, brings his latest project, Trending Tropics to SOB’s
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J’Ouvert Parade 2019
Monday, September 2, 2019 PROSPECT PARK, Brooklyn ~ The J’Ouvert Parade forms at Grand Army Plaza, marches through the Park, to Empire, and down Nostrand to Midwood St
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Brazilian Day New York 2019
Sunday, September 1, 2019 LITTLE BRAZIL, NYC ~ Celebrate Brazilian Independence with food, drink, live music and lots of Brazilians on Sixth Avenue at 46th St.
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Hurricane Dorian mostly misses Puerto Rico
Wednesday, August 28, 2019 PUERTO RICO ~ There was some intense rain and flooding near Ponce. The eastern end of the island got some rain. Culebra got heavy rain and there is a flood watch, but Dorian mostly missed Puerto Rico.
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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