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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Latin Dance Fiesta
Saturday, April 27, 2019 QUEENS THEATRE Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens Chilean, Guatemalan, Haitian and Uruguayan dance companies show who we are
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Leonard Cohen Saw A Crack in Everything at the Jewish Museum
April 12 – September 8, 2019 Closed Wednesdays UPPER EAST SIDE, NYC ~ One of the great poets of the 20th Century also knew exactly where the light enters you
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Havana Biennial 2019
HAVANA, CUBA; daily Apr 12 – May 12, 2019; Cuban art fair ~ “The Construction of the Possible” theme welcomes back the 13th Havana Biennial after Hurricane Irma
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Dance Theatre of Harlem 50th Anniversary
Wed-Sat, Apr 10, 12, 13, 2019 MIDTOWN, NYC ~ New York City’s African-American classical ballet company honors founder Arthur Mitchell (1934-2018) at New York City Center
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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
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Havana Film Festival New York 2019
Argentine, Brazilian, Chilean, Colombian, Cuban, DANCE, Dominican, FILM, Film Festivals, Havana Film Festival New York, Mexican, Peruvian, SpanishMANHATTAN, 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
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Mundos Alternos
Argentine, ART, Chilean, Cuban, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Queens, Mexican, Portuguese, Puerto Rican, Queens Museum, SalvadoranWednesday-Sunday, April 7 – August 18, 2019 QUEENS MUSEUM Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens – Welcome to the Latin world(s). 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).
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Tiempo Libre Plays Cuban Timba at Purchase College
Sunday, April 7, 2019 PURCHASE, New York ~ Three-time Grammy nominees play Cuban timba dance music at Purchase College
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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
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Broken Words
CONCOURSE, THE BRONX; Fri-Sat, Apr 5-6, 2019; Puerto Rican Off-broadway theatre ~ A new play by the playwright in residence at Pregones