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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Mala Rodríguez, “La Mala,” is One of Spain’s Top Rappers
JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, Cádiz, Spain ~ February 13, 1979 🇪🇸
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Frederick Douglass Brought the Meaning of the U.S. Constitution to Life
TALBOT COUNTY, Maryland ~ February 14, 1817 or 1818 🇺🇸
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Juanes Plays Colombian Rock at Radio City Music Hall
RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, Rockefeller Center, Manhattan 🇨🇴
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Dancing the 92nd Street Y Brings Modern Dance Companies Limón, Martha Graham, and Ailey II Back Home
92NY (92nd Street Y), African American, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Contemporary Dance, DANCE, Mexican, Modern Dance, Puerto Rican, Upper East Side92ND STREET Y, Upper East Side, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
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Lunar New Year Firecracker Ceremony and Cultural Festival 2024 is a Blast
SARA D. ROOSEVELT PARK, Lower East Side / Manhattan Chinatown 🇨🇳🇰🇭🇰🇷🇰🇵🇯🇵🇲🇳🇵🇭🇸🇬🇹🇼🇹🇭🇺🇸
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Joe Bataan, “The King of Latin Soul,” Plays a ¡Vaya! Dance Party at the David Rubenstein Atrium in Lincoln Center
DAVID RUBENSTEIN ATRIUM at Lincoln Center 🇵🇭 🇺🇸
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Rosa Parks Kept Her Cool Which Made Her the Mother of the Freedom Movement
TUSKEGEE, Alabama, February 4, 1913 🇺🇸