Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture is the performing arts center of Hostos Community College (CUNY) in Mott Haven, The Bronx. The curation is adventurous. Hostos presents artists you won’t see anywhere else. It’s not commercial. It’s educational. It’s Hostos!
Venues include:
- Main Theater (seats 884).
- Repertory Theater (seats 367).
- Longwood Art Gallery.
Thank you Hostos Center for sponsoring Latin art, dance, and music at New York Latin Culture Magazine. We learn a lot from you!
Hostos Center News
¡Merengueras Dominicanas! with NCUE Band features Indira Rubiera, Ninoskha, and Lidia de la Rosa playing three great flavors of Dominican merengue from tradition to contemporary; at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx; on Friday, June 2, 2023 at 8pm. From $25. Students and under 18 $5. hostos.cuny.edu 🇩🇴
Multi-Grammy nominee Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band connect Louis Armstrong, New Orleans and Latin music in a free concert for kids, presented with the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation; at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx; on Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 1pm. FREE with rsvp. hostos.cuny.edu 🇺🇸 🇵🇷
Miguel Zenón and Angélica Negrón celebrate the rich musical traditions of Puerto Rico with the American Composers Orchestra; at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx; on Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 4pm. From $25. Students $5. hostos.cuny.edu 🇵🇷
Multi-Grammy nominee Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band presents the world premiere of Armando Pacheco Matos’ “Anton: Una Ópera Boricua” about a young man from Barrio San Antón in Ponce, Puerto Rico whose bomba, plena, música jíbara, bolero and danza roots flower into Latin Jazz in The Bronx; at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx; on Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 1pm. FREE! Call or visit box office. hostos.cuny.edu 🇵🇷
The NYC Gay Men’s Chorus presents their newest show “Chasing Rainbows;” at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx; on Friday, June 16, 2023 at 8pm. From $40. hostos.cuny.edu 🏳️🌈
Latin Culture at Hostos Center
Merengueras Dominicanas: Ninoshka, Lidia de la Rosa, & Indira Rubiera Bring Quisqueya to Hostos Center
Three legendary women bring their own flavors of Dominican merengue.
HOSTOS CENTER
Mott Haven, The Bronx
Friday, June 2, 2023
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ACO SONiC Festival with Miguel Zenón and Angélica Negrón Creates Avant-Garde Puerto Rican Classical Music at Hostos
A primer on some of the young Latin artists who are doing incredible work stretching the jazz and classical music canon in New York City.
HOSTOS CENTER
Mott Haven, The Bronx
Sunday, June 4, 2023
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Miguel Zenón Curates the American Composers Orchestra SONiC Festival
A primer on some of the young Latin artists who are doing incredible work stretching the jazz and classical music canon in New York City.
HOSTOS CENTER
Mott Haven, The Bronx
Sunday, June 4, 2023
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Continue Reading Miguel Zenón Curates the American Composers Orchestra SONiC Festival
Luis Santeiro’s “Dancing With Dictators” is a Heartfelt Cabaret with the Music and Rhythms of Cuba
The multiple Emmy Award-winning writer for “¿Qué Pasa, USA?” and “Sesame Street” tells his family story from pre-Castro Cuba to Latino All-American. He is the American Dream!
HOSTOS CENTER
Mott Haven, The Bronx
Thursday, May 4, 2023
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Xiomara Fortuna, the Queen of Afro-Caribbean Fusion, Plays Hostos Center
Saturday, April 1, 2023
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Mott Haven, The Bronx
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Continue Reading Xiomara Fortuna, the Queen of Afro-Caribbean Fusion, Plays Hostos Center
Annette A. Aguilar & StringBeans Bring the Women in Latin Jazz Festival to Hostos Center
Saturday, March 25, 2023
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Mott Haven, The Bronx
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“Navidad: A Mexican-American Christmas” by Calpulli Mexican Dance Company is at Hostos Center
Sunday, December 18, 2022
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Mott Haven, The Bronx
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Papo Vázquez Celebrates 40 Years of Jazz in a Holiday Parranda Concert with his Mighty Pirates Troubadours, Camille Thurman & Héctor Cordero
Saturday, December 10, 2022
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Mott Haven, The Bronx
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Artists
Many great Latin artists play Hostos Center. This is just since 2022.
- Annette A. Aguilar & StringBeans Nicaraguan jazz, salsa, rock. 🇧🇷🇮🇹🇳🇮
- Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Cuban jazz. 🇨🇺
- Calpulli Mexican Dance Company folkloric dance. 🇲🇽
- Danza Fiesta Puerto Rican bomba, plena, seis. 🇵🇷
- Gilberto Santa Rosa Puerto Rican salsa. 🇵🇷
- Hèctor “Tito” Matos Puerto Rican bomba and plena. 🇵🇷
- Jane Bunnett & Maqueque Cuban jazz. 🇨🇺
- Josean Jacobo Dominican jazz. 🇩🇴
- Lena Burke Cuban bolero. 🇨🇺
- Los Pleneros de la 21 Puerto Rican bomba and plena. 🇵🇷
- Malena Burke Cuban bolero. 🇨🇺
- National Puerto Rican Artisans Fair Puerto Rican art. 🇵🇷
- Nélida Tirado Puerto Rican Spanish flamenco. 🇵🇷 🇪🇸
- Orchestra of St Luke’s classical music. 🇨🇦
- Papo Vázquez and the Mighty Pirates Troubadours Puerto Rican jazz. 🇵🇷
- Paquito D’Rivera Cuban jazz. 🇨🇺
- Repertorio Español Hispanic theatre. 🇨🇺
- Spanish Harlem Orchestra Puerto Rican jazz and salsa. 🇵🇷
- Tito Rodríguez Jr Puerto Rican mambo and salsa. 🇵🇷
- Xiomara Laugart Cuban bolero. 🇨🇺
- Zaccai Curtis Afro-Cuban Jazz Quartet. Puerto Rican Cuban jazz.🇵🇷 🇨🇺
About Hostos Center
Hostos is one of the leading Latin performing arts centers in the Northeast. Curation is excellent. You can see great artists that you won’t see elsewhere, and tickets are cheaper. It’s a great place to see Latin culture because Latin culture is community-oriented, and Hostos Center feels like home.
Eugenio María de Hostos y de Bonilla (1839-1903) was a Puerto Rican scientist, educator and independence advocate who worked for equal rights and education for all people. He didn’t just talk, he built, and is loved across the Latin world.
“I wish that they will say: In that island (Puerto Rico) a man was born who loved truth, desired justice, and worked for the good of men.”
Eugenio Hostos wrote his own epitaph. He won’t return to PR until it is free, so he is buried in the National Mausoleum of the Dominican Republic.
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Hostos Center Tickets
Student tickets can be as low as $5.
Hostos Community College
450 Grand Concourse
(between 149th & 144th St)
Mott Haven, The Bronx
(718) 518-4455
Subways
(2)(4)(5) to 149th St
The station is right on the block