January 2018 Latin Culture

January starts cold with Three Kings Day, gets moving with APAP NYC showcases, and ends with Masters Week and New York Antiques Week.

January Highlights

January Calendar

Monday, January 1

January 1 is New Year’s Day.

January 1 is the Christian Feast of Mary.

January 1 is the first day to send Easter Mass ticket requests to St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Midtown.

Tuesday, January 2

Wednesday, January 3

Thursday, January 4

Under the Radar Festival of experimental theater at the Public Theater in the East Village was January 4-15, 2017.

Friday, January 5

NYC Broadway Week tickets went on sale January 5, 2017.

Winter JazzFest in Greenwich Village and the East Village was January 5-10, 2017.

Saturday, January 6

January 6 is Three Kings Day or the Christian Feast of the Epiphany.

El Museo del Barrio’s annual Three Kings Day Parade in East Harlem is January 6.

Teatro SEA’s Three Kings Day Celebration in the Lower East Side is January 6.

Professional Bull Riders season opened at Madison Square Garden January 6-8, 2017.

Sunday, January 7

Celebrate the birthday of Argentine Tango pianist, composer, and bandleader Carlos di Sarli in Bahia Blanca, Argentina on January 7, 1903.

LAST CHANCE to see Leonardo to Matisse: Master Drawings from the Robert Lehman Collection at the Met Fifth Avenue,  January 7, 2018 10am – 5:30pm.

The 75th Golden Globe Awards are on NBC Sunday, January 7, 2018 from 8-11pm.

Monday, January 8

Fashion designer Carolina Herrera was born in Caracas, Venezuela on January 8, 1939.

Tuesday, January 9

Wednesday, January 10

New York Jewish Film Festival by the Jewish Museum and Film Society of Lincoln Center is January 10-23, 2018.

Thursday, January 11

Friday, January 12

APAP NYC, the national artist booking convention, is January 12-16, 2018.

Saturday, January 13

The Miss New York USA and Miss New York Teen USA beauty pageants were January 13-15, 2017 at the Renaissance Westchester Hotel in West Harrison, NY.

Sunday, January 14

globalFEST world music festival is at Webster Hall in Greenwich Village, January 14, 2018.

Monday, January 15

Martin Luther King Day is Monday, January 15, 2018.

American civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929.

LAST CHANCE to see Rodin at the Met, an exhibition of works by the French sculptor, at the Met Fifth Avenue Monday, January 15, 2018, 10am-5:30pm.

Tuesday, January 16

Wednesday, January 17

NYC Broadway Week was January 17 – February 5, 2017.

Colombian Pop superstar Shakira brings her El Dorado World Tour to Madison Square Garden in Chelsea at 7:30pm.

Thursday, January 18

Friday, January 19

The Winter Antiques Show at the Park Avenue Armory in the Upper East Side is January 19-28, 2018.

Saturday, January 20

The Master Drawings New York art fair is at Upper East Side galleries January 20-27, 2018.

Sunday, January 21

January 21 – February 27 is New York’s Dominican Heritage Month. ¡Quisqueya!

Legendary tenor Plácido Domingo was born in Madrid, Spain on January 21, 1941.

It’s Masters Week and New York Antiques Week.

Monday, January 22

Tuesday, January 23

NYC Restaurant Week was January 23 – February 10, 2017.

Oscar nominations will be announced January 23, 2018.

Wednesday, January 24

Thursday, January 25

Sotheby’s Master Paintings & Sculpture Evening Sale was January 25, 2017.

Friday, January 26

The Neighboring Scenes contemporary Latin American film festival at Film Society of Lincoln Center was January 26-31, 2017.

Latin Jazz legend Eddie Palmieri plays the Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood, New Jersey at 8pm.

Saturday, January 27

January 27 is Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Venice Carnival is January 27 – February 3, 2018.

Sunday, January 28

Carnival season starts on the Septuagesima, January 28, 2018.

Miss Universe 2017 was broadcast live on Fox Sunday, January 29, 2017.

The 24th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are broadcast live on TNT and TBS January 21, 2018 at 8pm.

Grammy Awards are broadcast on CBS January 28, 2018.

Monday, January 29

Tuesday, January 30

New York Fashion Week Men’s was January 30-February 2, 2017.

Wednesday, January 31

Dominican Day Parade college scholarship applications were due January 31, 2017.

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 January Events

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