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Spanish NYC is broadly dispersed. “Little Spain” used to be on 14th St between Eighth and Ninth Avenues. New York City’s big celebrations of Spanish culture are the Flamenco Festival and Hispanic Day Parade. Hispanic Heritage Month is a national celebration.

The Spanish language, Roman Catholicism, flamenco, paella, tapas, Serrano ham, red wine and sangria are all Spanish culture.

Flamenco

This is what’s happening in the Latin world of Spanish NYC.

Spanish Archive

Spanish Festivals in NYC

Spanish New York City

“Little Spain” used to be on West 14th St. The only remnant is the La Nacional social club. Other Spanish social clubs in NYC include Centro Español de Queens and Casa Galicia, both in Astoria.

Mercado Little Spain by Chef Jose Andres in Hudson Yards is a delicious collection of charming Spanish food kiosks in Hudson Yards. It’s a great eating, drinking and dating place that will make you want to live in Spain. Goya Foods in New Jersey, the largest Hispanic business in the United States, is Spanish via Puerto Rico (which was Spain until 1898).

Instituto Cervantes is the New York outpost of the global Spanish-language school funded by the Spanish government. It houses NYC’s largest Spanish-language library and hosts many Hispanic culture events.

The Hispanic Society research library and museum has the best collection of Spanish art outside of Spain. The King Juan Carlos Center at NYU studies and promotes Hispanic literature.

Spanish fashion is represented by Zara, Desigual and Camper. The high end includes Balenciaga and Manolo Blahnik. Agatha Ruiz de la Prada shows every season at the FDLA, Fashion Designers of Latin America shows during Fashion Week.

There are many flamenco schools. Noche Flamenca and Flamenco Vivo used to be the main ones, but now there are several good ones.

The World Trade Center Oculus was designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.

It’s worth remembering that Cuba was Spain until 1898, so many things Cuban in NYC were once Spanish.

Repertorio Español, NYC’s Spanish-language repertory theater was founded by Cubans. Thalia Spanish Theatre in Sunnyside, Queens is run by a Spanish director.

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Anna Tonna

December 4, 2012
HISPANIC SOCIETY
Washington Heights, NYC
The opera singer sang Spanish boleros for the Duchess of Alba (Goya) a lady of Spain, who watched coyly without saying a word
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“Little Spain” used to be on 14th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. Spaniards would disembark from ships on the West Side piers and walk over to La Nacional, the Spanish social club, to find comfort, housing and jobs. La Nacional is still there, but Little Spain declined after the Spanish-American War of 1898.

“Spanish Harlem” wasn’t actually Spanish. It became Puerto Rican after Puerto Ricans became American citizens during World War I.

Hispanic Society in Washington Heights is a research library and museum that holds the most important collection of Spanish art outside of Spain.

Instituto Cervantes is a global language-school and cultural center funded by the government of Spain.

King Juan Carlos Center at NYU in Greenwich Village is a Spanish-language literary center.

Spanish New Yorkers

The Spanish World

These Spanish artists have recently performed in New York City.

Los Aurora

Sunday, March 29, 2020
WORLD MUSIC INSTITUTE
LE POISSON ROUGE
Greenwich Village, NYC
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An entertaining blend of flamenco, jazz and rock that is part of the Nuevo Flamenco movement out of Barcelona, Spain.
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World Music Institute

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Rosalía

Sunday, January 26, 2020
62nd GRAMMY AWARDS
Los Angeles, California
The Spanish flamenco pop singer performed and “El Mal Querer” won Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album

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Jesús Carmona

Wednesday, August 7, 2019
LINCOLN CENTER OUT OF DOORS
Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center
Charismatic Spanish flamenco dance star of the new generation brings one of his more personal shows to New York. Arooj Aftab opens with Sufi rock.
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Farruquito

Friday, February 22, 2019
THE TOWN HALL
Midtown, NYC
“Greatest flamenco dancer of the century” (The New York Times)
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Rafael Nadal

World #1
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US OPEN
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
August 27-September 9, 2018
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R1 David Ferrer: 6-3, 3-4 retired
R2 Vasek Pospisil: 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
R3 Karen Khachanov (#27) 5-7, 7-5, 7 (9) – 6 (7), 7 (7) – 6 (3)
R16 Nikoloz Basilashvili
SF Del Potro

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Eugenio Merino

A similar striking sculpture of Picasso in state became a huge tourist draw in Málaga, Spain. A clever commentary on the commercialization of art, life and even death.
UNIX Gallery
Chelsea, Manhattan
Tuesday – Saturday
April 26 – June 9, 2018

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Angelita Montoya

Friday, March 16, 2018
FLAMENCO FESTIVAL
ROULETTE
Boerum Hill, Brooklyn
From one of the great Spanish flamenco families, she built this show around the female poets of the Generation of 27
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Javier Limón

LINCOLN SQUARE, Sat, Feb 11, 2017, WORLD MUSIC INSTITUTE, Spanish flamenco live music ~ The leading flamenco producer explores the Sephardic, Arabic, and Romani origins of Flamenco

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José Maya

Friday, February 17, 2017
SCHIMMEL CENTER
Financial District, NYC
The Spanish Flamenco Gitano star brings his “Latente: A Flamenco Journey” show

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Spanish Culture

We are known for flamenco, art and architecture, fashion, and soccer. Spain’s colonial legacy is a language, a religion, a culture and a medieval social-political-economic system.

Spanish culture, a beautiful culture, is part of our heritage, even in the United States. What makes it so beautiful is that “pure” Spanish culture is already a mix. The Pillars of Hercules are one end of one Europe/Asia/Africa. Spain is a blend of European, African and Asian peoples. It’s a mix of Christian, Jewish, Muslim and African religions. When people come together, there is nothing we can’t do. ¡Vamos!

Spain

Spanish flamenco (Ocusfocus/Dreamstime)
Spanish flamenco (Ocusfocus/Dreamstime)

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