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Mexican NYC

Mexican NYC is NYC’s third largest Latin community and the largest in the United States (2019).

In NYC and Miami, “Latin” generally means Caribbean or South American, but in most of the USA, it means Mexican American.

The western two-thirds of our country, from Texas to California, was once Mexico. We didn’t cross the border, the border crossed us.

It’s widely reported that Mexicans are the world’s hardest working people. We work more hours than people in any other country.

Latin Rock started in Mexico. Regional Mexican music is America’s most popular Latin music. Corn, which feeds America, was developed in Mexico.

The Whitney Museum of American Art said that the biggest influence on American art was the Mexican muralists, not the Europeans. Let that sink in a minute.

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Traditional Mexican Culture

New York Mexican Festivals

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New York Colleges with Mexican Studies

  • Columbia University Institute of Latin American Studies ilas.colombia.edu
  • CUNY Graduate Center for Latin American, Caribbean & Latino studies. gc.cuny.edu
  • Lehman College CUNY Mexican Studies Institute lehman.cuny.edu
  • NYU Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies as.nyu.edu

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Mexican NYC News

January 2023

The Prototype Festival 2023 of contemporary opera and musical theater presents new voices, including Mexican folk singer Silvana Estrada’s beautiful “Marchita;” at Here in Hudson Square and other NYC venues; for one week Thursday, January 5-13, 2023. From $40. prototypefestival.org 🇲🇽

The PBR Buck Off 2022 professional bull rider’s rodeo brings 35 of the top American, Brazilian and Mexican cowboys to ride the meanest bulls at Madison Square Garden in Chelsea, NYC, Friday-Sunday, January 6-8, 2023. From $97. 🇧🇷 🇲🇽

Ballet Nepantla is holding an open call dancer audition at New York City Center Studios in Midtown, NYC on Sunday, January 8, 2023 at 3pm. 🇲🇽

Disney On Ice: Into the Magic brings Moana and Coco to life on skates; at Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; on Wednesday-Sunday, January 18-22, 2023. From $20. 🇲🇽🇵🇷

For the Master Drawings New York 2023 art fair, 25 art galleries show old masters and new masters from their collections and from visiting international dealers; in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; from Friday, January 20-28, 2023. The exhibition continues online through February 28, 2023. 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇨🇴🇲🇽🇵🇦🇻🇪 | 🇫🇷🇮🇹

Mexican American comic and filmmaker Louis CK plays Madison Square Garden in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Saturday, January 28, 2023, at 7:30pm. From $64. 🇲🇽

February 2023

Edna Vázquez blends Mexican and American folk, pop and rock into something fabulous for Carnegie Hall Citywide; at the LGBT Community Center in Manhattan’s West Village; on Monday, February 13, 2023 at 7:30pm. FREE! 🏳️‍🌈🇲🇽

The 51st Dance on Camera Festival 2023 puts Latin dance on the big screen at Film at Lincoln Center from Friday-Monday, February 10-13, 2023. $17. 🇫🇷 🇮🇳 🇲🇽

Internacional Carro Show plays Mexican cumbia at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Friday, February 17, 2023 at 9pm. 🇲🇽

March 2023

Two Latin Grammy winners: Flor de Toloache and Nella play Mexican mariachi and Venezuelan pop at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall in Midtown, Manhattan on Friday, March 24, 2023 at 7:30pm. From $64. 🇲🇽🇻🇪

April 2023

Los Tigres Del Norte “Siempre Contigo Tour” brings regional Mexican norteño to the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in Chelsea, NYC on Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 9pm. From $74. 🇲🇽

Ana Gabriel “Por Amor a Ustedes World Tour” brings Mexican pop mariachi to Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn on Thursday, April 20, 2023. From $61. 🇲🇽

July 2023

Ballet Nepantla’s 4th Annual Gala is at 26 Bridge in DUMBO, Brooklyn; on Friday, July 14, 2023 at 7pm. 🇲🇽

December 2022

“Navidad: A Mexican-American Christmas,” by Calpulli Mexican Dance Company, connects Indigenous Mexican, Hispanic, and American holiday traditions in a mariachi nutcracker folkloric ballet at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park: Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 2pm & 7pm; Sunday, December 11, 2022 at 3pm; with a special educational performance on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 10:30am. From $25 or 4 for $90 with code 4FOR90. queenstheatre.org 🇲🇽

“Navidad: A Mexican-American Christmas,” by Calpulli Mexican Dance Company, connects Indigenous Mexican, Hispanic, and American holiday traditions in a mariachi nutcracker folkloric ballet at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx on Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 3pm. FREE. 🇲🇽

November 2022

The Day of the Dead NYC 2022 Día de Muertos is a family celebration of life over three days, Monday-Wednesday, October 31 – November 2, 2022. 🇲🇽

German-Ecuadorian Steinway pianist Boris Cepeda RAICES: Piano Works from Europe & South America plays 19th century European music and contemporary classical music from Ecuador and Argentina (Albéniz, Guevara, Canelos, Liszt, Ravel, Ortiz, Cárdenas, and Piazzolla) in the Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Hall on Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 8pm. From $60. 🇦🇷 🇪🇨 🇫🇷 🇭🇳 🇲🇽 🇪🇸

NYC’s Latin Grammy winning, all-woman Mariachi band, Flor de Toloache, plays Sony Hall in the Times Square Theater District on November 3, 2022. From $32. 🇲🇽

Sotheby’s Modern Evening Auction of Impressionist, Modern, and Abstract Expressionist masters features Monet, Degas, Pissarro, Gauguin, Matisse, Picasso, Derain; and Varo, Carrington and Torres-García. The art auction exhibition is on view at Sotheby’s New York in the Upper East Side, Friday, November 4-14, 2022. The auction is Monday, November 14, 2022 at 6:30pm. 🇫🇷 🇲🇽 🇪🇸 🇺🇾

Sotheby’s Contemporary Evening Auction, an art auction of ground-breaking contemporary artists, features work by Alice Neel, Josef Albers, François-Xavier Lalanne, Basquiat, Alighiero Boetti, Philip Guston, and Louise Bourgeois who were either Latin or influenced by the Latin world. The art auction exhibition is at Sotheby’s New York in the Upper East Side, Friday, November 4-16, 2022. The auction is Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 7pm. 🇨🇦 🇨🇺 🇫🇷 🇭🇹 🇵🇷 🇲🇽 🇮🇹

Poranguí: Beauty Way Tour featuring co-facilitator Ashley Klein, is a House Music, dance and healing experience at House of Yes in Bushwick, Brooklyn, on Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 6:45pm (6pm doors). $41. 🇧🇷🇲🇽

Christie’s 20th Century Evening Sale art auction featuring art from the Impressionists of Paris to the Pop artists of New York City including Monet, Degas, Giacometti, Kahlo and Varo; is on view at Christie’s New York in Rockefeller Center from Saturday, November 12-17. The auction is Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 5:30pm. 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇲🇽

Christie’s Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale art auction featuring masters of the period, is on view at Christie’s New York in Rockefeller Center Saturday, November 12-17, 2022. The auction is Friday, November 18, 2022 at 10am. 🇨🇴 🇫🇷 🇬🇭 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇪🇸

The Mexico Now cultural festival presents mezzo-soprano Guadalupe Peraza’s “Mexamorphosis,” a concert celebrating Mexico’s musical diversity at Americas Society in the Upper East Side, on Monday, November 21, 2022 at 7pm. Free with RSVP. 🇲🇽

Los Ángeles Azules De Iztapalapa Para El Mundo Tour brings Mexican Cumbia to the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in Chelsea on Saturday, November 26, 2022 at 9pm (8pm doors). From $102. 🇲🇽

The Gran Baile (big dance) features Grupo Exterminador, El Chapo de Sinaloa, and Los Yaguaru playing Mexican Cumbia, Regional Mexican, and Norteño at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Sunday, November 27, 2022 at 9pm. $67. 🇲🇽

October 2022

Gabriel Iglesias “Back on Tour” brings the Fluffy Guy’s Mexican American standup comedy to Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on Sunday, October 2, 2022 at 7pm (6pm doors). From $49. 🇲🇽

The 93.1 Amor “Amor en Vivo Las Estrellas de Pop” concert features Ricky Martin, Sylvestre Dangond, Reik, Camila, Becky G, Manuel Turizo, Gale, and Fonseca at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Saturday, October 8, 2022 at 8pm. From $59. 🇨🇴🇲🇽🇵🇷

The Los Angeles Philharmonic, led by renowned Venezuelan Conductor Gustavo Dudamel, plays the NY Premiere of Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz’ “Altar de cuerda” featuring Spanish violin soloist María Dueñas, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, in Midtown, Manhattan on Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 8pm. From $42. carnegiehall.org 🇻🇪🇲🇽🇪🇸

The Los Angeles Philharmonic, led by renowned Venezuelan Conductor Gustavo Dudamel, plays the NY Premiere of Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz’ “Kauyumari,” the NY Premiere of Mexican composer Arturo Márquez‘ “Fandango for Violin and Orchestra” featuring violin superstar Anne Akiko Meyers, and Copland’s “Symphony No. 3” at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, in Midtown, Manhattan on Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at 8pm. From $42. carnegiehall.org 🇻🇪🇲🇽

Mexican Pop-Rock-Folk singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade makes her Carnegie Hall debut on the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage on Thursday, October 27, 2022 at 8pm. 🇲🇽

NYC’s Latin Grammy winning, all-woman, Mariachi band, Flor de Toloache, stars with Los Lobos and Ozomatli in the new PBS musical special, “Día de los Muertos” which premieres on WNET Thirteen, on Friday, October 28,2022 at 9pm. Free. 🇲🇽

EDITOR’S PICK
Calpulli “Día de los Muertos,” dance theatre about the Day of the Dead, the Mexican family celebration of life, is at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx on Saturday-Sunday, October 29-30, 2022 (Sat 8pm, Sun 3pm). $25. Hurry, we expect a sell-out! hostos.cuny.edu 🇲🇽

Visionary: The Paul G. Allen Collection Part I & Part II, the largest and most exceptional art auction in history, is on view at Christie’s New York in Rockefeller Center; Saturday, October 29 – November 8. The auction is Wednesday-Thursday, November 9-10, 2022. 🇦🇷 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇷🇴 🇪🇸

The Day of the Dead NYC 2022 Día de Muertos is a family celebration of life over three days, Monday-Wednesday, October 31 – November 2, 2022. 🇲🇽

September 2022

OPENING RECEPTION FOR THE ARTIST
Salomón Huerta: Daily Ritual, an exhibition by the Mexican Los Angeles artist exploring tension, opens with a reception at Harper’s Chelsea 534 in Chelsea, Manhattan on Thursday, September 8, 2022 from 6-8pm. The show ends October 2022. harpersgallery.com 🇲🇽

Rodrigo Chapa: Episodios, the Mexican photographer’s first solo exhibition in NYC explores nudes and color, is at High Line Nine Galleries in Chelsea, Manhattan, Thursday, September 8-30, 2022. highlinenine.org 🇲🇽

OPENING RECEPTION
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Common Measures, installations by the Mexican Canadian artist, opens with a reception at PACE gallery in Chelsea, Manhattan on Thursday, September 9, 2022 from 6-8pm. Ends October 22. pacegallery.com 🇲🇽

OPENING RECEPTION
Felipe Baeza: Made Into Being, an exhibition of surreal figures by the New York Mexican artist, opens with a reception at Fortnight Institute in Manhattan’s East Village on Friday, September 9, 2022 from 6-8pm. Ends October 9. fortnight.institute 🇲🇽

Mexican flutist Wilfrido Terrazas releases his latest album of experimental music, “The Torres Cycle,” at Americas Society in the Upper East Side on Monday, September 12, 2022 at 7pm. Free with RSVP. 🇲🇽

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, a celebration of the Americas, through October 15. 🇦🇷🇧🇴🇧🇷🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇷🇨🇺🇩🇴🇪🇨🇸🇻🇬🇶🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇦🇵🇾🇵🇪🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇾🇻🇪

The 28th Mexican Parade NYC 2022 marches proudly down Madison Avenue from 38th to 26th St through Murray Hill and Kips Bay to NoMad on Sunday, September 18, 2022 from 11am – 2pm. Free. 🇲🇽

The Queens Hispanic Parade 2022 marches on 37th Avenue from 69th St to 86th St in Jackson Heights, Queens on Sunday, September 25, 2022 starting at 11am. 🇦🇷🇧🇴🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇷🇨🇺🇩🇴🇪🇨🇸🇻🇬🇶🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇦🇵🇾🇵🇪🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇾🇻🇪

NYC’s Mexican Community

We are NYC’s third largest Latin community and the largest Latin community in the United States. The western third of our country used to be Mexico. We have the second biggest Spanish-speaking population after Mexico. Mexican food has become American food. We dominate food preparation in NYC. Regional Mexican is America’s most popular Latin music.

It’s hard to distinguish between Mexicans of Mexico and Mexican Americans. About two-thirds of our country was New Spain or Mexico before it was the United States. The border kept moving over our heads and we kept moving back and forth across the border.

New York City’s main Mexican celebrations are Cinco de Mayo, Mexican Independence, the Celebrate Mexico Now Festival, Day of the Dead, and Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Fandango is an Afro-Mexican drum, song and dance tradition from the Veracruz region. Jarana Beat brings Fandango traditions to New York City via the South Bronx.

Mexican New York City

The Mexican Cultural Institute is part of the Mexican Consulate. The La Boom and Stage 48 nightclubs are Mexican owned. Cinépolis Chelsea is owned by a Mexican theater chain. The Selina hotel in Chelsea is owned by Mexican hotel operator Micha.

Lehman College has a Mexican Studies Institute. An Olmec head on the Lehman College campus brings Mexican culture to The Bronx. Columbia University has a new Center for Mexican Studies.

There is a statue of Mexican founding father Benito Juárez in Bryant Park.

Mexican Culture

Mexican culture is a blend of many different peoples. It’s a big country with a largely Indigenous culture and a rich heritage of Aztec, Maya, Olmec and many other Indigenous groups. And they are not historic cultures. They are still very much alive.

The country has a Spanish colonial influence from 1521 to 1821. Veracruz, the eastern gateway to Mexico City, has Caribbean culture. Mexico has a Germanic influence from settlers who tore off Texas. Banda come from polka.

Mexico has African culture too. The founding families of Los Angeles, California (1781) where Spanish (Mexico was still New Spain). But most of them weren’t Indigenous or Hispanic like you would expect. They were Afro-Mexicans.

There is a French influence too.

A lot of Mexican culture has become American culture. For example, Mexican food is now an American food.

As the country with the largest Spanish-speaking population, Mexico, not Spain, is the global center of culture in Spanish. The country with the second largest Spanish-speaking population is us, the United States.

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