Celebrate Candombe Day and Tango Day with us
Uruguayan NYC
International Tango Day
Friday, December 11, 2020
The world celebrates tango, the African-Uruguayan-Argentine social dance, on Carlos Gardel’s birthday
Uruguayan NYC Festivals
Hispanic Day Parade 2019
Sunday, October 13, 2019
MIDTOWN, NYC ~ Twenty-one countries from around the world celebrate our Hispanic Heritage on Fifth Avenue
Junta Hispana 2019
Sunday, July 21, 2019
FLUSHING MEADOWS CORONA PARK, Queens ~ Family entertainment, games, food and kiosks from twenty Hispanic countries. FREE ~ CANCELLED DUE TO NYC’S DANGEROUS HEAT ADVISORY
Queens Hispanic Day Parade 2018 celebrates our diverse heritage
Sunday, September 23, 2018
37th Avenue
Jackson Heights, Queens
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Argentine, Bolivian, Belizean, Chilean, Colombian, Costa Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Ecuadorian, Guatemalan, Honduran, Mexican, Nicaraguan, Panamanian, Paraguayan, Peruvian, Puerto Rican, Salvadoran, Spanish, Uruguayan and Venezuelan culture.
Continue Reading Queens Hispanic Day Parade 2018 celebrates our diverse heritage
Uruguayan New York City
Uruguayan New Yorkers
Mariana Parma
Teaching Tango
Tango La Nacional
La Nacional
239 West 14th St
between Seventh & Eighth Ave
Chelsea, Manhattan
Thursday, January 4, 2018
Raul Jaurena
Instituto Cervantes presents Raul Jaurena, one of the world’s bandoneón masters and 2007 Latin Grammy winner for best Tango Album, in concert Wed Oct 17, 2012, 7pm, $15 (more…)
Uruguayans
Great artists, musicians and soccer players.
Jorge Drexler
LAS VEGAS, UNIVISION, Thu, November 15, 2018 ~ “Telefonía” wins Record of the Year and Song of the Year Latin Grammys
Carmelo Arden Quin : Invention ~ Uruguayan modern art at Leon Tovar Gallery
Influential modern artist and co-founder of the Grupo Madí.
Leon Tovar Gallery
Chelsea, Manhattan
Monday – Friday
April 26 – July 27, 2018
Continue Reading Carmelo Arden Quin : Invention ~ Uruguayan modern art at Leon Tovar Gallery
The Worlds of Joaquín Torres-García
Acquavella Galleries
Upper East Side, Manhattan
Monday – Saturday
April 12 – May 25, 2018
EXTENDED
June 29, 2018
Bajofondo
Bajofondo, led by Uruguayan superstar Gustavo Santaolalla at the Highline Ballroom in 2012.
Uruguayan Culture
Argentine tango is a mix of African practice and Cuban Habanera. At a tango festival, an African told us that the word “tango” in her country means “healing.” In the Americas, tango originated in the African neighborhoods of Montevideo and Buenos Aires on either side of the River Plate (Río de la Plata).
FIFA World Soccer Rankings
December 19, 2019
USA women are #1. 70% of the top ten men’s teams are Latin: France, Brazil, Uruguay, Portugal, Spain, Argentina and Colombia
Tango
The African-European social dance of Argentina and Uruguay has become popular all around the world
Uruguay
Nestled between Brazil and Argentina, Uruguay shares elements of both cultures.
Uruguayan Independence Day
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
LA FLORIDA, Uruguay ~ The Uruguayan national day commemorates the assembly of the Thirty-Three Orientals rebel group which declared independence from Brazil on August 25, 1825
Candombe Day
Thursday, December 3, 2020
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay ~ Celebrate the Afro-Uruguayan drum and dance tradition that is an icon of Uruguayan identity
Julio Bocca
Friday, April 14, 2017
LINCOLN CENTER, ~ The Youth America Grand Prix tributes the Argentine legend, “the Baryshnikov of Latin America” at the David H. Koch Theatre
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