There are many strong women in New York City. This is true in all our communities.
Few forces change the world so much as education and the empowerment of women.”
Nicholas Kristof, “This Has Been the Best Year Ever,” New York Times, 2019
Celebrate International Women’s Day!
Monday, March 8, 2021 ♀
Women Festivals in NYC
Celebrate International Women’s Day!
Monday, March 8, 2021 ♀
Tease NYC Pride
An evening of interactive burlesque with 1,200 women from across the country.
The DL
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Saturday, June 23, 2018
Women of New York City
Happy Birthday Jennifer Lopez!
Saturday, July 24, 2021 🇵🇷
Happy Birthday Thalía, Queen of Latin Pop!
Thursday, August 26, 2021 🇲🇽
Cuban American Composer and Conductor Tania León Gives a Master Class
Friday, July 31, 2020 at 1pm
nationalsawdust.org
FREE
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La India Talks Culture with La Bruja on SummerStage Anywhere
Thursday, July 23, 2020 at 8pm
SUMMERSTAGE ANYWHERE SOCIAL CHANNELS
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Cardi B is Gettin Real
March 14, 2020
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Brooklyn DJ iMarkkeyz remixes Cardi B’s Instagram rant. It’s charting and they are donating proceeds to CoronaVirus victims.
Bulla en el Barrio Carries on the Colombian Bullerengue Women’s Tradition
Friday, March 13, 2020
BARBÈS: Park Slope, Brooklyn
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Leyla McCalla Connects Country Music to its Caribbean Roots
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
GINNY’S SUPPER CLUB
Harlem, NYC
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Xiomara Laugart, Cuban Jazz Singer
March 14, 2020
ZINC BAR
Greenwich Village, NYC
Bárbara Martínez Sings Flamenco & Bossa Nova
Saturday, March 14, 2020
CLUB BONAFIDE
Midtown East, NYC
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Flor de Toloache is NYC’s Latin Grammy Winning All-Woman Mariachi
March 12, 2020
CARNEGIE HALL CITYWIDE
DUMBO Archway: DUMBO, Brooklyn
FREE
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Maluca Mala, Dominican Hip-Hop
March 12, 2020
CARNEGIE HALL CITYWIDE
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
East Harlem, NYC
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Sponsored by
Carnegie Hall
Pistolera, Latin Alternative
Valentine’s Day
Friday, February 14, 2020
CARNEGIE HALL CITYWIDE
FLUSHING TOWN HALL
Flushing, Queens
This great Latin Alternative, Mexican-American border band, from Brooklyn of course, is going to make everybody get up and dance.
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Carnegie Hall
Myriam Phiro channels legendary French chanteuse Édith Piaf
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Birdland
HELL’S KITCHEN, NYC ~ The French-Canadian actress and cabaret singer releases her “Phiro chante Piaf” tribute to Édith Piaf album
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Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca ‘Entre Tú y Yo’
Tue-Sun, Nov 19 – Dec 1, 2019
CHELSEA, NYC ~ This flamenco show about prowling for partners feels like a Spanish flamenco bar with star power at the Joyce Theater
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Tablao Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana
Wed-Fri, October 16-18, 2019
GREENWICH VILLAGE ~ One of New York City’s leading flamenco dance companies brings the Andalucían style of dancing in bars to Le Poisson Rouge
Carolina Herrera
UPPER EAST SIDE ~ Dress like a first lady at Carolina Herrera and CH Carolina Herrera.
#VENEZUELAN #FASHION #MADISONAVENUE
Annabella Gonzalez Dance Theatre ‘Sorpresas’ at MMAC
LINCOLN SQUARE; Fri-Sat, Apr 5-6, 2019; Mexican-American modern dance theatre ~ One of New York’s great Mexican-American choreographers
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Mariah Carey
MIDTOWN; Mon, Mar 25, 2019; African Venezuelan pop live music ~ One of the great voices of her generation
Nydia Velázquez
U.S. Representative NY District 7. First Latina on the New York City Council and first Puerto Rican woman in U.S. Congress.
MANHATTAN
Lower East Side, East Village
BROOKLYN
Brooklyn Heights, Bushwick, Carroll Gardens, Greenpoint, Red Hook, Williamsburg
QUEENS
Maspeth, Ridgewood, Woodside
Carlina Rivera
New York City Council District #2
East Village, Gramercy Park, Kips Bay, Lower East Side, Murray Hill, Rose Hill
Dominique Duroseau ‘If only we knew. Nothing’s new’ at A.I.R. Gallery
A Haitian-American woman who deconstructs the contrast between Black and White experience in our country.
A.I.R. Gallery
DUMBO, Brooklyn
Wednesday – Sunday
April 20 – May 20, 2018
Continue Reading Dominique Duroseau ‘If only we knew. Nothing’s new’ at A.I.R. Gallery
Nadine Sierra
Susana in ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’
Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera House
Lincoln Center
December 29 – January 19
Friday, January 19, 2018
Joan Baez knows a little about diamonds and rust
April 7, 2017
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Barclays Center
Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
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Watch the Mexican – American folk singer get inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
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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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Women of the World
Happy Birthday Selena Gomez!
Wednesday, July 22, 2021 🇲🇽🇺🇸
Remember Catrina La Calavera Garbancera, the Queen of the Day of the Dead
Sat-Mon, October 31 – Nov 2, 2020
DAY OF THE DEAD
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Happy Birthday Mala Rodríguez!
Sunday, February 13, 2022 🇪🇸
Ama Ríos Flows From Bomba to Reggaeton to Latin Alternative
El Laberinto Series on Puerto Rican Bomba Drummers 🇵🇷🎵
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Angélique Kidjo Remains in Light
Friday, June 26, 2020
NYCSUMMERSTAGE YOUTUBE
Buika is the Spanish Queen of Flamenco Soul
March 12, 2020
CARNEGIE HALL
Midtown, Manhattan
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Carnegie Hall
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Rocío Molina is Caída del Cielo “Fallen from Heaven”
POSTPONED TO FALL
Friday, March 27, 2020
FLAMENCO FESTIVAL
NEW YORK CITY CENTER
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Sponsored by
New York City Center
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Betsayda Machado y Parranda El Clavo
Saturday, February 29, 2020
Afro-Peruvian tambor jams with Jewish klezmer.
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
Zilia Sánchez: Soy Isla at El Museo says “I am an Island”
Wednesday-Sunday
Nov 20, 2019-Mar 22, 2020
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
East Harlem, NYC
A touring retrospective of the Puerto Rico-based Cuban artist whose sensual abstractions broke the picture plane before standing on their own
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Gina Chavez
Friday, November 8, 2019
PURCHASE, NYC (near White Plains) ~ The Texan brings her Latin folk pop and awesome Austin rock and roll to Purchase College
Nella Rojas
Monday, October 21, 2019
WORLD MUSIC INSTITUTE
LE POISSON ROUGE
Greenwich Village, NYC
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Venezuela, Berklee, Limón, IMG, and “Everybody Knows.” The 2019 Latin Grammy winner for Best New Artist is on her way…”Voy, Voy, Voy”
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Sponsored by
World Music Institute
Edna Vázquez is Not our Father’s Mariachi
Saturday, October 5, 2019
CARNEGIE HALL CITYWIDE
BROOKLYN MUSEUM: Prospect Park, Brooklyn
FREE
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Carnegie Hall
Pia Camil: Here Comes the Sun
Friday, November 8, 2019
UPPER EAST SIDE, NYC ~ This Guggenheim 60th Anniversary commission by a Mexican artist is a wonderful performance based on Lygia Pape’s ‘Divisor’ (1969) that shines a bright light on people at the Guggenheim Museum
Lila Downs
Sunday, August 11, 2019
CENTRAL PARK, NYC ~ The multiple Grammy and Latin Grammy-winning, Mexican-American folkloric pop singer who is a champion of Indigenous rights, brings ‘Al Chile’ to SummerStage at Rumsey Playfield. FREE
Omara Portuondo sings Cuban boleros at Sony Hall
TIMES SQUARE, NYC | Fri, Apr 26, 2019 | Cuban boleros live music ~ From The Tropicana to Chucho Valdés to Buena Vista Social Club, Omara’s career spans the entire time that Cuban music has been a world music
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Malena & Lena Burke share an evening of Cuban boleros at Hostos
Saturday, March 30, 2019
CONCOURSE, The Bronx ~ One of the great families of Cuban bolero singers. ‘Contigo Aprendi,’ ‘Me Voy Pa’l Pueblo,’ ‘La Longina’ and ‘Total.’
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“iLe” the Multi Grammy-Winning Ileana Cabra is her Own Woman after Calle 13
Saturday, March 16, 2019
CARNEGIE HALL CITYWIDE
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
El Barrio East Harlem, NYC
FREE
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Sponsored by
Carnegie Hall
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Compañia Irene Rodríguez
Friday-Sunday, January 18-20, 2019
JOYCE THEATER, NYC
One of Cuba’s leading flamenco dance companies returns to New York
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Lourdes Lopez, Miami City Ballet Artistic Director (Interview)
NEW YORK CITY; Dec 3, 2018; Cuban ballet leader ~ Lourdes Lopez, Miami City Ballet Artistic Director, former New York City Ballet Principal, talks about being a Cuban immigrant, family, opportunity, dancing for Balanchine and Robbins, the future of ballet and who we really are
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Laura Pausini
November 15, 2018
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“Hazte Sentir” wins “Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album” Latin Grammy
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August 31, 2018
Radio City Music Hall
Midtown, Manhattan
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March 16, 2018
‘Fatti sentire | Hazte sentir’ album
Time of Change Lola Alvarez Bravo & Mariana Yampolsky
September 21 – November 10, 2018
THROCKMORTON FINE ART
Midtown East, NYC
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Portuguese Fado Singer Lula Pena is a Musical Wanderer
SCHIMMEL CENTER PACE University
Financial District, Manhattan 🇵🇹 Saturday, March 31, 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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Compañía Eva Yerbabuena
Friday-Saturday, March 9-10, 2018
FLAMENCO FESTIVAL
NEW YORK CITY CENTER
Midtown, NYC
Yerbabuena celebrates her company’s 20th anniversary with “Carne y Hueso” (Flesh and Bone)
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Ana Gabriel
Madison Square Garden
The Theater
Chelsea, Manhattan
Sunday, October 29, 2017
Elza Soares, Brazilian Samba Legend
CENTRAL PARK SUMMERSTAGE | Saturday, August 5, 2017
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Laurie Hernandez is a star Gymnast, dancer, author and beyond
National Puerto Rican Day Parade 2017 Athlete of the Year
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Totó la Momposina
Rumsey Playfield
Central Park
Saturday, July 8, 2017
Belkis Ayón ‘NKAME’ Cuban prints at El Museo del Barrio
EAST HARLEM, Wed-Sun, Jun 13 to Nov 5, 2017 ~ Prints of the secret dreams of Africa.
# cuban print art exhibition
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Bebe
Spanish pop
Irving Plaza
17 Irving Pl, Union Square
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Blanca Li and Maria Alexandrova “Goddesses & Demonesses”
New York City Center
Midtown
Thursday-Saturday
March 30 – April 1, 2017
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Lygia Pape Brazilian Artist “A Multitude of Forms” (Review)
March 21 – July 23, 2017
MET BREUER: Upper East Side, NYC
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Gisela João
Saturday, February 25, 2017
SCHIMMEL CENTER
Financial District, NYC
The young Fado sensation makes her NYC debut at the NY Fado Festival
Rosa Passos sings romantic Brazilian Bossa Nova ballads
One of Brazil’s great romantic bossa nova singers
Blue Note Jazz Club
Greenwich Village, Manhattan
June 6 – 8, 2016
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Anna Magnani
Retrospective of the actress who was the symbol of Italian post-war cinema
Film Society of Lincoln Center
May 18 – June 1, 2016
Ana Moura & Buika
Two strong female vocalists sing Portuguese Fado, Spanish Flamenco, and Pop standards
Carnegie Hall
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 8pm
Graciela Iturbide is Mexico’s Leading Living Photographer
November 14, 2013 – Jan 11, 2014
THROCKMORTON FINE ART
Midtown East, NYC
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Remember Mictlancihuatl, Aztec Goddess of the Underworld
DAY OF THE DEAD 💀 Sunday-Tuesday, October 31 – November 2, 2021
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Remember Catrina La Calavera Garbancera, the Queen of the Day of the Dead
Sat-Mon, October 31 – Nov 2, 2020
DAY OF THE DEAD
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Ama Ríos Flows From Bomba to Reggaeton to Latin Alternative
El Laberinto Series on Puerto Rican Bomba Drummers 🇵🇷🎵
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Celebrate Purim and the Courage of Jewish Persian Queen Esther!
Wednesday-Thursday, March 16-17, 2022 ✡️
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28th New York African Film Festival Presents Women’s Voices
filmlinc.org 🎞 Thursday, February 4-14, 2021 🎪 maysles.org February 18 – March 3, 2021
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Queens Drive-In Screens Lizzie Borden’s Feminist Sci-Fi “Born in Flames”
NEW YORK HALL OF SCIENCE
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens | Saturday, September 5, 2020 🇵🇷 🌍 ♀
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The 39th Battery Dance Festival goes Virtual for 2020
Friday, August 14-22, 2020
YOUTUBE
FREE
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African, Indian, Middle Eastern, Romanian, French, Greek, Japanese, Women’s, LGBT, Indigenous, Mexican and Disability dance
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Latin Art Blooms in the Queens Botanical Garden
July 21 – September 8, 2020
QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN
Flushing, Queens
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Ballet Nepantla’s “Valentina” Tells Stories of Mexico’s Revolutionary Women
Friday, March 13, 2020
AILEY CITIGROUP THEATER
Hell’s Kitchen, NYC
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‘Evita’ directed by Sammi Cannold
November 13-24, 2019
MIDTOWN, NYC ~ A new production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical about the first lady of Argentina, comes to New York City Center
U.S. Women’s National Team plays Republic of Ireland
Saturday, August 3, 2019
PASADENA, California ~ The world champions of women’s soccer play a friend with Republic of Ireland
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Women’s World Cup France 2019
June 7 – July 7, 2019
Women’s soccer
Argentine, Brazilian, Chilean, French, Italian, Spanish, & USA teams play to be the best
Ballet Hispánico stretches Latino horizons at The Joyce
CHELSEA; Tue-Sun, Mar 26-31, 2019; Cuban contemporary dance theatre ~ Explore the Latin diaspora with Annabelle Lopez Ochoa (Colombian), Edwaard Liang (Chinese) & Bennyroyce Royon (Filipino)
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Nona
TV ON DEMAND; Tue, Mar 19, 2019; Honduran movies ~ Nona (Sulem Calderon) trusts Hecho (Jesy MCKinney) to take her to her mother in America, but gets trafficked instead. The film launched first-time actress Calderon on the road to stardom, and it’s more than a movie. It’s a story that needs to be told and needs to be heard. This is real. By Michael Polish (2018).
Women’s Contributions Are Essential
Women are about 50% of human kind. The economy feels good when it goes up 1 or 2%. The economy feels bad when it goes down 1 or 2%. You can’t succeed in modern life by marginalizing 50% of your people.
Many Latin cultures are very machista (male chauvinist). That doesn’t work in the United States and it doesn’t really work anywhere. It’s time to grow up.
A world map of countries suffering from war and poverty correlates strongly with a map of countries that marginalize women.
Women play an especially important role in raising and teaching children. Building a good future for women, builds a good future for all of us.
Ethel Waters, You Can’t Keep a Good Woman Down
Ethel Waters (1917-1977) was one of those never-ending talents who had a most amazing career. She started working as a teenager singing the blues in the 1920s. She sang for Black Swan records in Harlem during the Harlem Renaissance. Fletcher Henderson was her accompanist. Waters was the highest-paid Black recording artist of the time.
She recorded for Paramount and Columbia. She did vaudeville which was the MTV or YouTube of the day. She made movies. She starred at the Cotton Club.
Waters became the first Black woman on Broadway in the 1930s. She became the highest-paid Broadway performer. She was nominated for an Academy Award for a song.
In 1939 Waters became the first African-American to star in her own television show. In 1949, she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award. In 1950 she won a New York Drama Critics Circle Award and also became the first African-American actress to star in her own series.
No doubt the work was hard. We are just now trying to deal with systemic racism. See how hard it is? Imagine how tough it was back then.
But Ethel Waters’ indomitable spirit just goes to show you that you can’t keep a good woman down.