Wednesday, July 22, 2020
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas
The Mexican-American pop star and actress was born on July 22, 1992
National Tequila Day
Friday, July 24, 2020
UNITED STATES
Enjoy the agave spirit with roots in pre-Columbian Mexico
ADAA The Art Show 2020
GALA PREVIEW
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
FAIR
Thu-Sun, February 27 – March 1, 2020
PARK AVENUE ARMORY
Upper East Side, NYC
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The top U.S. art dealer association’s art fair is showing Argentine, Brazilian, French, Indigenous, Italian, Mexican and Venezuelan artists.
Armory Show 2020
Thursday-Sunday, March 5-8, 2020
PIERS 90 & 94
Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan
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Brazilian, Cuban, French, French-Canadian, Italian, Mexican and Spanish galleries are exhibiting at this big contemporary art fair that anchors the Armory Week cluster of art fairs.
Neighboring Scenes: New Latin American Cinema 2020
Friday-Tuesday, February 14-18, 2020
FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER
Upper West Side, NYC
Cinema Tropical co-produces one of New York City’s most important Latin film festivals. This year’s films are Argentine, Bolivian, Brazilian, Chilean, Colombian, Indigenous, LGBT, Mexican and Peruvian.
OCA Dance “Pal’Monte”
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
DIXON PLACE
Lower East Side, NYC
On the theme of “The Inner Strength”, Kennyth Montes de Oca and the fine OCA Dance dancers invoke the West African mother goddess of the sea, Yemayá, on their way to that special place in the mountains of the human soul. “Olo ho Yemayá, Olo ho Yemayá, O… ..”
Oscars 2020 Academy Awards
Sunday, February 9, 2020
ABC, DOLBY THEATRE
Hollywood, California
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“Parasite” makes history as the first non-English language film to win Best Picture. Puerto Rico-born Joaquin Phoenix wins Best Actor.
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Latin connections to this year’s nominees are Argentine, Brazilian, Creole, Cuban, French, Italian, Jewish, Malian, Mexican, Nigerian, Portuguese, Puerto Rican, Spanish and Trinidadian.
Westminster Dog Show 2020
Sat-Tuesday, February 8-11, 2020
PIER 94 &
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
African, Cuban, French, Italian, Mexican, Portuguese and Spanish dogs compete for Agility, Obedience, Breeds and Best in Show
Villalobos Brothers
Saturday, February 8, 2020
PURCHASE COLLEGE
Purchase, New York (White Plains)
High-energy classical pop with a world of musical influences from a base of Mexican style with social consciousness in the mix
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¡New York Latin Culture Sponsor!
Doc Fortnight 2020
February 5-19, 2020
MoMA, Museum of Modern Art
Midtown, NYC
MoMA Film’s documentary festival screens new African, Brazilian, Filipino, French, Ghanan, Italian and Lesothon films.
Limón Dance Company
Thursday, January 30, 2020
PURCHASE COLLEGE
Purchase, New York (White Plains)
The legacy company of Mexican-American modern dance pioneer José Limón performs Limón classics and new works
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¡New York Latin Culture Sponsor!
Grammys 2020
Sunday, January 26, 2020
STAPLES CENTER and CBS
Los Angeles, California
The big music awards
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Sunday, January 26, 2020
62nd GRAMMY AWARDS
Los Angeles, California
The Mexican rumba flamenco duo’s “Mettavolution” won Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
NYC Broadway Week Winter 2020
January 21 – February 9, 2020
2-for-1 tickets to popular Broadway shows with Latin connections including Ain’t Too Proud, Book of Mormon, Chicago, Frozen, Lion King, Phantom, West Side Story and Wicked
NYC Restaurant Week Winter 2020
Monday-Friday (Some Sundays)
January 21 – February 9, 2020
2-course lunches for $26 and 3-course dinners for $42 are a great opportunity to try new restaurants with friends and family
Mano a Mano Posadas y Pastorelas
Saturday, December 21, 2019
Lehman College
JEROME PARK, The Bronx
Celebrate Christmas Mexican style with a workshop, posada, shephard’s play and piñata
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
Navidad: A Mexican-American Christmas
Saturday-Sunday, December 14-15, 2019
QUEENS THEATRE
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
Calpulli Mexican Dance Company has created a Latino New York holiday tradition
Escena Sur Reading Series Mexican, Spanish, Honduran & Venezuelan theatre
Thu-Sun, Dec 12-15, 2019
Shetler Studios
THEATER DISTRICT, NYC ~ Readings curated by Chilean actors Berioska Ipinza and Pietro González (Law & Order)
Navidad Flamenca: A Flamenco Nutcracker
Fri-Sun, December 6-8, 2019
LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC ~ Bring to life the holiday traditions of the Spanish diaspora in Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico and mother Spain at Abrons Arts Center
MegaBash 2019
Friday, November 29, 2019
NEWARK, New Jersey ~ La Mega 97.9FM brings the stars of reggaeton and latin trap: Alex Sensation, Ozuna, Farruko, Luis Fonsi, Prince Royce, REIK, V Manuelle, Becky G, Jhay Cortez, Ivy Queen, Lunay and Chimbala to Prudential Center
NYC Parks Life and Death Celebration: Día de los Muertos
Saturday, October 26, 2019
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, Brooklyn ~ NYC Parks holds a family celebration of Day of the Dead and Fall traditions at Hattie Carthan Community Market
Mano a Mano’s Day of the Dead celebration brings Mexican culture to life
Fri-Sun, October 25-27, 2019
EAST VILLAGE, NYC ~ Day of the Dead altar building, Mexican Marketplace, live music and Indigenous Aztec ceremony at St. Mark’s Church-in-the-bowery
Mexico is Mexico: Contemporary Mexican Design
Tuesday-Saturday
Oct 24, 2019 – Feb 8, 2020
HENRIQUE FARIA FINE ART
Upper East Side, NYC
A century after the first exposition of Mexican folk art, contemporary design objects continue to show the diversity and unity of contemporary Mexican culture
Staten Island Day of the Dead Festival
Sunday, October 20, 2019
WEST BRIGHTON, Staten Island ~ Help build a communal ofrenda (altar) and learn Mexican Day of the Dead handicrafts for the entire family with teaching artists at Our Lady of Mount Carmel-St. Benedicta School
2019 New York Yankees made the American League Championship
Friday, Oct 18, 2019
Astros won last night 3-8. Series is Yankees 1-3 Astros. Yanks have to sweep the next three games to win. Let’s go Yankees!
Hispanic Day Parade 2019
Sunday, October 13, 2019
MIDTOWN, NYC ~ Twenty-one countries from around the world celebrate our Hispanic Heritage on Fifth Avenue
(NYCWFF) NYC Wine & Food Festival 2019
Thu-Sun, October 10-13, 2019
NEW YORK CITY ~ Culinary demonstrations, intimate meals and a giant pier party make the NYCWFF, New York City’s biggest wine and food festival
Celebrate Mexico Now Festival
Mon-Sun, October 7-13, 2019
NEW YORK CITY ~ A festival of contemporary Mexican art, dance, film, literature, music and food curated by New York City’s leading producer of world-class Mexican culture
Edna Vázquez is not our father’s mariachi
Saturday, October 5, 2019
PROSPECT PARK, Brooklyn ~ Carnegie Hall Citywide has the fiercely independent folk singer bring her post-Mariachi style to a Latinx Pride celebration at First Saturdays at the Brooklyn Museum. FREE
Ballet Hispánico
UPPER WEST SIDE, NYC
United State’s leading Latino contemporary dance organization
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¡New York Latin Culture Sponsor!
Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education
HUNTS POINT, The Bronx
Charitable school for South Bronx youth that gets kids into college
Ballet Hispánico at the Apollo Theater
Fri-Sat, November 22-23, 2019
HARLEM, NYC ~ The leading Latino dance organization in the U.S. explores Latin identity through female choreographers Anabelle Lopez Ochoa, Andrea Miller and Michelle Manzanales at the Apollo Theater
Sotheby’s Fall 2019 Impressionist & Modern Art auctions
Viewing Fri, Nov 1, 2019
Auction Tue, Nov 12, 2019
UPPER EAST SIDE, NYC ~ Works by French and Spanish masters Degas, Monet, Picasso, Rodin, and Signac lead the auction at Sotheby’s
Christie’s Fall 2019 Latin American Art auction
Exhibit Sat, Nov 16, 2019
Auction Wed-Thu, Nov 20-21
ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NYC ~ Frida Kahlo, Fernando Botero, Francisco Toledo, Diego Rivera, and Rufino Tamayo lead the sale at Christie’s
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
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
DOC NYC 2019
November 6-15, 2019
WEST VILLAGE & CHELSEA, NYC ~ The biggest documentary film festival in the U.S. is at IFC Center, SVA Theatre and Cinépolis Chelsea
La Golondrina
Friday-Sunday, September 27-October 13, 2019
THALIA SPANISH THEATER
Sunnyside, Queens
Playwright Guillem Clua uses the famous Mexican song ‘The Swallow’ as a metaphor for being true to yourself
74th UN General Assembly looks for global solutions to global problems
September 17-30, 2019
High-Level General Debate
September 24-30, 2019
MIDTOWN EAST, NYC ~ Politicians discuss Climate, Universal Health Coverage, Sustainable Development, Financing for Development, Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, and Small Island Developing States
Electric Zoo 2019 features Bennie Benassi & Boombox Cartel
Fri-Sun, Aug 30 – Sep 1, 2019
RANDALL’S ISLAND ~ Bennie Benassi (Italy) and BoomBox Cartel (Texas/Mexico) will make you dance at Randall’s Island Park
Selena for Sanctuary
Sunday, August 18, 2019
CENTRAL PARK SUMMERSTAGE ~ Support immigrant rights at Selena for Sanctuary SummerStage with Kali Uchis, Cuco, Helado Negro, IV Jay, Ambar Lucid, Jasper Bones, La Doña, Ana Villafañe
Marco Antonio Solís
Saturday, August 17, 2019
CHELSEA, NYC ~ The great Mexican norteño and tejano singer-songwriter brings his El Más Querido Tour to Madison Square Garden. “Tu Carcel”,
New York Latino Film Festival 2019
August 12-18, 2019
HELL’S KITCHEN, NYC ~ U.S., Argentine, Brazilian, Costa Rican, Dominican, Ecuadorian, Puerto Rican and Spanish films, a social media influencers conference and a tribute to John Singleton
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
Battery Dance Festival 2019
Sun-Fri, August 11-16, 2019
ROBERT F. WAGNER PARK
Battery Park City, NYC
This international dance festival is bringing Argentine, French and Mexican dance companies NYC’s most stunning stage. FREE
Summer Streets 2019
Sat, August 3, 10 & 17, 2019
MANHATTAN ~ Seven miles of city streets become a long pedestrian mall with rest stops that offer free African, Brazilian, Disability, French, Indigenous, Mexican, Peruvian and Puerto Rican entertainment and family activities
Castro in NY ‘An Evening with Fidel & My Mother The Radical’ at NYU Tisch
Sat-Sun, July 27-28, 2019
GREENWICH VILLAGE, NYC ~ This one-man multimedia play examines Latino history, memory, identity and the current treatment of migrant children, parents and U.S. citizens, juxtaposed on the Cuban revolution. FREE
Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2019
Wednesday-Sunday, July 24 – August 11, 2019
LINCOLN CENTER & CONCOURSE, THE BRONX ~ Lincoln Center’s summer festival includes African, Cuban, Dominican, Honduran, Indigenous, Jewish, Mexican, Peruvian, Puerto Rican, & Spanish music, dance, film and word for FREE
NYC Restaurant Week Summer 2019
July 22 – August 16, 2019
NEW YORK CITY
A food festival where African, Brazilian, Cuban, French, Italian, Mexican, Puerto Rican and Spanish restaurants offer prix fixe lunches and dinners