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New York City has Latin in its DNA.
More Latin Brooklyn
Free outdoor concerts
Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx
Tuesday, June 13
Central Park
Wednesday, June 14
Cunningham Park, Queens
Thursday, June 15
Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Friday, June 16
Staten Island
Sunday, June 18
Afro-Caribbean, Ballet, Capoeira, Flamenco, Parkour, Salsa, & Samba
Manhattan and Brooklyn
June 15-24, 2017
Argentine, Brazilian, Chilean, Colombian, Cuban, French, Italian, Jewish, Mexican, Portuguese, Puerto Rican, and Venezuelan artists
June 21 – August 25, 2017
Fête de la Musique, June 21
Fado to Contemporary, June 24
Performing arts center at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn
More Latin Queens
Free outdoor concerts
Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx
Tuesday, June 13
Central Park
Wednesday, June 14
Cunningham Park, Queens
Thursday, June 15
Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Friday, June 16
Staten Island
Sunday, June 18
Argentine, Brazilian, Chilean, Colombian, Cuban, French, Italian, Jewish, Mexican, Portuguese, Puerto Rican, and Venezuelan artists
June 21 – August 25, 2017
Fête de la Musique, June 21
Fado to Contemporary, June 24
This Brazilian supermarket in the “Little Brazil” section of Queens has become a center for NYC’s Brazilian community
More Latin Bronx
Free outdoor concerts
Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx
Tuesday, June 13
Central Park
Wednesday, June 14
Cunningham Park, Queens
Thursday, June 15
Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Friday, June 16
Staten Island
Sunday, June 18
Argentine, Brazilian, Chilean, Colombian, Cuban, French, Italian, Jewish, Mexican, Portuguese, Puerto Rican, and Venezuelan artists
June 21 – August 25, 2017
Fête de la Musique, June 21
Fado to Contemporary, June 24
A performing arts center at Lehman College in the Bronx that is one of the best places in New York City to see Latin artists.
Cuban art
Bronx Museum
1040 Grand Concourse
February 17 – July 3, 2017
More Latin Staten Island
Free outdoor concerts
Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx
Tuesday, June 13
Central Park
Wednesday, June 14
Cunningham Park, Queens
Thursday, June 15
Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Friday, June 16
Staten Island
Sunday, June 18
Argentine, Brazilian, Chilean, Colombian, Cuban, French, Italian, Jewish, Mexican, Portuguese, Puerto Rican, and Venezuelan artists
June 21 – August 25, 2017
Fête de la Musique, June 21
Fado to Contemporary, June 24
New York Bay was discovered for the Europeans by an Italian explorer working for a French king. The first immigrant in our city of immigrants was a Dominican sailor.
Our first Jewish settlers were Sephardic (Spanish & Portuguese). They made New York a city open to all peoples. Africans were brought to New York City through Cuba. Most of our American pop culture is African. Irish brought the Latin religion. The icon of New York, the Statue of Liberty, is French.
Italians came in a wave that helped define the City. Cubans brought their music. Puerto Ricans made Salsa from it and the world ate it up. A Brazilian designed the United Nations.
Black and Latin kids in the Bronx created Hip-Hop, the pop music of our time. Today Latin New York is mostly Dominican, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Ecuadorian, and Colombian.
Hamilton, the most influential Broadway show in a generation, was written by the son of Puerto Rican New Yorkers.
We are proud of our contributions to this great City and this great country. But wait, there’s more…
