New York Spanish NYC is spread out now, but used to be in Manhattan's "Little Spain" on 14th St between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, on the border of Chelsea and the West Village. Spain is the tip of the European peninsula. Many peoples mixed together there, including North Africans, Arabs, and the Romani with their flamenco. Like many European nations, Spain had Roman … [Read more...] about New York Spanish NYC
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Things To Do in NYC This Weekend March 1-7, 2023
Things To Do in NYC This Weekend March 1-7, 2023 include an art fair, film festivals, soccer, tango, salsa, flamenco, classical, jazz and more. Wednesday, March 1, 2023 Celebrate Women's History Month. Thursday, March 2, 2023 The 28th Rendez-Vous with French Cinema film festival brings 21 French films, filmmakers and film lovers to Film at Lincoln Center; for ten … [Read more...] about Things To Do in NYC This Weekend March 1-7, 2023
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is one of the world’s great modern and contemporary art collections. The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Research Institute makes MoMA one of the world’s leading Latin American art institutions. The Cisneros collection is one of the world's leading Latin American modern art collections. 🇻🇪 MoMA PS1 is MoMA’s experimental art space in Long … [Read more...] about Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Things To Do in NYC in February 2023
Mexican NYC
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 … [Read more...] about Mexican NYC
Puerto Rican NYC
New York Latin Rock
Latin Rock in NYC tends to be Argentine, Mexican and Venezuelan. Latin Rock has come a long way from Ritchie Valens' "La Bamba" in 1958. Latin Rock developed first in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. In the early days, playing Rock could get you beaten up, jailed, or worse. Now rockeamos el mundo (we rock the world). This page is about Hard Rock. Soft rock and Rock fusions … [Read more...] about New York Latin Rock
Flor de Toloache, New York’s Female Mariachi, Plays Carnegie Hall with Nella
For more information, visit flordetoloache.com Mexican Regional Mexican, mariachi, music … [Read more...] about Flor de Toloache, New York’s Female Mariachi, Plays Carnegie Hall with Nella
Guatemalan NYC
Guatemalan NYC is a growing community centered in Bensonhurst and Bath Beach, Brooklyn. Guatemala is Indigenous Maya country. Spanish colonizers controlled Central America from Guatemala City. Guatemalan NYC News January 2023 The 32nd New York Jewish Film Festival 2023, coproduced with the Jewish Museum, screens 29 Jewish films from around the … [Read more...] about Guatemalan NYC
Venezuelan NYC
Venezuelan NYC is most present in Modern Art, Salsa, Latin Rock and Fashion. The Venezuelan Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, is one of the most important Latin contemporary art collections. The Cisneros Institute at MoMA makes the Museum of Modern Art a world center of Latin art. Venezuela has Andean Culture, Caribbean Culture and Trinidad Culture. The Andes connect … [Read more...] about Venezuelan NYC
Brazilian NYC
Brazilian NYC used to be in Little Brazil on 46th St between Fifth and Sixth Avenues in Midtown, Manhattan, but has shrunk a lot. There is a Brazilian community in Astoria, Queens. Metro New York's biggest Brazilian community is in Newark, New Jersey's Ironbound District. Little Brazil is on 46th St between Fifth & Sixth Avenue. 🇧🇷 Brazilian NYC … [Read more...] about Brazilian NYC
Argentine New York
NEW YORK LATIN art, ballet, books, classical, comedy, community, dance, fashion, festivals, film, flamenco, food, jazz, music, opera, parades, pop, rock, soccer, sports, tango, theatre … [Read more...] about Argentine New York
Things To Do in NYC in January 2023
Happy New Year! Many Latin families are preparing for Three Kings Day, Friday, January 6, the Hispanic gift-giving day at the end of Christmas Season. 🇵🇷🇪🇸 After that, we start preparing for traditional Carnival, and the cultural year begins with showcases for the APAP convention of presenters and booking agents including: The PBR Buck Off professional bull rider's … [Read more...] about Things To Do in NYC in January 2023
New York Latin Comedy
New York Comedy Presenters These venues present some comedy. Latin comedians, comedy clubs, presenters … [Read more...] about New York Latin Comedy
Italian NYC
Today, Italian NYC is mostly in Throgs Neck & Morris Park The Bronx; Staten Island; and Harlem, and Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Italians are one of the communities that defines New York City and the United States. The big wave of immigration came between the 1850s and 1930s. Many Southern Italians came between 1880 and 1920. Italy made major contributions to European … [Read more...] about Italian NYC
Panamanian NYC
Panamanian NYC used to be centered in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. It is spread out now. The Panamanian Consulate is in Midtown, Manhattan nyconsul.com Panama is Tamborito, Cumbia, Latin Jazz and Salsa. Reggaeton came to NYC from Jamaicans in Panama. NYC's most famous Panamanian is Salsa and Latin Jazz legend Rubén Blades. He's super cool. He rides the subway and is … [Read more...] about Panamanian NYC
Colombian NYC
Colombian NYC is New York's fifth largest Latin community with over 100,000 New York Colombians in 2019. NYC's "Little Colombia" is in Jackson Heights. Colombia is famous for its Cumbia & Vallenato, Salsa Colombiana and Reggaeton culture. The Indigenous Gaita flute is beautiful. Colombians are proud of their Paso Fino horses. Most roses sold in the United States are … [Read more...] about Colombian NYC
Cuban NYC
Cuban NYC is centered in Union City, New Jersey. Cuba is the sacred heart of Latin culture in the Americas. As the main port of the Spanish transatlantic trade, Havana was the center of colonial Spanish American power. Whatever happened in Havana, spread across the Spanish-speaking world, including back to Spain. That is still true. Most Americans know Yoruba African … [Read more...] about Cuban NYC
New York Dominican NYC
New York Dominicans are one of the Latin communities defining New York today. New York City has been Dominican since the first immigrant, Juan Rodríguez, arrived in 1613. He set up New York's first bodega (colmado or store), in the Financial District where the National Museum of the American Indian is now. We have been New York's largest Latin community since 2019. … [Read more...] about New York Dominican NYC
Portuguese NYC
Portuguese NYC is centered in Newark, New Jersey and Astoria, Queens. Portuguese food is delicious with amazing seafood including bacalhau (salted cod). Fado music is popular around the world. We love Portuguese people and culture, but Portugal was a colonizer. Even worse, Portugal started and ran much of the Atlantic slave trade. All the Portuguese colonizers cared about … [Read more...] about Portuguese NYC
Ecuadorian NYC
Ecuadorian NYC is one of The City's five largest Latin communities. The community is centered in Corona and Jackson Heights, Queens, but is also in Bushwick, Brooklyn; Fordham, The Bronx; and East Newark, New Jersey. We are a mix of Indigenous Kichwa (Quechua) and Shuar, Spanish, and African. Ecuadorian NYC News November … [Read more...] about Ecuadorian NYC
Filipino NYC
Filipino NYC is a small, vibrant community that is strong in health care. NYC's main "Little Manila" is a five-block stretch of Roosevelt Avenue in Woodside, Queens. There are communities around the Philippine Consulate in Midtown, around the hospitals in the East Village, and in Jersey City, New Jersey. We don't consider ourselves Latin, but almost 300 years as a … [Read more...] about Filipino NYC
Bolivian NYC
Bolivian NYC is centered in Queens and Paterson, New Jersey. Bolivia has Andes and Amazon regions. It was part of the Inca Empire. Spanish colonizers stole the Bolivian silver mountain at Potosí. Bolivians speak Spanish, Quechua, Aymara and other Indigenous languages. Indigenous culture remains strong. Indigenous colonial Mestizo Baroque art is quite beautiful. There is … [Read more...] about Bolivian NYC
Things To Do in NYC in December 2022
Honduran NYC
Honduran NYC is mostly in the West Bronx, Central Islip Long Island, and New Jersey. The Honduran Consulate is in Manhattan's Garment District. There is a vibrant Garifuna community in Crotona, The Bronx. December 2022 The Mini-Global Mashup: Garifuna Meets Flamenco brings together jazz vocalist Lucy Blanco (Afri-Garifuna Jazz Ensemble), jazz bassist … [Read more...] about Honduran NYC
On Giving Tuesday, Support the Arts
Giving Tuesday is a 21st century tradition of charity on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. Giving is the natural currency of the universe. Basically, you get what you give. #GivingTuesday Giving Tuesday 2023 The next Giving Tuesday is Tuesday, November 28, 2023. What is the meaning of Giving Tuesday? Giving is part of holiday traditions, but a lot of us complain about … [Read more...] about On Giving Tuesday, Support the Arts
Things To Do in NYC in October 2022
Things To Do in NYC in October 2022 include the Panamanian Parade, Hispanic Day Parade, Italian Day Parade, Indigenous Parade, Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade, Jackson Heights Halloween Parade, and the Village Halloween Parade. October is one of our favorite months because New York is in full swing, the weather is mild, and the fall colors appear. Fall color is late … [Read more...] about Things To Do in NYC in October 2022
Celebrate Spain’s National Day, La Fiesta Nacional de España!
Spain's national day, La Fiesta Nacional de España, is October 12. It commemorates the day in 1492 when the first Columbus expedition claimed the Americas for Spain. Rodrigo de Triana, a sailor on the expedition, was the first to see land. Columbus claimed the discovery to earn a reward, but he lied. The exact location is lost to the mists of time, but is believed to be … [Read more...] about Celebrate Spain’s National Day, La Fiesta Nacional de España!
Things To Do in NYC in September 2022
Things To Do in NYC in September 2022 include Labor Day Carnival, Brazilian Day, J'ouvert, West Indian Day Parade, Brazilian Day, Feast of San Gennaro, Hispanic Heritage Month, African American Day Parade, and the Mexican Day Parade. September marks the transition from summer to fall rhythms as NYC's cultural season starts anew. It's Classical Music Month. The month starts … [Read more...] about Things To Do in NYC in September 2022
Things to Do in NYC in August 2022
Things to do in NYC in August 2022 include the Dominican Day Parade, Ecuadorian Day Parade, SummerStage, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn, and US Open Tennis. The last weeks of August until Labor Day (next month) is traditional summer holiday travel time. Late summer in New York City is hot and humid (68° to 83°F) with afternoon thunderstorms. It's Black August in memory of all … [Read more...] about Things to Do in NYC in August 2022