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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

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)

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

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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

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 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 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

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

New York Comedy Presenters These venues present some comedy. Latin comedians, comedy clubs, presenters … [Read more...] about New York Latin Comedy

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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