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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 […]

Things To Do in NYC in November 2022

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St Mark’s Church-In-The-Bowery

St Marks Church-In-The-Bowery is an Episcopal Church that serves all faiths and communities in Manhattan’s East Village. St Marks also functions as a community cultural center known for Danspace, the Poetry Project and New York Theatre Ballet. Mexican cultural organization Mano a Mano regularly hosts a community ofrenda (altar) for Day of the Dead (Día […]

Hispanic Heritage Month in New York City 2024

A meditation on what it means to be “Hispanic” in America today.

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French Culture in New York City

Explore French Culture in New York City in art, books, comedy, dance, fashion, festivals, film, food, music, sports, and theatre. 🇫🇷

Argentine Culture in New York City

Explore Argentine Culture in New York City, including artists, venues that present Argentine culture, Argentine New York City, and more. 🇦🇷

Things To Do in NYC in August 2023

Things to do in NYC in August 2023 include: the National Dominican Day Parade, Ecuadorian Day Parade, and US Open Tennis. Continuing summer festivals include SummerStage, Summer for The City, and BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn. Late summer in New York City is hot and humid (68° to 83°F) with afternoon thunderstorms, but rivers and the ocean […]

East Village NYC

The East Village NYC is a bohemian neighborhood east of Greenwich Village that is gentrifying. It’s where the Broadway hit musical “Rent” was set. It includes Alphabet City, Manhattan’s eastern rump. St Mark’s Place (8th St) was NYC’s punk street in the 1980s. You still see punkers around. Their mohawks are a bit quaint now. […]

Between Riverside and Crazy Goes to Broadway

HAYES THEATER, Times Square Theater District, Manhattan ~ Pulitzer Prize-winning New York playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis (“The Get Down”) has New York City in his veins. 🇺🇸 🇩🇴 🇮🇪 🇮🇹 🇵🇷

New York Bomba

Bomba in NYC is a Puerto Rican drum, song, and dance tradition with African roots. The barille drum used to be made from old rum barrels. “Bomba” in Spanish means “pump.” We pump the barille. The Bomba dancer challenges the lead drummer to match their dance moves. Cuban Rumba Columbia plays a similar game. Women […]

Washington Heights NYC

Washington Heights is a residential neighborhood around the I-95 crossing in Upper Manhattan. It is NYC’s Little Dominican Republic. Sub-neighborhoods include Hudson Heights and Fort George. Washington Heights News November 2022 The 11th Dominican Film Festival New York 2022 is at the United Palace and Alianza Dominicana Cultural Center in Washington Heights, Cinépolis Chelsea, and […]

Things to Do in NYC in August 2022

DANCE: BAAND Together & Battery Dance Festival
FESTIVALS: Afribembé, Arte Pa’ Mi Gente, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn, Harlem Week, Summer For the City, SummerStage, Summer Streets
FOOD: Creole Food Festival, NYC Restaurant Week
MUSIC: Charlie Parker Jazz Festival
PARADES: Dominican & Ecuadorian
THEATRE: Shakespeare in the Park
SPORTS: US Open Tennis

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Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico really is the island of enchantment. Famous for some of the world’s best beaches, the mountain heartland is even more beautiful. We are both contemporary and conservative. Old ways survive, especially in the mountains. The drum is alive in Puerto Rico. The island is so many things you never imagined. It is famously […]