Chelsea NYC News January 2023 The 7th American Dance Platform, is an African American dance showcase, curated by Ronald K. Brown; that features Les Ballet Afrik, B Moore Dance, and Waheedworks; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, NYC; from January 10-15, 2023. 🇺🇸 The PBR Buck Off 2022 professional bull rider’s rodeo brings 35 of […]
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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 […]
Nublu
Nublu is a music collective with a pair of East Village world Jazz clubs. It has spawned a label with a number of bands and its own unique Nublu sound. It is a late night club. Performances usually start around midnight. The open door policy is cool. If you don’t get in, the club is […]
Things To Do in NYC in January 2023
Three Kings Day, Martin Luther King Day
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New York Latin Street Fairs
Chinese NYC
Chinese NYC is the biggest population of Chinese descent outside of Asia. NYC has many Chinatowns now, but the original Manhattan Chinatown was formed by the workforce that built the western end of the Transcontinental Railroad (1863-1869). Chinese are Latin through the Caribbean. We were the first to understand what was done to the African […]
Chinatown Manhattan
New York Latin Asian, Chinese
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 […]
Carnival 2023 is the World’s Biggest Latin Party
New York Latin festivals
Hell’s Kitchen NYC
Hell’s Kitchen NYC (also called Clinton or Midtown West) is an old residential neighborhood along Manhattan’s west side from 34th St to 59th St. Many young actors live here. It used to be a center of Irish power in New York City. Restaurant Row on 46th St is popular for pre-theatre dining because it is […]
Jewish NYC
Jewish NYC is one of the communities that defines New York City. We are the world’s largest Jewish community outside Israel. There are many Jewish communities in the Latin world. NYC’s first Jewish Community arrived in New Amsterdam in 1654. It is now Congregation Shearith Israel, a Sephardic (Spanish & Portuguese) community. We made New […]
New York Urban Latin Music
Latin house, rap, reggaeton, rhythm & blues, trap
Times Square Theater District
Latin dance, festivals, food, music, theatre
Juilliard School
Latin classical music, dance, theatre
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 […]
Trinidadian NYC
Trinidadian NYC is centered in Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, & Flatbush, Brooklyn; South Ozone Park, Queens; and Nassau County, Long Island. Trinidad and Tobago are the southernmost islands in the Lesser Antilles. Trinidad is less than seven miles from the Venezuelan mainland. The correct term for people from Trinidad and Tobago is “Trinbagonian.” Most […]
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 American Cultural Center is in Astoria, […]
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 […]
Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village is a bohemian neighborhood, with a beatnik past, that is filled with students from New York University (NYU). It is one of Manhattan’s liveliest neighborhoods. The small streets are filled with restaurants, bars and boutiques. As the home of New York University (NYU), The Village is full of students. 14th StWest Side Hwy […]
Things To Do in NYC in December 2022
Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, Christmas, Kwanzaa and New Year’s Eve
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New Year’s Eve NYC 2023
Saturday, December 31, 2022
Christmas in New York 2022
Sunday, December 25, 2022
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Little Island
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 Hilliard Greene, and […]
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 […]
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 2022
Thursday, November 24, 2022
CENTRAL PARK WEST, CENTRAL PARK SOUTH, SIXTH AVE, 34TH ST
Upper West Side, Midtown, Herald Square
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Harlem
Harlem is NYC’s iconic African American neighborhood. It is famous for Jazz, Swing, Rhythm and Blues, Rap, great food and fun nights. 155th StHudson River | Harlem | Fifth AvenueCentral Park North (110th) A lot of history was made here. The Harlem Renaissance produced legendary artists in the 1920s and 30s. The Black Arts Movement […]
Things To Do in NYC in November 2022
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Winter’s Eve at Lincoln Square is No More
2019 was the last
LINCOLN SQUARE
Manhattan
Things To Do in NYC in October 2022
Panamanian Parade, Hispanic Day Parade, Indigenous Peoples Day Parade, Italian Day Parade, Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade, Village Halloween Parade and the Jackson Heights Children’s Halloween Parade
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Day of the Dead NYC 2022 Día de los Muertos is a Three-Day Family Celebration of Life
OFRENDAS (Family Altars)
Monday, October 31, 2022
DÍA DE LOS INNOCENTES (Children’s Day)
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
DÍA DE MUERTOS (Day of the Dead)
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
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NYC Village Halloween Parade 2022 Celebrates Freedom!
HALLOWEEN
Monday, October 31, 2022
SIXTH AVENUE
Hudson Square/SoHo, Greenwich Village, Chelsea
Queens Museum of Art
The Queens Museum of Art in Flushing Meadows Corona Park is the big art museum in Queens. The Panorama of the City of New York is a diorama of New York City. The world’s largest scale model was created for the 1964 World Fair and is periodically updated. queensmuseum.org The museum hosts community events focused […]
Hudson River Park
Hudson River Park transformed over four miles of decaying Manhattan riverfront, from Pier 25 to Pier 97, into a lovely public park with amenities including a promenade, ball fields, watersports and dining. hudsonriverpark.org @hudsonriverpark Tribeca Pier 25 (off N Moore St) is a 985 foot pier with a miniature golf course, sand volleyball courts, skatepark, […]
Union Square
Union Square is a residential/commercial district around Union Square Park. It was Manhattan’s entertainment district in the 1870s. 17th StFifth Ave | Union Square | Lexington14th St 14th Street is the dividing line between Midtown and Downtown, Manhattan. Latin culture in Union Square includes Zara Spanish fast fashion. The park is home of the popular […]
Tompkins Square Park
Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan’s East Village is a bit of a counterculture park – like the neighborhood. It’s calmer now, but the park has been a protest site since the 1870s. There were Vietnam War protests in the 1960s. In the 1980s, the NYPD used extreme violence to clear a homeless encampment – and […]
Things To Do in NYC in September 2022
New York Carnival, Brazilian Day, J’ouvert, Mid-Autumn Festival, Feast of San Gennaro, Hispanic Heritage Month
ART Armory Week, Affordable Art Fair
DANCE NY City Ballet, Fall for Dance
FASHION Fashion Week, FDLA
FILM NY Latino Film Festival, NY Film Festival
INDEPENDENCE Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Chile
MUSIC Met Opera
PARADES West Indian, African American, Mexican
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SummerStage 2022 Brings Latin Culture to NYC Parks
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
RUMSEY PLAYFIELD
Central Park, Manhattan
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2022 SEASON
June 11 – September 22, 2022
NEW YORK CITY PARKS
Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, Staten Island
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New York Carnival & West Indian Day Parade 2022 are Back in Brooklyn!
VIBES WITH VOICE Soca concert
Thursday, September 1, 2022
ISLAND 2 ISLAND Soca concert
Friday, September 2, 2022
JUNIOR CARNIVAL + PAN IN A MINOR
Saturday, September 3, 2022
PAINTOPIA J’OUVERT + AMNESIA Soca & Dancehall party
Sunday, September 4, 2022
WEST INDIAN DAY PARADE
Monday, September 5, 2022
BROOKLYN MUSEUM
Crown Heights, Brooklyn
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Puerto Rico Constitution Day is a Great Time to Visit Puerto Rico!
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
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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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National Jazz Museum in Harlem
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem preserves and promotes Jazz. It’s a small museum with a big subject – the national music of the United States. Latin Jazz August 2022 The Celebrating the Afro-Latin Roots of Jazz festival is at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem and around Manhattan from August 6-31, 2022. jmih.org 🇦🇷🇨🇦🇨🇴🇨🇺🇪🇨🇵🇷 […]
Summer Streets NYC 2022 is on Park Avenue
Saturday, August 6, 13 & 20, 2022
CENTRE ST, LAFAYETTE, PARK AVE
Financial District, Chinatown, NoHo, Union Square, Gramercy Park, Kips Bay, Murray Hill, Midtown East, Upper East Side, and “El Barrio” East Harlem
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Things to Do in NYC in July 2022
4th of July, Colombian Parade, Peruvian Parade, Bastille Day, SummerStage, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn, Shakespeare in the Park, and NYC Restaurant Week
Alternative, Art , Baile Funk, Baseball, Comedy, Dance, Film, Food, House, Jazz, MPB, Parades, Pop, Rap, Rock, Reggaeton Salsa, Samba, Soccer, Tango,
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Colombian Independence Day is 20 de Julio
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
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Things to Do in NYC in June 2022
Things to do in NYC in June 2022 include SummerStage, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn, NY Puerto Rico Week and the National Puerto Rican Day Parade, the Coney Island Mermaid Parade and NYC Pride Parade. June is NYC Pride Month. It’s also Caribbean Heritage Month and African-American Music Appreciation Month. June is a great month to visit because the […]
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 […]
The Carnegie Hall Juneteenth Celebration Reimagines Togetherness
Sunday, June 19, 2022
CARNEGIE HALL
Midtown, Manhattan
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Jarana Beat Does the Mexican Fandango at Terraza 7
Friday, May 13, 2022
TERRAZA 7
Elmhurst, Queens
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David Byrne’s “American Utopia” is Broadway for Everyone
Through April 3, 2022
ST JAMES THEATRE
Times Square Theater District
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