Puerto Rico Emancipation Day
PUERTO RICO; Mar 22, 1873 (Fri in 2019); Puerto Rican holiday celebration ~ The day Puerto Rican slaves were officially freed by the Spanish Parliament
Uptown Nights Curtis Brothers & Circa ’95 at Harlem Stage
HARLEM; Sat, Mar 23, 2019; African, Creole, Puerto Rican, Dominican Brazilian jazz hip-hop samba live music ~ The Curtis Brothers map the rhythms of the slave trade. Circa ’95 raps in Spanglish about what happened once we landed in El Barrio. For the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) and Carnegie Hall’s Migrations: the Making of America festival. ¡WEPA!
Socrates Annual Farewell Fête at Socrates Sculpture Park
ASTORIA, QUEENS; daily, Oct 7, 2018 to Mar 24, 2019; Dominican French Peruvian Puerto Rican sculpture ~ Annual outdoor sculpture show in the NYC park ends with a Farewell Fête. FREE
‘La Canción’ Puerto Rican Hip-Hop Musical at Repertorio
KIPS BAY, Sun Mar 24, Wed Mar 27, 2019 ~ Puerto Rican hip-hop musical theatre in Spanish. Playwright Cándido Tirado’s story about a Bronx kid who wakes up with a song in his head. Original music by Reggaeton legend VICO C.
‘Hamilton’ Puerto Rican Broadway at the Richard Rodgers
TIMES SQUARE; open-ended run. Dark Mondays; Puerto Rican Broadway musical theatre ~ The Broadway hit of our generation was written by Puerto Rican New Yorker Lin-Manuel Miranda (‘In the Heights’)
“Chicago the Musical” Broadway
AMBASSADOR THEATRE, TIMES SQUARE THEATER DISTRICT, Dark Wednesdays, Open-ended run. ~ Puerto Rican Broadway legend Chita Rivera originated the role of Velma Kelly. Italian-American Liza Minnelli added her style.
Nicky Jam to play United Palace
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS; Fri, May 10, 2019; Puerto Rican Dominican Colombian reggaeton ~ After three 2018 Latin Grammy nominations, Nicky brings his Intimo Tour uptown
National Puerto Rican Day Parade 2019 Parade ¡Boricua!
FIFTH AVENUE, MIDTOWN & UPPER EAST SIDE, Sun, Jun 9, 2019 ~ America’s biggest cultural celebration
#PUERTORICAN #PARADE
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month 2019
SEPTEMBER 15 – OCTOBER 15 ~ A national celebration of our communal heritage and the contributions of Hispanic-Americans
Our Lady of Providence, patron saint of Puerto Rico
NOV 19 (2019, Tue) ~ She teaches that “God helps those who help themselves”
Carnival, Carnaval, Carnevale
EPIPHANY to FAT TUESDAY (MARDI GRAS); Mon, Jan 6 to Tue, Feb 25, 2020, Catholic winter festival ~ This reversal festival is rooted in the seasonal norms of European agrarian society that spread around the world in colonial times
El Museo Three Kings Day Parade 2019
106th & LEXINGTON TO 115th & PARK & EL MUSEO, Fri, Jan 4, 2019 ~ Breakfast, Parade and a Celebration at the Museum. The faces of children holding the gift the Three Kings gave them is the best image of Christmas in New York.
# puerto rican christmas parade
See Phantom or Chicago during NYC Broadway Week
JAN 21 – FEB 10, 2019 ~ 2-for-1 tickets to popular Broadway shows are on sale now.
# broadway #theatre #sale
Salsa Saturdays at La Marqueta keep Old School Salsa Alive in El Barrio
LA MARQUETA, EAST HARLEM, Saturdays, May-October ~ Old timers dance old school Salsa (mostly on1) at a street party with music and food. ¡Vamos a gozar! FREE
National Rum Day
AUGUST 16 (2019, Fri) ~ Enjoy the spirit of the Caribbean
Taíno culture at the Museum of the American Indian
FINANCIAL DISTRICT; daily, Jul 28, 2018 – Oct 2019; Indigenous Taíno art exhibition ~ Caribbean communities are reclaiming our roots. FREE
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Big Band Holidays
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER, Wed-Sun, December 19-23, 2018 ~ There’s no better way to swing the holidays than with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Carlos Henriquez and all the best players
#BIGBAND #JAZZ #LIVEMUSIC #CHRISTMASCONCERT
Louie Vega Roots NYC House Party at Cielo in Meatpacking
CIELO, MEATPACKING DISTRICT ~ Wed, December 19, 2018
#DANCING #PUERTORICAN #HOUSE #DJ
‘Down These Mean Streets’ at El Museo del Barrio
EAST HARLEM, Wed-Sat, Sep 13, 2018 to Jan 6, 2019 ~ Latino photographers provide an insider’s view of the street life in their own neighborhoods
# latino photography exhibition
Museum Mile Festival 2019
UPPER EAST SIDE, Tue, June 11, 2019 ~ Fifth Avenue street fair features free admission and entertainment at the Met Museum, Guggenheim, Cooper Hewitt, Jewish Museum, Museum of the City of NY and El Museo del Barrio.
# museum open house street fair
Three Kings Day 2020 Dia de Los Reyes
JANUARY 6 (2020, Mon) ~ The gift-giving day in many Latin traditions
#CHRISTMAS #TRADITIONS #ITALIAN #SPANISH #PUERTORICAN #CATHOLIC
Our Lady of Candelaria, patron saint of the Canary Islands
FEBRUARY 2 (2020, Sun) ~ Spanish Canary Island Marion patron saint. The patron saint of the African archipelago is a Black Madonna.
Gina Rodriguez is tougher than cartel bad guys in ‘Miss Bala’
CITYWIDE, opened Feb 1, 2019, American gangster movie set in Mexico with a Puerto Rican star. ~ Who would you become to save your family?
Puerto Rican NYC
We are here! ~ ¡Estamos aqui!
Schomburg Center is NYC’s African Culture Research Library
HARLEM, Mon-Sat ~ Grew out of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary collection of Afro-Puerto Rican Arturo Alfonso Schomburg.
# african puerto rican library
Pregones Theater
CONCOURSE, THE BRONX ~ Puerto Rican theatre traditions live at Pregones Theater in Concourse, The Bronx
Teatro SEA
LOWER EAST SIDE ~ World-class puppetry and bilingual children’s theatre
Metropolitan Museum of Art
UPPER EAST SIDE, Daily ~ NYC’s encyclopedia of art
American Museum of Natural History
UPPER WEST SIDE, Daily ~ Human cultures, the natural world and the known universe
El Museo del Barrio
EAST HARLEM, Wed-Sun ~ NYC’s Puerto Rican, Caribbean & Latin American art museum and community center
Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education
WOODSTOCK/HUNTS POINT, THE BRONX ~ Legendary charitable school for Latino youth in the South Bronx
National Museum of the American Indian
FINANCIAL DISTRICT, Daily ~ This branch of the Smithsonian does great bilingual exhibitions. FREE
Puerto Ricans ~ Mi Gente
We are proud of you! ~ ¡Estamos orgullosos de ustedes! By the way, we are Americans too.
Nicky Jam to play United Palace
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS; Fri, May 10, 2019; Puerto Rican Dominican Colombian reggaeton ~ After three 2018 Latin Grammy nominations, Nicky brings his Intimo Tour uptown
Gilberto Santa Rosa Puerto Rican salsa
NEWARK, NJ ~ Fri, Feb 1, 2019 ~ Puerto Rican salsa live music. The “Gentleman of Salsa” is still going strong. ‘Perdoname’
Puerto Rican jazz legend Eddie Palmieri reopens El Teatro at El Museo
EAST HARLEM, Sat, Feb 23, 2019, Puerto Rican jazz live music ~ Palmieri celebrates the reopening of El Museo’s El Teatro and his new album ‘Mi Luz Mayor’
Marc Anthony Puerto Rican Salsa
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY; Sun Feb 16, 2019; Puerto Rican salsa live music ~ The best-selling tropical salsa artist of all time
Daddy Yankee “Dura”
2018 LATIN GRAMMYS, Thu, November 15, 2018 ~ “Dura” Best Urban Song
Roberto Clemente was the first great Latin Major League Baseball player
AUGUST 18, 1934 ~ Roberto Clemente was born in Barrio San Antón, Carolina, Puerto Rico
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Haitian-Puerto Rican “Boom for Real”
BROOKLYN, DECEMBER 22 (Sun in 2019) ~ “Boom for Real” is a documentary (May 11 – June 21, 2018) about Basquiat’s early years and the City that formed the landmark Haitian-Puerto Rican artist who was born in Brooklyn in 1960.
# haitian puerto rican artist movies documentary
Louie Vega Roots NYC House Party at Cielo in Meatpacking
CIELO, MEATPACKING DISTRICT ~ Wed, December 19, 2018
#DANCING #PUERTORICAN #HOUSE #DJ
Carlos Henriquez The South Bronx Story Jazz at Lincoln Center
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER, November 16-17, 2018 ~ The musical heir to Tito Puente told his story of growing up Puerto Rican in the South Bronx
Nydia Velázquez U.S. Representative NY District 7 is Puerto Rican
Manhattan LOWER EAST SIDE, EAST VILLAGE ~ Brooklyn BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, BUSHWICK, CARROLL GARDENS, GREENPOINT, RED HOOK, WILLIAMSBURG, ~ Queens MASPETH, RIDGEWOOD, WOODSIDE ~ First Latina on the New York City Council and first Puerto Rican woman in U.S. Congress
Ozuna brings Puerto Rican Reggaeton & Latin Trap to MSG
Ozuna is one of the hottest artists out right now.
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Madison Square Garden
Chelsea, Manhattan
Saturday, September 22, 2018
Bernie Williams, former Yankee All-Star, rocks Schimmel Center
Friday, October 12, 2018
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Schimmel Center
PACE University
Financial District, Manhattan
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The former Puerto Rican MLB All-Star Yankee center fielder is a great Latin Grammy-nominated jazz and rock musician too.
Jerry Rivera ‘Cara de Niño’ plays a Free SummerStage concert
EAST RIVER PARK, LOWER EAST SIDE, SUMMERSTAGE, Sun, August 12, 2018 ~ Jerry Rivera / Nuyorican Poets Cafe: La Bruja and Chembo Corniel. FREE
Carlina Rivera is a Puerto Rican New York City Council member
DISTRICT 2: East Village, Gramercy Park, Kips Bay, Lower East Side, Murray Hill, Rose Hill
Elected 2017
Next Election 2021
Luis Fonsi’s ‘Échame la Culpa’ nominated for “Best Latin” at MTV VMAs 2018
I don’t know why he’s asking. I always get blamed.
Radio City Music Hall
Midtown, Manhattan
Monday, August 20, 2018
Miguel Zenón joins Guillermo Klein y los Gauchos at the Village Vanguard
Puerto Rican saxophone master joins the Puerto Rican Jazz bassist’s band.
Ricky Rodriguez Group
The Jazz Gallery
NoMad, Manhattan
Friday, June 22, 2018
Willie Colón joins the 34th New York Salsa Festival at Barclays Center
BARCLAYS CENTER, PROSPECT HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN, Saturday, June 9, 2018 ~ The original bad boy of salsa keeps it going on
Wisin y Yandel bring their ‘Como Antes Tour’ to Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden
Chelsea, Manhattan
Saturday, June 9, 2018
Ismael Miranda FANIA All-Star headlines Puerto Rican Parade Gala
Sheraton New York Times Square
Midtown, Manhattan
Friday, June 8, 2018
Romeo Santos brings his ‘Golden’ Tour home to Madison Square Garden
Dominican Bachata from The Bronx
Madison Square Garden
Thursday – Saturday
February 15 – 17, 2018
Nadine Sierra is the Face of Opera’s New Generation
Susana in ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’
Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera House
Lincoln Center
December 29 – January 19
Friday, January 19, 2018
La India is the Princess of Salsa
La Salsa Vive 2017
Madison Square Garden
Chelsea, Manhattan
Friday, November 10, 2017
Tito Rojas “El Gallo Salsero”
La Salsa Vive 2017
Madison Square Garden
Chelsea, Manhattan
Friday, November 10, 2017
Julio Monge to play Tiresias in “Oedipus El Rey” at the Public Theater
Public Theater
425 Lafayette St
East Village
Tuesday – Sunday
October 3 – November 19, 2017
Diana Ayala is a Puerto Rican New York City Council member
DISTRICT 8: El Barrio/East Harlem, Mott Haven, Highbridge, Concourse, Longwood, & Port Morris
Elected 2017
Next Election 2021
Laurie Hernandez is a star Gymnast, dancer, author and beyond
National Puerto Rican Day Parade 2017 Athlete of the Year
Modesto Lacen is a multitalented actor
National Puerto Rican Day Parade 2017 Ambassador
Zoe Saldana is back as Gamora in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Dominican-Puerto Rican star
Opened citywide May 5
Now playing
Friday, June 9, 2017
Maelo Ruiz
The Puerto Rican Salsa singer joins the “Love in Salsa” concert at Lehman Center Sat, Feb 11, 2017
Luis Negron ‘Mundo Cruel’
December 7, 2012 ~ The hit first book by Puerto Rican author Luis Negrón about loneliness and the crazy things it drives us to do, is one of those books you can’t put down.
New York City is Puerto Rican
New York City’s Latin community has been mostly Puerto Rican since the “Great Migration” of the 1950s.
Contemporary Latin music is based on Afro-Cuban music popularized in New York City’s Puerto Rican communities before going global as Salsa in the 1970s. Latin Jazz, Hip-Hop, and Reggaeton have Puerto Rican roots.Tito Puente is still the world’s most famous Latin musician.
Puerto Rican New York City’s big celebration is the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in June. Puerto Rican Christmas is a unique month-long celebration ending with Three Kings Day.
Salsa dancing New York style (On 2) is a mix of Cuban Salsa and Hustle (Disco) popularized by Puerto Rican New Yorker Eddie Torres.
The Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, Pregones Theater, and Teatro SEA are Puerto Rican Off-Broadway theaters. The Broadway musical and film West Side Story was about NYC’s Puerto Rican community. Hamilton, the most influential Broadway show of our generation, was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights), the son of Puerto Rican New Yorkers.
El Museo del Barrio art museum and the Caribbean Cultural Center have a Puerto Rican focus.
Lehman College, Hostos Community College and Boricua College support New York Puerto Rican students.
The Nuyorican Poets Cafe is a literary cultural center.
Goya Foods is the biggest Hispanic food company in the United States. Sazon is New York City’s best Puerto Rican restaurant.
Famous Puerto Rican musicians include Charlie Palmieri, Eddie Palmieri, Hector Lavoe, Willie Colón, Ray Barretto, Pete “El Conde” Rodríguez, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Louie Vega, La India, and Bobby Sanabria.
Famous Puerto Rican actors include Rita Moreno, Chita Rivera, Miriam Colón, Rosie Perez, and Rosario Dawson.
Puerto Rican New Yorkers in government include Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, U.S. Congress members José E. Serrano and Nydia Velázquez, and New York City Council member Rosie Méndez.
The Way Forward
Of all the Latin communities, we have made the most progress in entering the news business and politics, although New York City’s demographics are changing. Today we are NYC’s second biggest Latin community after Dominicans and in a few years we will be third after Mexicans.
The only way for our communities to progress is to become more deeply engaged in the fabric of American society. It is up to us to get an education and enter business and American civic life. Let’s become police, firepeople, politicians and educators.
This is the way forward. In the United States, and especially New York City, anything is possible, but nothing is free. It’s on us to move forward.
Thanks to the Black, Jewish, Irish, Italian and other communities who came before us, we can now contribute to the American fabric without giving up our culture. In fact, our culture is one of the most beautiful things we have. New York Latin Culture is essentially Puerto Rican. Que Rico!
Puerto Rico
Juan Bobo
Juan Bobo (Juan the Fool) is a Puerto Rican folk character who may seem silly, but actually teaches life lessons
San Juan, Puerto Rico
March 2019 ~ Discover San Juan with New York Latin Culture Magazine editor Keith Widyolar as we begin publishing on tour of the Latin capitals
Our Lady of Providence, patron saint of Puerto Rico
NOV 19 (2019, Tue) ~ She teaches that “God helps those who help themselves”
Puerto Rico : Paradise Ruined photography series by Ruben Natal-San Miguel
A photo essay by New York-based street photographer Ruben Natal-San Miguel
Part 1: December 2017
Delta Airlines
John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK)
Queens
TO Dominican Republic & Puerto Rico
TO Canada, Mexico & Panama
TO Argentina, Brazil & Peru
TO France, Italy, Portugal & Spain
jetBlue is New York City’s main airline for travel to the Caribbean
John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK)
Queens
TO Cuba, Dominican Republic, & Puerto Rico
TO Costa Rica & Mexico
TO Colombia, Ecuador & Peru
We Are American Citizens
Many Americans think Puerto Rico is another country, but the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States. We are American citizens.
Unfortunately, we get neglected because we are not a state. We don’t have representation in the U.S. Congress and do not have full rights under the U.S. Constitution, our country’s most important law. The Jones Act raises the cost of living in Puerto Rico and inhibits development.
Taxation Without Representation
We serve in the U.S. military and pay taxes to the U.S. Treasury like all other Americans. As U.S. citizens we can vote if we live on the mainland, but we are not allowed to vote if we live on the island. We are caught in the limbo of taxation without representation.
The Jones Act
The Jones Act (Section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920) requires that all goods transported by water must travel on U.S.-flag ships. That is expensive because U.S.-flag ships have higher operating costs than ships from other countries. Goods cannot be shipped directly to Puerto Rico from overseas. They must be shipped to a U.S. port and transferred to a U.S. flag ship before being transported. This may have made sense a hundred years ago, but the effect today is to raise the cost of goods in Puerto Rico and hinder Puerto Rican development.
These issues diminish the lives of over three million Americans. We should all work to get these issues resolved.
Puerto Rican History
Once upon a time in New York City . . .
‘Rigoletto’ stars Rosa Feola & George Gagnidze at the Met Opera
LINCOLN CENTER; Fri Apr 26, Wed & Sat, May 1 & 4, 2019; Italian opera live music ~ The womanizing duke stirs trouble when he wants to sleep with the court jester’s daughter. Starring Rosa Feola and George Gagnidze.
iLe for Carnegie Hall Citywide at El Museo del Barrio
EL BARRIO EAST HARLEM; Sat, Mar 16, 2019; Puerto Rican boleros trova live music ~ In her solo work, the Calle 13 singer shows the strength and grace of Violeta Parra or Mercedes Sosa
ADAA Art Show 2019, art fair at the Park Avenue Armory
UPPER EAST SIDE; pre-Armory Week, Gala preview Wed Feb 27; Fair Feb 28-Mar 3, 2019 ~ The art fair of the association of America’s leading art dealers
Farruko, Puerto Rican Reggaeton, Mega Bash at Madison Square Garden
MEGA BASH, MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, CHELSEA, Wed, December 5, 2018 ~ What a party!
Gilberto Santa Rosa Puerto Rican salsa
NEWARK, NJ ~ Fri, Feb 1, 2019 ~ Puerto Rican salsa live music. The “Gentleman of Salsa” is still going strong. ‘Perdoname’
Puerto Rican jazz legend Eddie Palmieri reopens El Teatro at El Museo
EAST HARLEM, Sat, Feb 23, 2019, Puerto Rican jazz live music ~ Palmieri celebrates the reopening of El Museo’s El Teatro and his new album ‘Mi Luz Mayor’
El Gran Combo & La Sonora Ponceña play Radio City
MIDTOWN, Sat, Feb 16, 2019, Puerto Rican salsa live music ~ The most popular salsa group ever…
Marc Anthony Puerto Rican Salsa
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY; Sun Feb 16, 2019; Puerto Rican salsa live music ~ The best-selling tropical salsa artist of all time
Roberto Roena Puerto Rican salsa legend at Lehman Center
JEROME PARK, THE BRONX, Sat, Jan 26, 2019 ~ ‘Tu Loco, Loco, Pero Yo Tranquilo.’ They don’t make salsa like that any more. Once the band starts, you can’t stop dancing.
# puerto rican salsa live music
Flaco Navaja’s Evolution of a Sonero Puerto Rican musical at the Public
NOHO, Jan 12-13, 2019, Sat-Sun ~ Flaco and his Razor Blades rap on growing up with Pedro Navaja & Hector Lavoe, but staying clean in The Bronx.
# puerto rican off broadway musical
Golden Globes 2019 Winners
NBC BEVERLY HILTON HOTEL, HOLLYWOOD, Sun, January 6, 2019 ~ “Green Book”, “Roma” and “A Star is Born” won film awards. Patricia Arquette and “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” won TV Golden Globe Awards from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
#AWARDS #FRENCHCANADIAN #ITALIAN #MEXICAN #MOVIES #TV
National Puerto Rican Day Parade Scholarship 2019
NEW YORK CITY, Fri, Feb 22, 2019 ~ Applications for $2,000 National Puerto Rican Day Parade scholarships are due today.
‘Que León’ romantic comedy starring Ozuna & Clarissa Molina
TIMES SQUARE & MORE, opened Jan 25, 2019, Dominican Puerto Rican movies in Spanish ~ This family romantic comedy with two Latin stars is a big hit in the Dominican Republic & Puerto Rico
DOC NYC 2018 ~ America’s biggest documentary film festival
November 8 – 15, 2018
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IFC Center, SVA Theatre & Cinepolis
West Village & Chelsea, Manhattan
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America’s largest documentary film festival presents over 300 films and events with 42 world premieres and 17 U.S. premieres
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African – American, Brazilian, Honduran, Indigenous, Italian, Jamaican, Jewish, Mexican, Puerto Rican and Spanish films
Jazz at Lincoln Center
COLUMBUS CIRCLE, live music jazz concerts ~ The world’s premiere jazz institution
Christie’s Fall 2018 Latin American Art auction
EXHIBITION
November 17-20, 2018
Saturday – Tuesday
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AUCTION
November 20-21, 2018
Tuesday-Wednesday
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Christie’s Rockefeller Center
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Argentine, Bolivian, Brazilian, Chilean, Colombian, Cuban, Ecuadorian, Mexican, Nicaraguan, Peruvian, Puerto Rican, Uruguayan and Venezuelan artists from the 17th century to the 2010s
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The auction sold $19,268,125 of art
NYC Marathon
November 4, 2018, Sunday
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Staten Island > Brooklyn > Queens > The Bronx > Manhattan > Central Park
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Pro Runners include:
Donn Cabral
Juan Luis Barrios (Mexico)
Brenda Martinez (Mexican – American)
Beverly Ramos (Puerto Rico)
World Monuments Fund Hadrian Gala 2018
October 23, 2018 ~ The World Monuments Fund (WMF) honored Prince Amyn Aga Khan of Afghanistan and Dr. Eusebio Leal Spengler of Cuba at the Hadrian Gala in the Rainbow Room atop Rockefeller Center. Puerto Rican artist Tony Bechara spoke with us about nominating Old San Juan as a world monument.
Casita Maria Fiesta 2018 (Photos)
PLAZA HOTEL, MIDTOWN, Tue, October 16, 2018 ~ Jacqueline Weld Drake, Dayssi Olarte De Kanavos, Carlos Souza & Mary Snow support youth education in the South Bronx, Harlem & East Harlem
Hispanic Day Parade 2018 ~ Desfile de la Hispanidad
Sunday, October 14, 2018
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Fifth Avenue
(44th to 69th Street)
Midtown – Upper East Side Manhattan
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Argentine, Bolivian, Belizean, Chilean, Colombian, Costa Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Ecuadorian, Guatemalan, Honduran, Mexican, Nicaraguan, Panamanian, Paraguayan, Peruvian, Puerto Rican, Salvadoran, Spanish, Uruguayan and Venezuelan cultures
US Open Tennis 2018 Nadal, Halep, Del Potro, Garcia, Fognini
Argentine, Brazilian, Chilean, Colombian, French, Italian, Romanian, Spanish players including the #1 men’s and women’s singles players.
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USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
August 27-September 9, 2018
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ROUND OF 16
Sunday – Monday
September 2 – 3, 2018
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QUARTER FINALS
Tuesday – Wednesday
September 4 – 5, 2018
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SEMI FINALS
Thursday – Friday
September 6 – 7, 2018
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FINALS
Saturday – Sunday
September 8 – 9, 2018
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), the big North American film festivalr
Argentine, Brazilian, Chilean, Colombian, Costa Rican, Cuban, French, Israeli, Italian, Mexican, Filipino, Portuguese, Puerto Rican, Romanian, Spanish, Uruguayan and Venezuelan films.
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Toronto, Canada
September 6 – 16, 2018
New York Yankees 2018 reached the American League Division Series
Yankees 1 – 3 Boston Red Sox
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1) Red Sox 4 – 5
2) Yankees 6 – 2
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3) Red Sox 16 – 1
4) Red Sox 4 – 1
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Cuban, Dominican, Mexican, Nicaraguan, Puerto Rican & Venezuelan players
Meet the Three Kings at Teatro SEA’s Three Kings Day and receive a gift
Teatro SEA
Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center
Lower East Side
Sunday, January 6, 2018
152nd Street Cultural Festival celebrates Puerto Rican culture ¡ Boricua !
The warm-up to the National Puerto Rican Day Parade.
152nd St between Jackson Ave and Union Ave
Woodstock, The Bronx
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
Saturday, May 25, 2019
FREE
La Casita Sings the Poetry and Music of Our Communities
LINCOLN CENTER & PREGONES THEATER, Sat-Sun, Aug 4-5, 2018 ~ La Casita gives voice to the poetry and music of our communities
Alex Sensation is New York City’s top Hispanic DJ
97.9 FM
Monday-Saturday
NY Art Book Fair 2018 ~ the world of books
FAIR (FREE)
Friday – Sunday
September 21 – 23, 2018
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TICKETED PREVIEW
Thursday, September 20, 2018
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MoMA PS1
Long Island City, Queens
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Argentine, Brazilian, Chilean, French, Jewish, Mexican, Portuguese and Puerto Rican books.
Queens Hispanic Day Parade 2018 celebrates our diverse heritage
Sunday, September 23, 2018
37th Avenue
Jackson Heights, Queens
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Argentine, Bolivian, Belizean, Chilean, Colombian, Costa Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Ecuadorian, Guatemalan, Honduran, Mexican, Nicaraguan, Panamanian, Paraguayan, Peruvian, Puerto Rican, Salvadoran, Spanish, Uruguayan and Venezuelan culture.
Photoville is a free photo fair in containers under the Brooklyn Bridge
Great photography, great place, great people.
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Brooklyn Bridge Plaza
Brooklyn Bridge Park
DUMBO, Brooklyn
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Wednesday – Sunday
September 12 – 16, 2018
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Thursday – Sunday
September 20 – 23, 2018
FREE
Plena Libre plays SOB’s for the World Music Institute
The Bomba and Plena virtuosos are 4-time Grammy nominees.
World Music Institute
SOBs
Hudson Square, Manhattan (West SoHo)
Sunday, September 16, 2018
New York International Salsa Congress 2018
Marriott Marquis
Times Square Theater District, Manhattan
Thursday – Monday
August 30 – September 3, 2018
MTV VMA Winners
COLOMBIAN WINNERS
J Balvin & Willy William ‘Mi Gente’ Best Latin
CUBAN WINNERS
Camila Cabello
‘Havana’ Video of the Year
Artist of the Year
DOMINICAN WINNERS
Cardi B Best New Artist
Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin ‘I Like It’ Song of Summer
ITALIAN WINNERS
Ariana Grande ‘No Tears Left to Cry’ Best Pop
PUERTO RICAN WINNERS
Jennifer Lopez
‘Dinero’ Best Collaboration
Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award
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Radio City Music Hall
Midtown, Manhattan
Monday, August 20, 2018
International Puppet Fringe Festival NYC
Costa Rican, French, French-Canadian & Puerto Rican puppetry
Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Wednesday – Sunday
August 8 – 12, 2018
‘Wild Style’ is THE classic Hip-Hop movie
Celebrate the first Hip-Hop movie’s 35th Anniversary with original cast members and special guests where the movie’s climax was filmed.
SUMMERSTAGE
East River Park Bandshell
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Thursday, August 9, 2018
Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2018 free music, dance, movies and word
LINCOLN CENTER, Jul 25-Aug 12, 2018, Summer music festival with African, Colombian, Cuban, Ecuadorian, Mexican and Puerto Rican music, dance and word.
Afro-Latino Fest celebrates our African roots
Afro- Brazilian, Colombian, Cuban, Dominican, Ecuadorian, Haitian, Mexican, Panamanian, Puerto Rican talk, movies and music.
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TALKS
Schomberg Center
Harlem, Manhattan
Friday, July 13, 2018
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FILM FESTIVAL
Abron Center
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Saturday, July 14, 2018
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CONCERT
The Well
East Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Sunday, July 15, 2018
Pacha, Llaqta, Wasichay: Indigenous Space, Modern Architecture
July 13 – September 30, 2018
Closed Tuesdays
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Whitney Museum
Meatpacking District, Manhattan
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See how Indigenous cosmology suggests architecture which defines home and life itself
LAMC 2018 Latin Alternative Music Conference
The Stewart Hotel
Chelsea, Manhattan
Tuesday – Sunday
July 10 – 14, 2018
Mambo Legends Orchestra are players from Tito Puente’s orchestra
Midsummer Night Swing
Damrosch Park Lincoln Center
Wednesday, July 4, 2018
Joe Quijano y Su Conjunto Cachana play Midsummer Night Swing
Eddie Torres & Maria Torres teach Salsa on2. Eddie is the founder of New York Salsa on2.
Midsummer Night Swing
Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Midsummer Night Swing 2018 at Damrosch Park
LINCOLN CENTER, Tue-Sat, Jun 26 to Jul 14, 2018, Dance Festival ~ Dance salsa, tango and swing outdoors to live orchestras on a sprung-wood floor
NYC Dance Week 2018 ~ 10 days FREE dance, fitness & wellness classes
June 14 – 23, 2018
34th New York Salsa Festival 2018 Legends of the 1970s at Barclays Center
Saturday, June 9, 2018
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Barclays Center
Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
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Willie Colón, Oscar D’León, Rey Ruiz, Andy Montañez, Tito Nieves, Eddie Santiago, Charlie Aponte, Grupo Niche, Los Adolescentes, Africando, Tony Vega, David Pabón, & more…
116th Street Festival 2018 is a Puerto Rican Party!
Third Avenue
106th St to 122nd St
East Harlem, Manhattan
Saturday, June 9, 2018
Soulfrito Fest 2018 Reggaeton and Latin Trap on Puerto Rican weekend
Puerto Rican and Dominican Hip-Hop.
Barclays Center
Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
Friday, June 8, 2018
2018 National Puerto Rican Day Parade Gala features salsero Ismael Miranda
Sheraton New York Times Square
Midtown, Manhattan
Friday, June 8, 2018
Latin artists and productions win six 2018 Drama Desk Awards
June 3, 2018 ~ Dominican, Ghanan, Jewish, Mexican, Italian, & Spanish winners.
Lindsay Mendez ‘Carousel’
Sean Carvajal ‘Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train’
Juan Castano ‘Oedipus El Rey’
‘Farinelli and the King’
‘Once on This Island’
‘School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play’
The Town Hall
Midtown, Manhattan
SummerStage 2018 FREE concerts in NYC parks
JUNE – SEPTEMBER
~
Central Park SummerStage
Rumsey Playfield, Central Park
Parks across NYC
‘Othello’ Free Shakespeare in the Park by Ruben Santiago-Hudson
The Tony Award-winning Afro – Puerto Rican – American director tells the story of the Moor of Venice, classic Shakespeare with racial and religious themes that are surprisingly contemporary.
Delacorte Theater
Central Park, Manhattan
May 29 – June 24, 2018
BIG Salsa Festival
New York Hilton Midtown
Midtown, Manhattan
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
Thursday – Monday
May 24 – 28, 2018
Spring 2018 may be the last Latin American Art Auction at Christie’s NY
May 24, 2018: Rivera (Mexican) set a record for any Latin American artist. Botero (Colombian) got a record for one of his still lifes. Colonial painter Juan Francisco de Rosa’s ‘Virgen del Rosario’ sold for 30x its estimate.
Christie’s Rockefeller Center
Midtown, Manhattan
ON VIEW
Monday – Wednesday
May 21 – 23, 2018
AUCTION
Wednesday – Thursday
May 23 – 24, 2018
Miss USA 2018
Find out whether one of the Colombian, Dominican or Puerto Rican contestants will represent USA at the next Miss Universe pageant.
Hirsch Coliseum in Shreveport, Louisiana and live on Fox
Monday, May 21, 2018
Dance Parade 2018 is NYC’s biggest dance event with over 10,000 dancers
African, Argentine, Bolivian, Brazilian, Cuban, Dominican, French, Haitian, Italian, Puerto Rican dances and more
Broadway, University Place, 8th St, Tompkins Square Park & Nublu 151
Manhattan’s Flatiron District, Union Square, Greenwich Village & East Village
Rain or Shine
Saturday, May 19, 2018
Bryant Park Dance Party ~ Latin Festival: Cha Cha, Boogaloo & Salsa
Argentine, Colombian, Cuban, Dominican, Puerto Rican, Peruvian & Spanish Bachata, Cumbia, Tango, Salsa & Vallenato for dancing.
Bryant Park
Midtown, Manhattan
Wednesdays, MAY 2 – JUNE 8
LATIN FESTIVAL: CHA CHA, BOOGALOO and SALSA
New Swing Sextet & Quintero’s Salsa Project
Friday, June 8, 2018
FREE
‘Paradise Blue’ by Dominique Morisseau at the Signature Theatre
Written by
DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU
Directed by
RUBEN SANTIAGO-HUDSON
Jazz, gentrification, a sexy woman and hard choices make paradise blue.
Haitian-American Obie Award-winning playwright.
Puerto Rican-American Tony® Award-winning director.
Signature Theatre
Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan
Tuesday – Sunday
LAST WEEKEND
Ends June 17, 2018
17th Tribeca Film Festival 2018
APRIL 18-29, 2018 ~ The younger of New York City’s two major film festivals brings red carpet premieres, stars, filmmakers, and film fans to NYC. Argentine, Brazilian, Chilean, French, Italian, Jewish, Puerto Rican, Romanian & Spanish films.
PEN World Voices Festival 2018 Resist and Reimagine
165+ writers and artists from over 50 countries gather in NYC to talk about the theme ‘Resist and Reimagine.’
April 16 – 22, 2018
‘Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960 – 1985’ at the Brooklyn Museum
Argentine, Brazilian, Chilean, Costa Rican, Cuban, Guatemalan, Mexican, Panamanian, Paraguayan, Peruvian, Puerto Rican & Uruguayan artists.
Brooklyn Museum
Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Wednesday – Sunday
April 13 – July 22, 2018
‘FANIA All Stars Live in Africa’ captures the excitement that was la Salsa
Museum of the City of New York
East Harlem, Manhattan
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Dance Theatre of Harlem Black Classical Ballet at New York City Center
Amazing African – American, Brazilian & Puerto Rican dancers.
New York City Center
Midtown, Manhattan
Wednesday – Saturday
April 4, 6, 7, 2018
‘REVIVAL’ Pattern & Decoration at Longwood Art Gallery
MOTT HAVEN, BRONX, Mon-Fri, Apr 4 – Jun 6, 2018 ~ ‘REVIVAL: Contemporary Pattern, Decoration, and the Body’ examines bodies surrounded by patterns.
# colombian dominican filipino nicaraguan peruvian puerto rican contemporary art exhibition
‘Queenie’ female artists from El Museo del Barrio’s collection
EAST HARLEM, Tue-Sat, Mar 21 – Jun 23, 2018
# latina women art exhibition
Puerto Rican fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez ‘Instamatics’ of the 1970s
Danziger Gallery
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Tuesday – Saturday
March 8 – April 28, 2018
NADA New York 2018 at Skylight Clarkson Sq
HUDSON SQUARE; Armory Week, Thu-Sun Mar 8-11, 2018; contemporary art fair ~ Emerging galleries and artists
VOLTA NY 2018 contemporary art fair at Pier 90
HELL’S KITCHEN; Armory Week Wed-Sun Mar 7-11, 2018; contemporary art fair ~ Brazilian, Colombian, French, French-Canadian, Italian, Jewish, Puerto Rican, and Spanish galleries
Univision’s 2018 Premio Lo Nuestro Awards Honor 30 years of Latin Music
American Airlines Arena
Miami, Florida & Univision
Thursday, February 22, 2018
True Story of Little Red Riding Hood at Teatro SEA
LOWER EAST SIDE, Thu, Feb 28, 2019, Puerto Rican children’s puppet theatre ~ Little Red Riding Hood with a twist
Grammys 2018 were a huge fail. ‘Despacito’ is Song of the Decade!
January 28, 2018 ~ ‘Despacito’ entered global popular culture. The entire world is singing in Spanish!
~ 2017’s most-streamed song
~ 2017’s most-purchased song
~ 16 weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100, tying the all-time record
~ “One of the biggest global hits ever”
I never even heard the winning song.The Recording Academy ignored the Latin community and the entire world. Why RA President Mr. Neil Portnow?
Basquiat comes home to the Brooklyn Museum that inspired a young artist
Brooklyn Museum
Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Wednesday – Sunday
January 26 – March 11, 2018
El Museo del Barrio Three Kings Day Parade 2018
EAST HARLEM, Fri, Jan 5, 2018 ~ New York’s big Three Kings Day celebration.
# puerto rican christmas parade
‘Ferdinand’ the bull has to decide whether he is a fighter or a lover
OPENED December 15, 2017
CLOSED January 18, 2018
‘The Immigrants’ at Howard Greenberg Gallery
Howard Greenberg Gallery
41 East 57th St, Suite 1406
at Madison Avenue, Midtown East
December 14, 2017 – January 27, 2018
‘Le Nozze di Figaro’ (Marriage of Figaro) is a day in a Spanish house
Metropolitan Opera House
Lincoln Center
December – January
Friday, January 19, 2018
Ballet Hispánico leaps borders at the Apollo Theater
APOLLO THEATER, HARLEM, Fri-Sat, December 1-2, 2017 ~ “Con Brazos Abiertos” (With open arms)
Miss Universe 2017 is Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters (Miss South Africa)
Miss Universe 2017 is Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters (Miss South Africa)
Zappos
Las Vegas, Nevada
November 26, 2017
Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Auction Fall 2017
Sotheby’s 1334 York Ave
between 71st & 72nd St
Upper East Side, Manhattan
EXHIBITION
Friday, November 3, 2017
AUCTION
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Christie’s Fall 2017 Post-War & Contemporary Art auction Da Vinci anyone?
20 Rockefeller Plaza
49th St between 5th & 6th Ave
Rockefeller Center
Midtown, Manhattan
EXHIBITION
Monday, November 6, 2017
AUCTION
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Hombre Men of the Year Awards
Empire Hotel
44 West 63rd St
at Columbus Ave
Lincoln Square
Tuesday, November 13, 2017
14th Corto Circuito 2017 Latino Shorts Film Festival New York
SVA Theatre & La Nacional
Chelsea, Manhattan
Colombian Consulate & Instituto Cervantes
Midtown East, Manhattan
Monday – Thursday
November 13 – 16, 2017
Joseph Rodriguez, photographer of ‘Spanish Harlem : El Barrio in the ’80s’
EXHIBITION
Bronx Documentary Center
614 Courtlandt Ave
Melrose, The Bronx
Thursday – Sunday
November 11 – December 23, 2017
La Salsa Vive puts Salsa legends from the 1970s and 1980s back on stage
Madison Square Garden
Chelsea, Manhattan
On Sale April 14, 2017
Concert
Friday, November 10, 2017
7th Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival 2017 screens Mexico and Puppets
Teatro Sea, Lower East Side
Mount Sinai, Upper East Side
NYU Cantor Film Center, Greenwich Village
Cinépolis, Chelsea
Wednesday – Sunday
November 8 – 12, 2017
Angel Otero ‘Elegies’ Puerto Rican art at the Bronx Museum of the Arts
Bronx Museum of the Arts
Concourse Village, The Bronx
October 25, 2017 – April 29, 2018
15th Open House New York 2017 unlocks NYC’s most important buildings
140+ Open Access Sites
100 Advance Reservation Sites
Saturday – Sunday
Reservations, Thu, Oct 5
October 14 – 15, 2017
Arte de La Borinqueña is an exhibition about the Puerto Rican superhero
Casita Maria Gallery
Hunts Point, The Bronx
Monday – Friday
October 4, 2017 – January 6, 2018
Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train wins Outstanding Revival & Lead Actor Lortels
October 3 – November 12, 2017
Signature Theatre
Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan
~
May 6, 2018
Winner of Lucille Lortel Awards for “Outstanding Revival” and “Lead Actor” Sean Carvajal
‘Oedipus El Rey’ gets its New York Premiere at the Public Theater
Public Theater
425 Lafayette St
East Village
Tuesday – Sunday
October 3 – November 19, 2017
NYC General Election 2017 Results
Dominican, Ecuadorian, Mexican, & Puerto Rican city leaders
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
New York Film Festival 55 (2017)
Film Society of Lincoln Center
& Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center
September 28 – October 15, 2017
NYC Primary Election 2017 selects party candidates for general election
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Big wins for de Blasio and for the first Ecuadorian City Council member Francisco Moya
New York Fashion Week September 2017 SS/18 Collections
Skylight Clarkson Sq
Hudson Square / SoHo
And around town
September 7 – 13, 2017
NYC Broadway Week Summer 2017 2-for-1 tickets
On Sale August 17, 2017
Shows September 4-17, 2017
NY Art Book Fair 2017 is for art book lovers
MoMA PS1
Long Island City, Queens
PREVIEW September 21, 2017
FAIR September 22 – 24, 2017
New York International Salsa Congress 2017
New York Marriott Marquis
1535 Broadway
Midtown, Manhattan
Pre-Events Friday-Thursday, August 25-31, 2017
Festival Thursday-Sunday, August 31 – September 3, 2017
LAMC 2017 Latin Alternative Music Conference
Rock en Español industry conference and showcases
July 11-15, 2017
SummerStage 2017 free concerts in NYC parks
May – October
LATIN ARTISTS
June 21 – September 10, 2017
Concerts in the Parks by the New York Philharmonic
Free outdoor concerts
Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, Staten Island
June 13-18, 2017
‘uptown: nasty women/bad hombres’ at El Museo del Barrio
EAST HARLEM, Wed-Sun, Jun 13 to Nov 5, 2017 ~ Art by artists who live or work in El Barrio, Harlem, Washington Heights or Inwood.
# latino art exhibition
Tony Awards 2017
Broadway’s top awards
Radio City Music Hall
Midtown, Manhattan
Sunday, June 11, 2017
New York Salsa Festival fills an arena with Salsa legends
June 10, 2017, Saturday
~
Barclays Center
Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
~
Willie Colón, Eddie Palmieri, Tito Nieves, Grupo Niche, Fruko y Sus Tesos, Tito Rojas, DLG, Eddie Santiago, Frankie Negron, Domingo Quiñones, and more…
The New York Salsa and Bachata Festival 2017 is all Memorial weekend
Non-stop dance workshops, performances, and parties at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, Memorial Day Weekend, May 25-29, 2017
Basquiat sets records at Sotheby’s Spring Contemporary Art auction
Basquiat sets records for American artist, Black artist, and art since 1980 at Sotheby’s auction in the Upper East Side, Thu, May 18, 2017
Basquiat is the top cop at Christie’s Post War and Contemporary Art auction
Basquiat’s La Hara (1981) is one of the sale highlights at Christie’s in Rockefeller Center, on view May 5 through the auction on Wed, May 17, 2017
Frieze New York 2017 is NYC’s big May contemporary art fair
Randall’s Island
Friday – Sunday
May 5 – 7, 2017
Unforgettable is a fun erotic thriller starring Rosario Dawson
Dawson plays the new fiancé with a dark past. Katherine Heigl is the “psycho-Barbie” ex in this update of the 90s thriller formula. Opened Apr 21. Now playing May 5, 2017
New York City Ballet Spring 2017
David H. Koch Theater
Lincoln Center
Tuesday-Sunday
May 23-28, 2017
Mega Mezcla
Tickets go on sale Mar 1 for the concert at Madison Square Garden Tue, Apr 11, 2017
Whitney Biennial 2017
Mexican & Puerto Rican artists
Whitney Museum
99 Gansevoort, Meatpacking
March 17 – June 11, 2017
Sotheby’s Contemporary Curated
Sotheby’s Armory Week auction includes Brazilian, Chilean, French, French-Canadian, Italian, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Spanish, and Uruguayan artists Thu, Mar 2, 2017
NADA New York 2017 at Skylight Clarkson Sq
HUDSON SQUARE; Armory Week, Thu-Sun Mar 2-5, 2017; contemporary art fair
VOLTA NY invitational show of solo artist projects
Argentine, Brazilian, Chilean, Cuban, French-Canadian, Honduran, Italian, Mexican, & Peruvian art at Pier 90 Mar 1-5, 2017
89th Academy Awards (2017)
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Hollywood, California
Sunday, February 26, 2017
Uptown Fashion Week shows Latin American Designers
Fashion shows of Latin American designers at the Skyline Hotel Feb 13-15, 2017
Beatriz Santiago Muñoz ‘Fragile Mirrors’ at El Museo del Barrio
EAST HARLEM, Jan 11 – Apr 30, 2017 ~ Puerto Rican performance artist.
# puerto rican performance art exhibition
74th Golden Globes (2017)
Sunday, January 8, 2017
Papo Colo ~ Procesión-Migración
The Puerto Rican performance artist gets support for his latest performance Procesión-Migración with the Puertos Ricos Festival at MoMA PS1 Jan 6-8, 2017
17th Latin Grammy Awards 2016
T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
Thursday, November 17, 2016
‘I Like it Like That’ ~ Boogaloo
Pete Rodriguez sang it in 1967. Darnell Martin made it a movie in 1994. Tito Nieves covered it in 1997. David Maldonado made it a musical in 2016.
Puerto Rican Traveling Theater
Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan
September 22, 2016 – January 29, 2017
New York City Ballet Fall 2016
David H. Koch Theater
Lincoln Center
Tuesday-Sunday
September 20 – October 16, 2016
Latin Talent in the MTV Music Video Awards
The 2016 VMAs were at
Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016.
Tony Succar UNITY Latin Tribute to Michael Jackson
If you like Michael Jackson and Salsa, you will love this.
The Condemned (Review)
March 5, 2013 ~ “The Condemned” 2012 by writer/director Roberto Busco-Garcia, is a psychological thriller set in small town Puerto Rico.