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Flushing, Queens is a mostly Asian neighborhood. It has one of New York City’s biggest Chinatowns, and one of the oldest Little Indias. It has Hispanic communities too. Without the parking signs, it may be hard to guess that this is New York City. Isn’t it great? Cultural Venues in Flushing Latin Culture in Flushing, […]

The Kicking and Screening soccer film festival screens inspiring soccer films in NYC and around the world. Films are an interesting way to watch the beautiful game. The Festival launched in 2009. It has since been in Washington DC, London, Amsterdam, Liverpool, Kerala India, Rio de Janeiro, Abu Dhabi and more. Kicking and Screening News […]

Astoria, Queens is the northwest corner of Queens, across the East River from Manhattan. It’s the home of the Museum of the Moving Image, Noguchi Museum, and Socrates Sculpture Park. Ditmars Blvd | Astoria BlvdEast River | Astoria | 49th St36th Ave The Robert F. Kennedy Bridge (Triborough) and Hell Gate Bridge leap across the […]

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 […]

The Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) in Astoria, Queens is NYC’s museum of film, television, video games, and digital culture. MoMI screens films daily. The collection holds over 130,000 objects. Educational programs serve around 70,000 students every year. The museum is on the site of the historic 1920 Astoria Studios, now Kaufman Astoria Studios. […]

Manhattan Latin Culture New York Stories New York City has over 8 million stories. Lenape Manahatta Our city is built on Native American Lenape land. The First Nations arrived around 13,000 years ago. “Manahatta” is now Manhattan. The Lenape village was up in Inwood. Naturally, it’s the most beautiful and calmest spot on the island. […]

New York Latin Dance NYC is both Latin dance theatre and Latin dance. Music and dance are a yin and yang pair. ☯️ Latin dance theatre: African Diaspora, ballet, contemporary, flamenco, folkloric, jazz, modern, hip-hop and tap. By the way, ballet is a Latin dance. Broadway is jazz dance. Latin dance (social): bachata, bomba, champeta, […]

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 […]

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 world; at Film at […]