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“El Barrio” or “Spanish Harlem” is East Harlem, an iconic Latin neighborhood in Upper, Manhattan. It’s been mostly Puerto Rican, but also Dominican, Cuban, Mexican, Salvadoran and gentrifying. Harlem RiverFifth Avenue | East Harlem | Harlem River Drive96th St East Harlem’s big festivals are the El Museo Three Kings Day Parade, the National Puerto Rican […]

New York Latin Jazz is traditional in Harlem and Greenwich Village. Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance are New York’s leading jazz and Latin jazz institutions. Birdland and the Blue Note are famous jazz clubs. The Village Vanguard is NYC’s oldest. Minton’s is where bebop was born. Terraza 7 is Latin. […]

“New York is a secret African city.” Robert Farris Thompson, American historian at Yale University Thompson’s statement is true. Once you learn to read the signs, you see the parallel universe of the African Diaspora, everywhere. To preserve our heritage culture, we hid it in plain sight. New York Latin Culture

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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 […]

French Canadian NYC News top December 2022 French Canadian conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the Philadelphia Orchestra in Xi Wang, Mozart and Mahler, featuring Puerto Rican clarinetist Ricardo Morales and South African soprano Pretty Yende, on Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage on Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at 8pm. From $24. 🇨🇦🇵🇷🇿🇦 November 2022 Sotheby’s Contemporary Evening Auction, an art auction of ground-breaking contemporary artists, […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]