Things To Do in NYC in December 2022

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The Time of Miracles

The holidays are here! The Winter Solstice marks the time of miracles:

All cultures mark the solstice, the moment when Mother Earth renews herself. This is really about her. However you celebrate, may you and your family have a happy holidays. ¡WEPA!

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Things to Do in NYC in December 1-4, 2022

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The FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar and Between Riverside and Crazy are ongoing.

Thursday, December 1, 2022

In 1955, when a White bus driver asked Rosa Parks to move to the back of the bus so White passengers could take her seat, Parks kept her cool and became the “Mother of the Freedom Movement” with these polite words, “I don’t think I should have to stand up.” It’s a lesson for all of us. The only way to overcome hate is with love and courtesy.

Celebrate Central African Republic Independence Day, December 1, 1958 🇨🇫

Celebrate Great Union Day, the Romanian national day, December 1, 1918. 🇷🇴

Celebrate Portugal Restoration Day, December 1, 1640. 🇵🇹

FIFA WORLD CUP 2022 QATAR
Watch Canada vs Morocco, a FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar Round of 16 match, on Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 10am ET. 🇲🇦

FIFA WORLD CUP 2022 QATAR
Watch Japan vs Spain, a FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar Round of 16 match, on Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 2pm ET. 🇪🇸

FIFA WORLD CUP 2022 QATAR
Watch Costa Rica vs Germany, a FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar Round of 16 match, on Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 2pm ET. 🇨🇷

The Kicking + Screening soccer film festival is at Crossbar in Manhattan’s Upper West Side, December, 1-2, 2022.

Sacred Traditions: AfroLatinx & Africans – A Spiritual Reconnection, Forming AfroIndigenous Identities: Transcontinental Connection Before Columbus, is part 1 of a 4-part pre-travel virtual workshop for a spiritual pilgrimage to Ghana in West Africa in July/August 2023, at the CCCADI, Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute in “El Barrio” East Harlem on Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 6:30pm. $60 for the 4 workshop series. 🇬🇭🇵🇷

French pianist Hélène Grimaud plays classical music by Chopin, Debussy, Satie, R. Schumann and Silvestrov on Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage on Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 8pm. From $36. 🇫🇷

NYC’s Complexions Contemporary Ballet dances diverse and forward-looking contemporary ballet at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, NYC on Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 8pm. From $20. 🇺🇸 🇨🇴 🇮🇹

Dance Argentine Tango at Tango La Nacional at La Nacional in Chelsea, Manhattan. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Dancing until around 2am. 🇦🇷

Bonguero Johnny “Dandy” Rodriguez Jr (Tico All-Stars, Fania All-Stars, Ray Barretto, Típica 73) plays Puerto Rican Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 10 & 11:30pm. $20. 🇵🇷

Friday, December 2, 2022

FIFA WORLD CUP 2022 QATAR
Watch Ghana vs Uruguay, a FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar Round of 16 match, on Friday, December 2, 2022 at 9am ET. 🇬🇭 🇺🇾 

FIFA WORLD CUP 2022 QATAR
Watch South Korea vs Portugal, a FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar Round of 16 match, on Friday, December 2, 2022 at 10am ET. 🇵🇹

FIFA WORLD CUP 2022 QATAR
Watch Cameroon vs Brazil, a FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar Round of 16 match, on Friday, December 2, 2022 at 2pm ET. 🇧🇷 🇨🇲

NYC’s Complexions Contemporary Ballet dances diverse and forward-looking contemporary ballet at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, NYC on Friday, December 2, 2022 at 8pm. From $20. 🇺🇸 🇨🇴 🇮🇹

Cosa Sería plays Japanese Puerto Rican Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Friday, December 2, 2022 at 11:45pm & 1:30am. $20. 🇯🇵🇵🇷

Saturday, December 3, 2022

Celebrate Candombe Day, the Afro-Uruguayan dance that is a bridge between Brazilian Candomblé traditions and Argentine Tango, on Saturday, December 3, 2022. 🇺🇾

Remember “Machito” Francisco Grillo, one of the godfather’s of Latin Jazz and the Palladium Big 3. He was born in Havana, Cuba on December 3, 1909. 🇨🇺

Watch Netherlands vs USA, a FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar Round of 16 match, on Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 11am ET.

The 36th National Puerto Rican Artisans Fair 2022, by Comité Noviembre and PRIDA, is at El Barrio Artspace in “El Barrio” East Harlem on Saturday, December 3, 2022. FREE. 🇵🇷

The Native American Social with NativeTec, Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio, and Niamuck Land Trust, brings Indigenous artwork, storytelling, drumming, singing and dancing to Flushing Town Hall in Flushing, Queens on Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 12pm. Free with rsvp, but suggested donation is $10 adults/$5 children. 🇺🇸

Watch Argentina vs Australia, a FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar Round of 16 match, on Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 3pm ET. This is a matchup of the southern hemisphere. 🇦🇷

American Emmy, Grammy and Tony-winner Audra McDonald brings her operatic and Broadway vocal magic to Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage on Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 8pm. From $134. 🇺🇸

NYC’s Complexions Contemporary Ballet dances diverse and forward-looking contemporary ballet at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, NYC on Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 2pm (family matinee) & 8pm. From $20. 🇺🇸 🇨🇴 🇮🇹

“Los Niños Perdidos” (The Lost Children) starring Spanish actress Sandra Gumuzzio, is a monologue about a social worker’s experience working with children who migrate alone. Wow! It’s adapted from Valeria Luiselli’s “Tell Me How It Ends: an Essay in Forty Questions,” a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. It’s at ID Studio Theater in Mott Haven, The Bronx, Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 7:30pm (also Dec 10 & 16). Free with registration. 🇨🇴

Most of the Dyker Heights Christmas Lights go up on blocks between 11th & 13th Ave between 83rd & 86th St in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn on the weekend after Thanksgiving. Visit between sundown and 9pm. Be respectful. These are private homes.

Locobeach plays Psychedelic Cumbia Rock for the World Music Institute at BAM Café in the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Fort Greene, Brooklyn on Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 9pm. Free. bam.org 🇻🇪

Celebrate the holidays at El Parrandón de la Gran Manzana a reunion of merengue orchestra La Gran Manzana including Víctor Roque, Henry Hierro, Willie Gomez, Pablo Martinez, Victor Brito, Tony Valdez; with special guests José Alberto “El Canario” and Grupo D’Ahora at Lehman Center in Jerome Park, The Bronx on Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 9pm. From $40. 🇩🇴

Resident DJ Eli Escobar spins the House of Grooves party on Saturday, December 3, 2022, from 10pm to late (9pm doors). Free before 11pm (be there before 10:30). From $24. eventbrite.com 🇵🇷

Jose Candelaria plays Dominican Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 11:45pm. $20.

Sunday, December 4, 2022

Celebrate Changó, Yoruba orisha of thunder, lightning, drumming and dancing on Sunday, December 4, 2022. 🇨🇺

Celebrate the Feast of Santa Barbara, Christian martyr who is syncretized with Changó, on Sunday, December 4, 2022. 🇮🇹

Fleur Seule plays retro Jazz at Tavern on the Green in Central Park on Sunday, December 4, 2022 from 12-4pm. 🇵🇷

NYC’s Complexions Contemporary Ballet dances diverse and forward-looking contemporary ballet at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, NYC on Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 2pm. From $20. 🇺🇸 🇨🇴 🇮🇹

James Sedano’s Brunchata is brunch with bachata dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Sunday, December 4, 2022 from 2-7pm. $10. 🇩🇴

Dance Argentine Tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas bar in the East Village on Sunday, December 4, 2022 from 6-11pm. 🇦🇷

Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble play Latin Jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+. 🇨🇺

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Things to Do in NYC in December 5-11, 2022

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Monday, December 5, 2022

Dance Salsa, Bachata and Merengue at Latin Mondays at Taj with Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, at Taj in the Flatiron District, Mondays at 7pm (5pm doors). From $10. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪

OPENING NIGHT
Chris Botti plays his 18th Holiday Residency of Jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village, nightly, December 5, 2022 – January 1, 2023, including Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Year’s Eve, and New Year’s Day at 8 & 10:30pm. (6 & 10pm doors) From $64. 🇮🇹

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Watch Morocco vs Spain, a FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar Round of 16 match, on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at 11am ET. This should be good because the two countries have a colonial history. 🇲🇦🇪🇸

Chris Botti plays his 18th Holiday Residency of Jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village, on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at 8 & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $64. 🇮🇹

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Watch New York City Center Studio 5 Excerpts from George Balanchine’s the Nutcracker® in conversation with Suki Schorer, School of American Ballet instructor and the world’s leading expert in Balanchine technique, on YouTube through December 19, 2022. Free.

Celebrate Día de las Velitas, the Colombian Festival of Lights that commemorates waiting for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception to be affirmed! 🇨🇴

OPENING NIGHT
New York’s Dorrance Dance dances Tap with a world premiere, featuring original music by vocalist Aaron Marcellus, at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea for two weeks, Tuesday-Sunday, December 7-18, 2022. The curtain chat is Thursday, December 8. The family matinee with $16 tickets (ages 6-16) is Saturday, December 10 at 2pm. Opens Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at 7:30pm. From $76. 🇺🇸

Chris Botti plays his 18th Holiday Residency of Jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village, on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at 8 & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $64. 🇮🇹

Thursday, December 8, 2022

Celebrate Feast of the Immaculate Conception when the Catholic church finally accepted the idea that women are divine too, on Thursday, December 8, 2022. 🇮🇹

Celebrate Panamanian Mother’s Day on Thursday, December 8, 2022. 🇵🇦

Celebrate Kwanzaa, the African American holiday tradition, and the concept of Ujima: Collective Work and Responsibility, with Asase Yaa African American Dance Theater, at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx, on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 7pm. Free tickets. 🇺🇸

Congolese Canadian singer Pierre Kwenders and DJ Uproot Andy of the Moonshine Collective play Electronic Congolese Rumba dance music (Global Music Afrobeats) for the World Music Institute at Nublu 151 in Manhattan’s East Village on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 8pm (7pm doors). From $20. 🇨🇩

New York’s Dorrance Dance dances Tap with a world premiere, featuring original music by vocalist Aaron Marcellus, at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 8pm. This show includes a curtain chat. From $76. 🇺🇸

Chris Botti plays his 18th Holiday Residency of Jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village, on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 8 & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $64. 🇮🇹

Dance Argentine Tango at Tango La Nacional at La Nacional in Chelsea, Manhattan. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Dancing until around 2am. 🇦🇷

Friday, December 9, 2022

Celebrate Tanzania Independence Day. December 9, 1961. 🇹🇿

Watch Croatia vs Brazil (world #12 vs #1), a FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar Quarter-final match, at your favorite New York sports bar on Friday, December 9, 2022 at 11am ET. 🇧🇷

Watch Netherlands vs Argentina (world #8 vs #3), a FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar Quarter-final match, on Friday, December 9, 2022 at 3pm ET. 🇦🇷

New York’s Dorrance Dance dances Tap with a world premiere, featuring original music by vocalist Aaron Marcellus, at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea on Friday, December 9, 2022 at 8pm. From $76. 🇺🇸

Chris Botti plays his 18th Holiday Residency of Jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village, on Friday, December 9, 2022 at 8 & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $64. 🇮🇹

Saturday, December 10, 2022

Watch Morocco vs Portugal (world #22 vs #9), a FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar Quarter-final match, on Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 11am ET. 🇲🇦🇵🇹

Winter Wonderland at The Apollo brings Santa under the marquee for picture taking and holiday activities at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, on Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 2pm. Free. 🇺🇸

EDITOR’S PICK
“Navidad: A Mexican-American Christmas,” by Calpulli Mexican Dance Company, connects Indigenous Mexican, Hispanic, and American holiday traditions in a mariachi nutcracker folkloric ballet at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park: Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 2pm & 7pm; Sunday, December 11, 2022 at 3pm; with a special educational performance on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 10:30am. From $25 or 4 for $90 with code 4FOR90. queenstheatre.org 🇲🇽

New York’s Dorrance Dance dances Tap with a world premiere, featuring original music by vocalist Aaron Marcellus, at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea on Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 2pm. From $76. 🇺🇸

OPENING DAY
Sueño de Reyes – Dream of Kings; children’s theater that imagines the Three Kings arriving in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico instead of Bethlehem; is at Teatro SEA in Manhattan’s Lower East Side; Saturday-Sunday, December 10-11 & 17-18, 2022 at 3pm; Thursday, January 5, 2023 at 7pm; and Saturday-Sunday, January 7-8 at 3pm. $20 adults/$15 children. 🇵🇷

Watch England vs France (world #5 vs #4), a FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar Quarter-final match, on Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 3pm ET. 🇫🇷

Navidad Flamenca, a Flamenco show of Hispanic holiday traditions from around the world, is at Flamenco Vivo’s 4W43 Ballroom on December 10, 2022 at 4pm & 7:30pm. $29. 🇪🇸

Sacred Traditions: Honoring the Feast Day of Sangó explores Trinidad and Tobago’s Sangó Baptist Yoruba tradition with CCCADI Executive Director Melody Capote and Michael Manswell, Creative Director of Something Positive on CCCADI’s website, Facebook and Youtube channels on Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 7pm. Free. 🇹🇹

The WaterWorks Emerging Artists Showcase presents singer Tariq Al-Sabir, performance artist Jennifer Cendaña Armas, poet Shenny De Los Angeles, dancer Vinson Fraley and choreographer Edisa Weeks at Harlem Stage in Manhattanville, West Harlem on Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 7:30pm. From $15. 🇺🇸

“Los Niños Perdidos” (The Lost Children) starring Spanish actress Sandra Gumuzzio, is a monologue about a social worker’s experience working with children who migrate alone. Wow! It’s adapted from Valeria Luiselli’s “Tell Me How It Ends: an Essay in Forty Questions,” a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. It’s at ID Studio Theater in Mott Haven, The Bronx, Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 7:30pm (also Dec 10 & 16). Free with registration. 🇪🇸🇨🇴

EDITOR’S PICK
Papo Vázquez and the Mighty Pirates Troubadours play a Puerto Rican holiday parranda concert, featuring American jazz vocalist Camille Thurman and Puerto Rican cuatro player Héctor Cordero; in the Hostos Center Repertory Theater at Hostos College in Mott Haven, The Bronx; on Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 8pm. TICKETS $15. ($5 students/children) hostos.cuny.org 🇵🇷

New York’s Dorrance Dance dances Tap with a world premiere, featuring original music by vocalist Aaron Marcellus, at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea on Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 8pm. From $76. (Family matinee $16 ages 6-16). 🇺🇸

Chris Botti plays his 18th Holiday Residency of Jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village, on Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 8 & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $64. 🇮🇹

Sunday, December 11, 2022

Celebrate Burkinabé Independence Day (from France) on December 11, 1958. 🇧🇫

Celebrate South African Independence Day (from the UK) on December 11, 1931. 🇿🇦

Remember Damaso Perez Prado, the bandleader famous for “Mambo No. 5.” He was born in Matanzas, Cuba on December 11, 1916. 🇨🇺

Remember Carlos Gardel, the iconic Argentine tango singer and second Latin screen idol. He was born in Toulouse, France on December 11, 1890. 🇫🇷🇦🇷

Celebrate International Tango Day 🇦🇷🇫🇷🇺🇾

Watch Morocco vs Portugal (world #22 vs #9), a FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar Quarter-final match, on Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 11am ET. 🇲🇦🇵🇹

Fleur Seule plays retro Jazz at Tavern on the Green in Central Park on Sunday, December 4, 2022 from 12-4pm. 🇵🇷

New York’s Dorrance Dance dances Tap with a world premiere, featuring original music by vocalist Aaron Marcellus, at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea on Sunday, December 11, 2022 at 2pm. From $76. 🇺🇸

EDITOR’S PICK
“Navidad: A Mexican-American Christmas,” by Calpulli Mexican Dance Company, connects Indigenous Mexican, Hispanic, and American holiday traditions in a mariachi nutcracker folkloric ballet at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park: Sunday, December 11, 2022 at 3pm; with a special educational performance on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 10:30am. From $25 or 4 for $90 with code 4FOR90. queenstheatre.org 🇲🇽

Sueño de Reyes – Dream of Kings; children’s theater that imagines the Three Kings arriving in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico instead of Bethlehem; is at Teatro SEA in Manhattan’s Lower East Side; Sunday, December 11, 2022 at 3pm. $20 adults/$15 children. 🇵🇷

The award-winning Soweta Gospel Choir sings South African holiday music at Lehman Center in Jerome Park, The Bronx on Sunday, December 11, 2022 at 4pm. From $35. 🇿🇦

Celebrate Las Mañanitas de La Virgen de Guadalupe, the traditional birthday eve celebration of the patron saint of Mexico and icon of our multiracial Latin identity. 🇲🇽

New York’s Dorrance Dance dances Tap with a world premiere, featuring original music by vocalist Aaron Marcellus, at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea on Sunday, December 11, 2022 at 2 & 7:30pm. From $76. 🇺🇸

Dance Argentine Tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas bar in the East Village on Sunday, December 11, 2022 from 6-11pm. 🇦🇷

Chris Botti plays his 18th Holiday Residency of Jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village, on Sunday, December 11, 2022 at 8 & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $64. 🇮🇹

Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble play Latin Jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sunday, December 11, 2022 at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+. 🇨🇺

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Things to Do in NYC in December 12-18, 2022

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Monday, December 12, 2022 (Guadalupe)

Celebrate Kenyan Jamhuri Day (from UK) December 12, 1963. 🇰🇪

Celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patron saint of Mexico and icon of our multiracial identity. 🇲🇽

Dance Salsa, Bachata and Merengue at Latin Mondays at Taj with Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, at Taj in the Flatiron District, Mondays at 7pm (5pm doors). From $10. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪

Chris Botti plays his 18th Holiday Residency of Jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village, on Monday, December 12, 2022 at 8 & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $64. 🇮🇹

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Watch Argentina vs Croatia (world #3 vs #12), a FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar Semi-final match, on Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at 3pm ET. 🇦🇷

New York’s Dorrance Dance dances Tap with a world premiere, featuring original music by vocalist Aaron Marcellus, at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea on Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at 7:30pm. From $76. 🇺🇸

French Canadian Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra playing 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. 🇨🇦🇵🇷🇿🇦

Chris Botti plays his 18th Holiday Residency of Jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village, on Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at 8 & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $64. 🇮🇹

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

EDITOR’S PICK
“Navidad: A Mexican-American Christmas,” by Calpulli Mexican Dance Company, connects Indigenous Mexican, Hispanic, and American holiday traditions in a mariachi nutcracker folkloric ballet at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park with a special educational performance on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 10:30am. From $25 or 4 for $90 with code 4FOR90. queenstheatre.org 🇲🇽

Watch France vs Morocco (world #4 vs #22), a FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar Semi-final match, on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 3pm ET. 🇫🇷

Big Band Holidays with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and guest singer Samara Joy is a family concert of big band Jazz holiday favorites at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater, Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 7pm. From $41. 🇺🇸

New York’s Dorrance Dance dances Tap with a world premiere, featuring original music by vocalist Aaron Marcellus, at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 7:30pm. From $76. 🇺🇸

Israeli American violin legend Itzhak Perlman and Friends; including Ukrainian pianist Emanuel Ax, French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and the Juilliard String Quartet; play Leclair, Mozart and Chausson on Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium/Perlman stage on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 8pm. From $84. 🇫🇷 🇮🇱

Andrea Bocelli “A Family Christmas” brings Matteo and Virginia of the Bocelli family for a night of Pop Opera at Madison Square Garden in Chelsea, Manhattan on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 8:30pm. From $110. 🇮🇹

Chris Botti plays his 18th Holiday Residency of Jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village, on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 8 & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $64. 🇮🇹

Thursday, December 15, 2022

Happy birthday Eddie Palmieri! The Latin jazz legend was born in Harlem on December 15, 1936. 🇵🇷

Pedrito Martinez plays a Cuban Rumba and Timba Holiday Show at Drom in Manhattan’s East Village on Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 7pm. From $30. 🇨🇺

Mariah Carey Merry Christmas To All is at Holiday show at Madison Square Garden in Chelsea, NYC on Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at 8pm (7pm doors). From $90. 🇻🇪

Big Band Holidays with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and guest singer Samara Joy is a family concert of big band Jazz holiday favorites at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater, Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 8pm. From $41. 🇺🇸

New York’s Dorrance Dance dances Tap with a world premiere, featuring original music by vocalist Aaron Marcellus, at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea on Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 8pm. From $76. 🇺🇸

Chris Botti plays his 18th Holiday Residency of Jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village, on Thursday, December 14, 2022 at 8 & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $64. 🇮🇹

Dance Argentine Tango at Tango La Nacional at La Nacional in Chelsea, Manhattan. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Dancing until around 2am. 🇦🇷

Friday, December 16, 2022

Novena caroling traditions including La Posada (Mexico) and La Novena de Aguinaldos (Colombia/Ecuador/Venezuela) run from today through Christmas Eve. 🇲🇽 🇨🇴 🇪🇨 🇻🇪

Mariah Carey Merry Christmas To All is a Holiday show at Madison Square Garden in Chelsea, NYC on Friday, December 16, 2022 at 8pm (7pm doors). From $90. 🇻🇪

New York Spanish actress Sandra Gumuzzio performs Los Niños Perdidos (The Lost Children) in Spanish at ID Studio Theater in Mott Haven, The Bronx; on Saturday, December 3 & 10, 2022 and Friday, December 16 at 7:30pm. Free with RSVP. docs.google.com 🇪🇸🇨🇴

Big Band Holidays with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and guest singer Samara Joy is a family concert of big band Jazz holiday favorites at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater, Friday, December 16, 2022 at 8pm. From $41. 🇺🇸

New York’s Dorrance Dance dances Tap with a world premiere, featuring original music by vocalist Aaron Marcellus, at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea on Friday, December 16, 2022 at 8pm. From $76. 🇺🇸

Chris Botti plays his 18th Holiday Residency of Jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village, on Friday, December 16, 2022 at 8 & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $64. 🇮🇹

Saturday, December 17, 2022

Celebrate the Feast Day of Babalú-Ayé, Cuban Yoruba Orisha of the sick. 🇨🇺

Celebrate the Feast of St Lazarus. 🇮🇹

New York’s Dorrance Dance dances Tap with a world premiere, featuring original music by vocalist Aaron Marcellus, at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea on Saturday, December 17, 2022 at 2pm & 8pm. From $76. 🇺🇸

Sueño de Reyes – Dream of Kings; children’s theater that imagines the Three Kings arriving in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico instead of Bethlehem; is at Teatro SEA in Manhattan’s Lower East Side; Saturday, December 17, 2022 at 3pm. $20 adults/$15 children. 🇵🇷

The Westchester Ballet Company dances “The Nutcracker” Christmas ballet at Lehman Center in Jerome Park, The Bronx on Saturday, December 17, 2022 at 4:30pm. From $31.

“Diles que no me maten” (Tell Them Not to Kill Me), a Colombian version of the Mexican story about the conflict between landowners and peasants, is at ID Studio Theater in Mott Haven, The Bronx on December 9 and 17, 2022 at 7:30pm. Free with rsvp docs.google.com 🇲🇽🇨🇴

Big Band Holidays with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and guest singer Samara Joy is a family concert of big band Jazz holiday favorites at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater, Saturday, December 17, 2022 at 8pm. From $41. 🇺🇸

Chris Botti plays his 18th Holiday Residency of Jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village, on Saturday, December 17, 2022 at 8 & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $64. 🇮🇹

Sunday, December 18, 2022 (Hanukkah)

Happy Hanukkah! 🕎

Happy birthday Alejandro Sanz! The Spanish pop star was born in Madrid, Spain on December 18, 1968. 🇪🇸

Watch Argentina vs France (world #3 vs #4), the FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar Final, on Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11am ET. This is Messi’s last chance to win the World Cup. France is the defending champion. 🇦🇷🇫🇷

Fleur Seule plays retro Jazz at Tavern on the Green in Central Park on Sunday, December 18, 2022 from 12-4pm. 🇵🇷

The Mini-Global Mashup: Garifuna Meets Flamenco brings together jazz vocalist Lucy Blanco (Afri-Garifuna Jazz Ensemble), jazz bassist Hilliard Greene, and Caribbean flamenco guitarists Lisa y Josué (Lisa Spraragen and Josué Pérez) at the Flushing Town Hall in Flushing, Queens on Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 1pm. $15. 🇻🇨🇭🇳🇪🇸🇵🇷

Big Band Holidays with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and guest singer Samara Joy is a family concert of big band Jazz holiday favorites at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater, Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 2pm. From $41. 🇺🇸

LAST CHANCE
New York’s Dorrance Dance dances Tap with a world premiere, featuring original music by vocalist Aaron Marcellus, at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea on Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 2pm. From $76. 🇺🇸

“Navidad: A Mexican-American Christmas,” by Calpulli Mexican Dance Company, connects Indigenous Mexican, Hispanic, and American holiday traditions in a mariachi nutcracker folkloric ballet at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx on Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 3pm. FREE. 🇲🇽

Sueño de Reyes – Dream of Kings; children’s theater that imagines the Three Kings arriving in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico instead of Bethlehem; is at Teatro SEA in Manhattan’s Lower East Side; Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 3pm. $20 adults/$15 children. 🇵🇷

The 2022 Prospect Park Hanukkah Menorah Lighting starts with a concert, hot latkes and gifts for children at Grand Army Plaza in Park Slope, Brooklyn on Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 4pm, and continues at various times throughout Hanukkah. 🕎

The 2022 Central Park Menorah Lighting is at Grand Army Plaza in Central Park on Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 5:30pm and continues throughout Hanukkah (3:30pm Friday, 8pm Saturday). FREE . 🕎

Dance Argentine Tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas bar in the East Village on Sunday, December 18 2022 from 6-11pm. 🇦🇷

Chris Botti plays his 18th Holiday Residency of Jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village, on Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 8 & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $64. 🇮🇹

Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble play Latin Jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+. 🇨🇺

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Things to Do in NYC in December 19-25, 2022

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Monday, December 19, 2022

Happy birthday Wisin! The Reggaeton star was born in Cayey, Puerto Rico on December 19, 1978. 🇵🇷

OPENING NIGHT
Pulitzer Prize-winning drama “Between Riverside and Crazy,” by New York playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis (“The Get Down”), starts Broadway previews at the Hayes Theater in the Times Square Theater District on Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 7pm for a Monday, December 19, 2022 opening. The show will be simulcast live from January 31 – February 12, 2023. From $69. 🇺🇸 🇩🇴 🇮🇪 🇮🇹 🇵🇷

Dance Salsa, Bachata and Merengue at Latin Mondays at Taj with Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, at Taj in the Flatiron District, Mondays at 7pm (5pm doors). From $10. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪

Chris Botti plays his 18th Holiday Residency of Jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village, on Monday, December 19, 2022 at 8 & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $64. 🇮🇹

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Celebrate National Sangria Day. 🇵🇹 🇪🇸

Ara Malikian World Tour brings the Armenian Lebanese Spanish violinist’s classical side to the Carnegie Hall Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage on Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at 8pm. From $45. 🇪🇸

Chris Botti plays his 18th Holiday Residency of Jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village, on Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at 8 & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $64. 🇮🇹

Wednesday, December 21, 2022 (Winter Solstice)

Celebrate the Winter Solstice, the ancient celebration of the longest night of the northern hemisphere.

Remember Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec sun god of war, sacrifice and Tenochtitlan (México City). 🇲🇽

BRONX HISPANIC FESTIVAL
Abya Yala: Structural Origins, an art exhibition on the Indigenous roots of the Americas, closes with a reception in Longwood Art Gallery at Hostos College in Mott Haven, The Bronx, on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 from 6-8pm. bronxarts.org 🇧🇴🇧🇷🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇬🇹🇲🇽🇵🇪🇵🇷

Chris Botti plays his 18th Holiday Residency of Jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village, on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 8 & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $64. 🇮🇹

Thursday, December 22, 2022

Remember 1980s art star Jean-Michel Basquiat . The New York Haitian Puerto Rican artist was born in Brooklyn on December 22, 1960. As a child, his Mom used to take him to the Brooklyn Public Library. That’s where he got interested in the arts. 🇭🇹 🇵🇷

Chris Botti plays his 18th Holiday Residency of Jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village, on Thursday, December 22, 2022 at 8 & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $64. 🇮🇹

Dance Argentine Tango at Tango La Nacional at La Nacional in Chelsea, Manhattan. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Dancing until around 2am. 🇦🇷

Friday, December 23, 2022

Chris Botti plays his 18th Holiday Residency of Jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village, on Friday, December 23, 2022 at 8 & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $64. 🇮🇹

Saturday, December 24, 2022 (CHRISTMAS EVE)

Celebrate Libyan Independence Day (from Italy) December 24, 1951. 🇱🇾

Happy birthday Ricky Martin! The Latin pop star who started in the Menudo boy band, was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on December 24, 1971. 🇵🇷

Celebrate Christmas Eve 2022. 🇮🇹

Chris Botti plays his 18th Holiday Residency of Jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village, on Saturday, December 24, 2022 at 8 & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $64. 🇮🇹

Sunday, December 25, 2022 (CHRISTMAS)

Christmas is a Latin holiday because an Italian pope chose the date. Christ is a historical figure, but nobody knows when he was born. The date was probably chosen to take over the Roman Saturnalia festival on the Winter Solstice which was December 25 in the old Roman calendar. 🇮🇹

Merry Christmas! 🇮🇹

Chris Botti plays his 18th Holiday Residency of Jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village, on Sunday, December 25, 2022 at 8 & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $64. 🇮🇹

Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble play Latin Jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sunday, December 25, 2022 at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+. 🇨🇺

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Things to Do in NYC in December 26-31, 2022

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Monday, December 26, 2022 (KWANZAA)

On the first day of Kwanzaa, the African American holiday tradition, celebrate “Umoja” unity. If we get together, we are so strong. 🇺🇸

Dance Salsa, Bachata and Merengue at Latin Mondays at Taj with Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, at Taj in the Flatiron District, Mondays at 7pm (5pm doors). From $10. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪

The Carlos Henriquez Nonet plays jazz at Dizzy’s Club in Jazz at Lincoln Center, Monday, December 26, 2022 at 7:30 & 9:30pm. $55. 🇵🇷

Chris Botti plays his 18th Holiday Residency of Jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village, on Monday, December 26, 2022 at 8 & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $64. 🇮🇹

Tuesday, December 27, 2022

On the second day of Kwanzaa, celebrate “Kujichagulia” self-determination. It’s true that in America, everything is possible, but nothing is given. That is why we have to be responsible for ourselves. 🇺🇸

The Carlos Henriquez Nonet plays jazz at Dizzy’s Club in Jazz at Lincoln Center, Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 7:30 & 9:30pm. $55. 🇵🇷

Chris Botti plays his 18th Holiday Residency of Jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village, on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 8 & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $64. 🇮🇹

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

On the third day of Kwanzaa, celebrate “Ujima” collective work and responsibility. If we want to benefit from society, we have a responsibility to contribute to it. 🇺🇸

PREVIEW OPENING NIGHT
Saulo Garcia brings his Colombian immigrant standup comedy to Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan, Wednesday, December 28, 2022 at 7pm. From $17. 🇨🇴

The Carlos Henriquez Nonet plays jazz at Dizzy’s Club in Jazz at Lincoln Center, Wednesday, December 28, 2022 at 7:30 & 9:30pm. $55. 🇵🇷

Chris Botti plays his 18th Holiday Residency of Jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village, on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 at 8 & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $64. 🇮🇹

Thursday, December 29, 2022

On the fourth day of Kwanzaa, celebrate “Ujamaa” cooperative economics. People work better together. 🇺🇸

Happy Birthday Marco Antonio Solis! The Regional Mexican pop star, was born in Ario de Rosales, Michoacán, Mexico on December 29, 1959. 🇲🇽

Saulo Garcia brings his Colombian immigrant standup comedy to Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan, Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 7pm. From $17. 🇨🇴

The Carlos Henriquez Nonet plays jazz at Dizzy’s Club in Jazz at Lincoln Center, Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 7:30 & 9:30pm. $55. 🇵🇷

Chris Botti plays his 18th Holiday Residency of Jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village, on Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 8 & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $64. 🇮🇹

Dance Argentine Tango at Tango La Nacional at La Nacional in Chelsea, Manhattan. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Dancing until around 2am. 🇦🇷

Friday, December 30, 2022

On the fifth day of Kwanzaa, celebrate “Nia” purpose. Beginning with the end in mind helps us be efficient and avoid distractions. 🇺🇸

Happy Birthday Miguel Zenon! The Jazz saxophonist was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on December 30, 1976. 🇵🇷

Pedrito Martinez plays a Cuban rumba and timba Pre-New Year’s Eve Party at Drom in NYC’s East Village on Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9pm. Party starts with a Shani Talmor salsa dance class at 7pm. From $25. 🇨🇺

The Carlos Henriquez Nonet plays jazz at Dizzy’s Club in Jazz at Lincoln Center, Friday, December 30, 2022 at 7:30 & 9:30pm. $55. 🇵🇷

Saulo Garcia brings his Colombian immigrant standup comedy to Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan, Friday, December 30, 2022 at 8pm. From $17. 🇨🇴

Chris Botti plays his 18th Holiday Residency of Jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village, on Friday, December 30, 2022 at 8 & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $64. 🇮🇹

Saturday, December 31, 2022 (NEW YEAR’S EVE)

On the sixth day of Kwanzaa, celebrate “Kuumba,” creativity. If you can dream it, you (or someone in the future) can make it.

Celebrate National Champagne Day. 🇫🇷

Celebrate New Year’s Eve 2023!

Celebrate Watch Night, the African American tradition of spending New Year’s Eve in church awaiting the arrival of the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. 🇺🇸

The Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball Drop 2023 is in Times Square NYC on Saturday, December 31, 2022 from 6pm – 12:20am. Free, but go hours early to enter the square.

NEW PRODUCTION PREMIERE
The Metropolitan Opera opens David McVicar’s new production of Giordano’s Italian opera “Fedora,” the tale of a Russian princess who falls in love with her fiancé’s murderer, at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center on New Year’s Eve, Saturday, December 31, 2022 at 6:30pm. Soprano Sonya Yoncheva stars. From $39.50. 🇮🇹

Chris Botti plays his 18th Holiday Residency of Jazz at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village, on Saturday, December 31, 2022 at 7 & 10pm (5 & 9:30pm doors). From $109. 🇮🇹

The Carlos Henriquez Nonet plays jazz with a new year’s toast at Dizzy’s Club in Jazz at Lincoln Center, Saturday, December 31, 2022 at 7:30pm & 11pm. Tables from $285/$400. 🇵🇷

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