Things to do in NYC in November include: the Veterans Day Parade and Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Celebrate Mexico Now cultural festival, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and the fall art auctions.
November is Native American Heritage Month, Puerto Rican Heritage Month, and Hip-Hop History Month.
US national holidays in November include Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Native American Heritage Day.
Latin traditions include Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) and Our Lady of Providence.
Holiday traditions include “Navidad: A Mexican-American Christmas” by Calpulli Mexican Dance Company, “The Nutcracker” at New York City Ballet, the Radio City Rockettes Christmas Spectacular.
November weather is late fall. Average temperatures range from 42° to 54°F, so it is cool. Scarfs, hats, and gloves enable you adjust for the weather.
Things To Do in NYC November 1-5, 2023
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Native American Heritage Month
Native American Heritage Month is time to celebrate the First Nations. We are still here! 🇺🇸
Puerto Rican Heritage Month
Celebrate Puerto Rican Heritage Month. Estamos muy orgullosos de nuestro corazón Boricua! Editor “Kíko” Keith. 🇵🇷
All Saints Day, Día de los Inocentes
Celebrate the Italian French tradition of All Saints Day, and the Mexican Day of the Dead tradition of Día de los Inocentes when the souls of children may visit their families. 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇲🇽
World Ballet Day
The 10th World Ballet Day 2023 takes you behind the scenes at the world’s leading ballet companies on six continents; on Wednesday, November 1, 2023. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇫🇷 🇨🇦 🇮🇹 🇿🇦 🇪🇸
Nuyorican Surrealist Photographer
Adál Maldonado, the great Puerto Rican surrealist photographer, was born in Utuado, Puerto Rico, on November 1, 1948. A member of the Nuyorican Movement, Adál photographed the Latin stars of the 1980s, opened the first Latin photo gallery in New York City, taught legendary photographer Robert Mapplethorpe how to develop and print photos, and planted the first Puerto Rican flag on the moon. He is one of the padrinos (godfathers) of New York Latin Culture Magazine. Adál taught me to laugh at everything, provided my Puerto Rican passport, and pushed me into Puerto Rico’s bomba culture in a very mystical way. Adál made my Puerto Rico surreal. Editor “Kíko” Kéith. #AdalWasHere mapr.org 🇵🇷
Salsa Colombiana Legend
Joe Arroyo, one of the godfathers of Salsa Colombiana (Rebelión, En Barranquilla me quedo, Pa’l Bailador), was born in Cartagena de Indias, Bolívar, Colombia on November 1, 1955. 🇨🇴
Día de Muertos Dance Theatre
Calpulli Mexican Dance Company “Día de los Muertos,” folkloric dance theatre about Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebration for the entire family; is at the Flatiron Nomad Partnership’s Día de Muertos celebration at the Flatiron Public Plaza in Manhattan’s Flatiron District; on Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at 3pm. FREE. Interestingly, they use the Mexican Spanish name for Día de Muertos, not the American Spanish Día de los Muertos. flatironnomad.nyc 🇲🇽
Art Fair
OPENING NIGHT BENEFIT PREVIEW
The Art Show 2023 (ADAA) art fair of 56 of America’s top galleries; opens with a Benefit Preview for the Henry Street Settlement at the Park Avenue Armory in the Upper East Side; on Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at 5pm. $175. The Fair continues with great talks and the public show, Thursday-Sunday, November 2-5, 2023. $30. 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇨🇴 🇲🇽
Puerto Rican Film Festival
RED CARPET OPENING NIGHT
The 13th International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival 2023 screens films made in Puerto Rico and by the Puerto Rican Diaspora with a red carpet opening night at El Museo del Barrio, a panel discussion with actors Luis Gúzman and Luna Lauren Vélez at the Silberman School of Social Work in “El Barrio” East Harlem, film screenings and an awards ceremony at the Regal Essex Crossing in the Lower East Side; live from Wednesday-Sunday, November 1-5; and streaming the following week, November 6-12, 2023. 🇵🇷
The 13th International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival 2023 starts with a red carpet opening night screening of Aristotle Torres’ “Story Avenue” (2023); starring veteran Luis Guzmán, with Asante Blackk and Melvin Gregg; at El Museo del Barrio in “El Barrio” East Harlem on Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at 6pm. From $15. 🇵🇷
Spanish Flamenco, Puerto Rican Rumba Flamenca
Nélida Tirado dances traditional Spanish flamenco and rumba flamenca at Chez Messy, a Spanish tapas restaurant in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on Wednesdays from 8:30-10:30pm. 🇪🇸 🇵🇷
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Day of the Dead
Celebrate The Day of the Dead, Día de los Muertos, the Mexican and Pan-Latin celebration of family. On the Day of the Dead, may you always be remembered. 🇲🇽
All Souls Day
All Souls’ Day on November 2 is a time to remember deceased family members. Families tend family graves. It’s part of Allhallowtide, and Mexican Day of the Dead, Día de los Muertos celebrations.
Art Fair
The Art Show 2023 (ADAA) art fair of 56 of America’s top galleries with some Indigenous, African Diaspora and Latin American art; is at the Park Avenue Armory in the Upper East Side; Thursday, November 2, 2023 from 12-7pm. $30. 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇨🇴 🇲🇽
Puerto Rican Film Festival
The 13th International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival 2023 continues with a screening of David Massey’s “Golden Flower,” a short that connects the story of the Taína cacica Anacaona to the present; Luis Guzmán and Luna Lauren Vélez will talk about where we are in Hollywood and how to change things for the better. It’s at Centro in the Silberman School of Social Work in “El Barrio” East Harlem; on Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 12pm. FREE with rsvp. 🇵🇷
Dominican Film Festival
The Dominican Film Festival New York 2023 screens films made in the Dominican Republic and by the Dominican Diaspora; with a red carpet opening night screening of the great comedy “El Brujo;” at the United Palace in Washington Heights on Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 6pm, and screenings at the Regal E-Walk in the Times Square Theater District; through Sunday, November 5, 2023. Opening Night $40. Films $18. 🇩🇴
Chilean Jazz Singer
Chilean jazz vocalist Claudia Acuña sings Latin American, Afro-Caribbean, and swinging jazz; at Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center; at Columbus Circle; on Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 7:30pm. From $25. 🇨🇱
Experimental Classical Music
The Ivalas String Quartet (Juilliard’s Graduate Resident String Quartet with a BIPOC focus) are joined by Peruvian percussionist and composer Efraín Rozas whose work incorporates robotics, percussion, light, and video; for the Futuros, New Ideas in Composition Series, in the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center; on Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 7:30pm. FREE. 🇵🇪
Experimental Classical Music
New York Indigenous Colombian composer stefa marin alarcon sings ethereal classical punk, LOPEZLOPEZ NY bassist Brandon Lopez and Argentine composer Cecilia Lopez improvise, and New York Costa Rican Isabel Crespo Pardo sings from their upcoming multimedia album; for the Futuros, New Ideas in Composition Series, in the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center; on Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 7:30pm. FREE. lincolncenter.org 🇨🇴 🇦🇷 🇨🇷
Classical Ballet
American Ballet Theatre dances a “Classics Old and New” program of Ratmansky, Kylián, and Lander; at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center; on Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 7:30pm. From $40. 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇺🇸
Mexican Comedy
Mauricio Islas and José Eduardo Derbez perform Daniel Dátola’s “La Clase,” in which newly single Lalo hires master of seduction Leo in a comic exploration of deception, abandonment, and revenge; in the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space in the Upper West Side; on Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 8pm. From $59. 🇲🇽
Tango Dance
Dance traditional Argentine tango at Tango La Nacional at La Nacional in Chelsea. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Dancing until around 2am. $20 🇦🇷
Friday, November 3, 2023
Dominican Film Festival
The Dominican Film Festival New York 2023 screens films made in the Dominican Republic and by the Dominican Diaspora; at the Regal E-Walk in the Times Square Theater District; through Sunday, November 5, 2023. $18. 🇩🇴
Puerto Rican Film Festival
The 13th International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival 2023 screens films made in Puerto Rico and by the Puerto Rican Diaspora at the Regal Essex Crossing in the Lower East Side; live from Wednesday-Sunday, November 1-5; and streaming the following week, November 6-12, 2023. 🇵🇷
Art Fair
The Art Show 2023 (ADAA) art fair of 56 of America’s top galleries with some Indigenous, African Diaspora and Latin American art; is at the Park Avenue Armory in the Upper East Side; Thursday, November 3, 2023 from 12-7pm. $30. 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇨🇴 🇲🇽
Mexican Day of the Dead Art Installation
Daniel Valle’s “Camino a Mictlán” (Road to the Underworld), an installation of ofrendas (family altars), sculptures, and masks in Mexico’s beautiful Day of the Dead tradition; opens with a reception in the Longwood Gallery at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx; closes with a reception on Friday, November 3, 2023 from 6-8pm. FREE. 🇲🇽
Indigenous Multimedia Spoken Word
Ecuadorian American George Emilio Sanchez performs his “In the Court of the Conqueror” about how the US Supreme Court diminished the sovereignty of Native American nations, with visual storytelling by Patty Ortiz; at Harlem Stage in Manhattanville, West Harlem; on Friday, November 3, 2023 at 7:30pm. $25. 🇪🇨 🇺🇸
Puerto Rican Jazz and Salsa
Sonido Solar and guests Brian Lynch, Conrad Herwig, Little Johnny Rivero, and Nelson Gonzalez; play Puerto Rican jazz and salsa from Sonido’s debut album, a tribute to their mentor: “Eddie Palmieri Presents Sonido Solar;” at Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center; on Friday, November 3, 2023 at 7:30pm & 9:30pm. From $25. 🇵🇷
South Asian Desi Dance Party
Pioneering Bhangra and Bollywood DJ Rekha (Basement Bhangra), “The Ambassador of Bangra,” spins a Desi Dance Party with visuals, live percussion, and dancers; in the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center; on Friday, November 3, 2023 at 7:30pm. FREE. 🇮🇳
Classical Ballet
American Ballet Theatre dances a “Classics Old and New” program of Ratmansky, Kylián, and Lander; at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center; on Friday, November 3, 2023 at 7:30pm. From $40. 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇺🇸
Buena Vista Social Club Son Cubano
Buena Vista Social Club legend Omara Portuondo brings her “Farewell World Tour Vida” to Sony Hall in the Times Square Theater District; on November 3, 2023 at 8pm. From $75. 🇨🇺
Argentine Music for Dance
In “Taylor + Keigwin,” Orchestra of St Luke’s features Argentine composer William Contanzaro’s band CHAIN for Paul Taylor Dance Company’s performance of Larry Keigwin’s “Drum Circle,” at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center; on Friday, November 3, 2023 at 8pm. From $15. 🇦🇷
Latin Comedy
Aida Rodriguez Live plays the New York Comedy Festival at Chelsea Music Hall in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Friday, November 3, 2023 at 8:30pm.
Saturday, November 4, 2023
Dominican Film Festival
The Dominican Film Festival New York 2023 screens films made in the Dominican Republic and by the Dominican Diaspora; at the Regal E-Walk in the Times Square Theater District; through Sunday, November 5, 2023. $18. 🇩🇴
Puerto Rican Film Festival
The 13th International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival 2023 screens films made in Puerto Rico and by the Puerto Rican Diaspora at the Regal Essex Crossing in the Lower East Side; live from Wednesday-Sunday, November 1-5; and streaming the following week, November 6-12, 2023. 🇵🇷
African and African Diaspora Open House
The 2023 Schomburg Center Open House “Mixtape,” is a series of art activations, workshops, and conversations that ends with screenings of “Beat Street (1984) and short film “Black Girls Play” (2023), and a reception with dancing on the 50th Anniversary of hip hop, and hip hop history month. It’s at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem on Saturday, November 4, 2023 from 11:30am – 6pm. FREE. 🇺🇸
Art Fair
The Art Show 2023 (ADAA) art fair of 56 of America’s top galleries with some Indigenous, African Diaspora and Latin American art; is at the Park Avenue Armory in the Upper East Side; Saturday, November 4, 2023 from 12-7pm. $30. 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇨🇴 🇲🇽
Latin Comedy
JC Mendoza & Samantha Santos: Soft Launch plays the New York Comedy Festival at The Stand NYC in Union Square, Manhattan; on Saturday, November 4, 2023 at 5pm.
Puerto Rican Jazz and Salsa
Sonido Solar and guests Brian Lynch, Conrad Herwig, Little Johnny Rivero, and Nelson Gonzalez; play Puerto Rican jazz and salsa from Sonido’s debut album, a tribute to their mentor: “Eddie Palmieri Presents Sonido Solar;” at Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center; on Saturday, November 4, 2023 at 7:30pm & 9:30pm. From $25. 🇵🇷
Latin Comedy
Elle Orlando and Jake Velazquez do Half Hour Stand Up Sets plays the New York Comedy Festival at Gama in the East Village; on Saturday, November 4, 2023 at 7:30pm. 🇵🇷
Latin Comedy
Carlos Sanchez is Live plays the New York Comedy Festival at Chelsea Music Hall in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Saturday, November 4, 2023 at 8:30pm.
Sunday, November 5, 2023
Dominican Film Festival
The Dominican Film Festival New York 2023 screens films made in the Dominican Republic and by the Dominican Diaspora; at the Regal E-Walk in the Times Square Theater District; through Sunday, November 5, 2023. $18. 🇩🇴
Art Fair
The Art Show 2023 (ADAA) art fair of 56 of America’s top galleries with some Indigenous, African Diaspora and Latin American art; is at the Park Avenue Armory in the Upper East Side; Sunday, November 5, 2023 from 12-5pm. $30. 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇨🇴 🇲🇽
Mexican Day of the Dead Folkloric Dance Theatre
Calpulli Mexican Dance Company “Día de los Muertos,” is beautiful folkloric dance theatre about Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebration; followed by a reception with the artists; at Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 3pm. $102. 🇲🇽
Puerto Rican Film
Marco Orsini’s documentary “Latin Four Plus,” an inspiring true story about how five Puerto Ricans lived their dreams as Korean pop sensations and never stopped dreaming; screens at the 2023 International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival (Ticket Block 8); at the Regal Essex Crossing in Manhattan’s Lower East Side; on Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 12pm. $15. In Spanish and English with subtitles. iphrff.org 🇵🇷
Puerto Rican Film Festival
The live portion of the 13th International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival 2023 ends with Awards Ceremony is at the Regal Essex Crossings Cinema in the Lower East Side; on Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 4pm. FREE. Just show up. The festival streams next week. iprhff.org 🇵🇷
Puerto Rican Jazz and Salsa
Sonido Solar and guests Brian Lynch, Conrad Herwig, Little Johnny Rivero, and Nelson Gonzalez; play Puerto Rican jazz and salsa from Sonido’s debut album, a tribute to their mentor: “Eddie Palmieri Presents Sonido Solar;” at Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center; on Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 5pm & 7:30pm. From $25. 🇵🇷
Tango Dance
Dance Argentine tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas bar in the East Village from 6-11pm. 🇦🇷
Latin Jazz
Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+ per person minimum. 🇨🇺
Things To Do in NYC November 6-12, 2023
Monday, November 6, 2023
Latin Comedy
The Bodega Kids play the New York Comedy Festival at the New York Comedy Club in Kips Bay, Manhattan; on Monday, November 6, 2023 at 7pm.
Salsa Dance
Talia Castro-Pozo’s Latin Mondays at Taj, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, is at Taj II in the Flatiron District, Mondays at 7pm (5pm doors). From $15. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪
Latin Comedy
The Morir Soñando Comedy Show plays the New York Comedy Festival at the United Palace in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on Monday, November 6, 2023 at 8pm. 🇩🇴
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Latin Comedy
Filipino comedian Michael Cruz Kayne and Friends plays the New York Comedy Festival at Fotografiska in Gramercy, Manhattan; on Tuesday, November 7, 2023 at 8pm. 🇵🇭
Jazz
The Dizzy Gillespie All Stars play jazz at the Blue Note New York in Greenwich Village; for a week from Tuesday-Monday, November 7-13, 2023 at 8pm & 10:30pm (doors 6pm & 10pm). From $35.
Latin Comedy
Ricky Velez plays the New York Comedy Festival at Chelsea Music Hall in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Tuesday, November 7, 2023 at 8:30pm. 🇮🇹 🇵🇷
Latin Comedy
Brazilian comedienne Jade Catta-Preta plays the New York Comedy Festival at the Brooklyn Comedy Collective in Williamsburg; on Tuesday, November 7 at 8:30pm. 🇧🇷
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Contemporary Collection Auction
The Emily Fisher Landau Collection, the big collection to come to market this season, led by Picasso’s “Femme à la montre” (1932), with Léger, Ligon, Dubuffet, and Albers, is on view at Sotheby’s New York in the Upper East Side from Wednesday, November 1, 2023; for auction on Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at 6pm. 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇲🇽 🇪🇸
Latin Comedy
Roz Hernandez plays the New York Comedy Festival at The Stonewall Inn in the West Village; on Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at 7pm.
Jazz
The Dizzy Gillespie All Stars play jazz at the Blue Note New York in Greenwich Village; for a week from Tuesday-Monday, November 7-13, 2023 at 8pm & 10:30pm (doors 6pm & 10pm). From $35.
Spanish Flamenco, Puerto Rican Rumba Flamenca
Nélida Tirado dances traditional Spanish flamenco and rumba flamenca at Chez Messy, a Spanish tapas restaurant in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on Wednesdays from 8:30-10:30pm. 🇪🇸 🇵🇷
Argentine Pop Rock
Argentine pop rocker Mateo Sujatovich brings his band Conociendo Rusia to Sony Hall in the Times Square Theater District; on Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at 9pm. From $39. 🇦🇷
Thursday, November 9, 2023
Latin Comedy
Steven Castillo and Friends play the New York Comedy Festival at The Gutter in Greenpoint, Brooklyn; on Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 7:30pm.
African American Folk Music
California singer-songwriter Chris Pierce sings rhythm and blues for the Black Opry in Residence; in the Leonard Nimoy Thalia theater at Symphony Space in the Upper West Side; on Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 7:30pm. From $20. 🇺🇸
Latin Comedy
Rwanda’s Finest Hosted by Giulio Gallarotti plays the New York Comedy Festival at The Stand NYC in Union Square, Manhattan; on Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 8pm. 🇷🇼
Jazz
The Dizzy Gillespie All Stars play jazz at the Blue Note New York in Greenwich Village; for a week from Tuesday-Monday, November 7-13, 2023 at 8pm & 10:30pm (doors 6pm & 10pm). From $35.
Tango Dance
Dance traditional Argentine tango at Tango La Nacional at La Nacional in Chelsea. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Dancing until around 2am. $20 🇦🇷
Friday, November 10, 2023
Today is the bank holiday for Veterans Day, which falls on Saturday, this year.
A Fandango of Mexican Son Jarocho
For 13th NY Son Jarocho Festival, Oaxacan ensemble Tapacamino Colectivo Musiquero celebrates its “Vientos del Cerro” album release with a Mexican fandango (dance party); at Flushing Town Hall in Flushing, Queens; on Friday, November 10, 2023 at 7pm. FREE with rsvp. 🇲🇽
All-Women Mexican Mariachi
Flor De Toloache, New York’s Latin Grammy winning, all-woman mariachi, play Harlem Stage for Carnegie Hall Citywide; on Friday, November 10, 2023 at 7:30pm. FREE. 🇲🇽
Latin Comedy
Richard Perez Presents: I Have to Do This is at the New York Comedy Festival at Union Hall in Park Slope, Brooklyn; on Friday, November 10, 2023 at 7:30pm.
African American Folk Music
Grenadian Canadian singer-songwriter Kaïa Kater sings of Quebec, the Caribbean, and Appalachia for the Black Opry in Residence; in the Leonord Nimoy Thalia theater at Symphony Space in the Upper West Side; on Friday, November 10, 2023 at 7:30pm. From $20. 🇬🇩 🇨🇦 🇺🇸
Urban Bachata
The Romeo Santos “Formula Vol. 3” Tour brings urban bachata to Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; on Friday, November 10, 2023 at 8pm. 🇩🇴
Jazz
The Dizzy Gillespie All Stars play jazz at the Blue Note New York in Greenwich Village; for a week from Tuesday-Monday, November 7-13, 2023 at 8pm & 10:30pm (doors 6pm & 10pm). From $35.
Latin Theatre
Casa de Muñecas 2 El regreso de Nora is Lucas Hnath’s after story to Henrik Ibsen’s Broadway play “A Doll’s House” about a woman who leaves the traditional roles in her marriage; at Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Friday, November 10, 2023 at 8pm. From $32. 🇨🇺 🇵🇷 🇻🇪
Buena Vista Club Son Cubano
Buena Vista Social Club legend Omara Portuondo brings her “Farewell World Tour Vida” to New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark; on Friday, November 10, 2023 at 8pm. From $59. 🇨🇺
Latin Comedy
Havana Club y Bacardí play the New York Comedy Festival at the Brooklyn Comedy Collective in Williamsburg; on Friday, November 10, 2023 at 8:30pm. 🇨🇺
Saturday, November 11, 2023
Veterans Day
On Veterans Day, thank you for your service! Friday is the day off this year. 🇺🇸
Veterans Day Parade
The 104th Veterans Day Parade NYC 2023 marches up Fifth Avenue from 26th St (Madison Square Park) to 47th St; on Veterans Day, Saturday, November 11, 2023 from 9:30am to 12:30pm, and livestreams on WABC-7. FREE. 🇺🇸
Latin Theatre
The 13th NY Son Jarocho Festival ends with a day of performances headlined by Ik’Balam, a Mexican requinto jarocho jazz musician whose name references Yucatan Maya; at Flushing Town Hall in Flushing, Queens; on Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 1pm. $15. 🇲🇽
New York Mambo Diablo Tito Puente Lecture
Mambo Diablo Never-Before-Heard Live Recordings of Tito Puente is hosted by his friend and biographer Joe Conzo, Sr. at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx; on Saturday, November 11, 2023 from 3-5pm. FREE with rsvp. eventbrite.com
Latin Comedy
Venezuelan comedian Angelo Colina (En Español) plays the New York Comedy Festival at the New York Comedy Club in the East Village; on Sunday, November 11, 2023 at 5:30pm. 🇻🇪
African American Folk Music
Oakland singer-songwriter Elizabeth Lubin sings rhythm and blues for the Black Opry in Residence; in the Leonord Nimoy Thalia theater at Symphony Space in the Upper West Side; on Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 7:30pm. From $20. 🇺🇸
New York Mambo Diablo Tito Puente Tribute
The Mambo Legends Orchestra, Tito Puente’s legacy band with special guests, salutes Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, La Lupe, Vicentico Valdes, Santos Colon, and more with your mambo, salsa, bolero favorites; at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx; Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 8pm. From $45. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺
The Mambo Diablo concert’s incredible lineup is John “Dandy” Rodriguez, Ronnie Puente and Tito Puente Jr; with Carlos Henriquez, Jimmy Delgado, Louis Bauzó, Ray Vega, Humberto Rámirez from Puerto Rico, Lucrecia (singing Celia Cruz), Yolanda Duke (singing La Lupe), and Jeremy Bosch (singing romantic favorites). ¡WEPA!
Jazz
The Dizzy Gillespie All Stars play jazz at the Blue Note New York in Greenwich Village; for a week from Tuesday-Monday, November 7-13, 2023 at 8pm & 10:30pm (doors 6pm & 10pm). From $35.
Latin Theatre
Casa de Muñecas 2 El regreso de Nora is Lucas Hnath’s after story to Henrik Ibsen’s Broadway play “A Doll’s House” about a woman who leaves the traditional roles in her marriage; at Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 8pm. From $32. 🇨🇺 🇵🇷 🇻🇪
Latin Comedy
They Calls Us the Chonga Girls play the New York Comedy Festival at Caveat in the Lower East Side; on Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 9:30pm. 🇻🇪
Sunday, November 12, 2023
Latin Theatre
Casa de Muñecas 2 El regreso de Nora is Lucas Hnath’s after story to Henrik Ibsen’s Broadway play “A Doll’s House” about a woman who leaves the traditional roles in her marriage; at Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 3pm. From $32. 🇨🇺 🇵🇷 🇻🇪
Tango Dance
Dance Argentine tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas bar in the East Village from 6-11pm. 🇦🇷
Latin Comedy
Hawaiian comedian Tumua plays the New York Comedy Festival at the Gotham Comedy Club in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 7pm. 🇺🇸
Puerto Rican Jazz
Papo Vázquez and the Mighty Pirates Troubadours play Latin jazz from their album “Chapter 10 Breaking Cover;” at Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center; on Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 7:30pm. From $20. 🇵🇷
Latin Comedy
South Asian Diwali Party plays the New York Comedy Festival at The Bell House in Gowanus, Brooklyn; on Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 7:30pm. 🇮🇳
[South Asians are Latin through Trinidad.]
Jazz
The Dizzy Gillespie All Stars play jazz at the Blue Note New York in Greenwich Village; for a week from Tuesday-Monday, November 7-13, 2023 at 8pm & 10:30pm (doors 6pm & 10pm). From $35.
Latin Jazz
Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+ per person minimum. 🇨🇺
Things To Do in NYC November 13-19, 2023
Danza Fiesta Brings “Baile y Teatro Puertorriqueño” to Hostos Center 🇵🇷
“The Other Side Story” is a Musical Comedy Solo About the Brilliance and Resilience of the Puerto Rican Diaspora in El Barrio at Hostos Center 🇵🇷
Buena Vista Social Club™ is a Saheem Ali World Premiere Musical with an Inspiring Cuban Story at the Atlantic Theater Company 🇨🇺
Marta Minujín: Arte! Arte! Arte!, First U.S. Survey of an Argentine Force in Postwar Latin American Art, is at the Jewish Museum 🇦🇷 🇮🇱
Monday, November 13, 2023
Modern Art Auction
Sotheby’s Modern Evening Auction; led by Monet, Picasso, Balthus, and Guston; with Tamayo, Varo and Rivera; is on view at Sotheby’s New York in the Upper East Side from Wednesday, November 1, 2023; for auction on Monday, November 13, 2023 at 7pm. 🇫🇷 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇪🇸
Salsa Dance
Talia Castro-Pozo’s Latin Mondays at Taj, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, is at Taj II in the Flatiron District, Mondays at 7pm (5pm doors). From $15. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪
Puerto Rican Jazz
Papo Vázquez and the Mighty Pirates Troubadours play Latin jazz from their album “Chapter 10 Breaking Cover;” at Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center; on Monday, November 123, 2023 at 7:30pm and 9:30pm. From $20. 🇵🇷
Jazz
The Dizzy Gillespie All Stars play jazz at the Blue Note New York in Greenwich Village; for a week from Tuesday-Monday, November 7-13, 2023 at 8pm & 10:30pm (doors 6pm & 10pm). From $35.
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Contemporary Ballet
OPENING NIGHT
Complexions Contemporary Ballet dances Peck, Amarante, Freeman, and a Premiere by Principal Choreographer Dwight Rhoden with Poet-in-Residence Aaron Dworkin; at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 7pm. From $62. 🇺🇸
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Disability Community Dance
Ballet Hispánico presents “The Latinx Immersive Experience,” a relaxing guided journey through Latin dance and culture for disability students and their caregivers; as part of Lincoln Center Moments; at The Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse in the Samuel B. & David Rose Building at Lincoln Center; on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, at 11am & 1pm. FREE with rsvp. 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇨🇺 🇻🇪
21st Century Contemporary Art Auction
Sotheby’s The Now Evening Auction; features 21st century masters such as Kerry James Marshall, Julie Mehretu, Marina Perez Simão, and Jadé Fadojutimi; is on view at Sotheby’s New York in the Upper East Side from Wednesday, November 1, 2023; for auction on Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 6pm. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇪🇹 🇿🇦 🇬🇧
Contemporary Art Auction
Sotheby’s Contemporary Evening Auction of late 20th century masters; led by Basquiat’s “Self-Portrait as a Heel (Part II), with Chase-Riboud, and Borgeois; is on view at Sotheby’s New York in the Upper East Side from Wednesday, November 1, 2023; for auction on Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 7pm. 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇫🇷 🇭🇹 🇮🇱 🇵🇷
Contemporary Ballet
Complexions Contemporary Ballet dances Peck, Amarante, Freeman, and a Premiere by Principal Choreographer Dwight Rhoden with Poet-in-Residence Aaron Dworkin; at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 7:30pm with a curtain chat. From $62. 🇺🇸
Spanish Flamenco, Puerto Rican Rumba Flamenca
Nélida Tirado dances traditional Spanish flamenco and rumba flamenca at Chez Messy, a Spanish tapas restaurant in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on Wednesdays from 8:30-10:30pm. 🇪🇸 🇵🇷
Thursday, November 16, 2023
Puerto Rican One-Man Comedy with Music
“The Other Side Story” by Ángel Vázquez (Resident Artist at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College), is a one-man comedy with live music, about moving from Puerto Rico to “El Barrio” and learning first-hand the brilliance and resilience of the Puerto Rican Diaspora in New York. It is in the Repertory Theater at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx; on Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 2pm, Free with rsvp. Also Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 3pm. $15, $5 students. hostos.cuny.edu 🇵🇷
Afro-Caribbean Literature
Forgotten Lands is a conversation with the creators of an annual publication of stories of the Caribbean. This edition, “Volume 5: The Haunted Tropics” showcases Caribbean and Diaspora artists in today’s post-colonial and post-global context. It’s at the CCCADI, Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute in “El Barrio” East Harlem; on Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 6pm. Free with rsvp. 🇩🇴 🇯🇲 🇵🇷 🇻🇮
Brazilian Off-Off-Broadway Theatre
OPENING NIGHT
“Backlash to Brazilian Happiness” is the World Premiere of Debora Balardini’s solo performance about a multiracial, Brazilian American woman’s transformation from living in the United States, told in conversation with the Greek myth of Medea. It’s at The Tank in the Garment District; Thursday-, November 16, 2023 at 7pm. Through Monday. $25. group.br 🇧🇷
Experimental Classical Music
New York Puerto Rican Colombian Jewish vocalist, composer and conductor Raquel Acevedo Klein performs voice and electronics; New York Bolivian pianist Walter Aparicio plays Latine composers; New York Peruvian composer-performer Pauchi Sasaki mixes music and tech with performance art; in the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center; on Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 7:30pm. FREE. 🇧🇴 🇨🇴 🇮🇱 🇵🇪 🇵🇷
Contemporary Ballet
Complexions Contemporary Ballet dances Peck, Amarante, Freeman, and a Premiere by Principal Choreographer Dwight Rhoden with Poet-in-Residence Aaron Dworkin; at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 8pm. From $62. 🇺🇸
Tango Dance
Dance traditional Argentine tango at Tango La Nacional at La Nacional in Chelsea. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Dancing until around 2am. $20 🇦🇷
Friday, November 17, 2023
Argentine Jewish Art
Marta Minujín: Arte! Arte! Arte!, the first U.S. survey of one of Argentina’s most celebrated conceptual and performing artists; is at the Jewish Museum in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; from Friday, November 17, 2023 to March 31, 2024. $18. 🇦🇷 🇮🇱
Steel Pan + African American Spirituals
In Barbados Meets USA African American Spirituals, Barbadian steel drummer Adrian Clarke with keyboardist Richard Henry, and bassist Hilliard Greene mash it up; at Flushing Town Hall in Flushing, Queens on Friday, November 17, 2023 at 7pm. $15. 🇺🇸 🇧🇧
Brazilian Off-Off-Broadway Theatre
“Backlash to Brazilian Happiness” is the World Premiere of Debora Balardini’s solo performance about a multiracial, Brazilian American woman’s transformation from living in the United States, told in conversation with the Greek myth of Medea. It’s at The Tank in the Garment District; Friday, November 17, 2023 at 7pm. $25. group.br 🇧🇷
Dominican Merengue Dance Party
New Jersey Dominican singer Freily eL F’ hosts a Dominican merengue dance party to celebrate the release of his 2023 album “Unplugged Volume 1” featuring the hit “La Guerra;” at the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center; on Friday, November 17, 2023 at 7:30pm. FREE. 🇩🇴
Cuban Musical Theatre World Premiere
FIRST PREVIEW
Buena Vista Social Club™ is a World Premiere Saheem Ali musical about the life stories of some retired Cuban musicians whose chance 1996 recording made them the iconic All-Star Cuban band, won a Grammy, toured the world, and became an Academy Award-winning Wim Wenders documentary. The musical from a book by Marco Ramirez, with choreography by Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, and music director David Yazbek; is in previews at the Atlantic Theater Theater Company in Chelsea, Manhattan from Friday, November 17, 2023 at 8pm, opening December 13, running through December 31, 2023. From $105. atlantictheater.org 🇨🇺
Contemporary Ballet
Complexions Contemporary Ballet dances Peck, Amarante, Freeman, and a Premiere by Principal Choreographer Dwight Rhoden with Poet-in-Residence Aaron Dworkin; at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Friday, November 17, 2023 at 8pm. From $62. 🇺🇸
Disco House Party
Rich Medina, Mark Farina and Sunny Cheeba spin DEATH TO DISCO; at House of Yes in Bushwick, Brooklyn; Friday, November 17, 2023. 10pm – 4am. From Free to $41. 🇺🇸 🇵🇷
Saturday, November 18, 2023
Puerto Rican Artisans Fair & Book Expo
Comité Noviembre and PRIDA’s 18th National Puerto Rican Artisans Fair and Book Expo, a great place to do your holiday shopping, is at Hostos Community College in Mott Haven, The Bronx; on Saturday, November 18, 2023, from 11am – 5pm. 🇵🇷
Contemporary Ballet
Complexions Contemporary Ballet dances Peck, Amarante, Freeman, and a Premiere by Principal Choreographer Dwight Rhoden with Poet-in-Residence Aaron Dworkin; at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Saturday, November 18, 2023 at 2pm & 8pm. From $62. 🇺🇸
Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance
Danza Fiesta, New York’s Puerto Rican folk dance company, presents Baile y Teatro Puertorriqueño, the grand finale of the 14th South Bronx Folk Festival; in the Main Theater at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx; on Saturday, November 18, 2023 at 3pm. Free with rsvp. 🇵🇷
Brazilian Off-Off-Broadway Theatre
“Backlash to Brazilian Happiness” is the World Premiere of Debora Balardini’s solo performance about a multiracial, Brazilian American woman’s transformation from living in the United States, told in conversation with the Greek myth of Medea. It’s at The Tank in the Garment District; Saturday, November 18, 2023 at 7pm. $25. group.br 🇧🇷
Broadway R&B
Joshua Henry’s “Get Up Stand Up” (Aaron Burr in “Hamilton,” “Shuffle Along”) has the Grammy winner and triple Tony nominee singing classic soul, R&B, and funk that inspires him; in the Kaufmann Concert Hall at the 92nd Street Y in the Upper East Side, Manhattan; on Saturday, November 18, 2023 at 7:30pm. From $45. 🇨🇦
Cuban Musical Theatre
Buena Vista Social Club™ is a World Premiere Saheem Ali musical about the life stories of some retired Cuban musicians whose chance 1996 recording made them the iconic All-Star Cuban band, won a Grammy, toured the world, and became an Academy Award-winning Wim Wenders documentary. The musical from a book by Marco Ramirez, with choreography by Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, and music director David Yazbek; is in previews at the Atlantic Theater Company in Chelsea, Manhattan, Saturday November 18, 2023 at 8pm. From $105. atlantictheater.org 🇨🇺
Colombian Salsa and Pan-Latin Folk
Pablo Mayor and the Folklore Urbano Orchestra play a pan-Latin Portrait of the Americas; at Drom in Manhattan’s East Village; on Saturday, November 18, 2023 from 8-9:30pm. From $20. 🇨🇴
Sunday, November 19, 2023
African Art
“Africa & Byzantium” shows the cultural connections between medieval Africa and Byzantium, the eastern Rome in what is now Türkiye, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Central Park; from November 19, 2023 – March 3, 2024. $30 (NY state residents pay-what-you-wish). 🇪🇬 🇪🇹
Diwali Festival
Flushing Town Hall’s 9th Diwali Festival is an all ages festival and dance party with Bollywood DJ Rekha, Kathak classical dancer Abha Roy, Srijan Dance Company, rangoli design with Anju Gupta, and Indian food from Queens Curry Kitchen, and more; a Flushing Town Hall in Flushing, Queens; on Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 12pm. $20. 🇮🇳 ~ 🇬🇾 🇯🇲 🇸🇷 🇹🇹
Cuban Musical Theatre
Buena Vista Social Club™ is a World Premiere Saheem Ali musical about the life stories of some retired Cuban musicians whose chance 1996 recording made them the iconic All-Star Cuban band, won a Grammy, toured the world, and became an Academy Award-winning Wim Wenders documentary. The musical from a book by Marco Ramirez, with choreography by Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, and music director David Yazbek; is in previews at the Atlantic Theater Company in Chelsea, Manhattan, Sunday November 19, 2023 at 2pm & 7pm. From $105. atlantictheater.org 🇨🇺
Contemporary Ballet
Complexions Contemporary Ballet dances Peck, Amarante, Freeman, and a Premiere by Principal Choreographer Dwight Rhoden with Poet-in-Residence Aaron Dworkin; at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 2pm. From $62. 🇺🇸
Puerto Rican One-Man Comedy with Music
“The Other Side Story” by Ángel Vázquez (Resident Artist at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College), is a one-man comedy with live music, about moving from Puerto Rico to “El Barrio” and learning first-hand the brilliance and resilience of the Puerto Rican Diaspora in New York. It is in the Repertory Theater at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx; on Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 3pm. $15, $5 students. hostos.cuny.edu 🇵🇷
Tango Dance
Dance Argentine tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas bar in the East Village from 6-11pm. 🇦🇷
Brazilian Off-Off-Broadway Theatre
“Backlash to Brazilian Happiness” is the World Premiere of Debora Balardini’s solo performance about a multiracial, Brazilian American woman’s transformation from living in the United States, told in conversation with the Greek myth of Medea. It’s at The Tank in the Garment District; Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 7pm. $25. group.br 🇧🇷
Latin Jazz
Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+ per person minimum. 🇨🇺
Things To Do in NYC November 20-26, 2023
Saint Cecilia is the Patron Saint of Musicians 🇮🇹
Thanksgiving Looks Very Different From the Other Side of the Table 🇺🇸
Native American Heritage Day is a U.S. National Holiday on the Day After Thanksgiving! 🇺🇸
The Mirabal Sisters, “Las Mariposas,” inspired the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 🇩🇴
Monday, November 20, 2023
Holiday Windows
The Saks Fifth Avenue Holiday Windows and Light Show open on Monday, November 20, 2023. This season, Dior has partnered with the show.
Mexican American Holiday Dance Theatre
Calpulli Mexican Dance Company “Navidad: A Mexican-American Christmas,” is a Nutcracker story about a child’s dilemma whether to celebrate her Mexican or American Christmas traditions; at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank, New Jersey: on Monday, November 20, 2023 at 7pm. $20. 🇲🇽
Theatre and Song Open Mic
The Playground Theater Open Mic, hosted by artist-in-residence Eric Avilés, is in the Longwood Art Gallery at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx; on Monday, November 20, 2023 from 7-9pm. FREE.
Brazilian Off-Off-Broadway Theatre
“Backlash to Brazilian Happiness” is the World Premiere of Debora Balardini’s solo performance about a multiracial, Brazilian American woman’s transformation from living in the United States, told in conversation with the Greek myth of Medea. It’s at The Tank in the Garment District; Monday, November 20, 2023 at 7pm. $25. group.br 🇧🇷
Salsa Dance
Talia Castro-Pozo’s Latin Mondays at Taj, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, is at Taj II in the Flatiron District, Mondays at 7pm (5pm doors). From $15. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Holiday Art
The Met Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche are at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Central Park, Manhattan, Tuesday, November 21, 2023 – January 7, 2024. $30 (New York State pay-what-you-wish). 🇮🇹
Latin Alternative
MEXICO NOW FESTIVAL
Ampersan, Echoes in Proximity, and SHIFT (Antonio Sánchez & Bad Hombre with Thana Alexa, BigYuki, & Lex Sadler), play Mexican alternative; for the World Music Institute at Le Poisson Rouge in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 7pm (6pm doors). From $30. 🇲🇽
Cuban Musical Theatre
Buena Vista Social Club™ is a World Premiere Saheem Ali musical about the life stories of some retired Cuban musicians whose chance 1996 recording made them the iconic All-Star Cuban band, won a Grammy, toured the world, and became an Academy Award-winning Wim Wenders documentary. The musical from a book by Marco Ramirez, with choreography by Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, and music director David Yazbek; is in previews at the Atlantic Theater Company in Chelsea, Manhattan, Tuesday November 21, 2023 at 7pm. From $105. atlantictheater.org 🇨🇺
Peruvian Psychedelic Cumbia
La Banda Chuska plays Peruvian psychedelic cumbia (chica music) at the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center; on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 7:30pm. FREE. 🇵🇪 ~ 🇦🇷 🇵🇷
Contemporary Ballet
Complexions Contemporary Ballet dances Peck, Amarante, Freeman, and a Premiere by Principal Choreographer Dwight Rhoden with Poet-in-Residence Aaron Dworkin; at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 7:30pm. From $62. 🇺🇸
Italian Opera
Puccini’s “La Bohème, the classic bohemian love triangle, is at the Metropolitan Opera in Lincoln Center; on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 7:30pm. In Italian, with Met Titles. From $37. 🇮🇹
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Patron Saint of Musicians
The Feast of Saint Cecilia, patron saint of musicians, is November 22.
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon Inflation
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon Inflation takes place on the streets around The American Museum of Natural History in the Upper West Side on Wednesday, November 22, 2023, from 12-6pm. FREE.
Diwali Celebration
Lighting the Way is a Diwali celebration with music, a Bollywood performance, henna, sweets, and conversation; at the Bronx Music Heritage Center in Crotona Park East, The Bronx; on Wednesday, November 22, 2023 at 5pm. Facebook 🇮🇳 🇲🇲 🇵🇰 🇱🇰 ~ 🇹🇹 🇬🇾 🇸🇷 🇲🇶 🇯🇲
Mariachi Festival
The 10th Festival International Del Mariachi de la ciudad de Nueva York (New York International Mariachi Festival) is at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Wednesday, November 22, 2023 at 7pm. $45. 🇲🇽
Cuban Musical Theatre
Buena Vista Social Club™ is a World Premiere Saheem Ali musical about the life stories of some retired Cuban musicians whose chance 1996 recording made them the iconic All-Star Cuban band, won a Grammy, toured the world, and became an Academy Award-winning Wim Wenders documentary. The musical from a book by Marco Ramirez, with choreography by Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, and music director David Yazbek; is in previews at the Atlantic Theater Company in Chelsea, Manhattan, Wednesday November 22, 2023 at 7pm. From $105. atlantictheater.org 🇨🇺
Classical Music
OPENING NIGHT
In “The Planets and Atmosphères,” the New York Philharmonic conducted by Dima Slobodeniouk, featuring African American mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges and The Dessoff Choirs in Ligti’s “Atmosphères,” Perry’s “Stabat Mater,” and Hoist’s “The Planets;” in the Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center; on Wednesday, November 22, 2023 at 7:30pm. From $65. 🇺🇸
Contemporary Ballet
Complexions Contemporary Ballet dances Peck, Amarante, Freeman, and a Premiere by Principal Choreographer Dwight Rhoden with Poet-in-Residence Aaron Dworkin; at The Joyce TNélida Tiradoheater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Wednesday, November 22, 2023 at 7:30pm. From $62. 🇺🇸
Spanish Flamenco, Puerto Rican Rumba Flamenca
Nélida Tirado dances traditional Spanish flamenco and rumba flamenca at Chez Messy, a Spanish tapas restaurant in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on Wednesdays from 8:30-10:30pm. 🇪🇸 🇵🇷
Thursday, November 23, 2023
Thanksgiving Day
Happy Thanksgiving!
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
The 97th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade brings 31 floats, 25 balloons, Jon Batiste, Cher, and Santa Claus down Central Park West to Macy’s; on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 23, 2023, starting at 8:30am (a half hour earlier than usual). FREE.
Friday, November 24, 2023
Native American Holiday
Native American Heritage Day is an official U.S. national holiday on Friday, November 24, 2023. We are still here!
Colombian Bullerengue Album Release
Bulla en el Barrio released their debut album, “Vámonos que nos Vamos” on Figure and Ground Records, on November 24, 2023. It’s a record of bullerengue spirituals and traditional songs, written or arranged by Carolina Oliveros and Rodriguez.
African Diaspora Film Festival
The 31st African Diaspora International Film Festival screens 85 narratives and documentaries from 33 countries at Teachers College, Columbia University in Morningside Heights, and other Manhattan Venues, and streaming nationwide; from November 24 to December 10, 2023. Films $15. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇭🇹 🇭🇳 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇸🇳 🇺🇾
Immersive AfroFuturist Play
“In the Valley of Coming Forth” is a, immersive Afrofuturist funk ritual play by Dr. Herukhuti whose World Premiere invites the audience to come in cosplay, dance to an afrobeats DJ at the after party, and come back the next day for an artist talkback and another DJ set; at the Weeksville Heritage Center in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. World Premiere and After Party with DJ Sabine Blaizin, Friday, November 24, 2023 from 7-11:30pm. Artist Talkback and DJ Brandon D’Lux, Saturday, November 25, 2023 from 1-4pm. Day 1 $25. Day 2 $15. Both Days $25. 🇺🇸 🇭🇹
Holiday Ballet
OPENING NIGHT
George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker” by New York City Ballet, opens at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, on Friday, November 24, 2023 at 8pm. Runs through December 31, 2023. From $95. 🇺🇸
Cuban Musical Theatre
Buena Vista Social Club™ is a World Premiere Saheem Ali musical about the life stories of some retired Cuban musicians whose chance 1996 recording made them the iconic All-Star Cuban band, won a Grammy, toured the world, and became an Academy Award-winning Wim Wenders documentary. The musical from a book by Marco Ramirez, with choreography by Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, and music director David Yazbek; is in previews at the Atlantic Theater Company in Chelsea, Manhattan, Friday November 24, 2023 at 8pm. From $105. atlantictheater.org 🇨🇺
Classical Music
In “The Planets and Atmosphères,” the New York Philharmonic conducted by Dima Slobodeniouk, featuring African American mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges and The Dessoff Choirs in Ligti’s “Atmosphères,” Perry’s “Stabat Mater,” and Hoist’s “The Planets;” in the Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center; on Friday, November 24, 2023 at 8pm. From $65. 🇺🇸
American Opera
Anthony Davis’ “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X” (1986), a telling of the personal transformations in the great civil rights leader’s life; stars baritone Will Liverman, soprano Leah Hawkins, and tenor Victor Ryan Robertson; at the Metropolitan Opera in Lincoln Center; on Friday, November 24, 2023 at 8pm. In English. From $35. metopera.org 🇺🇸
Contemporary Ballet
Complexions Contemporary Ballet dances Peck, Amarante, Freeman, and a Premiere by Principal Choreographer Dwight Rhoden with Poet-in-Residence Aaron Dworkin; at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Friday, November 24, 2023 at 8pm. From $62. 🇺🇸
Saturday, November 25, 2023
Latin Festival
The Mirabal Sisters “Las Mariposas” inspired the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25.
African Diaspora Film Festival
The 31st African Diaspora International Film Festival screens 85 narratives and documentaries from 33 countries at Teachers College, Columbia University in Morningside Heights, and other Manhattan Venues, and streaming nationwide; from November 24 to December 10, 2023. Films $15. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇭🇹 🇭🇳 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇸🇳 🇺🇾
Immersive AfroFuturist Play
“In the Valley of Coming Forth” is a, immersive Afrofuturist funk ritual play by Dr. Herukhuti whose World Premiere invites the audience to come in cosplay, dance to an afrobeats DJ at the after party, and come back the next day for an artist talkback and another DJ set; at the Weeksville Heritage Center in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. World Premiere and After Party with DJ Sabine Blaizin, Friday, November 24, 2023 from 7-11:30pm. Artist Talkback and DJ Brandon D’Lux, Saturday, November 25, 2023 from 1-4pm. Day 1 $25. Day 2 $15. Both Days $25. cccadi.org 🇺🇸 🇭🇹
Italian Opera
Puccini’s “La Bohème, the classic bohemian love triangle, is at the Metropolitan Opera in Lincoln Center; on Saturday, November 25, 2023 at 1pm. In Italian, with Met Titles. From $37. 🇮🇹
Holiday Ballet
George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker” by New York City Ballet, is at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, on Saturday, November 25, 2023 at 2pm and 8pm. From $95. 🇺🇸
Contemporary Ballet
Complexions Contemporary Ballet dances Peck, Amarante, Freeman, and a Premiere by Principal Choreographer Dwight Rhoden with Poet-in-Residence Aaron Dworkin; at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Saturday, November 25, 2023 at 2pm & 8pm. From $62. 🇺🇸
Puerto Rican Salsa Gala
La India, “La Princesa de la Salsa,” sings Puerto Rican salsa on the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall in Midtown; on November 25, 2023 at 8pm. From $84. 🇵🇷
Classical Music
In “The Planets and Atmosphères,” the New York Philharmonic conducted by Dima Slobodeniouk, featuring African American mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges and The Dessoff Choirs in Ligti’s “Atmosphères,” Perry’s “Stabat Mater,” and Hoist’s “The Planets;” in the Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center; on Saturday, November 25, 2023 at 8pm. From $65. 🇺🇸
Cuban Musical Theatre
Buena Vista Social Club™ is a World Premiere Saheem Ali musical about the life stories of some retired Cuban musicians whose chance 1996 recording made them the iconic All-Star Cuban band, won a Grammy, toured the world, and became an Academy Award-winning Wim Wenders documentary. The musical from a book by Marco Ramirez, with choreography by Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, and music director David Yazbek; is in previews at the Atlantic Theater Company in Chelsea, Manhattan, Saturday November 25, 2023 at 8pm. From $105. atlantictheater.org 🇨🇺
Argentine Musical Theatre
“The Gardens of Anuncia,” Michael John LaChiusa’s 1940s Buenos Aires, tango-infused musical, based on the coming-of-age story of Argentine director, choreographer, and dancer Graciela Daniele; is in the Newhouse Theater at the Lincoln Center Theater; on Saturday, November 25, 2023 at 8pm. Through December 31, 2023. $103. 🇦🇷
Hip Hop, House, Afrobeats Party
DJ Rich Medina HOME is a hip-hop, house, afrobeats party; at House of Yes in Bushwick, Brooklyn; Saturday, November 25, 2023. 10pm – 4am. From $18. 🇺🇸
Sunday, November 26, 2023
African Diaspora Film Festival
The 31st African Diaspora International Film Festival screens 85 narratives and documentaries from 33 countries at Teachers College, Columbia University in Morningside Heights, and other Manhattan Venues, and streaming nationwide; from November 24 to December 10, 2023. Films $15. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇭🇹 🇭🇳 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇸🇳 🇺🇾
Holiday Ballet
George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker” by New York City Ballet, is at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, on Sunday, November 26, 2023 at 1pm and 5pm. From $95. 🇺🇸
Contemporary Ballet
Complexions Contemporary Ballet dances Peck, Amarante, Freeman, and a Premiere by Principal Choreographer Dwight Rhoden with Poet-in-Residence Aaron Dworkin; at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Sunday, November 26, 2023 at 2pm. From $62. 🇺🇸
Cuban Musical Theatre
Buena Vista Social Club™ is a World Premiere Saheem Ali musical about the life stories of some retired Cuban musicians whose chance 1996 recording made them the iconic All-Star Cuban band, won a Grammy, toured the world, and became an Academy Award-winning Wim Wenders documentary. The musical from a book by Marco Ramirez, with choreography by Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, and music director David Yazbek; is in previews at the Atlantic Theater Company in Chelsea, Manhattan, Sunday November 26, 2023 at 2pm & 7pm. From $105. atlantictheater.org 🇨🇺
Argentine Musical Theatre
“The Gardens of Anuncia,” Michael John LaChiusa’s 1940s Buenos Aires, tango-infused musical, based on the coming-of-age story of Argentine director, choreographer, and dancer Graciela Daniele; is in the Newhouse Theater at the Lincoln Center Theater; on Sunday, November 26, 2023 at 3pm. $103. 🇦🇷
Tango Dance
Dance Argentine tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas bar in the East Village from 6-11pm. 🇦🇷
Latin Jazz
Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+ per person minimum. 🇨🇺
Things To Do in NYC November 27-30, 2023
Yasser Tejeda and DJ Sabine Blaizin Get Everyone Dancing at Harlem Stage 🇩🇴 🇭🇹
Los Pleneros de la 21 Celebrate 40 Years with Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra in “Una Navidad Nuyorkina” at Hostos Center 🇵🇷 🇨🇺 🎄
Mexican Opera “Florencia en el Amazonas” Stars Ailyn Pérez in Spanish at the Metropolitan Opera 🇲🇽 🇧🇷 ~ 🇦🇷 🇨🇦 🇮🇨 🇨🇺 🇬🇹 🇮🇹 🇳🇮 🇵🇷 🇪🇸
On Giving Tuesday, Support the Arts 🇺🇸
Celebrate Panamanian Independence Day! 🇵🇦
Portugal Restoration of Independence Day Ended the Iberian Union 🇵🇹
Candombe Day Celebrates the Afro-Uruguayan Drum, Song, Dance and Carnival Tradition! 🇺🇾
Machito & His Afro-Cubans Defined Cubop Which We Now Call Latin Jazz 🇨🇺
Monday, November 27, 2023
African Diaspora Film Festival
The 31st African Diaspora International Film Festival screens 85 narratives and documentaries from 33 countries at Teachers College, Columbia University in Morningside Heights, and other Manhattan Venues, and streaming nationwide; from November 24 to December 10, 2023. Films $15. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇭🇹 🇭🇳 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇸🇳 🇺🇾
Salsa Dance
Talia Castro-Pozo’s Latin Mondays at Taj, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, is at Taj II in the Flatiron District, Mondays at 7pm (5pm doors). From $15. 🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷🇵🇦🇵🇪🇻🇪
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Independence Day
Panamanian Independence Day is November 28, 1821, when Panama (as part of Gran Colombia) gained independence from Spain. 🇵🇦
African Diaspora Film Festival
The 31st African Diaspora International Film Festival screens 85 narratives and documentaries from 33 countries at Teachers College, Columbia University in Morningside Heights, and other Manhattan Venues, and streaming nationwide; from November 24 to December 10, 2023. Films $15. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇭🇹 🇭🇳 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇸🇳 🇺🇾
Cuban Musical Theatre
Buena Vista Social Club™ is a World Premiere Saheem Ali musical about the life stories of some retired Cuban musicians whose chance 1996 recording made them the iconic All-Star Cuban band, won a Grammy, toured the world, and became an Academy Award-winning Wim Wenders documentary. The musical from a book by Marco Ramirez, with choreography by Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, and music director David Yazbek; is in previews at the Atlantic Theater Company in Chelsea, Manhattan, Tuesday November 28, 2023 at 7pm. From $105. atlantictheater.org 🇨🇺
Argentine Musical Theatre
“The Gardens of Anuncia,” Michael John LaChiusa’s 1940s Buenos Aires, tango-infused musical, based on the coming-of-age story of Argentine director, choreographer, and dancer Graciela Daniele; is in the Newhouse Theater at the Lincoln Center Theater; on Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 7pm. $103. 🇦🇷
Spanish Flamenco
Bárbara Martínez sings and dances Spanish flamenco tablao for Flamenco Tuesdays; at Sala Astoria, a Spanish tapas bar in the World Artisan Market in Astoria, Queens; on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, from 7-9pm. 🇦🇷 🇻🇪 🇪🇸
American Opera
Anthony Davis’ “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X” (1986), a telling of the personal transformations in the great civil rights leader’s life; stars baritone Will Liverman, soprano Leah Hawkins, and tenor Victor Ryan Robertson; at the Metropolitan Opera in Lincoln Center; on Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 7:30pm. In English. From $35. metopera.org 🇺🇸
Classical Pop
In “The 65th Street Session,” New York Philharmonic Creative Partner and mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile brings Grammy-nominated guitarist Cory Wong, Late Show bandleader Louis Cato, and Grammy-winning German American singer-songwriter and bassist Meshelle Ndegeocello together to play their own styles and then play together; in the Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center; on Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 8pm. From $38. 🇺🇸
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
African Diaspora Film Festival
The 31st African Diaspora International Film Festival screens 85 narratives and documentaries from 33 countries at Teachers College, Columbia University in Morningside Heights, and other Manhattan Venues, and streaming nationwide; from November 24 to December 10, 2023. Films $15. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇭🇹 🇭🇳 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇸🇳 🇺🇾
African Diaspora Film
The African Diaspora International Film Festival screens Zora Neale Huston’s biography “Jump at the Sun” at 6pm; and Amy Gerber’s “Hope of Escape” at 8pm; in the Leonard Nimoy Thalia theater at Symphony Space; on Wednesday, November 29, 2023. $15. 🇺🇸
Argentine Musical Theatre
“The Gardens of Anuncia,” Michael John LaChiusa’s 1940s Buenos Aires, tango-infused musical, based on the coming-of-age story of Argentine director, choreographer, and dancer Graciela Daniele; is in the Newhouse Theater at the Lincoln Center Theater; on Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at 2 & 8pm. $103. 🇦🇷
African American Modern Dance
OPENING NIGHT GALA
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrates its 65th Season with World Premieres of Amy Hall Garner’s “Century” and Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish’s “Me, Myself and You” (a City Center commission), plus new productions of Ronald K. Brown’s “Dancing Spirit” (2009), Alonzo King’s “Following the Subtle Current Upstream” (2000), Jamar Roberts’ “Ode” (2019), Hans van Manen’s “Solo” (1997) and Ailey classics. It’s at New York City Center in Midtown for five weeks from November 29 to December 31, 2023. From $42. The opening night Gala features Ailey’s signature work “Revelations” with live music. From $70. 🇺🇸
Peruvian Opera
Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez, with Italian American pianist Vincenzo Scalera, sings Gluck, Caccini, Carissimi, Rossini, Donizetti, Salvi, Verdi, Lalo, Gounod and Puccini; in the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall in Midtown; on Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at 7:30pm. From $24. 🇵🇪 🇮🇹
Christmas Tree
The 91st Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree 2023 will be lit live in Rockefeller Center and on NBC-4 on Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at 8pm. 🎄
Cuban Musical Theatre
Buena Vista Social Club™ is a World Premiere Saheem Ali musical about the life stories of some retired Cuban musicians whose chance 1996 recording made them the iconic All-Star Cuban band, won a Grammy, toured the world, and became an Academy Award-winning Wim Wenders documentary. The musical from a book by Marco Ramirez, with choreography by Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, and music director David Yazbek; is in previews at the Atlantic Theater Company in Chelsea, Manhattan, Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at 8pm. From $105. atlantictheater.org 🇨🇺
Spanish Flamenco, Puerto Rican Rumba Flamenca
Nélida Tirado dances traditional Spanish flamenco and rumba flamenca at Chez Messy, a Spanish tapas restaurant in Washington Heights, Manhattan; on Wednesdays from 8:30-10:30pm. 🇪🇸 🇵🇷
Thursday, November 30, 2023
African Diaspora Film Festival
The 31st African Diaspora International Film Festival screens 85 narratives and documentaries from 33 countries at Teachers College, Columbia University in Morningside Heights, and other Manhattan Venues, and streaming nationwide; from November 24 to December 10, 2023. Films $15. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇭🇹 🇭🇳 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇸🇳 🇺🇾
Cuban Musical Theatre
Buena Vista Social Club™ is a World Premiere Saheem Ali musical about the life stories of some retired Cuban musicians whose chance 1996 recording made them the iconic All-Star Cuban band, won a Grammy, toured the world, and became an Academy Award-winning Wim Wenders documentary. The musical from a book by Marco Ramirez, with choreography by Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, and music director David Yazbek; is in previews at the Atlantic Theater Company in Chelsea, Manhattan, Thursday November 30, 2023 at 7pm. From $105. atlantictheater.org 🇨🇺
Argentine Musical Theatre
“The Gardens of Anuncia,” Michael John LaChiusa’s 1940s Buenos Aires, tango-infused musical, based on the coming-of-age story of Argentine director, choreographer, and dancer Graciela Daniele; is in the Newhouse Theater at the Lincoln Center Theater; on Thursday, November 30, 2023 at 3pm. $103. 🇦🇷
Holiday Ballet
George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker” by New York City Ballet, is at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, on Thursday, November 30, 2023 at 7pm. From $95. 🇺🇸
African American Modern Dance
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs Jamar Roberts’ “In a Sentimental Mood,” Kyle Abraham’s “Are You in Your Feelings?,” and Ailey’s signature work “Revelations;” at New York City Center in Midtown; on Thursday, November 30, 2023 at 7:30pm. From $42. 🇺🇸
Mexican Contemporary Dance
Dzul Dance performs “Crossing Thresholds;” contemporary dance with aerial arts, contortion, and acrobatics; at the Ailey Citigroup Theater at the Ailey Studios in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Thursday, November 30, 2023 at 8pm. $45. 🇲🇽
Cuban Rumba and Timba
Pedrito Martinez, the world’s first-call rumbero, plays Cuban rumba and timba in residence, at Drom NYC in Manhattan’s East Village; on Thursday, November 30, 2023, from 8-9:30pm. From $30. 🇨🇺
Dance Tango
Dance traditional Argentine tango at Tango La Nacional at La Nacional in Chelsea. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Dancing until around 2am. $20 🇦🇷