Things to do in NYC this weekend: April 14-16, 2023 are from the week of April 10-16, 2023.
Things To Do in NYC in April 10-16, 2023
- LATIN BOOKS: Black Comic Book Festival
- LATIN DANCE THEATRE:
Black Arts Movement Examined Part VI: DANCE,
Ayodele Casel Artists at the Center (tap dance),
3rd Future Dance Festival 2023 (choreography competition winners) - LATIN DANCE: Tango Café, Tango La Nacional, El Destino, Latin Mondays at Taj, Salsa Tuesdays at Mamajuana Bronx.
- LATIN FOOD: Malbec World Day
- LATIN MUSIC:
Orchestra of St Luke’s and La Chapelle de Québec
Bassekou Koyate with Ngoni Ba & Ami Sacko Malian blues,
Elio Villafranca’s “Tres Aguas” and Edmar Castaneda’s “Music of Colombia;” backed by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and Paquito D’Rivera,
Los Amigos Invisibles,
Bárbara Martínez & ALBA Musik fundraiser for DAWN,
Los Tigres del Norte,
Disco Fever
Rogério Boccato, Vitor Gonçalves, Wei Sun; Brazil meets China,
Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra - LATIN SPORTS: New York Red Bulls vs Houston
- DAYS: Jackie Robinson Day, Chavela Vargas, Immigrant Heritage Week, Zimbabwean Independence Day
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
It’s Amateur Night at The Apollo, at the Apollo Theater in Harlem on Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 7:30pm. From $29. “Be Good or Be Gone!” 🇺🇸
Dance Argentine tango nuevo with younger dancers at the Tango Café milonga; at You Should Be Dancing in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC; on Wednesdays from 8-12pm. From $18. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
Thursday, April 13, 2023
Thursday is New York’s main art exhibition opening night. It’s really fun to walk around the Chelsea, NYC art district from 6-8pm. The art is great and the people watching is great.
Black Arts Movement Examined Part VI: DANCE, curated by Stefanie Batten Bland, features dancers Jamal Abrams, Kayla Farrish, and Ogemdi Ude in conversation with the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s-70s; at Harlem Stage in Manhattanville, West Harlem; on Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 7:30pm. From $25. harlemstage.org 🇺🇸
Ayodele Casel Artists at the Center presents the next generation of tap dance stars: Brinae Ali, Gerson Lanza, Caleb Teicher, Naomi Funaki, Jared Alexander, Tomoe “Beasty” Carr, Amanda Castro and Ayodele Casel; dancing six world premieres at New York City Center; Thursday-Saturday, April 13-15, 2023 at 8pm. From $35. 🇺🇸 🇭🇳 🇯🇵 🇵🇷
Dance traditional Argentine Tango at Tango La Nacional; at La Nacional in Chelsea, NYC; Thursdays from 8pm – 2am. Performances around 11pm. $25. 🇦🇷
Friday, April 14, 2023
“Libre y en Moviemento” (Free and in Motion), a new pop video today out of Barcelona, Spain from Marina Tuset with renowned flamenco guitarist Vicente García. She has that sweet little girl’s voice. There’s some bachata falsetto too. The dancer is very free, with a lot of African Diaspora movement. The song is about how when you stop loving someone else, you start loving yourself more. “I feel the flow.” Ya. Always in motion, el callejero, en las montañas, en el bosque, en el aire.
Friday night is opening night at the movies.
The 11th Black Comic Book Festival 2023 is a family gathering of comic and graphic novel creatives and fans, with a cosplay showcase; at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, NYC; on Friday-Saturday, April 14-15, 2023 from 10am – 8pm. Livestream on the web or YouTube. FREE with registration. 🇺🇸 🇵🇷
Black Arts Movement Examined Part VI: DANCE, curated by Stefanie Batten Bland, features dancers Jamal Abrams, Kayla Farrish, and Ogemdi Ude in conversation with the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s-70s; at Harlem Stage in Manhattanville, West Harlem; on Friday, April 14, 2023 at 7:30pm. From $25. harlemstage.org 🇺🇸
Bernard Labadie conducts Orchestra of St Luke’s and La Chapelle de Québec, a renowned choir Labadie founded, in a regal Handel program of “Coronation Anthems,” “Music for the Royal Fireworks,” and “Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne;” in the Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall in Midtown, Manhattan; on Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 8pm. From $22.50. 🇨🇦
Ayodele Casel Artists at the Center presents the next generation of tap dance stars: Brinae Ali, Gerson Lanza, Caleb Teicher, Naomi Funaki, Jared Alexander, Tomoe “Beasty” Carr, Amanda Castro and Ayodele Casel; dancing six world premieres at New York City Center; Thursday-Saturday, April 13-15, 2023 at 8pm. From $35. 🇺🇸 🇭🇳 🇯🇵 🇵🇷
The ngoni West African lute is the ancestor of the American banjo. Malian griot and ngoni virtuoso Bassekou Kouyate and his ngoni ensemble Ngoni Ba featuring vocalist Ami Sacko, “the Tina Turner of Mali,” play Malian Blues, a contemporary form of traditional Malian music; for Robert Browning Associates at Roulette Intermedium in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn; on Friday, April 14, 2023 at 8pm. From $32.50. 🇲🇱
Tres Aguas & Music of Colombia premieres Elio Villafranca’s “Tres Aguas” and Edmar Castaneda’s “Music of Colombia;” backed by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and Paquito D’Rivera; at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Columbus Circle; on Friday, April 14, 2023 at 8pm. From $41. 🇨🇺🇨🇴
DJs Rich Medina and Sunny Cheeba spin the Discotechnique SuperFreak disco party; at House of Yes in Bushwick, Brooklyn; on Friday, April 14, 2023. from 10pm – 4am (9pm doors). Free to $41. 🇺🇸 🇵🇷
Joe Veras and Los Toros Band play Dominican bachata for dancing; at La Boom NY night club in Woodside, Queens; on Friday, April 14, 2023. 10pm doors. From $44. 🇩🇴
Saturday, April 15, 2023
Celebrate Jackie Robinson Day, when Robinson broke the Major League Baseball color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.
The 11th Black Comic Book Festival 2023 is a family gathering of comic and graphic novel creatives and fans, with a cosplay showcase; at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, NYC; on Friday-Saturday, April 14-15, 2023 from 10am – 8pm. Livestream on the web or YouTube. FREE with registration. 🇺🇸 🇵🇷
Venezuelan latin alternative band Los Amigos Invisibles and New York Argentine rocker Tall Juan play Elsewhere in Bushwick, Brooklyn; on Saturday, April 15, 2023. 7pm doors. Curfew 10:30pm. $35 + fees. 🇦🇷 🇻🇪
Black Arts Movement Examined Part VI: DANCE, curated by Stefanie Batten Bland, features dancers Jamal Abrams, Kayla Farrish, and Ogemdi Ude in conversation with the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s-70s; at Harlem Stage in Manhattanville, West Harlem; on Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 7:30pm. From $25. harlemstage.org 🇺🇸
The 3rd Future Dance Festival 2023 showcases the next generation of choreographic talent; in-person at the 92nd Street Y, Kaufman Concert Hall, in the Upper East Side; on Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 7:30pm. $30. It is online from Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 12pm. $20. 🇮🇱 🇲🇽
The Bárbara Martínez & ALBA Musik fundraiser for their new album DAWN, is a celebration of Sevilla’s Feria de Abril; at ATD Fourth World Movement in the Lower East Side; on Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 7:30pm. Complementary tapas, BYOB. $20. 🇦🇷 🇻🇪 🇪🇸
New York Red Bulls vs Houston is Major League Soccer at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey; on Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 7:30pm. From $34. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽, 🇯🇲, 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇻🇪, 🇮🇹, 🇨🇲 🇺🇬
Ayodele Casel Artists at the Center presents the next generation of tap dance stars: Brinae Ali, Gerson Lanza, Caleb Teicher, Naomi Funaki, Jared Alexander, Tomoe “Beasty” Carr, Amanda Castro and Ayodele Casel; dancing six world premieres at New York City Center; Thursday-Saturday, April 13-15, 2023 at 8pm. From $35. 🇺🇸 🇭🇳 🇯🇵 🇵🇷
If you feel that Disco Fever, The Trammps, France Joli, Harold Melvin’s Blue Notes, Lime, Musique, Rochelle Fleming, Carol Douglas, The Intruders, and Rainere Martin’s Donna Summer tribute, turn Lehman Center in Jerome Park, The Bronx into a disco inferno; on Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 8pm (7pm doors). From $53. 🇺🇸
Los Tigres Del Norte “Siempre Contigo Tour” brings regional Mexican norteño to the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in Chelsea, NYC on Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 9pm. From $74. 🇲🇽
Camilo and Massianello spin the Spanglish Saturdays urban and latin dance party; of dem bow, rap, reggaeton, trap; and bachata, cumbia, merengue, and salsa; at La Boom NY night club in Woodside, Queens; on Saturday, April 15, 2023. 10pm doors. Free on guest list before midnight. $26 after.
Sunday, April 16, 2023
Sunday is family day in the Latin world. Many businesses are closed. Many people spend the day with their families. It’s a busy day in parks. Sunday evening is the big dance night because we want to have as much fun as possible before going back to work.
A mini-global mashup of Brazil and China featuring percussionist Rogério Boccato, pianist and accordionist Vitor Gonçalves and guzheng artist Wei Sun; is at Flushing Town Hall in Flushing, Queens; on Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 1pm. $15. 🇧🇷 🇨🇳
Dance Argentine tango with some of New York’s best dancers at the El Destino milonga; at Solas bar in the East Village; on Sundays from 6-11pm. $20 + 1 drink. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
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 $36+ $20 per person minimum. 🇨🇺
Los Kiero and Los Telez (Puebla) play regional mexican cumbia and tropical pop for dancing; at La Boom NY night club in Woodside, Queens; on Sunday, April 16, 2023. 9pm doors. $55. 🇲🇽
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