Things to do in NYC this weekend: April 21-23, 2023 end the week of April 17-23, 2023.
Things To Do in NYC in April 17-23, 2023
LATIN ART: Black Arts Movement: Examined VISUAL ARTS at harlemstage.org 🇺🇸
LATIN DANCE:
Latin Mondays at Taj 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷, 🇵🇦, 🇨🇴 🇵🇪 🇻🇪
Salsa Tuesdays at Mamajuana Bronx
Tango Café 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
Tango La Nacional 🇦🇷
El Destino 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
LATIN MUSIC:
Ana Gabriel 🇲🇽
Arturo O’Farrill & the Latin Jazz Orchestra 🇨🇺
Charlie Aponte 🇵🇷
Hildemaro 🇻🇪
Louis Hayes Quintet at harlemstage.org 🇺🇸
DJ Rich Medina 🇺🇸
LATIN FESTIVALS: Eid al-Fitr ☪️
LATIN FOOD: Malbec World Day 🇦🇷
DAYS:
Earth Day
NYC Immigrant Heritage Week
Zimbabwean Independence Day
BIRTHDAYS:
Chavela Vargas 🇲🇽
Tito Puente 🇵🇷
Monday, April 17, 2023
Celebrate NYC Immigrant Heritage Week, and the day when the largest number of immigrants passed through Ellis Island on April 17, 1907. After the Native American Lenape, we are all immigrants. New York’s first immigrant was Dominican.🗽
Dance salsa, cha-cha-cha, bachata, merengue and more at Talia Castro-Pozo’s Latin Mondays at Taj, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties; at Taj in the Flatiron District, Mondays at 7pm (5pm doors). From $15. 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷, 🇵🇦, 🇨🇴 🇵🇪 🇻🇪
Celebrate Malbec World Day and the popular Argentine red wine with French roots. 🇫🇷 🇦🇷
Remember Mexican ranchera legend Chavela Vargas! Chavela didn’t just sing rancheras, she lived them. She was born in San Joaquín Flores, Costa Rica on April 17, 1919. 🇨🇷 🇲🇽
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Celebrate Zimbabwean Independence Day (from the UK) on April 18, 1980. 🇿🇼
It’s Salsa Tuesdays with live bands for dancing at Mamajuana Cafe Bronx in Pelham Bay, The Bronx from 8-11pm. No cover. It’s a Dominican restaurant. 🇩🇴
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
It’s Amateur Night at The Apollo, at the Apollo Theater in Harlem on Wednesday, April 19, 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 20, 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.
Remember Tito Puente the Latin jazz legend who was born in Harlem, NYC on April 20, 1923.
The first staging of the New York Opera Alliance’s NYOANext, a five-borough showcase of local opera companies, presents the Bronx Opera, International Brazilian Opera Company, Manhattan Opera Repertory Ensemble, Encompass New Opera Theatre, Little Opera Theatre of NY with Harlem Opera Theater, SAS Performing Arts Company and Studios, Opera Praktikos (deaf opera); with:
- Open singer auditions at the Bronx Music Heritage Center in Melrose, The Bronx; on Thursday, April 20, 2023 from 11:30am – 4:30pm;
- Performance at Bronx House in Pelham Parkway, The Bronx; on Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 1pm, $25;
- Performance followed by a BYO instrument opera jam at the Bronx Music Heritage Center in Melrose, The Bronx on Sunday, April 23, 2023, from 2-4:30pm. Free, suggested donation $5-10.
Performances feature excerpts from the International Brazilian Opera Company’s “Yemanjá Project,” and deaf actress Amelia Hensley (Spring Awakening) with mezzo-soprano Shanley Horvitz. nyoperaalliance.org 🇺🇸 🇧🇷
In Black Arts Movement: Examined VISUAL ARTS, University of Pittsburgh Associate Professor of English Michael Sawyer and Harlem Stage Artistic Director and CEO Pat Cruz; discuss the impact of the Black Arts Movement on the Black Power and Black Lives Matter movements; on Zoom; on Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 7pm. Free with registration. harlemstage.org 🇺🇸
Italian pianist Beatrice Rana plays a recital of J. S Bach’s French Suites, Debussy’s “Pour le piano,” and Beethoven’s “Hammerklavier” Sonata; at Carnegie Hall in the Stern Auditorium. Perelman Stage in Midtown, Manhattan; on Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 8pm. From $20. carnegiehall.org 🇮🇹
Ana Gabriel “Por Amor a Ustedes World Tour” brings Mexican pop mariachi to Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn on Thursday, April 20, 2023. From $61. 🇲🇽
Dance traditional Argentine Tango at Tango La Nacional; at La Nacional in Chelsea, NYC; Thursdays from 8pm – 2am. Performances around 11pm. $25. 🇦🇷
Friday, April 21, 2023
Friday night is opening night at the movies.
The Hostos Repertory Company presents James Zager’s “What You Will,” a contemporary version of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” directed by Ángel Morales; in the Black Box Theater at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx; on Friday, April 21 at 7pm; Free. 🇵🇷
American singer-songwriter Rahsaan Patterson sings R&B for Carnegie Hall Citywide; at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, Manhattan; on Friday, April 21, 2023 at 7pm. FREE with rsvp eventbrite.com. 🇺🇸
The Louis Hayes Quintet, led by one of the chief architects of modern jazz drumming, is celebrating his 2023 NEA Jazz Master award and their new album, “Exactly Right” in an Uptown Nights performance; at Harlem Stage in Manhattanville, West Harlem; on Friday, April 21, 2023 at 7:30pm. From $25. harlemstage.org 🇺🇸
At sundown, celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the great family feast that ends Ramadan. “Eid Mubarak” (Blessed holiday). It’s traditional to share this feast with non-Muslims to help all understand the faith. Sundown is expected at 7:42pm. ☪️
Salsa Boom features Charlie Aponte (Gran Combo) and Hildemaro singing Puerto Rican and Venezuelan salsa for dancing; at La Boom NY night club in Woodside, Queens; on Friday, April 21, 2023. 10pm doors. From $44. 🇵🇷 🇻🇪
DJ Rich Medina spins the Home party tribute to the Paradise Garage (old school New York) in the Onyx Room; at House of Yes in Bushwick, Brooklyn; on Friday, April 21, 2023. from 10pm – 4am (9pm doors). From $18. 🇺🇸
Saturday, April 22, 2023
Celebrate Earth Day on Saturday, April 22, 2023. 🌎
The first staging of the New York Opera Alliance’s NYOANext, a five-borough showcase of local opera companies, presents the Bronx Opera, International Brazilian Opera Company, Manhattan Opera Repertory Ensemble, Encompass New Opera Theatre, Little Opera Theatre of NY with Harlem Opera Theater, SAS Performing Arts Company and Studios, Opera Praktikos (deaf opera); with:
- Performance at Bronx House in Pelham Parkway, The Bronx; on Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 1pm, $25;
Performances feature excerpts from the International Brazilian Opera Company’s “Yemanjá Project,” and deaf actress Amelia Hensley (Spring Awakening) with mezzo-soprano Shanley Horvitz. nyoperaalliance.org 🇺🇸 🇧🇷
Spinking, Manny Mills and DJ 3Sixty 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 22, 2023. 10pm doors. Free on guest list before midnight. $26 after.
Sunday, April 23, 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.
The Soul Summit Music collective spins the 5th Earth Love Fest Block Party and Eco-festival, an open air dance party with an art market, interactive installations, an eco bazaar, food, drinks, yoga, beauty, wellness and wow; at House of Yes in Bushwick, Brooklyn; on Sunday, April 23 at 12noon. Free with registration.
The first staging of the New York Opera Alliance’s NYOANext, a five-borough showcase of local opera companies, presents the Bronx Opera, International Brazilian Opera Company, Manhattan Opera Repertory Ensemble, Encompass New Opera Theatre, Little Opera Theatre of NY with Harlem Opera Theater, SAS Performing Arts Company and Studios, Opera Praktikos (deaf opera); with:
- Performance followed by a BYO instrument opera jam at the Bronx Music Heritage Center in Melrose, The Bronx on Sunday, April 23, 2023, from 2-4:30pm. Free, suggested donation $5-10.
Performances feature excerpts from the International Brazilian Opera Company’s “Yemanjá Project,” and deaf actress Amelia Hensley (Spring Awakening) with mezzo-soprano Shanley Horvitz. nyoperaalliance.org 🇺🇸 🇧🇷
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. 🇨🇺
Next Weekend
Things To Do in NYC Next Weekend: April 28-30. (The week of April 24-30, 2023)
