The week of April 24-30, 2023 has many Latin things to do in NYC this weekend: April 28-30.
Things To Do in NYC in the Week of April 24-30, 2023
LATIN DANCE
International Dance Day
Dance Parade Int’l Dance Day Celebration
LATIN FASHION: Met Gala.
LATIN FILM
African Diaspora Film Festival
LATIN MUSIC
El Barrio Project ~ CARIBE by Folklore Urbano Orchestra, Colombian salsa
UNESCO International Jazz Day
La Fiera de Ojinaga, La Reunion Norteña, La Furia del Bravo norteño
LATIN THEATRE
“Eight Tales of Pedro” 🇲🇽
“What You Will” 🇵🇷
“From Poor to Rico” by Caridad de la Luz “La Bruja” 🇵🇷
INDEPENDENCE & NATIONAL DAYS
Landing of the 33 Patriots 🇺🇾
Sierra Leone 🇸🇱
Togo 🇹🇬
BIRTHDAYS
Penélope Cruz
Duke Ellington
Jean-Georges Noverre.
Monday, April 24, 2023
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. 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷, 🇵🇦, 🇨🇴 🇵🇪 🇻🇪
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Celebrate the Uruguayan national day, “Landing of the 33 Patriots Day.” 🇺🇾
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 26, 2023
It’s Amateur Night at The Apollo, at the Apollo Theater in Harlem on Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 7:30pm. From $29. “Be Good or Be Gone!” 🇺🇸
Dance Argentine tango nuevo with younger dancers at the Tango Cafe milonga; at You Should Be Dancing in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC; on Wednesdays from 8-12pm. From $18. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
Thursday, April 27, 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.
Celebrate Sierra Leone Independence Day, from the United Kingdom, on April 27, 1961. 🇸🇱
Celebrate Togo Independence Day, from France, on April 27, 1960. 🇹🇬
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 Thursday, April 27 at 7pm; Free. 🇵🇷
Dance traditional Argentine Tango at Tango La Nacional; at La Nacional in Chelsea, NYC; Thursdays from 8pm – 2am. Performances around 11pm. $25. 🇦🇷
Friday, April 28, 2023
Wish Penélope Cruz a happy birthday. The Spanish movie star was born in Alcobendas, Spain; on April 28, 1974. 🇪🇸
“Eight Tales of Pedro” is a play with music that intertwines the stories of a 17th century Pedro following his true love to Veracruz, and a modern Peter crossing the border in a van full of hopeful immigrants. It’s at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; Friday-Sunday, April 28-30 and May 5-7, 2023. From $20 or 4 for $75 (code 4FOR75). 🇲🇽
EDITOR’S PICK
The African Diaspora Film Festival 2023 is a world full of Music & Soul; at Colombia University Teachers College; Friday, April 28, 2023 with:
- “100% Arabica” Algerian Rai, at 6pm. $15. 🇩🇿 🇫🇷
- “Lovers Rock” reggae at 8pm. $15. 🇬🇧
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 28 at 7pm; Free. 🇵🇷
EDITOR’S PICK
Banda Iroko, Israeli bassist Avishai Cohen and Nuyorican conguero Abraham Rodriguez Jr’s Yoruba jazz project, plays the Blue Note jazz club in Greenwich Village; Tuesday-Sunday, April 25-30, 2023 at 8 & 10:30pm. From $47. 🇮🇱 🇵🇷
Saturday, April 29, 2023
Remember Duke Ellington, one of the originators of big-band jazz. The American jazz pianist, composer and bandleader was born in Washington, D.C. on April 29, 1899. 🇺🇸
Celebrate UNESCO International Dance Day, and the birthday of Jean-Georges Noverre (April 29, 1727-1810), the French ballet master who revolutionized classical ballet in the time of King Louis XV, Marie-Antoinette and the French Enlightenment. He changed ballet from a a costume procession with staging, to a dance of expressive movement. He is the beginning of ballet dancing as we know it today. 🇫🇷
El Barrio Project ~ CARIBE by Folklore Urbano Orchestra is a family concert of traditional music and dance of Latin America, led by Colombian music director Pablo Mayor with Colombian dancer Daniel Fetecua, Nuyorican singers Jainardo Batista and Deborah Resto, Puerto Rican Cuban percussionist Oreste Abrantes, and Colombian percussionist Nestor Gómez; at Flushing Town Hall in Flushing, Queens; on Saturday, April 29, 2023. Workshop at 1pm. Performance at 2:15pm. 🇨🇴 🇵🇷 🇨🇺
EDITOR’S PICK
The African Diaspora Film Festival 2023 is a world full of Music & Soul; at Colombia University Teachers College; Saturday, April 29, 2023 with:
- “Susana Baca, Memoria Viva” Peruvian lando at 1pm. 🇵🇪
- “The Black Mozart in Cuba” Senegalese Guadeloupean classical music at 2:25pm. 🇬🇵 🇨🇺
- “Natal da Portela” Brazilian samba at 3:35pm. $15. 🇧🇷
- “All the World’s a Stage” Ethiopian-Indian Sidi at 6pm. $15. 🇪🇹 🇮🇳
- “Dancing the Twist in Bamako” Malian rock at 7:30pm. $15. 🇲🇱
The Dance Parade New York International Dance Day Celebration is at Friends and Lovers in Crown Heights, Brooklyn; on Saturday, April 29, 2023 from 6-10pm. From $20. danceparade.org
“Eight Tales of Pedro” is a play with music that intertwines the stories of a 17th century Pedro following his true love to Veracruz, and a modern Peter crossing the border in a van full of hopeful immigrants. It’s at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; Friday-Sunday, April 28-30 and May 5-7, 2023. From $20 or 4 for $75 (code 4FOR75). 🇲🇽
Renowned spoke word poet Caridad de la Luz “La Bruja,” performs her one-woman show “From Poor to Rico” in the Repertory Theater at Hostos Center; on Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 8pm. From $31. Students $9. 🇵🇷
EDITOR’S PICK
Banda Iroko, Israeli bassist Avishai Cohen and Nuyorican conguero Abraham Rodriguez Jr’s Yoruba jazz project, plays the Blue Note jazz club in Greenwich Village; Tuesday-Sunday, April 25-30, 2023 at 8 & 10:30pm. From $47. 🇮🇱 🇵🇷
Sunday, April 30, 2023
Celebrate UNESCO International Jazz Day, and the international music that unites people around the world, on April 30.
EDITOR’S PICK
“Chosen Memories: Contemporary Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift and Beyond,” an thought-provoking exhibition of contemporary Latin American art, opens at the Museum of Modern Art in Midtown, Manhattan at 11am. It runs through September 9, 2023.
“Eight Tales of Pedro” is a play with music that intertwines the stories of a 17th century Pedro following his true love to Veracruz, and a modern Peter crossing the border in a van full of hopeful immigrants. It’s at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; Friday-Sunday, April 28-30 and May 5-7, 2023. From $20 or 4 for $75 (code 4FOR75). 🇲🇽
The African Diaspora Film Festival 2023 is a world full of Music & Soul; at Colombia University Teachers College; Sunday, April 30, 2023 with:
- “Fantastic Negrito: Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?” R&B at 2pm. $15. 🇺🇸
- “The Father of the Blues” at 4pm. 🇺🇸
- “Music Pictures New Orleans” jazz at 6:30pm. $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. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
EDITOR’S PICK
Banda Iroko, Israeli bassist Avishai Cohen and Nuyorican conguero Abraham Rodriguez Jr’s Yoruba jazz project, plays the Blue Note jazz club in Greenwich Village; Tuesday-Sunday, April 25-30, 2023 at 8 & 10:30pm. From $47. 🇮🇱 🇵🇷
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. 🇨🇺
La Fiera de Ojinaga, La Reunion Norteña and La Furia del Bravo play regional mexican norteño; at La Boom NY night club in Woodside, Queens; on Sunday, April 30, 2023. 9pm doors. $67. 🇲🇽
Next Weekend
Things to do in NYC next weekend: May 5-7
(Week of May 1-7, 2023)
