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Things To Do in NYC This Weekend February 22-28, 2023

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

The 22nd MoMA Doc Fortnight 2023 documentary film festival takes a hard look at the legacy of colonialism and human inhumanity; at the Museum of Modern Art in Midtown, Manhattan; Wednesday, February 22 – March 7, 2023. 🇨🇺 | 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 | 🇫🇷 | 🇩🇿

Remember President George Washington. The U.S. founding father was born in Popes Creek, Virginia on February 22, 1732. We are grateful for the good things he did, and especially the peaceful transfer of power, but he was a human slaver nonetheless. 🇺🇸

What would Jorge Washington do?”

Keith Widyolar, Editor-in-Chief, New York Latin Culture Magazine

Remember Luis Buñuel. The Spanish filmmaker who helped develop the Mexican film industry was born in Calanda, Teruel, Spain on February 22, 1900. 🇪🇸

Celebrate Saint Lucian Independence Day. 🇱🇨

Celebrate National Margarita Day! 🇲🇽

Commemorate Ash Wednesday, “From dust, to dust.” 🇮🇹

Celebrate Lent, the Catholic period of spiritual cleansing before Easter. ✝️

Thursday, February 23, 2023

Pedrito Martinez plays Cuban rumba and timba at Drom in the East Village on Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 9pm (7pm doors). From $25. 🇨🇺

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

Remember W.E.B. DuBois. The African American writer and NAACP co-founder who gave us our American sense of self, was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts on February 23, 1868. 🇺🇸

Either America will destroy ignorance, or ignorance will destroy the United States.”

W.E.B. Du Bois, Niagara Movement Speech, 1905

Happy birthday Residente Rene Perez. The voice of Latin rappers Calle 13, was born in Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico on February 23, 1978. 🇵🇷

Friday, February 24, 2023

South African pianist Nduduzo Makhatini and Brazilian mandolin virtuoso Hamilton de Holanda show how we, the African Diaspora, turn the colonial mess into something wonderful at Jazz at Lincoln Center in the Appel Room on Friday, February 24, 2023 at 7pm & 9:30pm. From $81. 🇿🇦🇧🇷

Gilberto Santa Rosa de Amor y Salsa; brings Puerto Rican salsa to Bergen PAC in Englewood, New Jersey; on Friday, February 24, 2023 at 8pm. From $49. 🇵🇷

Saturday, February 25, 2023

Major League Soccer Season starts today.

South African pianist Nduduzo Makhatini and Brazilian mandolin virtuoso Hamilton de Holanda show how we, the African Diaspora, turn the colonial mess into something wonderful at Jazz at Lincoln Center in the Appel Room on Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 7pm & 9:30pm. From $81. 🇿🇦🇧🇷

Miguel Zenón & La Prueba del Ritmo play Afro-Latin jazz in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr; in Teatro LATEA at The Clemente Center in the Lower East Side; on Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 8pm (7:30pm doors). From $25. 🇵🇷

Sunday, February 26, 2023

Dance Argentine tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas bar in the East Village on Sunday, February 26, 2023 from 6-11pm. $20. 🇦🇷

Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $36+ $20 per person minimum. 🇨🇺

Remember Antoine “Fats” Domino Jr. The rock and roll pioneer was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on February 26, 1928. 🇺🇸

They call, they call me the fat man
‘Cause I weigh two hundred pounds
All the girls, they love me
‘Cause I know my way around”

Fats Domino, The Fat Man, 1949

Monday, February 27, 2023

Dance Salsa, Bachata and Merengue 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 Dominican Independence Day, February 27, 1844. ¡Quisqueya! 🇩🇴

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Bárbara Martínez sings and dances Spanish flamenco tablao for Flamenco Tuesdays; at Sala Astoria, a Spanish tapas bar in Astoria, Queens; on Tuesdays, from 7-9pm. 🇪🇸🇦🇷🇻🇪


Published February 19, 2023 ~ Updated March 13, 2023.

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