Things to do in NYC this weekend: March 31 – April 2, 2023, include the Latin Culture and Dance Fiesta, Yankees opening day and The Photography Show by AIPAD.
In the Latin world, Sunday is the start of Holy Week (Semana Santa), the most important family time of the year. It’s a time when many businesses close and families vacation together.
Cezar Chavez Day honors one of the most important Latin civil rights leaders. He’s the Latin Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King.
Things To Do in NYC
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Herstory in the Making, an online Hip-Hop Education Center presentation co-produced with Carnegie Hall’s “Women in Music” series, is in March 2023 at hiphopeducation.org FREE. 🇺🇸
In RnBnP: In the Director’s Chair with “Salsa, Un Tumbao’ Caribeño,” Lynnée Denise, “The DJ Scholar” has a streaming conversation with the salsa documentary’s filmmakers, Executive Producer Jeanette Charles (Haitian German American) and Director Beni Marquez (Los Angeles Venezuelan), in English and Spanish (with subtitles en todos lados). So many good questions and answers, and more questions. Watch it on the CCCADI’s YouTube from Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 7pm. FREE.
“Sweet Charity,” the 1969 film version of Bob Fosse’s hit Broadway musical comedy, starring Shirley MacLaine, Chita Rivera, Paula Kelly, Sammy Davis Jr, Ricardo Montalbán, and more (with legendary numbers “Big Spender,” “If My Friends Could See Me Now”); screens as part of Carnegie Hall’s “Women in Music” series at Film Forum in Hudson Square, Manhattan; from Wednesday, March 29 – Thursday, April 6, 2023. $15. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
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 Cafe milonga; at You Should Be Dancing in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC; on Wednesdays from 8-12pm. From $18. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾
Thursday, March 30, 2023
YANKEES OPENING DAY
Yankees vs Giants is at Yankee Stadium in Concourse, The Bronx; on Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 1:05pm. From $88.
The Photography Show by AIPAD is at Center415; from Wednesday-Saturday, March 30 – April 2, 2023.
The Jazz Foundation of America’s “A Great Night in Harlem” Gala featuring Jon Batiste, Bettye LaVette, Monty Alexander, Ray Parker Jr, Kenny Barron and many more; is at the Apollo Theater in Harlem; on Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 8pm. From $500. 🇺🇸
Willy Torres plays Puerto Rican salsa for dancing; at Gonzalez y Gonzalez Mexican restaurant and night club in Greenwich Village; on Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 9pm. $10. 🇵🇷
Dance traditional Argentine Tango at Tango La Nacional; at La Nacional in Chelsea, NYC; Thursdays from 8pm – 2am. Performances around 11pm. $25. 🇦🇷
Friday, March 31, 2023
Celebrate César Chávez Day! The Mexican American labor and civil rights leader was born in Yuma, Arizona on March 31, 1927. 🇲🇽🇺🇸
LATIN CULTURE AND DANCE FIESTA
La Toquilla (Agni Durden) and Wilson Carpio sing Ecuadorian folk rock with pasillo, yaravi, san juanito, requinto and other traditional Latin rhythms; at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Friday, March 31, 2023 at 8pm. From $30. 🇪🇨
It’s Ladies Night with Lecktra Fire, Alex Vivas and DJ Lopez; playing bachata, dem bow, merengue, reggaeton, salsa, and trap; at La Boom NY in Woodside, Queens; on Friday, March 31, 2023. 10pm doors. Free on guest list before midnight. $21 after. 🇨🇴 🇩🇴
Santiago y la Orquesta plays Colombian salsa for dancing; at Gonzalez y Gonzalez Mexican restaurant in Greenwich Village; on Friday, March 31, 2023 at 11:45pm. $20. 🇨🇴
Saturday, April 1, 2023
Xiomara Fortuna, the Dominican Republic’s “Queen of Afro-Caribbean Fusion,” showcases her latest album “Etaquetúves” (It is what you see); at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx; on Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 8pm. $20. hostos.cuny.edu 🇩🇴
LATIN CULTURE AND DANCE FIESTA
Nélida Tirado performs “Dime Quién Soy” (Tell Me Who I Am), a fusion of Spanish and Puerto Rican flamenco traditions; at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 8pm. From $35. 🇪🇸 🇵🇷
LATIN CULTURE AND DANCE FIESTA
New York Argentine classical guitarist Horacio Laguna performs “El Trovador,” musical theatre in the tradition of the Spanish troubadours and Cuban trova singers; at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 8pm. From $15. 🇦🇷
DJ Kass and Delio spin the Spanglish Saturdays urban and latin dance party; of bachata, dem bow, merengue, reggaeton, salsa, and trap; at La Boom NY night club in Woodside, Queens; on Saturday, April 1, 2023. 10pm doors. Free on guest list before midnight. $25 after. 🇩🇴
Los Hermanos de Leon play salsa for dancing; at Gonzalez y Gonzalez Mexican restaurant in Greenwich Village; on Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 11:45pm. $20.
Sunday, April 2, 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.
Holy Week 2023 Semana Santa is Sunday-Saturday, April 2-8, 2023. Religious reenactments were a form of educational theatre in pre-literate communities during the Colonial Era, when the church controlled every aspect of life. These traditions remain popular in the Americas, and around the world. In the northern agricultural cycle, it’s the time of renewal. Every little town has its own unique version of the spring rituals.
Celebrate Autism Awareness Day.
LATIN CULTURE AND DANCE FIESTA
“El Otro Oz” is a salsa, merengue and Mexican folk-infused version of “The Wizard of Oz.” Dora, a Latina teen, is embarrassed about her coming quinceañera until she gets swept away to a new land where friends teach her to embrace all of her heritage. It’s at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Sunday, April 2, 2023, at 1pm and 3pm. From $18 or 4 for $60 with code 4FOR60. 🇵🇷 🇩🇴 🇲🇽
Brunchata, New York’s bachata brunch with traditional, urban, and sensual bachata for dancing; is at Gonzalez y Gonzalez Mexican restaurant in Greenwich Village; on Sunday, April 2, 2023 at 2pm. $10. 🇩🇴
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. 🇨🇺
El Show de Oscar Burgos with Piolin Tetó “El Monaguillo” and El Kompa Yasito bring Mexican comedy to La Boom NY night club in Woodside, Queens; on Sunday, April 2, 2023. 9pm doors. From $50. 🇲🇽
Monday, April 3, 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 4, 2023
Egyptian soprano Fatma Said and Spanish guitarist Rafael Aguirre highlight the Arab roots of Spanish and Arab classical and folk music; at Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall; on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 7:30pm.
Celebrate Senegalese Independence Day (from France) on April 4, 1960. 🇸🇳
Celebrate the Feast of St Benedict the Moor, patron saint of African Americans.
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