Things to do in NYC this week May 8-14 2023 include: Latin art, books, dance, film, music, and sports.
Latin Art
Latin Books
Latin Dance
- Alex Bueno bachata
- DJ Camilo Colombian urban latin
- Bryant Park Dance Party cumbia & swing
- SALSA: Latin Mondays at Taj, Salsa Tuesdays
- TANGO: Tango Café, Tango La Nacional, El Destino
Latin Film
- 30th New York African Film Festival 2023
- Black Arts Movement: Examined ~ Film Screening: Jason And Shirley
Latin Music
- Spanish Harlem Orchestra salsa
- La India, salsa
- Nation Beat, maracatu, forró, funk, jazz
- Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Latin Sports
Latin Theatre
Latin Days
- Bronx Week
- Mother’s Day
Latin Birthdays
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk
- Enrique Iglesias
- Roberto Firpo
- Prince Royce
- Salvador Dalí
Monday, May 8, 2023
Remember Louis Moreau Gottschalk, the Creole composer who notated the rhythms of the Caribbean at Congo Square, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on May 8, 1829. 🇺🇸
Happy Birthday Enrique Iglesias! The Spanish pop star was born in Madrid, Spain on May 8, 1976. 🇪🇸
Bronx Week 2023 is May 8-21, 2023. ilovethebronx.com
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, May 9, 2023
It’s Salsa Tuesdays with live bands for dancing at Mamajuana Cafe Bronx, a Dominican restaurant in Pelham Bay, The Bronx from 8-11pm. No cover. 🇩🇴
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Remember Roberto Firpo. The early Argentine Tango pianist, orchestra leader, and composer was born in Flores, Buenos Aires on May 10, 1884. 🇦🇷
The Future Fair 2023 emerging contemporary art fair is at Chelsea Industrial in Chelsea, Manhattan. Collector’s Preview, Wednesday, May 10, $100. Show Thursday-Saturday, May 11-13, 2023. From $45. 🇦🇷 🇩🇴 🇫🇷 🇨🇦 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇿🇦
The PEN World Voices Festival 2023, celebration of international literature and human rights, is at multiple venues in New York City and Los Angeles; from Wednesday-Saturday, May 10-13, 2023. Festival pass $75. 🇺🇸 🇨🇴 🇪🇨 🇸🇻 🇲🇽 🇵🇭 🇹🇹
The 30th New York African Film Festival 2023 presents 30 African and Diaspora films from more than 15 countries; at Film at Lincoln Center, May 10-16, at Maysles Center in Harlem May 19-21, and at BAM the Brooklyn Academy of Music from May 26 – June 1, 2023. filmlinc.org 🇦🇴 🇨🇩 🇪🇹 🇪🇷 🇰🇪 🇲🇱 🇳🇬 🇸🇳 🇿🇦
Afro-Andean Funk plays Andean cumbia for dancing at the Bryant Park Dance Party in Midtown, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 7pm. FREE! 🇵🇪
It’s Amateur Night at The Apollo, at the Apollo Theater in Harlem on Wednesday, May 10, 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, May 11, 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.
Happy birthday Prince Royce! The Dominican bachata star was born in The Bronx on May 11, 1989. 🇩🇴
Remember Salvador Dalí. The Spanish surrealist was born in Figueres, Spain on May 11, 1904. 🇪🇸
The PEN World Voices Festival 2023, celebration of international literature and human rights, is at multiple venues in New York City and Los Angeles; from Wednesday-Saturday, May 10-13, 2023. Festival pass $75. 🇺🇸 🇨🇴 🇪🇨 🇸🇻 🇲🇽 🇵🇭 🇹🇹
The Future Fair 2023 emerging contemporary art fair is at Chelsea Industrial in Chelsea, Manhattan. Collector’s Preview, Wednesday, May 10, $100. Show Thursday-Saturday, May 11-13, 2023. From $45. 🇦🇷 🇩🇴 🇫🇷 🇨🇦 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇿🇦
Charenee Wade’s Band of Swing plays swing for dancing at the Bryant Park Dance Party in Midtown, on Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 7pm. FREE! 🇺🇸
Black Arts Movement: Examined ~ Film Screening: Jason And Shirley screens Stephen Winter’s 2015 docudrama inspired by “Portrait of Jason,” the 1967 experimental documentary by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Shirley Clarke about Jason Holliday, a Black cabaret performer telling his life’s stories while getting drunk at New York’s legendary Chelsea Hotel. Followed by Q&A with the director at Maysles Documentary Center in Harlem; on Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 7:30pm. $15. harlemstage.org 🇺🇸
Dance traditional Argentine Tango at Tango La Nacional; at La Nacional in Chelsea, NYC; Thursdays from 8pm – 2am. Performances around 11pm. $25. 🇦🇷
Willy Villegas y Entre Amigos plays salsa for dancing; at Gonzalez y Gonzalez Mexican restaurant and night club in Greenwich Village; on Thursday, May 11, 2023 from 9pm – 2am.
Friday, May 12, 2023
Friday night is opening night at the movies.
The TEFAF New York 2023 art fair presents 31 Latin galleries among 91 dealers of high-end antique art; at the Park Avenue Armory in the Upper East Side; on Friday-Tuesday, May 12-16, 2023. $55. 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇪🇸
The PEN World Voices Festival 2023, celebration of international literature and human rights, is at multiple venues in New York City and Los Angeles; from Wednesday-Saturday, May 10-13, 2023. Festival pass $75. 🇺🇸 🇨🇴 🇪🇨 🇸🇻 🇲🇽 🇵🇭 🇹🇹
The Future Fair 2023 emerging contemporary art fair is at Chelsea Industrial in Chelsea, Manhattan. Collector’s Preview, Wednesday, May 10, $100. Show Thursday-Saturday, May 11-13, 2023. From $45. 🇦🇷 🇩🇴 🇫🇷 🇨🇦 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇿🇦
Gregorio Uribe plays and explains Colombian cumbia for a Musical Explorers concert at Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hall in Midtown, Manhattan; on Saturday, May 13, 2023 at 12 & 3pm. $18. 🇨🇴
[HUDSON RIVER DERBY New Jersey]
New York Red Bulls vs New York City FC is the Major League Soccer Hudson River Derby at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey; on Saturday, May 13, 2023 at 7:30pm. From $34. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽, 🇯🇲, 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇻🇪, 🇮🇹, 🇨🇲 🇺🇬
“Eight Tales of Pedro,” a play about how honor, family, and hope keep you moving, is in an extended run at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Queens on Mother’s Day Weekend, Friday, May 12 at 8pm; Saturday, May 13 at 2 & 8pm; and Sunday, May 14, 2023 at 3pm. 🇲🇽
Alex Bueno sings Dominican bachata for dancing at La Boom night club in Woodside, Queens; on Friday, May 12, 2023. 10pm doors. From $51. 🇩🇴
Astoria Salsa Project plays salsa, bolero and champeta for dancing; at Gonzalez y Gonzalez Mexican restaurant and night club in Greenwich Village; on Friday, May 12, 2023 from 11pm – 3am.
Saturday, May 13, 2023
The PEN World Voices Festival 2023, celebration of international literature and human rights, is at multiple venues in New York City and Los Angeles; from Wednesday-Saturday, May 10-13, 2023. Festival pass $75. 🇺🇸 🇨🇴 🇪🇨 🇸🇻 🇲🇽 🇵🇭 🇹🇹
The Future Fair 2023 emerging contemporary art fair is at Chelsea Industrial in Chelsea, Manhattan. Collector’s Preview, Wednesday, May 10, $100. Show Thursday-Saturday, May 11-13, 2023. From $45. 🇦🇷 🇩🇴 🇫🇷 🇨🇦 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇿🇦
The TEFAF New York 2023 art fair presents 31 Latin galleries among 91 dealers of high-end antique art; at the Park Avenue Armory in the Upper East Side; on Friday-Tuesday, May 12-16, 2023. $55. 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇪🇸
“Eight Tales of Pedro,” a play about how honor, family, and hope keep you moving, is in an extended run at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Queens on Mother’s Day Weekend, Saturday, May 13 at 2 & 8pm. 🇲🇽
Nation Beat plays it’s unique maracatu, forró, funk, jazz fusion at Flushing Town Hall in Flushing, Queens; on Saturday, May 13, 2023. There’s an interactive workshop at 7pm followed by a concert at 8pm. $18 including the workshop. 🇧🇷
Multiple Grammy winners Spanish Harlem Orchestra with Oscar Hernández, featuring singer Ray de la Paz and saxophonist Miguel Zenón; play Puerto Rican salsa and Latin jazz at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx; on Saturday, May 13, 2023 at 8pm. From $30. hostos.cuny.edu 🇵🇷
La India sings a Mother’s Day concert at Lehman Center in Jerome Park, The Bronx; on Saturday, May 13, 2023 at 8pm. From $58. 🇵🇷
New York Colombian DJ Camilo spins the Spanglish Saturdays urban and latin dance party; of dem bow, rap, reggaeton, trap; with bachata, cumbia, merengue, and salsa; at La Boom night club in Woodside, Queens; on Saturday, May 13, 2023. 10pm doors. Free on guest list before midnight. $26 after. 🇨🇴
Sunday, May 14, 2023
(Mother’s Day)
Happy Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 14, 2023.
The TEFAF New York 2023 art fair presents 31 Latin galleries among 91 dealers of high-end antique art; at the Park Avenue Armory in the Upper East Side; on Friday-Tuesday, May 12-16, 2023. $55. 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇪🇸
“Eight Tales of Pedro,” a play about how honor, family, and hope keep you moving, is in an extended run at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Queens on Mother’s Day Weekend, Sunday, May 14, 2023 at 3pm. 🇲🇽
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. 🇨🇺
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