Gonzalez y Gonzalez is a Mexican restaurant, and salsa and bachata dance club with live music in Greenwich Village. There is live music and DJs for dancing Friday through Sunday, with some Thursdays. Sundays are earlier, so it's good for family day. There are free salsa dance lessons on Salsa Thursdays at 8:45pm; and free bachata dance lessons on Bachata Sundays at … [Read more...] about Gonzalez y Gonzalez is a Salsa and Bachata Dance Club with Live Music
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Hostos Center is One of the Northeast’s Top Latin Performing Arts Centers
Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture is the performing arts center of Hostos Community College (CUNY) in Mott Haven, The Bronx. Its curation is adventurous. Hostos presents artists you won't see anywhere else, and tickets are cheaper. For students with ID, tickets can be as little as $5. Hostos Center is not commercial. It's educational. It's Hostos! Venues … [Read more...] about Hostos Center is One of the Northeast’s Top Latin Performing Arts Centers
Remember Tito Rodríguez ¡El Inolvidable! with Tito Rodríguez Jr, Gilberto Santa Rosa & Friends at Hostos Center
Tito Rodríguez was an important Puerto Rican bandleader remembered for his Bolero ballads. Bolero is romantic music derived from Cuban Trova (troubadour) folk music in the late 1800s. When you think of Bolero, you can't help but think of "El Inolvidable" Tito Rodríguez. A child prodigy in Puerto Rico who started recording internationally at age 13, Tito followed his musical … [Read more...] about Remember Tito Rodríguez ¡El Inolvidable! with Tito Rodríguez Jr, Gilberto Santa Rosa & Friends at Hostos Center
Happy 93rd Birthday Omara Portuondo!
Omara Portuondo is a legendary Cuban singer and dancer who began her career in the glory days of The Tropicana nightclub in Havana, Cuba. Long known for singing Bolero, Cuban Son and Jazz, Portuondo became even more famous when she sang "Veinte años" with Ibrahim Ferrer on the landmark Cuban Son album, "Buena Vista Social Club" in 1996. Portuondo is a Latin Grammy … [Read more...] about Happy 93rd Birthday Omara Portuondo!