Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869) was the first internationally recognized American pianist. He was also the first classical composer to notate the rhythms of Congo Square and other Latin rhythms on his travels through Latin America. He died in Brazil. Louis Moreau Gottshalk was a Son of New Orleans Gottschalk was born in New Orleans on May 8, 1829 to an Jewish … [Read more...] about Remember Louis Moreau Gottschalk, the First Composer to Notate the Rhythms of Congo Square
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Celebrate New Orleans Mardi Gras Carnival in January & February!
New Orleans Mardi Gras is Friday, January 6 - Tuesday, February 21, 2023. Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday) is the final Carnival feast on the day before Ash Wednesday which marks the beginning of Lent, the Catholic period of fasting and piety leading to Easter, the holiest day of the year in the Catholic calendar. Many religious traditions are based on the … [Read more...] about Celebrate New Orleans Mardi Gras Carnival in January & February!
Leyla McCalla Joins Rhiannon Giddens for an African American Women’s Banjo Quartet in “Songs of Our Native Daughters” at Carnegie Hall
Leyla McCalla is a New Orleans Haitian Creole singer-songwriter who is one of the great American voices. She is a bridge from the sweet Caribbean music of Haiti and New Orleans to Country Music of the United States. Yes Country Music of the United States has African roots. You'd think it was the exception that proved the rule that most American popular culture originated in … [Read more...] about Leyla McCalla Joins Rhiannon Giddens for an African American Women’s Banjo Quartet in “Songs of Our Native Daughters” at Carnegie Hall
Celebrate International Creole Day, Jounen Kwéyòl!
Creole Day, Jounen Kwéyòl on October 28, is a day to celebrate French Afro-Caribbean Creole culture around the world. Creole We are many different mixes of African-French in the Caribbean, Africa and the Indian Ocean. In the Caribbean, Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) was the richest colony, the richest French colony, and the first nation founded from a slave revolt. The … [Read more...] about Celebrate International Creole Day, Jounen Kwéyòl!
The Creole Food Festival NYC 2022 is at Serafina In The Sky
The Creole Food Festival 2022 is an annual showcase of Black and Brown chefs from Mother Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America. It's all about Creole food and drink. In our world, "Creole" means good. You may notice that Creole cooking is the root of a lot of American cooking. It's one of the proof points of how African we are as Americans - regardless of our personal … [Read more...] about The Creole Food Festival NYC 2022 is at Serafina In The Sky
Celebrate Haitian Flag Day and the Unity of Africans and Creoles
Haitian Flag Day celebrates the creation of the Haitian Flag representing the union of African and Creole forces in Haiti in 1803. Haitian Flag Day Haitian Flag Day is celebrated on May 18 in Haiti and across the Haitian diaspora including in New York City. It commemorates the creation of the Haitian flag on May 18, 1803. The next Haitian Flag Day is Tuesday, May 18, … [Read more...] about Celebrate Haitian Flag Day and the Unity of Africans and Creoles
Take Your Kids on a Bilingual Latin Jazz Jam Through El Barrio with Jazz at Lincoln Center
The Webop Virtual Family Jazz Party is streaming on demand at jazz.org/wfjp from June 26 - July 18, 2021. $10. (It's actually pay what you can. Jazz at Lincoln Center deserves our support, but if you can't afford it, enter $0. Being together is more important than money.) Webop Virtual Family Jazz Party This 45-minute interactive jazz concert is recommended for families … [Read more...] about Take Your Kids on a Bilingual Latin Jazz Jam Through El Barrio with Jazz at Lincoln Center
Dance Theatre of Harlem Premieres Geoffrey Holder’s Trinidadian Ballet “Dougla” Online
Dance Theatre of Harlem builds up to the online premiere of the Geoffrey Holder masterpiece "Dougla" with a series of talks and workshops in its Virtual Ballet Series, Wednesday through Saturday, July 22-25, 2020. The ballet is a lush costume parade of a wedding ceremony. South Asian weddings go on for days with many costume changes. Style is an important sign of status in … [Read more...] about Dance Theatre of Harlem Premieres Geoffrey Holder’s Trinidadian Ballet “Dougla” Online
Learn with Carnegie Hall: Jazz, Bomba & Plena, and Brazilian
Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute presents a Musical Explorers concert for families (ages 4-8) with introductions to jazz, bomba & plena, and Brazilian music on Facebook and Instagram on Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 2pm. FREE The concert features Brianna Thomas singing jazz, Juan Gutiérrez and Julia Gutiérrez-Rivera of Los Pleneros 21 singing, drumming and dancing … [Read more...] about Learn with Carnegie Hall: Jazz, Bomba & Plena, and Brazilian
Volta New York 2020
Volta New York is contemporary art fair of emerging and mid-career artists during NY Armory Week in March. Volta New York 2020 Wednesday-Sunday, March 4-8, 2020 ~ Volta New York is back after a faulty pier forced 2019's cancellation. Volta New York is at Metropolitan West in Hell's Kitchen, NYC. From $25 Jonathan Ferrara Gallery is from New Orleans The Flat - … [Read more...] about Volta New York 2020
OCA Dance “Pal’Monte”
OCA Dance is a group of fine young New York City dancers, led by Kennyth Montes de Oca, who represent a healthy cross-section of what it means to be Latin today. Pal'Monte Tuesday, February 11, 2020 ~ OCA Dance performs "Pal'Monte" in a Fast Forward presentation curated by Sangeeta Yesley at Dixon Place in NYC's Lower East Side on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 7:30pm. … [Read more...] about OCA Dance “Pal’Monte”
Oscars 2020 Academy Awards
The 92nd Academy Awards are live on ABC from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on Sunday, February 9 at 8pm ET. The movies as we know them today can be traced back to the Lumière brothers shorts screened in Paris in 1895. It's funny that "lumière" means "light" in French. From those French beginnings, today's movie industry is still more Latin than you … [Read more...] about Oscars 2020 Academy Awards
Chouk Bwa
Chouk Bwa plays Haitian roots music at the Purchase College Performing Arts Center in Purchase, New York on Saturday, November 16, 2019 at 8pm. Tickets from $30 This concert is part of (T)HERE: A Global Festival of Art, Culture and Ideas - Haiti at Purchase College November 14-16, 2019. Chouk Bwa From the countryside of the New World’s first free black republic, Chouk … [Read more...] about Chouk Bwa
Haiti Alive
Haiti Alive is at the Purchase College Performing Arts Center in Purchase, New York on Friday, November 15, 2019 at 7pm. Tickets from $17.50 Haiti Alive This is a concert of classical music, ballet and jazz inspired by Haiti. It is part of (T)HERE: A Global Festival of Art, Culture and Ideas - Haiti at Purchase College November 14-16, 2019. This evening's program … [Read more...] about Haiti Alive
Fall for Dance Festival 2019
New York City Center's Fall for Dance Festival presents programs of four world-class dance companies a night for just $15. It's the best deal in dance in New York City and sells out every year. 16th Fall For Dance Festival The 16th Fall for Dance Festival is at New York City Center in Midtown, NYC from October 1-13, 2019. $15 Tickets go on sale Sunday, September 8 at … [Read more...] about Fall for Dance Festival 2019
Dance Theatre of Harlem Sunday Matinée
The Dance Theatre of Harlem Sunday Matinée is at the Dance Theatre of Harlem studios in Harlem on Sunday, November 10, 2019 at 3pm. From $10 Dance Theatre of Harlem Sunday Matinée, November 10, 2019 This Sunday Matinée brings classical and contemporary ballet from the Dance Theatre of Harlem School, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, and Evidence to Harlem. The … [Read more...] about Dance Theatre of Harlem Sunday Matinée
West Indian Day Parade 2019
The West Indian Day Parade is the main part of New York City's Caribbean Carnaval. It's a series of events at and around the Brooklyn Museum over Labor Day Weekend that draws around two million people. The Caribbean culture of the West Indian Day Parade is from Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and Grenada, Guyana, Suriname … [Read more...] about West Indian Day Parade 2019
Boukman Eksperyans, Haitian Folk Rock
Boukman Eksperyans is one of Haiti's most famous bands. They have been mixing Haitian and Caribbean rhythms with rock and reggae since 1978. Boukman Eksperyans plays Lincoln Center Thursday, August 29, 2019 ~ Boukman plays a free concert at the David Rubenstein Atrium at 7:30pm. FREE Boukman Eksperyans Boukman Eksperyans sings in Haitian Creole with Carnival rhythms and … [Read more...] about Boukman Eksperyans, Haitian Folk Rock
Dance Theatre of Harlem 50th Anniversary
Dance Theatre of Harlem presents its 50th Anniversary Season at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan, April 10, 12 & 13, 2019. From $35 Get tickets at www.nycitycenter.org Arthur Mitchell The Season honors co-founder Arthur Mitchell who passed on last September. Mitchell was the first Black New York City Ballet dancer. He studied and performed under … [Read more...] about Dance Theatre of Harlem 50th Anniversary