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Remember Louis Moreau Gottschalk, the First Composer to Notate the Rhythms of Congo Square

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

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

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

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