American Utopia, David Byrne's jukebox musical with a message, is on Broadway at the St James Theatre through April 3, 2022. From $59. americanutopiabroadway.com 🇧🇷🇨🇦🇨🇴🇫🇷🏴🇵🇷🇺🇸 It's really cool when someone from one culture understands another culture so well that they live it and actually add to it. That's David Byrne and Company. The show stars: David Byrne, … [Read more...] about David Byrne’s “American Utopia” is Broadway for Everyone
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Doc Fortnight 2022 Films Explore the Fragility of Life and Mother Earth at MoMA
Doc Fortnight 2022, MoMA’s documentary film festival, is online to members and in-person at the Museum of Modern Art in Midtown, Wed, Feb 23 – Mar 10. 🇧🇷🇫🇷🇲🇽🇵🇭🇪🇸 This year's 19 features and 10 shorts focus on environmental issues and the fragility of life in a rapidly changing world. That's smart programming because the two issues are profoundly interlinked. Destroying … [Read more...] about Doc Fortnight 2022 Films Explore the Fragility of Life and Mother Earth at MoMA
25th New York International Children’s Film Festival 2022 Screens Great Latin Films at SVA Theatre
The New York International Children's Film Festival 2022 (NYICFF) screens Oscar-qualifying children's films for a variety of ages at the SVA Theatre in Chelsea, Manhattan, Fri-Sun, Mar 4-19, 2022. From $17. nyicff.org 🇦🇷🇧🇷🇨🇦🇫🇷🇮🇱🇲🇽🇵🇸🇺🇬🇺🇸 There are international films for all ages in many different languages. Children love being able to see young people like themselves on the … [Read more...] about 25th New York International Children’s Film Festival 2022 Screens Great Latin Films at SVA Theatre
Berta Rojas, One of the World’s Best Classical Guitarists, Tributes Pioneering Female Artists at the 92nd Street Y
Berta Rojas, one of the greatest living classical guitarists, tributes pioneering female guitarists at the 92nd Street Y in the Upper East Side on Saturday, November 20, 2021 at 8pm. From $20. 92y.org 🇵🇾 Tickets are available for both the in-person performance and a livestream, so you can enjoy this concert from home. The program highlights the compositions of French … [Read more...] about Berta Rojas, One of the World’s Best Classical Guitarists, Tributes Pioneering Female Artists at the 92nd Street Y
The 59th New York Film Festival 2021 is Back Live With Almodóvar’s “Parallel Mothers”
The 59th New York Film Festival 2021 is the older and more European of NYC's two biggest film festivals. 59th New York Film Festival 2021 The 59th New York Film Festival 2021 is at Film at Lincoln Center for two and a half weeks: Sep 24 - Oct 10, 2021. From $17. filmlinc.org The Festival opens with The Tragedy of Macbeth by Joel Coen at Alice Tully Hall and all Film … [Read more...] about The 59th New York Film Festival 2021 is Back Live With Almodóvar’s “Parallel Mothers”
The Future Fair 2021 is Showing More Women and Artists of Color
The Future Fair is a new art fair. It opened virtually in 2020 because of the pandemic. Sometimes life's interruptions force us to grow. The fair is co-founded by Rachel Mijares Fick and Rebeca Laliberte. They consciously work to be more inclusive of artists and dealers who are women and people of color. The curators also encourage collaboration. This really is the … [Read more...] about The Future Fair 2021 is Showing More Women and Artists of Color
New York Fashion Week September 2021 is Reborn
New York Fashion Week (NYFW) used to be for the trade only and very elegant. Major designers from around the world presented because it was the big show in the world media capital. [Editor Keith Widyolar was a fashion photographer who used to shoot fashion weeks in New York and Saõ Paulo.] But in the last decade, NYFW became an expensive, consumer-oriented social media … [Read more...] about New York Fashion Week September 2021 is Reborn
Emma Raducanu and Daniil Medvedev win a Great US Open Tennis 2021
The US Open tennis championship is one of the sport's four major "Grand Slam" tournaments. It's also a major end of summer see-and-be-seen social event for New Yorkers who like to play that game. 250,000 New Yorkers visited in 2019. US Open Tennis 2021 The US Open is at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens Aug 30 … [Read more...] about Emma Raducanu and Daniil Medvedev win a Great US Open Tennis 2021
The Manhattan Theatre Club 2021 Virtual Gala is Full of Stars
The Manhattan Theatre Club 2021 Virtual Gala is on ManhattanTheatreClub.com on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 7pm. FREE with registration Manhattan Theatre Club 2021 Virtual Gala This year's gala is supported by many of your favorite Broadway stars including: Genevieve Angelson, Lewis Black, Gale A. Brewer, Mark Brokaw, Blair Brown, David Cromer, Fiona Davis, Edie … [Read more...] about The Manhattan Theatre Club 2021 Virtual Gala is Full of Stars
NYC Dance Week Free Classes Closes with a 70s-80s Roller Skating Party in Brooklyn
NYC Dance Week is at nycdanceweek.org, June 10-20, 2021. It's the 10th Anniversary of this annual festival of ten days of free dance, fitness and wellness classes in New York City. This is just the thing we need to brush off the Covid cobwebs and get moving again. If you never danced, try it. It's easy. It's fun. It's good for your body and your mind. It's a great way to be … [Read more...] about NYC Dance Week Free Classes Closes with a 70s-80s Roller Skating Party in Brooklyn
New Directors/New Films 2021 Screens the Future
The New Directors/New Films 2021 film festival by Film at Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art, is hybrid in-person/virtual at Film at Lincoln Center and newdirectors.org April 28 - May 8, 2021. $12. Many films are available for streaming for several days after the festival's official ending. Film at Lincoln Center is offering a special deal to New York Latin Culture … [Read more...] about New Directors/New Films 2021 Screens the Future
African Diaspora International Film Festival Sees Contemporary Africa Through African Eyes
The African Diaspora International Film Festival 2021 is virtual at nyadiff.org over Memorial Day Weekend, from Friday, May 28 to Monday, May 31, 2021. $7 (pay what you can). An All Access Pass is $65 Films can be screened in the U.S. and U.S. colonies. This is a really interesting film festival because it screens films from countries we don't hear about much in New York … [Read more...] about African Diaspora International Film Festival Sees Contemporary Africa Through African Eyes
There’s Great World Music at the Drom Online World Fest 2021
Drom Online World Fest 2021 is at dromnyc.com from Friday, March 26-31, 2021. It's free, but please support the club and the musicians by donating to the event's GoFundMe.com campaign. Drom has survived our crazy pandemic year. It's one of New York City's unique underground night clubs and one of the few with a world music focus. Drom made it this far, but if we want to keep … [Read more...] about There’s Great World Music at the Drom Online World Fest 2021
“Anjou: The Musical Horror Tale” World Premiere Benefits Broadway Cares
Anjou: The Musical Horror Tale has its world premiere of musical highlights on Playbill.com/anjou on Friday, January 29, 2021 at 8pm ET. It's free, but donations benefit Broadway Cares, the largest financial supporter of The Actors Fund. New Yorkers know Broadway performers need help right now during the pandemic shutdown. Let's open our wallets. Support the arts! Anjou: … [Read more...] about “Anjou: The Musical Horror Tale” World Premiere Benefits Broadway Cares
NYC Restaurant Week “TO GO” Winter 2021 is Extended by Popular Demand
New York City adapts to the COVID-19 Pandemic by changing NYC Restaurant Week Winter 2021 into NYC Restaurant Week To Go Winter 2021 with $20.21 lunches or dinners to go, Monday-Sunday, January 25-31, 2021. Restaurants can chose to extend the promotion for another week through Sunday, February 7. It's extended to February 28. It's important that we buy local and support New … [Read more...] about NYC Restaurant Week “TO GO” Winter 2021 is Extended by Popular Demand
The Winter Show 2021, America’s Leading Antiques Show, Goes Virtual
The Winter Show 2021 is America's leading fine art antiques show. It is normally held at the Park Avenue Armory in the Upper East Side in late January. The Winter Show used to be called "The Winter Antiques Show." It's the only place in New York City we know where you can buy a real suit of armor. Buying antiques can be a tricky business, but objects sold at this antiques … [Read more...] about The Winter Show 2021, America’s Leading Antiques Show, Goes Virtual
Start Master Drawings New York 2021 Online and End in a Gallery
The 15th Master Drawings New York 2021 art fair is both virtual at masterdrawingsnewyork.com and in select Upper East Side galleries Saturday, January 22-30, 2021. There are usually both New York and European dealers showing Mexican, Italian, French, and Spanish works at a cluster of art galleries in New York's Upper East Side. 15th Master Drawings New York 2021 In … [Read more...] about Start Master Drawings New York 2021 Online and End in a Gallery
The 58th New York Film Festival is Virtual and at the Brooklyn Drive-In & Queens Drive-In
Film at Lincoln Center's 58th New York Film Festival is virtual and real at the Brooklyn Drive-In and Queens Drive-In from September 17 to October 11, 2020. This edition features 🇦🇷 🇨🇱 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇨🇮 🇲🇽 🇷🇴 🇪🇸 🇺🇸 films. filmlinc.org … [Read more...] about The 58th New York Film Festival is Virtual and at the Brooklyn Drive-In & Queens Drive-In
World Music Institute, Flushing Town Hall & the NY Gypsy Festival Join the Global Music Month World Music Festival
For Global Music Month, fifteen world music presenters join forces in a virtual music festival on globalmusicmonth.org from August 29 through October 1, 2020. Countries & Bands These are culture groups, not necessarily the location of the band. For example, Banda de los Muertos is a Mexican banda band from Brooklyn. Oy Vey! Africa Angola Vivalda … [Read more...] about World Music Institute, Flushing Town Hall & the NY Gypsy Festival Join the Global Music Month World Music Festival
The 39th Battery Dance Festival goes Virtual for 2020
The Battery Dance Festival is New York City's longest-running free public dance festival. Now held at Wagner Park in Manhattan's Financial District, it's stage backdrop of New York Harbor and the Statue of Liberty is one of the world's most stunning dance stages. Battery Dance Festival curators have a truly unique global practice and perspective. The Battery Dance Festival … [Read more...] about The 39th Battery Dance Festival goes Virtual for 2020
The 48th Dance on Camera Festival 2020 moves through France, Argentina, Italy and Africa
The Dance on Camera Festival is the world's longest-running dance film festival. It's produced by the Dance Films Association and Film at Lincoln Center. 48th Dance on Camera Festival 2020 The 48th Dance on Camera Festival is online at filmlinc.org Friday-Monday July 17-20, 2020. We will miss the cinema, but at least we can be sure of getting a … [Read more...] about The 48th Dance on Camera Festival 2020 moves through France, Argentina, Italy and Africa
Independent New York 2020
Independent New York is a contemporary art fair that grew out of Dia Chelsea, the land art gallery that pioneered Chelsea as a neighborhood of art galleries. This fair tries not to be an art fair. Independent New York is invitation only and definitely grounded in New York City's art scene. Independent New York 2020 Thursday-Sunday, March 5-8, 2020 ~ Independent New … [Read more...] about Independent New York 2020
Armory Show 2020
The current Armory Show is the big contemporary art fair that anchors the Armory Week cluster of art fairs in New York City in March. The original Armory Show in New York City in 1913 introduced modern art to U.S. audiences. 26th Armory Show The 26th Armory Show is at Piers 90 and 94 in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan from Thursday-Sunday, March 5-8, 2020. This year … [Read more...] about Armory Show 2020
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2020
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema is Film at Lincoln Center's annual French film festival. 25th Rendez-Vous with French Cinema The 25th Rendez-Vous with French Cinema is at Film at Lincoln Center, March 5-15, 2020. Tickets from $17 at filmlinc.org SUSPENDED The opening night film is Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda's first French-language film "The Truth." … [Read more...] about Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2020
Scope New York 2020
Scope is a contemporary art fair of emerging international artists and galleries. Across 20 years, it has sold over $1 billion worth of art to over 1 million visitors. 20th Scope New York The 20th Scope New York contemporary art fair is at the Metropolitan Pavilion, Thursday-Sunday, March 5-8, 2020. 11 [HellHeaven] Art Gallery is from Rome, Italy. Booth … [Read more...] about Scope New York 2020
Art on Paper NYC 2020
Art on Paper NYC is a contemporary art fair of works on paper and that use paper as a primary medium. 6th Art on Paper NYC The 6th Art on Paper NYC contemporary art fair is at Pier 36 in Manhattan's Lower East Side from March 5-8, 2020. This season features 95 galleries showing modern and contemporary paper-based art. AC Contemporary Art is from Buenos Aires, … [Read more...] about Art on Paper NYC 2020
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
ADAA The Art Show 2020
The Art Show is the annual ADAA (Art Dealers Association of America) art fair at the Park Avenue Armory. It is an important art fair because the ADAA represents the United States’ leading art dealers, and The Art Show opens the Armory Week cluster of art fairs in New York City. Many galleries exhibit a single artist or a theme, so the booths are sort of little … [Read more...] about ADAA The Art Show 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