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Yasser Tejeda Grows Danceable Latin Alternative From Dominican Folk Roots

Yasser Tejeda in New York City Dominican alternative singer-songwriter Yasser Tejeda plays a special Uptown Nights Latin Music Series show for Harlem Stage, the World Music Institute and Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI). New York Haitian DJ Sabine Blaizin (Oyasound) keeps the room moving with a little Afro-Everything before and after the show at … [Read more...] about Yasser Tejeda Grows Danceable Latin Alternative From Dominican Folk Roots

West Indian Day Parade is the Climax of New York Carnival

The West Indian Day Parade 2023 is the climax of New York Carnival. The parade follows Trinidadian Carnival traditions, but includes the cultures of including: Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and Granada, Guyana, Suriname, and Belize. West Indian Day Parade 2023 The West Indian Day Parade 2023 marches on Eastern Parkway … [Read more...] about West Indian Day Parade is the Climax of New York Carnival

New York Carnival Celebrates Freedom Trinidad Style

New York Carnival 2023 gets Brooklyn jumping up from the kickoff on August 10, through Voicey's Long Live Soca Tour, SocaFest, Junior Carnival, Panorama, Sunrise Day Soiree, J'ouvert, many fêtes, to a big climax at the West Indian Day Parade on Labor Day, Monday, September 4, 2023. 🇹🇹 The festival draws on many Caribbean traditions including: Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, … [Read more...] about New York Carnival Celebrates Freedom Trinidad Style

Yewá Dances in the Cemetery to Help the Dead Move On

In the Caribbean, Yewá is a warrior orisha of fertility, chastity, loneliness, and death. She doesn't cause death, she helps us get through it. She has other meanings in Mother Africa. [NOTE: These are oral traditions that vary by region, town, and even family. We don't do religion. This is culture, a very beautiful one. It's a Caribbean framework for understanding the … [Read more...] about Yewá Dances in the Cemetery to Help the Dead Move On

FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 Elevates International Women’s Soccer

The FIFA Women's World Cup 2023, the top women's soccer tournament, is in Australia and New Zealand from July 20 to August 20, 2023. Qualifying Latin Teams International soccer is organized into regional federations. CONCACAF is the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football. CONMEBOL is the Confederación Sudamamericana de … [Read more...] about FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 Elevates International Women’s Soccer

Our Lady of Perpetual Help is the Patron Saint of Haiti

The Marian Feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help is celebrated on June 27. The image of the Cretan icon became the patron saint of Haiti when prayers were answered with rain that helped end a cholera outbreak. The Icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Our Lady of Perpetual Help is a 15th-century icon, originally from Crete, a major source of European religious imagery … [Read more...] about Our Lady of Perpetual Help is the Patron Saint of Haiti

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

International Workers Day or Labor Day is a National Holiday in Much of the Latin World

International Workers Day on May 1 celebrates the organized labor movement. It's a popular day to protest for workers' and civil rights, which is something that both Latin Americans and Latin Europeans seem to enjoy. It's not a big deal in the United States, but is in the Latin world. Owners don't like it because they don't want to be unionized, but workers see it as their … [Read more...] about International Workers Day or Labor Day is a National Holiday in Much of the Latin World

Dance Theatre of Harlem Bids Farewell to Artistic Director Virginia Johnson at New York City Center

Dance Theatre of Harlem's 2022 Season at New York City Center is the company's farewell to Artistic Director Virginia Johnson (Pointe Magazine). She was picked by company co-founder Arthur Mitchell to relaunch the company in 2009. She was going to retire, but stayed on to guide the company through the pandemic. Resident Choreographer Robert Garland becomes Artistic Director … [Read more...] about Dance Theatre of Harlem Bids Farewell to Artistic Director Virginia Johnson at New York City Center

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!

Celebrate Maman Brigitte, the Haitian Loa of Death and Life

Maman Brigitte (Mother Brigitte) is the female loa of life and death in Haitian Vodou. She is the partner of Baron Samedi (Mr. Saturday), the male loa of life and death. The unending cycle of life and death, and death and life, is the essential mystery which is the original source of most human culture. Maman Brigitte The European diaspora fears her, but Caribbeans … [Read more...] about Celebrate Maman Brigitte, the Haitian Loa of Death and Life

globalFEST 2023 Brings Global Music to David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center

globalFEST 2023 is a global music conference and showcase during the APAP convention of presenters, artists, and booking agents in January. Global music used to be called world music. It's basically the music of Mother Africa and Asia. globalFEST 2023 globalFESt 2023 brings global classical, cumbia, flamenco, folk, gospel, rock, rhythm & blues, and salsa; to … [Read more...] about globalFEST 2023 Brings Global Music to David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center

Celebrate Haitian Independence Day!

Haitian Independence Day is January 1, 1804. The Haitian national day celebrates the declaration of independence from France by revolutionary leader Jean-Jacques Dessalines. Haitian independence was a historic human achievement. Haiti is the only nation in history founded by people who freed themselves from human slavery. It was the first Latin American country to gain … [Read more...] about Celebrate Haitian Independence Day!

The NY Comedy Festival 2022 Makes the Big Apple Laugh

The NY Comedy Festival 2022 makes all five New York City boroughs laugh, and gives local comedy clubs a chance to shine in the limelight. There are over 100 shows with 200 comedians ranging from the biggest stars to up-and-coming talent. NY Comedy Festival 2022 The NY Comedy Festival 2022 is at comedy clubs across New York City, Monday-Sunday, November 7-13, 2022. 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 … [Read more...] about The NY Comedy Festival 2022 Makes the Big Apple Laugh

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

Day of the Dead NYC 2022 Día de los Muertos is a Three-Day Family Celebration of Life

Day of the Dead NYC 2022 (Día de los Muertos) is a family tradition of remembering ancestors and tending their graves. There is nothing bad or scary about it. As a blend of American and European traditions, the celebration takes many forms around the world, including in Brazil, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Philippines, and Spain. Depending on the country, … [Read more...] about Day of the Dead NYC 2022 Día de los Muertos is a Three-Day Family Celebration of Life

Celebrate Aggayú Solá, Orisha of Flowing Forces of Nature

Aggayú Solá is the orisha of powerful flowing forces of nature that create land such as volcanic lava flows and raging rivers. In some traditions, he is also the orisha of deserts. Deserts are flowing rivers of sand. In Yoruba language, his name means "voice of the desert." Given the extremes of climate change, this is a good time to honor him. These are oral traditions … [Read more...] about Celebrate Aggayú Solá, Orisha of Flowing Forces of Nature

The Latin Roots of New York Fashion Week September 2022: Spring/Summer 2023 Collections

New York Fashion Week brings American and International fashion designers to show their Spring/Summer 2023 collections to the trade and fashionistas in New York City. Most fashion shows and presentations are invitation only, but many livestream online. Tickets can be purchased for some events. Most fashion shows are runway shows. Presentations show the clothes on mannequins … [Read more...] about The Latin Roots of New York Fashion Week September 2022: Spring/Summer 2023 Collections

The Haitian Revolution Changed the Course of Human and American History

The Haitian Revolution began in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) on the night of August 21, 1791. The Haitian Revolution was a Historic Human Rights Achievement After more than a decade of struggle, Haiti became the: First free country in Latin AmericaSecond republic in the Americas (after the United States)Only nation in history founded from a slave … [Read more...] about The Haitian Revolution Changed the Course of Human and American History

The CCCADI’s AfriBembé Festival: Sankofa! Celebrates Our African Roots in El Barrio!

The AfriBembé Festival: Sankofa!2022 is an outdoor festival of Pan-African culture produced by NYC's Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI). 4th AfriBembé Festival: Sankofa! The CCCADI's 4th AfriBembé Festival: Sankofa! is at Harlem Art Park and on East 120th St in "El Barrio" East Harlem on Saturday, August 13, 2022 from 11:30am - 7pm. Free. … [Read more...] about The CCCADI’s AfriBembé Festival: Sankofa! Celebrates Our African Roots in El Barrio!

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

DanceAfrica 2022 Calls Our Ancestors to BAM

The 45th DanceAfrica 2022 dance festival presents five guest African dance companies with the Arkestra Afrika, BAM RestorationArt Dance Youth Ensemble and DanceAfrica Spirit Walkers at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in Fort Greene over Memorial Day Weekend, Fri-Mon, May 27-30, 2022. From $35. bam.org 🇬🇭🇬🇳🇲🇱🇳🇬 🇨🇺🇭🇹🇩🇴🇵🇷🇹🇹 In addition to performances, the Festival features … [Read more...] about DanceAfrica 2022 Calls Our Ancestors to BAM

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

Movement Without Borders is a Day of Dance for Humanizing Immigration at Judson Memorial Church

Movement Without Borders, a day of dance, music, film, poetry and talk about humanizing our immigration system, is at Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village, Sat, October 2 from 11am - 6:30pm. Free and open to the public with a suggested donation of $20. movementwithoutborders.com 🇦🇫🇦🇷🇨🇦🇨🇴🇩🇴🇬🇹🇭🇹🇭🇳🇮🇹🇲🇽🇵🇷🇸🇻🇺🇸 Help us raise $15,000 today. We are almost there. … [Read more...] about Movement Without Borders is a Day of Dance for Humanizing Immigration at Judson Memorial Church

The “We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert” Rocks Central Park

We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert is an all-star concert celebrating New York's resilience to the 2020 pandemic. It's been a really tough year and a half for all New Yorkers, but New York City always bounces back. This is going to be NYC's Woodstock, not in the wild way, but as a historic concert that everybody wishes they were at. The show is for 60,000 people. Some … [Read more...] about The “We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert” Rocks Central Park

NYC Homecoming Week 2021 Celebrates the Greatest City on Earth

NYC Homecoming Week celebrates the resilience of the greatest city on Earth. It includes concerts, movie screenings, cultural activities, NYC Restaurant Week and Summer Streets. Many of the events are free. #NYCHomecomingWeek New York City birthed modern jazz (bebop), Latin jazz (cubop), salsa and hip-hop. America's film industry started here. We are America's fashion … [Read more...] about NYC Homecoming Week 2021 Celebrates the Greatest City on Earth

NYC’s Creole Food Festival 2021 is Internationalicious!

NYC's 3rd Creole Food Festival is at Skinny's Cantina on the Hudson, Friday-Saturday, August 7-8, 2021 from 3-8pm. creolefoodfestival.com Creole Creole is many things, but the way we use the term is code for Haitian Diaspora and French African. The influence of the Haitian Diaspora is all over the Caribbean and New Orleans. French cuisine is the science of cooking. … [Read more...] about NYC’s Creole Food Festival 2021 is Internationalicious!

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