Three legendary Merengueras Dominicanas: Ninoshka, Lidia de la Rosa, and Indira Rubiera whip up the stage with Dominican merengue; in the Repertory Theater at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx; on Friday, June 2, 2023 at 8pm. From $25. Students & under 18, $5. hostos.cuny.edu 🇩🇴 Merengueras Dominicanas From its roots in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros in … [Read more...] about Merengueras Dominicanas: Ninoshka, Lidia de la Rosa, & Indira Rubiera Bring Quisqueya to Hostos Center
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ACO SONiC Festival with Miguel Zenón and Angélica Negrón Creates Avant-Garde Puerto Rican Classical Music at Hostos
The ACO SONiC Festival with Miguel Zenón & Angélica Negrón creates new Latin classical music with the American Composers Orchestra featuring Ahmed Alom, Raquel Acevedo Klein, Victor Pablo, Darian Thomas; in the Repertory Theater at Hostos Center; on Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 4pm. From $25. Student ID ($5). hostos.cuny.org 🇵🇷 🇨🇴 🇮🇱 🇺🇸 This show is a primer on some of the … [Read more...] about ACO SONiC Festival with Miguel Zenón and Angélica Negrón Creates Avant-Garde Puerto Rican Classical Music at Hostos
Miguel Zenón Curates the American Composers Orchestra SONiC Festival
Miguel Zenón News Miguel Zenón & Angélica Negrón curate the American Composers Orchestra SONiC Festival with new Latin classical music featuring Ahmed Alom, Raquel Acevedo Klein, Victor Pablo, Darian Thomas; in the Repertory Theater at Hostos Center; on Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 4pm. From $25. Student ID ($5). hostos.cuny.org 🇵🇷 🇨🇴 🇮🇱 🇺🇸 Miguel Zenón is a Multiple … [Read more...] about Miguel Zenón Curates the American Composers Orchestra SONiC Festival
Spanish Harlem Orchestra with Oscar Hernández plays the Ballet Hispánico Legacy Gala Honoring The Miranda Family
The Spanish Harlem Orchestra (SHO) plays New York salsa for dancing in the style of the 1970s Salsa Golden Age. Almost every song on their albums is great and danceable from beginning to end. Put on the record and let the party begin. A Spanish Harlem Orchestra party no paré. As salsa dancers in Puerto Rico, they are one of our favorite salsa bands. It also should be said … [Read more...] about Spanish Harlem Orchestra with Oscar Hernández plays the Ballet Hispánico Legacy Gala Honoring The Miranda Family
Luis Santeiro’s “Dancing With Dictators” is a Heartfelt Cabaret with the Music and Rhythms of Cuba
Luis Santeiro's "Dancing With Dictators," is a one-man cabaret that explores his family's journey from pre-Castro Cuba to a traumatic exile in Miami during the turbulent 1960s. It was hard, but Luis turned his Cuban American experience into a dream career as a multiple Emmy Award-winning writer for "¿Qué Pasa, USA?" and "Sesame Street." See how one young Cuban became a … [Read more...] about Luis Santeiro’s “Dancing With Dictators” is a Heartfelt Cabaret with the Music and Rhythms of Cuba
Xiomara Fortuna, the Queen of Afro-Caribbean Fusion, Plays Hostos Center
Dominican singer-songwriter Xiomara Fortuna, The Queen of Afro-Caribbean Fusion, showcases her latest album “Etaquetúves” (It is what you see), at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx, on Saturday, April 1, 2023, at 8pm. $20. hostos.cuny.edu 🇩🇴 By "lo ko-Ki, ko Keith" Widyolar SANTIAGO DE LOS CABALLEROS, Dominican Republic, March 30, 2023 ~ Xiomara Fortuna is an … [Read more...] about Xiomara Fortuna, the Queen of Afro-Caribbean Fusion, Plays Hostos Center
Annette A. Aguilar & StringBeans Bring the Women in Latin Jazz Festival to Hostos Center
Annette A. Aguilar is a San Francisco Nicaraguan jazz and rock drummer, percussionist, bandleader, producer, and educator based in New York City. She founded the Women in Latin Jazz Festival and is a U.S. State Department Latin Jazz Ambassador. StringBeans is Aguilar's ten-piece ensemble. It has been playing Latin and Brazilian jazz for 30 years in 2022. The band is … [Read more...] about Annette A. Aguilar & StringBeans Bring the Women in Latin Jazz Festival to Hostos Center
“Navidad: A Mexican-American Christmas” by Calpulli Mexican Dance Company is at Hostos Center
"Navidad: A Mexican-American Christmas," by Calpulli Mexican Dance Company, is folkloric ballet dance theatre that blends Hispanic, American and Mexican Indigenous holiday traditions into a beautiful holiday show. Calpulli Mexican Dance Company productions are Broadway-quality in every dimension - really. And as teaching artists, they help New Yorkers connect with our … [Read more...] about “Navidad: A Mexican-American Christmas” by Calpulli Mexican Dance Company is at Hostos Center
Papo Vázquez Celebrates 40 Years of Jazz in a Holiday Parranda Concert with his Mighty Pirates Troubadours, Camille Thurman & Héctor Cordero
Papo Vázquez is a Puerto Rican jazz trombonist who is an NEA Latino Master and Grammy nominee with a long, storied career. He connects Puerto Rico's bomba tradition with jazz, and the 1970s golden age of New York salsa. His band is the Mighty Pirates Troubadours. Papo Vázquez in New York City Papo Vázquez and the Mighty Pirates Troubadours play a Puerto Rican holiday … [Read more...] about Papo Vázquez Celebrates 40 Years of Jazz in a Holiday Parranda Concert with his Mighty Pirates Troubadours, Camille Thurman & Héctor Cordero
National Puerto Rican Artisans Fair 2022 is at Hostos Center
The National Puerto Rican Artisans Fair 2022 is a holiday market of Puerto Rican arts and crafts, and books made in Puerto Rico and across the Diaspora. 36th National Puerto Rican Artisans Fair 2022 The 36th National Puerto Rican Artisans Fair 2022, by Comité Noviembre and PRIDA, is at Hostos College in Mott Haven, The Bronx on Saturday, November 19, 2022 from 12-6pm. … [Read more...] about National Puerto Rican Artisans Fair 2022 is at Hostos Center
Danza Fiesta Dances Puerto Rican Bomba, Plena & Seis at Hostos Center
Danza Fiesta is one of the leading Puerto Rican folkloric dance theatre organizations in the Diaspora. Danza Fiesta in New York City Danza Fiesta, one of the leading folkloric dance theater organizations in the Puerto Rican Diaspora, celebrates their 25th Anniversary with a family presentation of Bomba, Plena and Seis (Jíbaro music) at the South Bronx Folk Festival at … [Read more...] about Danza Fiesta Dances Puerto Rican Bomba, Plena & Seis at Hostos Center
Jane Bunnett and Maqueque, the New Queens of Afro-Cuban Jazz, Play Hostos Center
Jane Bunnett and Maqueque is an all-woman Cuban Jazz band led by Canadian multiple Grammy nominee Jane Bunnett. NPR calls them "The New Queens of Afro-Cuban Jazz." Bunnett is a Beboper. Bebop and Cubop are the Caribbean Hero Twins reunited. Bebop modern Jazz and Cubop Latin Jazz were formed together in 1940s New York City. Dizzy Gillespie and Mario Bauzá of Machito and His … [Read more...] about Jane Bunnett and Maqueque, the New Queens of Afro-Cuban Jazz, Play Hostos Center
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
Calpulli Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Brings the Mexican Family Celebration of Life to the Hostos Center Stage
Calpulli Día de los Muertos is a Broadway-style show that brings the Day of the Dead, the Mexican family festival of life, to the stage with rich storytelling, beautiful costumes, great music, and impressive dancing. Calpulli "Día de Los Muertos" (Day of the Dead) Calpulli "Día de los Muertos," dance theatre about the Day of the Dead, the Mexican family celebration of … [Read more...] about Calpulli Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Brings the Mexican Family Celebration of Life to the Hostos Center Stage
Josean Jacobo “Herencia Criolla” Master Class & Concert of Afro-Dominican Jazz at Hostos Center
Josean Jacobo is a Dominican Jazz pianist, composer, and leader who plays sweet Jazz inspired by Afro-Dominican Folk rhythms. He is one of the hottest young Jazz cats to recently come out of La Republica and the island of Hispaniola where Jazz comes from. Josean Jacobo presents his new Jazz album "Herencia Criolla" at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx with a Master … [Read more...] about Josean Jacobo “Herencia Criolla” Master Class & Concert of Afro-Dominican Jazz at Hostos Center
La Casa de La Plena Tito Matos Trains the Next Generation of Pleneros at La Goyco
At a time when social media is replacing traditional cultures, La Casa de la Plena Tito Matos is keeping Puerto Rican traditions alive by training the next generation of Pleneros. La Plena La Plena is a Puerto Rican musical tradition with roots in the African Diaspora. It's a song, drum and dance tradition that is performed on the streets in Puerto Rican communities. … [Read more...] about La Casa de La Plena Tito Matos Trains the Next Generation of Pleneros at La Goyco
National Puerto Rican Artisans Fair & Book Expo 2021 is at Hostos College
The 16th National Puerto Rican Artisans Fair & Book Expo 2021 is live at Hostos Community College, Sat, Nov 20 from 12-5pm and virtual at comitenoviembrevirtualfair.org 🇵🇷 Puerto Rican art is different from European art. Puerto Rican artisanal crafts are not just pretty. They both reflect and are a living part of Puerto Rican culture. Some of these are pure craft, … [Read more...] about National Puerto Rican Artisans Fair & Book Expo 2021 is at Hostos College
Zaccai Curtis Afro-Cuban Jazz Quartet Keeps Stretching Cubop
The Zaccai Curtis Afro-Cuban Jazz Quartet streams a world premiere performance and live conversation about cubop (Cuban bebop) on Hostos Center’s Zoom, Facebook and YouTube channels this Friday, May 28, 2021 at 7:30pm ET. FREE 🇨🇺🇵🇷 The Curtis Brothers are not just great jazz musicians, they can tell you the stories behind the rhythms. … [Read more...] about Zaccai Curtis Afro-Cuban Jazz Quartet Keeps Stretching Cubop
PRIDA’s Virtual National Puerto Rican Artisans Fair & Book Expo Is Extended All Year Long
PRIDA'S National Puerto Rican Artisans Fair & Book Expo goes virtual during the COVID-19 Pandemic at comitenoviembrevirtualfair.org on Saturday-Sunday, November 21-22, 2020. It's been extended to all year long. #WeArePRIDA #ComiteNoviembre2020 #ComiteNoviembreVirtualFair December 12, 2020 ~ The fair has been extended all year long. … [Read more...] about PRIDA’s Virtual National Puerto Rican Artisans Fair & Book Expo Is Extended All Year Long
Malena & Lena Burke share an evening of Cuban boleros at Hostos
Malena and Lena Burke share a night of Cuban boleros in the Repertory Theater at Hostos Center in Concourse, The Bronx on Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 7:30pm. $25 (Students and under 18 $5) The singer joined her daughter's concert at Hostos last year and returns by popular demand. Get tickets at hostoscenter.org Malena Burke The Cuban bolero singer is known for … [Read more...] about Malena & Lena Burke share an evening of Cuban boleros at Hostos
‘REVIVAL’ Pattern & Decoration at Longwood Art Gallery
REVIVAL: Contemporary Pattern & Decoration explores how contemporary artists surround their bodies with pattern and decoration in wallpaper, fabric, porcelain, and silhouettes. The exhibition builds on the artistic movement of the 1970s known as Pattern and Decoration (P & D), which explored the repetition of color, line and shape. It was partly a response to … [Read more...] about ‘REVIVAL’ Pattern & Decoration at Longwood Art Gallery
Cuban voices Lena Burke, Malena Burke & Xiomara Laugart at Hostos
Lena Burke, Xiomara Laugart and special guest Malena Burke play Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx on Friday, March 23, 2018 at 7:30 pm. They are great Cuban singers in their own right, but also channel the musical identities of two of the most legendary singers of Cuba: Celia Cruz and La Lupe. Lena Burke https://youtu.be/Ad7GAvuwW8I Lena Burke is a Cuban … [Read more...] about Cuban voices Lena Burke, Malena Burke & Xiomara Laugart at Hostos