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Los Pleneros de la 21 Teach Puerto Rican Bomba and Plena For Carnegie Hall’s Family Day

CARNEGIE HALL, Midtown, Manhattan 🇵🇷

Edmar Castaneda is the Jimi Hendrix of the Andean Harp

BLUE NOTE, Greenwich Village, Manhattan 🇨🇴

National Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Parade Gathers All First Nations and Friends

MADISON SQUARE PARK & BROADWAY, Flatiron District to Union Square, Manhattan 🇺🇸

Independent 20th Century Contemporary Art Fair Highlights Previously Unrecognized Black, Indigenous, Latin, and Women Artists

CASA CIPRIANI, Financial District, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇵🇾

Armory Show Celebrates 30 Years of International Contemporary Art Fairs in New York City

JAVITS CENTER, Hudson Yards, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇳 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇫🇷 🇨🇦 🇮🇳 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇸🇬 🇿🇦 🇪🇸

Pachamama is the Andean New Year Celebration of Mother Earth

AUGUST 1 🇦🇷 🇨🇱 🇧🇴 🇪🇨 🇵🇪

Buck Moon is the July Full Moon

MOTHER EARTH

Frida Kahlo, Icon of Mexico, Women, Indigenous, and LGBTQ+ Communities

COYOACÁN, Mexico City, Mexico 🇲🇽

Inti Raymi is Inca New Year

JUNE 24 🇵🇪

Tribeca Film Festival is an Intersection of Film, Celebrity, and Popular Culture

TRIBECA 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇴 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇯🇲 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇷 🇸🇴 🇺🇾

Drums Along the Hudson is a Native American Powwow and Multicultural Celebration of Drum, Song, & Dance

INWOOD HILL PARK, Inwood, Manhattan 🇩🇴 🇮🇳 🇲🇽

Brooklyn Film Festival is All About Immersion

WINDMILL STUDIOS, Greenpoint, Brooklyn 🇺🇸 🇩🇿 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇪🇬 🇫🇷 🇮🇱 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇸 🇪🇸 🇻🇪

Photoville, the Outdoor Photo Exhibition in All Five Boroughs, Captures New York City’s Diverse International Spirit

BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK, Brooklyn Heights 🇺🇸 🇨🇴 🇵🇭 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇪 🇵🇹 🇻🇪

We Are Still Here! at the Museum of the City of New York Celebrates Lenape Culture

MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, “El Barrio” East Harlem, Manhattan 🇺🇸

ABT Studio Company Steps Into the Future of Dance and Choreography at The Joyce Theater

JOYCE THEATER, Chelsea, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇦 🇯🇵 🇵🇭 🇰🇷 🇻🇪

Summer for the City Brings the World to Lincoln Center with Free or Pay-What-You-Wish Concerts

LINCOLN CENTER, Upper West Side, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇦🇺 🇧🇷 🇰🇾 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇫🇷 🇭🇹 🇮🇶 🇮🇹 🇨🇮 🇯🇲 🇯🇴 🇲🇱 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇸 🇵🇪 🇵🇭 🇵🇷 🇿🇦 🇸🇩 🇹🇹 🇻🇪 🇿🇼

Worm Moon is a Native American Name for the March Full Moon

MARCH

Benito Juárez was the Indigenous Founding Father of Modern Mexico

SAN PABLO GUELATAO, Oaxaca, MÉXICO ~ March 21, 1806 🇲🇽

Whitney Biennial 2024 is Even Better Than the Real Thing

WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Meatpacking District, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇦 🇨🇱 🇩🇴 🇸🇻 🇮🇳 🇯🇲 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇪 🇹🇹

New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF) 2024

MANHATTAN, BROOKLYN, STATEN ISLAND, and WESTCHESTER

Outsider Art Fair NYC 2024: Self-Taught Art, Art Brut, Outsider Art

METROPOLITAN PAVILION, Chelsea, Manhattan 🇨🇦 🇫🇷

Snow Moon is a Native American Name for the February Full Moon

Sunday, February 5, 2023

“Cold Moon” is the Native American Name of the December Full Moon

December

Virgin of Guadalupe is the Patron Saint of Mexico and Multicultural Identity

BASILICA OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE, Cerro del Tepeyac, México City, México ~ December 12, 1531 🇲🇽

Huītzilōpōchtli, Sun God and Patron of the Méxica is Celebrated on the Solstice

December Solstice 🇲🇽

Las Mañanitas a Nuestra Virgen de Guadalupe Celebrates Her Birthday

AT HOME ~ December 11 🇲🇽

African Diaspora International Film Festival Brings the Many Faces of Mother Africa To New York City

TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, Morningside Heights, Manhattan and other venues. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇭🇹 🇭🇳 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇸🇳 🇺🇾

New York City Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” is the Version That Became the World’s Most Popular Ballet

DAVID H KOCH THEATER, Lincoln Center 🇺🇸

Thanksgiving in New York City 2024

The Thanksgiving stories we used to be taught as Americans were a whitewash of what really happened. 🇺🇸

Native American Heritage Day is a U.S. National Holiday on the Day After Thanksgiving!

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DOC NYC Documentary Film Festival Brings the World to New York

IFC CENTER, SVA THEATRE, VILLAGE EAST BY ANGELIKA, BAR VELOCE, West Village, Greenwich Village, East Village ~ To see another world with your own eyes is a great gift.

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Native American Heritage Month is November, and We Are Still Here

November is a month to celebrate our Indigenous heritage, and all the First Nations of the Americas.

The New York Comedy Festival Will Make You Laugh at Yourself

IT’S ALL OVER ~ Funny people come out of the woodwork from NYC and across America. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇮🇳 🇮🇹 🇵🇭 🇵🇷 🇷🇼 🇻🇪

The Art Show Brings America’s Top Galleries to the Park Avenue Armory

PARK AVENUE ARMORY, Upper East Side. 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇨🇴 🇲🇽

Day of the Dead, Día de los Muertos, is a Mexican Family Celebration of Life

OCTOBER 31 – NOVEMBER 2 ~ Mexican Day of the Dead, Día de los Muertos, is a beautiful blend of cultures that is beloved around the world. Feliz Día de los Muertos!

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Mano a Mano’s 20th Day of the Dead Celebration Brings Mexican Culture to Life at St Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery

ST MARK’S CHURCH-IN-THE-BOWERY, East Village ~ One of New York City’s longest running community ofrendas, with live music, Mexican food, and a Mexican folk art market.

Friday-Sunday, October 27-29, 2023

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