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Worm Moon is an Algonquin Native American Name for the March Full Moon

MARCH

Virgin of Guadalupe is the Patron Saint of Mexico and Multiracial People

BASILICA OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE, Cerro del Tepeyac, México City, México 🇲🇽

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

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, Morningside Heights, Manhattan
CINEMA VILLAGE, Greenwich Village
LEONARD NIMOY THALIA, Upper West Side
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DOC NYC Documentary Film Festival Screens Films That Make You Think About What’s Going On All Around Us Right Now

IFC CENTER, SVA THEATRE, VILLAGE EAST BY ANGELIKA, West Village, Chelsea, East Village, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇭🇹 🇮🇳 🇮🇱 🇳🇬 🇵🇸 🇸🇩

Thanksgiving in New York City is Family Time

4th November Thursday through the weekend 🇺🇸

Day of the Dead, Día de los Muertos, is a Pan-Latin Family Celebration Whose Mexican Tradition Has Gone Global

OCTOBER 31 – NOVEMBER 2 🇲🇽

Coco, Disney’s Mexican Day of the Dead Movie, is All About Family, the True Meaning of Día de Muertos

THE TOWN HALL, Midtown, Manhattan 🇲🇽

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

NOVEMBER 🇺🇸

Day of the Dead, Día de Muertos, Comes to Life at Mano y Mano’s Community Altars

HISPANIC SOCIETY, Washington Heights, Manhattan 🇲🇽
ST. MARK’S CHURCH IN-THE-BOWERY, East Village, Manhattan 🇲🇽
DAVID RUBENSTEIN ATRIUM, Lincoln Center, Manhattan 🇲🇽
FLATIRON NORTH PLAZA, Flatiron District, Manhattan 🇲🇽

Indigenous Peoples Day NYC Powwow Includes a Sunrise Ceremony

RANDALLS ISLAND, Manhattan 🇺🇸

Indigenous Peoples Day in New York City

Second Monday in October 🇺🇸

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

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

Global Citizen Festival Features ALOK, Doja Cat, Rauw Alejandro, Raye and More

GREAT LAWN, Central Park 🇧🇷 🇬🇭 🇵🇷 🇿🇦 🇰🇷

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 🇨🇴

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 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇦🇺 🇧🇷 🇰🇾 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇫🇷 🇭🇹 🇮🇶 🇮🇹 🇨🇮 🇯🇲 🇯🇴 🇲🇱 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇸 🇵🇪 🇵🇭 🇵🇷 🇿🇦 🇸🇩 🇹🇹 🇻🇪 🇿🇼

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

Wolf Moon is the Algonquin Name for the January Full Moon

January

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

December

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 🇲🇽

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

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Mictēcacihuātl is the Mesoamerican Goddess of the Underworld, Which is a Paradise

DAY OF THE DEAD
Thursday, November 2, 2023
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Catrina La Calavera Garbancera is the Modern Mictēcacihuātl

DAY OF THE DEAD, DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS
Thursday, November 2, 2023
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Ofrendas are Altars That Invite Family Souls to Visit

On or before October 31, we build ofrendas to invite family souls to visit us on the Day of the Holy Innocents (November 1) and the Day of the Dead (November 2).

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Mexican Marigolds Attract Family Souls Visiting on Day of the Dead

October 31 – November 2
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Mexican Marigolds are a Central American flower with healing powers that attract spirits to visit their families on the Day of the Dead