GÜIRA DE MACURIJES, Matanzas, Cuba ~ August 31, 1911 🇨🇺
Legends
Carlos Gardel was the Iconic Tango Singer
TOULOUSE, France ~ December 11, 1890 🇫🇷 🇦🇷
Machito & His Afro-Cubans Defined Cubop Which We Now Call Latin Jazz
HAVANA, Cuba ~ December 3, 1907 🇨🇺
Carlos Fuentes was Mexico’s Most Celebrated Novelist
November 11, 1928 ~ “The Death of Artemis Cruz.”
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Joe Arroyo was One of the Godfathers of Colombian Salsa
CARTAGENA, Colombia ~ The singer who mixed many Caribbean traditions into Colombian Salsa, was born on November 1, 1955.
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Dizzy Gillespie Put the Latin Back in Jazz
Saturday, October 21, 2023
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Celia Cruz, “The Queen of Salsa,” Popularized Latin Music Around the World
HAVANA, Cuba, October 21, 1925 🇨🇺
Louis Moreau Gottschalk Was the First Composer to Notate the Rhythms of Congo Square
New Orleans
May 8, 1829
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Evita Eva Perón, “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina”
The actress and radio personality rose from poverty to become a beloved first lady of Argentina.
Los Toldos, Argentina
May 7, 1919
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Maria TallChief (Osage Nation) Was America’s and NY City Ballet’s First Prima Ballerina
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
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Arturo Schomburg was a Puerto Rican Harlem Renaissance Man
SANTURCE, San Juan, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
Antônio Carlos Jobim wrote The Girl From Ipanema
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
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Francisco Oller was the Puerto Rican Impressionist
Saturday, June 17, 2023
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Roberto Clemente was a Great Baseball Player and Humanitarian!
Friday, August 18, 2023
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Chadwick Boseman “Black Panther” Passed on the Day of the “I Have a Dream” Speech
LOS ANGELES, California ~ August 28, 2023. 🇺🇸
Tito Rodríguez ¡El Inolvidable! is Tributed by Tito Rodríguez Jr, Gilberto Santa Rosa & Friends at Hostos Center
Friday-Sunday, November 11-13, 2022
HOSTOS CENTER
Mott Haven, The Bronx
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Graciela of Machito & His Afro-Cubans Was Great Latin Jazz Singer
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
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Leonard Bernstein Led the NY Phil and Composed “West Side Story”
Friday, August 25, 2023
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Emmett Till’s Mother Was Courageous
Sunday, August 28, 2022
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Osvaldo Fresedo is Remembered for his Melodic Argentine Tangos
Thursday, May 5, 2022
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Emiliano Zapata Fought for the People in the Mexican Revolution
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
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Dolores del Río was the first Latin American Hollywood Star
Thursday, August 3, 2023
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Johnny Pacheco was La Salsa!
Thursday, March 25, 2022
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Tito Rojas, “El Gallo Salsero,” was a Great Salsero
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
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Diego Obregon Goodby to the Colombian Pacific Coast Marimba Master
Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 7pm
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