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The People Archive contains New York Latin Culture Magazine's coverage of Latin People in New York City and beyond since 2012.

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Eliane Elias, the Grammy-winning Brazilian Jazz Pianist, Starts Her “Time and Again Tour”

Eliane Elias (Daniel Azoulay/Jazz at Lincoln Center)

BIRDLAND, Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan 🇧🇷

Bulla en el Barrio Releases Debut Album “Vámonos que nos vamos”

Bulla en el Barrio (Lincoln Center)

New York City’s first Bullerengue group updates the Caribbean Colombian women’s tradition from San Basilio de Palenque, the first free African town in the Americas. 🇨🇴

Carlos Gardel was the Iconic Tango Singer

Carlos Gardel in 1933, colorized (Jose Maria Silva/Wikimedia)

TOULOUSE, France ~ December 11, 1890 🇫🇷 🇦🇷

Ozuna in New York City

Ozuna (Billboard Music Awards)

PRUDENTIAL CENTER, Newark, New Jersey 🇩🇴 🇵🇷

Bárbara Martínez Sings and Dances Flamenco at Sala Astoria

Bárbara Martínez flamenco (courtesy)

SALA ASTORIA, Astoria, Queens 🇦🇷 🇻🇪 🇪🇸

Machito & His Afro-Cubans Defined Cubop Which We Now Call Latin Jazz

Machito at Glen Island Casino in New York in 1947 (William Gottlieb/Library of Congress)

HAVANA, Cuba ~ December 3, 1907 🇨🇺

Romeo Santos Brings His “Formula Vol. 3 Tour” to Barclays Center

Romeo Santos in 2007 (Michael Bush/Dreamstime)

BARCLAYS CENTER, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn ~ The “King of Bachata” created urban bachata and popularized it around the world. 🇩🇴

Louie Vega and the Elements of Life Spin House at the Blue Note New York

Louie Vega (courtesy)

This legend of 1990s house music is from a Puerto Rican musical family. 🇵🇷

Carlos Fuentes was Mexico’s Most Celebrated Novelist

Carlos Fuentes in 2012 (blurf/Dreamstime)

November 11, 1928 ~ “The Death of Artemis Cruz.”

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Joe Arroyo was One of the Godfathers of Colombian Salsa

Joe Arroyo statue in Barranquilla, Colombia (camaralucida1/Adobe)

CARTAGENA, Colombia ~ The singer who mixed many Caribbean traditions into Colombian Salsa, was born on November 1, 1955.

🇨🇴

Celia Cruz, “The Queen of Salsa,” Popularized Latin Music Around the World

Celia Cruz (Estate of Adál Maldonado / Roberto Paradise)

HAVANA, Cuba, October 21, 1925 🇨🇺

Evita Eva Perón, “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina”

"Evita" Eva Perón in 1944 (PD/Annemarie-Heinrich/Wikimedia)

The actress and radio personality rose from poverty to become a beloved first lady of Argentina.

Los Toldos, Argentina
May 7, 1919
🇦🇷

I’m a Storyteller and This is My Story “Lo Co-qui” Keith Widyolar

Keith Widyolar in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 2023

Buenas. ¿Todo bien? If I am any one thing, it is creative. Whether writing, singing, marketing, designing, photographing, dancing, or just having fun with friends; I am a storyteller. My first mentor taught me to write. My second taught me that marketing is always having an answer. I learned that lesson myself doing beauty photography […]

Edna Vázquez Blends Regional Mexican with Folk Pop Rock for Carnegie Hall Citywide at the LGBT Community Center

Edna Vázquez. Courtesy the artist.

CARNEGIE HALL CITYWIDE at the LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER, West Village, Manhattan. 🇲🇽 🏳️‍🌈

Lady Gaga in New York City

Lady Gaga in 2018 (Anita Zvonar/Dreamstime)

Tuesday, March 28, 2023
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Antônio Carlos Jobim wrote The Girl From Ipanema

Antônio Carlos Jobim statue on Ipanema Beach (Jptinoco/Dreamstime)

Wednesday, January 25, 2023
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Louis CK is Sorry at Madison Square Garden

Louis CK (Laurence Agron/Dreamstime)

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, Chelsea, Manhattan 🇲🇽

Ricardo Arjona in New York City

Ricardo Arjona in 2006 (Michael Bush/Dreamstime)

Thursday, January 19, 2023
Jocotenango, Guatemala
🇬🇹

Marco Antonio Solís is a Great Regional Mexican Singer

Marco Antonio Solís: La Historia Continua. Courtesy the artist.

Thursday, December 29, 2022
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Jorge Drexler, Philosopher King of Latin Pop, Plays The Town Hall

Jorge Drexler in 2018 (AEG/Golden Voice)

Tuesday, November 1, 2022
THE TOWN HALL
Midtown, Manhattan
🇺🇾

Gilberto Gil is a Samba, Rock, Bossa Nova, MPB Legend

Gilberto Gil in 2009 (Fabio Diena/Dreamstime)

Monday, June 26, 2023
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Graciela of Machito & His Afro-Cubans Was Great Latin Jazz Singer

Graciela Grillo and Machito at Glen Island Casino in Westchester in 1947 (PD/William Gottlieb/Library of Congress)

Wednesday, August 23, 2023
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Adriana Salgado and Orlando Reyes Dance Argentine Tango with the Guillermina Quiroga Company at Roulette

Adriana Salgado and Orlando Reyes (Edward A Goytia)

Thursday, October 27, 2022
ROULETTE INTERMEDIUM
Boerum Hill, Brooklyn
🇨🇴

Axel Tosca Trio Featuring Xiomara Laugart Play Cuban Jazz at Zinc Bar

Axel Tosca. Courtesy the artist.

Thursday, September 29, 2022
ZINC BAR
Greenwich Village, Manhattan
🇨🇺

Rosalía in New York City

Rosalía in 2018 (Christian Bertrand/Dreamstime)

GREAT LAWN, Central Park, Manhattan 🇪🇸

Carlos Vives “Después de Todo Vives Tour” Brings Colombian Vallenato Pop Rock to Prudential Center

Carlos Vives (Michael Bush/Dreamstime)

Saturday, September 17, 2022
PRUDENTIAL CENTER
Newark, New Jersey
🇨🇴

Osvaldo Fresedo is Remembered for his Melodic Argentine Tangos

Osvaldo Fresedo "El Pibe de la Paternal" (public domain)

Thursday, May 5, 2022
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Thalía is the Queen of Latin Pop

Thalia at Lincoln Center in 2015 (Fashionstock/Dreamstime)

Friday, August 26, 2022
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Emiliano Zapata Fought for the People in the Mexican Revolution

Emiliano Zapata around 1915 (Wikimedia)

Tuesday, August 8, 2023
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Dolores del Río was the first Latin American Hollywood Star

Dolores Del Río was the first Latin American Hollywood Star (Wikimedia)

Thursday, August 3, 2023
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Simón Bolívar’s African Stepmother Hipólita Taught Him That All People Deserve to be Free

Simón Bolívar by Francis Martin Drexel, 1826/1827

Monday, July 24, 2023
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Grupo Rebolú Plays Afro-Colombian Caribbean Dance Music at Esplanade Plaza

Grupo Rebolú is Morris Canate, Ronald Polo & Johanna Castaneda (Diana Bejarano/GR)

Saturday, July 23, 2022
ESPLANADE PLAZA
Battery Park City, Manhattan
🇨🇴

Myriam Phiro Celebrates Bastille Day at Joe’s Pub

Myriam Phiro French-Canadian chanteuse (the artist)

Thursday, July 14, 2022
JOE’S PUB AT THE PUBLIC
NoHo, Manhattan
🇫🇷🇨🇦

Nilko Andreas & Blanca Gonzalez Play Latin Folk at Teatro SEA

Nilko Andreas (Sergio Reyes)

Thursday, June 9, 2022
TEATRO SEA
Lower East Side
🇨🇴

Jarana Beat Does the Mexican Fandango at Terraza 7

Jarana Beat is a fun New York Fandango collective (courtesy the artists)

Friday, May 13, 2022
TERRAZA 7
Elmhurst, Queens
🇲🇽

Los Van Van Plays Cuban Timba at La Boom

Los Van Van are one of Cuba's great Timba bands (Luis M. Gell/Lehman Center)

Friday, May 13, 2022
LA BOOM
Woodside, Queens
🇨🇺

Gerardo Contino y Los Habaneros Play Cuban Timba at Terraza 7

Gerard Contino y Los Habaneros (Gigi de la Torre/the artists)

TERRAZA 7, Elmhurst, Queens 🇨🇺

Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita “Suba” Reunites the Caribbean with Mother Africa at Roulette Intermedium

Omar Sosa, Seckou Keita, Gustavo Ovalles, "Suba" (Laurent Seroussi/Robert Browning Associates)

Thursday, March 31, 2022
ROULETTE INTERMEDIUM
Boerum Hill, Brooklyn
🇨🇺🇸🇳🇻🇪

Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sextet Plays Minton’s harlem

Gabriel Alegria Afro Peruvian Sextet (GAAPS)

Friday, April 29, 2022
MINTON’S PLAYHOUSE
Harlem
🇵🇪

Juan Luis Guerra Popularized Merengue Around the World

Juan Luis Guerra (Michael Bush/Dreamstime)

Tuesday, June 7, 2022
🇩🇴

Tony Bennett’s Heart Will Always Be in San Francisco

Tony Bennett (the artist)

Wed, August 3, 2022
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Saulo Garcia’s “Quinceañera” is Colombian Standup Comedy at Repertorio Español

Saulo Garcia "Quinceañera" (Artist/Repertorio)

Fri-Sun, March 18-20, 2022
REPERTORIO ESPAÑOL
Kips Bay, Manhattan
🇨🇴

Ama Rios PICC Flow Suite Goes Straight to the Heart

Ama Rios PICC Flow Suite Latin Alternative (the artist)

Tuesday, March 15, 2022
AMARIOSMUSIC.COM
🇵🇷

El Laberinto del Coco Plays Bomba Fusion at Lote 23 in Santurce, Puerto Rico

El Laberinto del Coco Héctor Barez (Keith Widyolar/New York Latin Culture Magazine)

TRAVEL
Saturday, January 8, 2022
LOTE 23
Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico
🇵🇷

Quinteto Astor Piazzolla Plays Nuevo Tango for the World Music Institute at Symphony Space

Quinteto Astor Piazzolla (Luca Concas/World Music Institute)

SYMPHONY SPACE, Upper West Side, Manhattan ~ The Latin Grammy-winning ensemble of the Astor Piazzolla Foundation. 🇦🇷

Clarissa Bruns Sings a Samba for George Floyd

Clarissa Bruns is a wonderful Brazilian samba singer (courtesy)

May 25, 2021
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Rosa Antonelli, Argentine Concert Pianist, Celebrates Piazzolla’s Birthday Part 2

Rosa Antonelli at Carnegie Hall Stern Auditorium in 2011 (the artist)

YouTube 🇦🇷🎼🎵 Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Free

Diego Obregon Goodby to the Colombian Pacific Coast Marimba Master

Diego Obregon Afro Colombian Pacific Coast marimba master. Vaya con Dios. (courtesy Sergio R. Reyes))

Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 7pm
FLUSHING TOWN HALL FACEBOOK
FREE
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Martin Vejarano
La Cumbiamba
Grupo Rebolú
Folklore Urbano
Sebastián Cruz
NYC Gaita Club
Harold Gutierrez
Freddy Castiblanco

SummerStage Salsa Dance Class with Ernesto & Denisse

Salsa with Ernesto and Denise SummerStage Anywhere (SummerStage)

Thursday, July 9, 2020 at 2pm
SUMMERSTAGE YouTube & Facebook

Cardi B is Gettin Real

iMarkkeyz featuring Cardi B "Coronavirus" (YouTube)

March 14, 2020
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Brooklyn DJ iMarkkeyz remixes Cardi B’s Instagram rant. It’s charting and they are donating proceeds to CoronaVirus victims.

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