Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture is the performing arts center of Hostos Community College (CUNY) in Mott Haven, The Bronx. Its curation is adventurous. Hostos presents artists you won't see anywhere else, and tickets are cheaper. For students with ID, tickets can be as little as $5. Hostos Center is not commercial. It's educational. It's Hostos! Venues … [Read more...] about Hostos Center is One of the Northeast’s Top Latin Performing Arts Centers
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Loisaida Festival 2023 Kicks Off Summer in Alphabet City
The 36th Loisaida Festival 2023 kicks off summer in Alphabet City in the East Village with a community parade, live music, theatre, street food, artisanal crafts, and lots of family activities; on Avenue C (Loisaida Avenue) between 5th and 12th St in the East Village; on Sunday, May 28, 2023 from 12-5pm. FREE! The neighborhood used to be called the Lower East Side. It got … [Read more...] about Loisaida Festival 2023 Kicks Off Summer in Alphabet City
152nd Street Festival 2023 is Basically a Bronx Fiesta Patronales or Taíno Areíto
The 152nd Street Festival 2023 launches the 2023 National Puerto Rican Day Parade celebrations with a family street fair of live music, dancing, food, and activities for little Boricuas, on 152nd St between Jackson and Tinton Ave in Longwood, The Bronx; on Saturday, May 27, 2023. 🇵🇷 Bring la bandera mas bonita and get ready for some good bomba, plena, and música jíbara; … [Read more...] about 152nd Street Festival 2023 is Basically a Bronx Fiesta Patronales or Taíno Areíto
El Museo Three Kings Day 2023 Celebration is Family Fun
The El Museo Three Kings Day 2023 Celebration marks the Hispanic gift-giving day at the end of the Christmas Season, in "El Barrio" East Harlem, one of New York's traditional Latin neighborhoods. El Museo Three Kings Day 2023 Celebration The 46th Three Kings Day Parade is nearby on Park Avenue in "El Barrio" East Harlem from 11am - 12noon. The El Museo Three Kings … [Read more...] about El Museo Three Kings Day 2023 Celebration is Family Fun
Aloha Boricua is a Puerto Rican Musical About the Migration to Hawaii
"Aloha Boricua" is Jorge B. Merced's musical about the Puerto Rican migration to Hawaii at the turn of the 20th century. Aloha Boricua Jorge B. Merced’s musical “Aloha Boricua” tells the story of the Puerto Rican migration to Hawaii at the turn of the 20th century through bomba, plena, música Jíbara and reggaeton at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s … [Read more...] about Aloha Boricua is a Puerto Rican Musical About the Migration to Hawaii
The CCCADI Hurricane Fiona Puerto Rico Benefit Supports Caribbean Artists & Cultural Workers at City Winery
CCCADI's Hurricane Fiona Emergency Relief Fund The CCCADI Hurricane Fiona Puerto Rico Benefit for the Emergency Relief Fund for Caribbean Artists & Cultural Workers supports artists in need who may not be receiving government help. Artists and cultural workers deserve our support because they are the island's soul and the glue of our communities. Culture usually … [Read more...] about The CCCADI Hurricane Fiona Puerto Rico Benefit Supports Caribbean Artists & Cultural Workers at City Winery
Plena Libre Plays Plena for Carnegie Hall Citywide at Riverbank State Park
Plena Libre (Free Plena) is a four-time Grammy nominated, contemporary Plena band that is renewing Puerto Rican Folk traditions for new generations. Multi-Grammy nominee Plena Libre plays contemporary Puerto Rican Plena for Carnegie Hall Citywide at Riverbank State Park in Hamilton Heights, West Harlem on Sat, Apr 30 at 5pm. FREE. carnegiehall.org 🇵🇷 The band blends … [Read more...] about Plena Libre Plays Plena for Carnegie Hall Citywide at Riverbank State Park
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