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The Armory Show Brings International Latin and African Galleries to New York

The Armory Show 2023 is New York City's big fall contemporary art fair. It anchors the Armory Week cluster of contemporary art fairs, and is currently run by a leadership team of women. The fair was acquired this year by Frieze, a London art magazine and art fair producer. Frieze produces the Frieze art fair which anchors New York's Frieze Week cluster of contemporary art … [Read more...] about The Armory Show Brings International Latin and African Galleries to New York

The New York African Film Festival 2023 Free Forms into Film Africa

The New York African Film Festival 2023 celebrates its 30th Anniversary of "free forms" at Film at Lincoln Center and Maysles Center. The festival wraps up as Film Africa at Brooklyn Academy of Music: BAM. We are at the beginning of a global renaissance of African and African Diaspora culture. This time it includes the voices and creative power of women, the very guardians … [Read more...] about The New York African Film Festival 2023 Free Forms into Film Africa

Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita with Gustavo Ovalles Revisit “Suba” and the Connections Between Cuba and Mother Africa

Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita, with Gustavo Ovalles, bring Cuba and Mother Africa back together in "Suba" which means "sunrise" in Mandinka. From Cuba, Africa is where the sun rises. By coming together in our roots, this group makes the most ethereal music. It's not what we call "soul music" in the United States, but it is soul music by every other definition. We've been … [Read more...] about Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita with Gustavo Ovalles Revisit “Suba” and the Connections Between Cuba and Mother Africa

Robert Browning Associates is a Pioneering Global Music Producer

Robert Browning Associates is a pioneering global music (world music) producer of music and dance from the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Robert and Helene Browning are the lead producers. It's home stage is Roulette Intermedium in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Thank you for sponsoring Latin music and dance at New York Latin Culture Magazine. We are … [Read more...] about Robert Browning Associates is a Pioneering Global Music Producer

“Saint Omer,” France’s Oscar Entry, is at Film at Lincoln Center

"Saint Omer" is Alice Diop's 2022 film about a pregnant French journalist who becomes absorbed in the trial of a Senegalese woman who admits killing her baby daughter, blaming it on sorcery. In traditional cultures, that might be a valid reason. The experience triggers the journalist's own memories of her mother, and worries about her own coming motherhood. Diop is a French … [Read more...] about “Saint Omer,” France’s Oscar Entry, is at Film at Lincoln Center

Youssou N’Dour, Africa’s Most Famous Singer Plays Carnegie Hall

Youssou N'Dour is a Senegalese singer and former politician. "Rolling Stone" magazine has called him the most famous living African singer, and he really is. He is one of Mother Africa's leading cultural figures and was Senegal's Minister of Tourism in 2012-13. Youssou N'Dour, Africa's most famous living singer and one of the world's great voices, plays Carnegie Hall's … [Read more...] about Youssou N’Dour, Africa’s Most Famous Singer Plays Carnegie Hall

The Bryant Park Dance Party 2022 is Back with Talia-Castro Pozo

The Bryant Park Dance Party 2022 is six evening programs of dance instruction and social dancing with live music at Bryant Park in Midtown, Manhattan for the first two weeks of May. The tradition began in 2014, but has been on COVID break since 2020. The Bryant Park Dance Party in Midtown features Salsa Tue, May 3; Swing Wed, May 4; and a Cinco de Mayo party Thu, May 5. … [Read more...] about The Bryant Park Dance Party 2022 is Back with Talia-Castro Pozo

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

Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita "Suba" with Gustavo Ovalles is Global Music that reunites the Caribbean and Mother Africa at Roulette Intermedium in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn on Thu, Mar 31 at 8pm. $25. robertbrowningassociates.com 🇨🇺🇸🇳🇻🇪 Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita "Suba" Omar Sosa is a Cuban Jazz pianist with multiple Grammy and Latin Grammy nominations. Seckou Keita is a … [Read more...] about Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita “Suba” Reunites the Caribbean with Mother Africa at Roulette Intermedium