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Spanish New York Archive

The Spanish New York Archive contains New York Latin Culture Magazine's feature coverage of Spanish culture in New York City.


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The 61st New York Film Festival Screens the Heartbeat of New World Cinema

61st New York Film Festival 2023 (Pictures of Ghosts/Grasshopper Film)

The New York Film Festival 2023 is the 61st edition of one of the longest-running and most respected film festivals in the United States. New York is a film city. The American film industry began here. New York is also closer to Europe than a lot of the US, so the festival leans European as well. But it also shows great Latin films, and seems close to the small, but vibrant … [Read more...] about The 61st New York Film Festival Screens the Heartbeat of New World Cinema

Fall For Dance 2023 Celebrates 20 Years at New York City Center

Fall for Dance (Wirestock/Dreamstime)

New York City Center's Fall For Dance 2023 brings unique international dance companies to New York City at affordable prices. All tickets are $20 + fees. It's one of the best dance deals in town by one of New York City's major dance theaters. It always sells out. 20th Fall For Dance 2023 Fall for Dance 2023 presents five programs with three dance companies each; to … [Read more...] about Fall For Dance 2023 Celebrates 20 Years at New York City Center

Affordable Art Fair New York Fall 2023 is a Great Way to Start Collecting

Affordable Art Fair New York (Ehw258/Dreamstime)

Affordable Art Fair New York Fall 2023 brings international commercial art galleries to New York City. Affordable Art Fair New York Fall 2023 The Affordable Art Fair New York Fall 2023, offers international commercial art priced under $12,000, at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea, Manhattan; Wednesday-Sunday, September 20-24, 2023. From $22. 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇪🇸 Latin … [Read more...] about Affordable Art Fair New York Fall 2023 is a Great Way to Start Collecting

Junta Hispana 2023 is a Family Festival of Latin Culture in Queens

Junta Hispana (Juan Moyano/Dreamstime)

Junta Hispana 2023 is a family-oriented festival of Latin food, music, dance, beauty, and folklore from 20 Spanish-speaking countries of the Americas. Sort of a casual Latin World’s Fair, it’s even on the Flushing Meadows Corona Park location of the 1964 New York World’s Fair. The festival is produced by Bravo and Ctown Supermarkets which sell many Latin products in Latin … [Read more...] about Junta Hispana 2023 is a Family Festival of Latin Culture in Queens

New York City Ballet 75th Anniversary Fall Season is a Ballet Master Class

New York City Ballet Fall 2023 75th Anniversary Season (Lightfield Studios/Adobe)

The New York City Ballet Fall 2023 Season presents "Jewels" and other repertory gems by Balanchine. The 75th Anniversary Season continues with Winter and Spring showcases of Jerome Robbins and other choreographers who follow in the masters' footsteps. New York City Ballet Fall 2023 Season New York City Ballet's Fall 2023 Season opens its 75th anniversary year with … [Read more...] about New York City Ballet 75th Anniversary Fall Season is a Ballet Master Class

Queens Hispanic Parade is a Grand Community Celebration

Queens Hispanic Parade (Shiningcolors/Dreamstime)

The Queens Hispanic Parade 2023 celebrates the diversity, traditions, folklore and unity of the Queens Hispanic community. Founded in 1976, the parade is a series of community events including: a parade queen coronation, gala, and parade. Queens is probably the most diverse region on the planet. It's the starting point for many New Yorkers. Wherever you are from, there is … [Read more...] about Queens Hispanic Parade is a Grand Community Celebration

Hispanic Heritage Month 2023 Isn’t About Spanish Culture Any More

Hispanic Heritage Month 2023 (Skypixel/Dreamstime)

Hispanic Heritage Month 2023 isn't about Spanish culture, it's about us, the Americans of the Americas who come together in the United States, and especially New York City, the capital of the Latin world. We meditate on Hispanic Heritage Month every year, because as New Yorkers traveling constantly in the Caribbean and Latin America, our understanding of what it means to be … [Read more...] about Hispanic Heritage Month 2023 Isn’t About Spanish Culture Any More

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

Armory Show 2023 (Vincent Tullo/Armory Show)

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

Independent 20th Century Art Fair Looks Deeper Into the Recent Past

Independent 20th Century (Oleg/Adobe)

The Independent 20th Century 2023 art fair recasts the recent past with a New York state of mind. The City hosts many contemporary art fairs, but the Independent and Independent 20th Century are very much products of New York's own art community. It's a deeper dig than many art fairs. It's not too big. It's not too small. The quality of art presented by the invited … [Read more...] about Independent 20th Century Art Fair Looks Deeper Into the Recent Past

Celebrate the Virgin of Regla!

Our Lady of Regla procession in Regla, Havana, Cuba. (Kako Escalona/Dreamstime)

Our Lady of Regla is a miraculous image of the Virgin Mary venerated in: Virgin of Regla in Cuba In Cuba, the Virgin is venerated at the Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Regla, (Church of Our Lady of Regla) in Regla, Havana, Cuba. Regla is an Afro-Cuban neighborhood famous for its music. Her feast day is September 7. Every year the faithful gather for a procession. … [Read more...] about Celebrate the Virgin of Regla!

FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 Elevates International Women’s Soccer

FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 (Natalia/Adobe)

The FIFA Women's World Cup 2023, the top women's soccer tournament, is in Australia and New Zealand from July 20 to August 20, 2023. Qualifying Latin Teams International soccer is organized into regional federations. CONCACAF is the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football. CONMEBOL is the Confederación Sudamamericana de … [Read more...] about FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 Elevates International Women’s Soccer

Repertorio Español Has Been New York’s Leading Spanish-Language Repertory Theatre for Over 50 Years

Repertorio Español (courtesy)

Repertorio Español is one of New York City's most successful Off-Broadway theaters. Founded by New York Cubans in 1968, it produces Spanish-language theatre from literary classics and some new stories, with occasional comedy and flamenco. Much of the theatre is presented with subtitle translations, so you English speakers can enjoy the productions too. In season, Repertorio … [Read more...] about Repertorio Español Has Been New York’s Leading Spanish-Language Repertory Theatre for Over 50 Years

American Ballet Theatre’s 2023 Spring Season Features Like Water For Chocolate, Giselle, Swan Lake, & Romeo and Juliet

American Ballet Theatre 2023 Spring Season (Fabrizio Ferri/ABT)

American Ballet Theatre's 2023 Spring Season features the New York premiere of Wheeldon's "Like Water for Chocolate," with classics "Giselle," "Swan Lake," and "Romeo and Juliet;" in the company's first season under new artistic director Susan Jaffe. It's at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center; from June 22 - July 22, 2023. From $33. 🇲🇽 Susan Jaffe makes her mark … [Read more...] about American Ballet Theatre’s 2023 Spring Season Features Like Water For Chocolate, Giselle, Swan Lake, & Romeo and Juliet

American Ballet Theatre is America’s National Ballet Company

American Ballet Theatre (courtesy)

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Brooklyn Film Festival 2023 Screens Stories About Life & Those Who Live It

Brooklyn Film Festival 2023 (Philipimage/Adobe)

The Brooklyn Film Festival 2023 is an international film festival with an independent focus. It's Brooklyn! 26th Brooklyn Film Festival 2023 This year's festival focuses on stories about life and those who live it, or more succinctly "human times." Pretty much everyone walking around Brooklyn qualifies for that. Manhattan is dead. Long live Brooklyn! And Brooklynites … [Read more...] about Brooklyn Film Festival 2023 Screens Stories About Life & Those Who Live It

The BIG Salsa Festival New York 2023 is a Long Memorial Day Weekend Salsa & Bachata Party

BIG Salsa Festival New York 2023 (Edward Olive/Dreamstime)

The BIG Salsa Festival New York 2023 is a salsa and bachata dance festival with workshops, dance parties, master classes, a bootcamp and the Pro-Am Yamulee Challenge; at the New York Hilton Midtown; over Memorial Day Weekend, Friday-Monday, May 26-29, 2023. From $66. Full Pass $267. BIG Salsa Festival New York 2023 This is a really fun way to improve your moves and … [Read more...] about The BIG Salsa Festival New York 2023 is a Long Memorial Day Weekend Salsa & Bachata Party

Frieze New York 2023 Brings International Galleries to One of NYC’s Contemporary Art Cores

Frieze New York 2023 (Tanyabird777/Dreamstime)

The 11th Frieze New York 2023 is a contemporary art fair of high-end international galleries from 27 countries; at The Shed in Hudson Yards, Manhattan; from May 17-21, 2023. 🇳🇮 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇫🇷 🇬🇹 🇮🇹 🇿🇦 🇪🇸 Frieze New York is one of the pillars of New York City's art season. It's a best-of-the-best spring contemporary art fair. Frieze Week is a cluster of contemporary art fairs … [Read more...] about Frieze New York 2023 Brings International Galleries to One of NYC’s Contemporary Art Cores

Loisaida Festival 2023 Kicks Off Summer in Alphabet City

Loisaida Festival 2023 with Batalá New York (courtesy)

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

Dance Parade NYC 2023 DanceFest Gets over 10,000 New Yorkers Dancing in the Streets

Dance Parade NYC 2023 (RightFramePhotoVideo/Dreamstime)

The 17th Dance Parade NYC 2023 is dancing in the streets with over 100 styles of dance, from Sixth Avenue at 17th St in Chelsea, to the DanceFest at Tompkins Square Park in the East Village; on Saturday, May 20, 2023 starting at 11:45am. FREE! 🇧🇴 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇮🇹 🇯🇲 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇹🇹 Dance Parade NYC 2023 Parade Route The parade starts on Sixth Avenue this year. It is … [Read more...] about Dance Parade NYC 2023 DanceFest Gets over 10,000 New Yorkers Dancing in the Streets

TEFAF New York 2023 Brings Europe’s Most Prestigious Antiques Fair to NYC

TEFAF New York 2023 (Lmarc1/Dreamstime)

TEFAF New York 2023 is the New York edition of TEFAF, Europe's most prestigious high-end antique art fair. TEFAF New York 2023 TEFAF New York 2023 presents 31 Latin galleries among 91 dealers of high-end antique art; at the Park Avenue Armory in the Upper East Side; on Friday-Tuesday, May 12-16, 2023. $55. 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 Latin Galleries There are also exhibitors … [Read more...] about TEFAF New York 2023 Brings Europe’s Most Prestigious Antiques Fair to NYC

International Workers Day or Labor Day is a National Holiday in Much of the Latin World

International Workers Day (TMLsPhotoG/Adobe)

International Workers Day on May 1 celebrates the organized labor movement. It's a popular day to protest for workers' and civil rights, which is something that both Latin Americans and Latin Europeans seem to enjoy. It's not a big deal in the United States, but is in the Latin world. Owners don't like it because they don't want to be unionized, but workers see it as their … [Read more...] about International Workers Day or Labor Day is a National Holiday in Much of the Latin World

TeatroFest NYC 2023 is 210 Performances of 20 Latin Productions in 9 Latin Theaters Across New York City

TeatroFest NYC 2023 (tannujannu/Adobe)

TeatroFest NYC 2023 is a citywide festival of Latin drama, dance and music. It's produced by the Alliance of Teatros Latinos NY to increase the market power of New York's Latin theaters by working together. TeatroFest NYC 2023 TeatroFest NYC 2023 is at Teatro Circulo, IATI Theater, INTAR Theatre, LATEA Theatre, Repertorio Español and Teatro SEA in Manhattan; Pregones … [Read more...] about TeatroFest NYC 2023 is 210 Performances of 20 Latin Productions in 9 Latin Theaters Across New York City

Nélida Tirado Dances Traditional Flamenco

Nélida Tirado Flamenco (Lisa Greenberg)

Nélida Tirado is a New York Puerto Rican, from The Bronx, who is one of the most interesting flamenco dancers in New York City. Her flamenco is very traditional Spanish, but she carries the heritage of Caribbean rumba flamenca and our Puerto Rican bomba and plena traditions. We were once New Spain. The flamenco of Andalucía is beautiful, and so is the flamenco of the … [Read more...] about Nélida Tirado Dances Traditional Flamenco

Bárbara Martínez & ALBA Musik Fundraiser for DAWN, their new album, is a Celebration of Sevilla’s Feria de Abril

Bárbara Martínez and ALBA Musik fundraiser for DAWN (courtesy)

The Bárbara Martínez & ALBA Musik Fundraiser for DAWN, is a New York celebration of Sevilla's Feria de Abril, in the Lower East Side. La Feria de Abril is the spring festival in Sevilla, Spain, the flamenco heartland. New York Venezuelan Bárbara Martínez is one of The City's busiest flamenco singers and dancers. ALBA Musik is her duo with New York Spanish guitarist … [Read more...] about Bárbara Martínez & ALBA Musik Fundraiser for DAWN, their new album, is a Celebration of Sevilla’s Feria de Abril

Celebrate Easter Sunday!

Easter NYC (Mihai Andritoiu/Dreamstime)

Easter, or Pascua, is the Christian spring holiday, is the most sacred Christian day of the year. It commemorates the resurrection of Jesus which is central to Christian faith. The holiday is related to the Jewish holiday of Passover, and to spring celebrations in the northern hemisphere. The Spanish name, "Pasqua," also means passover. Easter is the peak of the … [Read more...] about Celebrate Easter Sunday!

Commemorate Good Friday!

Good Friday in Aksum Ethiopia (Zaramira/Dreamstime)

Good Friday (Viernes Santo), the Friday before Easter, is a Christian commemoration of the crucifixion and death of Jesus. Good Friday is part of Holy Week, the most sacred week of the Christian year. Good Friday 2023 The next Good Friday is Friday, April 7, 2023. What Does it Mean? What does this sad commemoration mean? It's such a terribly sad moment. Does it … [Read more...] about Commemorate Good Friday!

Holy Week is the Christian Spring Festival

Holy Week (StockPhotoAstur/Dreamstime)

Holy Week (Semana Santa) is the Christian spring festival. It is the week leading up to Easter Sunday. The date varies every year because it is based on the northern spring equinox and the phases of the moon. There are very solemn, theatrical processions during Holy Week. In pre-literate times, religious theater brought the community together and taught the faith. Every … [Read more...] about Holy Week is the Christian Spring Festival

Queens Theatre is the Premiere Performing Arts Center in Queens

Queens Theatre (vacant/Adobe)

The Queens Theatre, in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, is the premiere performing arts center in Queens, NYC, America's most diverse county. It presents Latin dance, film, music, and theatre. The annual Latin Culture and Dance Fiesta is a great festival of us. Queens is the home of many Latin communities, and many immigrant communities. To be Latin is to be a little bit of … [Read more...] about Queens Theatre is the Premiere Performing Arts Center in Queens

Instituto Cervantes New York is a Global Spanish Language School and Hispanic Cultural Center

Instituto Cervantes New York / Cervantes Institute NYC (Whpics/Dreamstime)

Instituto Cervantes New York (Cervantes Institute NYC) is the New York branch of the global Spanish language school. There are branches all over the world. Sponsored by the government of Spain, Instituto also serves as a Hispanic cultural center, in Midtown East, Manhattan. Spanish classes there teach the Spanish of Madrid, Spain, which is not necessarily what is spoken in … [Read more...] about Instituto Cervantes New York is a Global Spanish Language School and Hispanic Cultural Center

Sara Baras Brings “Alma” to the Flamenco Festival New York City Center 2023

Flamenco Festival New York City Center, Sara Baras "Alma," (Santana de Yepes/NYCC)

Living flamenco legend Sara Baras returns to New York City with a love letter to flamenco’s origins. "Alma" (Soul) is an evening-length showcase of propulsive footwork, formidable musicianship, and unforgettable performances. Flamenco Festival New York City Center 2023 "Alma" blends traditional flamenco with bolero rhythms. The Afro-Cuban percussion in the photo, … [Read more...] about Sara Baras Brings “Alma” to the Flamenco Festival New York City Center 2023

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