Things To Do in NYC in May 2025

May 2025

Afro-Cuban Funk (Nuestros Sonidos at Carnegie Hall)

Cimafunk & La Tribu “Pa Tu Cuerpa” Tour with a special guest, gets funky at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall; on Thursday, May 22, 2025, at 7:30pm. From $55. 🇨🇺

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Things To Do in NYC May 1-5, 2024

Cinco de Mayo Celebrations

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Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Festival

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Yes, in Latin America, Asians are Latin too.

Labor Day

International Workers Day is the Labor Day celebrated around the world on May 1. 🇦🇷 🇧🇴 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇷 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇸🇻 🇵🇭 🇫🇷 🇬🇹 🇭🇹 🇭🇳 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇵🇾 🇵🇪 🇵🇹 🇷🇴 🇪🇸 🇺🇾 🇻🇪

Contemporary Art Fair

INVITATIONAL PREVIEW
Frieze New York, NYC’s big spring contemporary art fair, presents more than 60 of the world’s leading art galleries from 25 countries; at The Shed in Hudson Yards, Manhattan; from Wednesday, May 1, 2024; from 11am – 7pm. Through Sunday. 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇮🇹 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇭 🇵🇹 🇿🇦

Contemporary Art Fairs

Frieze Week brings a cluster of contemporary art fairs to New York City. It’s spread across the month of May this year.

Ugandan South Sudanese Jazz

Emmanuel Michael Duo, led by the Ugandan, South Sudanese guitarist, plays the Jazz Hour at The Jazz Gallery in NoMad, Manhattan; on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 12:30pm. FREE. 🇺🇬 🇸🇸

African Contemporary Art Fair

VIP PREVIEW
The 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair 2024 brings over 30 international galleries and the work of over 70 African and African Diaspora artists; to the Starrett-Lehigh Building in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 from 2-7pm. Through Saturday, May 4. 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇲🇦 🇳🇬 🇿🇦 🇪🇸 🇺🇬

Emerging Contemporary Art Fair

The 2024 Future Fair contemporary art fair of diverse emerging galleries and artists; opens with a VIP Collector’s Preview at Chelsea Industrial in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, from 3-8pm. $100. Public show is Thursday-Saturday, May 2-4, 2024. From $32. 🇧🇷 🇨🇦 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇳🇬 🇺🇸

Salsa and R&B Dance Party

Bryant Park Dance Party Salsa Soul Sizzle is a free salsa and R&B dance party with live music by Uptown Royalty; at Bryant Park in Midtown, Manhattan; on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Free Lesson at 6pm. Dancing at 7pm. 🇵🇷

Classical, Neoclassical, & Contemporary Ballet

OPENING NIGHT
ABT Studio Company dances Program A with a Brady Farrar World Premiere, and New York Premieres by James Whiteside and Amy Hall Garner; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 7:30pm. Three programs through Sunday, May 5, 2024. From $27. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇦 🇯🇵 🇵🇭 🇰🇷 🇻🇪

Major League Baseball

New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at 7:10pm. 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇻🇪

Cuban Classical Guitarist

Cuban guitar legend Manuel Barrueco plays classical guitar including works by Spanish composers Sor and Albéniz; in Kaufmann Concert Hall at the 92nd Street Y in the Upper East Side; on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 7:30pm. From $30. 🇨🇺

Puerto Rican Jazz Sax

Miguel Zenón, Puerto Rican sax, plays jazz with multicultural influences in the Dan Weiss Even Odds trio; at the Jazz Gallery in NoMad, Manhattan; on Tuesday-Wednesday, April 30 – May 1, 2024 at 7:30pm & 9:30pm. 🇵🇷 🇺🇸

Colombian Pop Rock

Andrés Cepeda sings Colombian pop rock to the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall; on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 8pm. From $64. 🇨🇴

Trinidadian New York Hip Hop

Nicki Minaj “Pink Friday 2 World Tour” brings the fiercely playful Trinidadian New York rapper to Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 8pm. From $73. 🇹🇹 🗽

Brazilian Forró Fusion

Forró in the Dark plays Brazilian forró fusion; at Nublu 151 night club in Manhattan’s East Village; on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 10pm. $23. 🇧🇷

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Thursday, May 2, 2024

Latin History

Remember the Second of May Uprising (Levantamiento del Dos de Mayo) when the Spanish people spontaneously rebelled against French occupation on May 2, 1808. This revolt against colonization ultimately led to the independence of the Americas. 🇪🇸

Contemporary Art Fair

Frieze New York, NYC’s big spring contemporary art fair, presents more than 60 of the world’s leading art galleries from 25 countries; at The Shed in Hudson Yards, Manhattan; on Thursday, May 2, 2024; from 11am – 7pm. From $76. 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇮🇹 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇭 🇵🇹 🇿🇦

African Contemporary Art Fair

The 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair 2024 brings over 30 international galleries and the work of over 70 African and African Diaspora artists; to the Starrett-Lehigh Building in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Thursday, May 2, 2024 from 11am – 7pm. 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇲🇦 🇳🇬 🇿🇦 🇪🇸 🇺🇬

Emerging Contemporary Art Fair

The 2024 Future Fair contemporary art fair of diverse emerging galleries and artists; closes at Chelsea Industrial in Chelsea, Manhattan, on Thursday, May 2, 2024, from 12-7:30pm. From $32. 🇧🇷 🇨🇦 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇳🇬 🇺🇸

Major League Baseball

New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Thursday, May 2, 2024, at 1:10pm. 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇻🇪

Emerging Contemporary Art Fair

The 10th NADA New York 2024 emerging contemporary art fair; opens at 548 West 22nd St (the former Dia building); on Thursday, May 2, 2024 from 4-7pm. Through Sunday. From $55. 🇦🇷 🇨🇦 🇨🇴 🇪🇨 🇫🇷 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇪🇸

Hustle (Disco) Dance Party

Bryant Park Dance Party Do the Hustle is a free disco dance party with live music by The Disco Nights; at Bryant Park in Midtown, Manhattan; on Thursday, May 2, 2024. Free Lesson at 6pm. Dancing at 7pm. 🇺🇸

Classical, Neoclassical, & Contemporary Ballet

ABT Studio Company dances Program A with a Brady Farrar World Premiere, and New York Premieres by James Whiteside and Amy Hall Garner; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 8pm. From $27. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇦 🇯🇵 🇵🇭 🇰🇷 🇻🇪

Puerto Rican Theatre

OPENING NIGHT
“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It opens at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 8pm. Continues Thursday-Sunday, through June 2, 2024. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺

Tango Dance

Dance traditional Argentine tango at Tango La Nacional at La Nacional in Chelsea. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Dancing until around 2am. $20 🇦🇷

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Friday, May 3, 2024

Contemporary Art Fair

Frieze New York, NYC’s big spring contemporary art fair, presents more than 60 of the world’s leading art galleries from 25 countries; at The Shed in Hudson Yards, Manhattan; on Friday, May 3, 2024; from 11am – 7pm. From $76. 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇮🇹 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇭 🇵🇹 🇿🇦

African Contemporary Art Fair

The 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair 2024 brings over 30 international galleries and the work of over 70 African and African Diaspora artists; to the Starrett-Lehigh Building in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Friday, May 3, 2024 from 11am – 7pm. 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇲🇦 🇳🇬 🇿🇦 🇪🇸 🇺🇬

Emerging Contemporary Art Fair

The 10th NADA New York 2024 emerging contemporary art fair; is at 548 West 22nd St (the former Dia building); on Friday, May 3, 2024 from 11am – 7pm. From $55. 🇦🇷 🇨🇦 🇨🇴 🇪🇨 🇫🇷 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇪🇸

Emerging Contemporary Art Fair

The 2024 Future Fair contemporary art fair of diverse emerging galleries and artists; closes at Chelsea Industrial in Chelsea, Manhattan, on Friday, May3, 2024, from 12-7:30pm. From $32. 🇧🇷 🇨🇦 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇳🇬 🇺🇸

Art Auction Exhibitions

Sotheby’s May auction exhibitions of Now, Contemporary, and Modern art go on view at Sotheby’s in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Friday, May 3, 2024.

Film Festival ❤️ New York

Avant-Garde Visions of New York screens a series of curated programs from The Film-Makers’ Cooperative catalog about the many New York’s that coexist together. Program 7: On the Loisaida and the Streets of the South Bronx tells stories about the Puerto Rican experience on Sunday, May 5 at 1pm. The series runs Friday-Tuesday, May 2-7, 2024. $17. $79 All-Access Pass. 🇵🇷

Classical, Neoclassical, & Contemporary Ballet

ABT Studio Company dances Program B with the New York Premiere of Jamar Roberts’ “In the Face of Darkness,” plus Ratmansky, Tharp, and Petipa; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Friday, May 3, 2024 at 8pm. From $27. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇦 🇯🇵 🇵🇭 🇰🇷 🇻🇪

Puerto Rican Theatre

“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It’s at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Friday, May 3, 2024 at 8pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺

Venezuelan Comedy

Marko brings his standup show “El Poder de un chisme;” to LeFrak Concert Hall at Kupferberg Center in Flushing, Queens; on Friday, May 3, 2024 at 8:30pm. From $35. 🇻🇪

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Saturday, May 4, 2024

Art Auction Exhibitions

Christie’s New York’s Rosa de la Cruz Collection, 21st Century, and 20th Century auction exhibitions go on view on Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 10am. Rosa de la Cruz was one of the Miami Cubans who made Miami a global art destination. There are exceptional Jean-Michel Basquiat, Julie Mehretu, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Ana Mendieta, Giacometti, Picasso, and Monet. FREE. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇪🇹 🇫🇷 🇭🇹 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇷

Native American Festival

“We Are Still Here!” celebrates New York’s First People with Native American music and dance, craft workshops, a marketplace, and talks with Indigenous artists; at the Museum of the City of New York in “El Barrio” East Harlem; on Saturday-Sunday, May 4-5, 2024, from 11am-4pm. FREE, but registration recommended. 🇺🇸

Contemporary Art Fair

Frieze New York, NYC’s big spring contemporary art fair, presents more than 60 of the world’s leading art galleries from 25 countries; at The Shed in Hudson Yards, Manhattan; on Saturday, May 4, 2024; from 11am – 7pm. From $76. 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇮🇹 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇭 🇵🇹 🇿🇦

African Contemporary Art Fair

The 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair 2024 brings over 30 international galleries and the work of over 70 African and African Diaspora artists; to the Starrett-Lehigh Building in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Saturday, May 4, 2024 from 11am – 7pm. 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇲🇦 🇳🇬 🇿🇦 🇪🇸 🇺🇬

Emerging Contemporary Art Fair

The 10th NADA New York 2024 emerging contemporary art fair; is at 548 West 22nd St (the former Dia building); on Saturday, May 4, 2024 from 11am – 7pm. From $55. 🇦🇷 🇨🇦 🇨🇴 🇪🇨 🇫🇷 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇪🇸

Emerging Contemporary Art Fair

The 2024 Future Fair contemporary art fair of diverse emerging galleries and artists; closes at Chelsea Industrial in Chelsea, Manhattan, on Saturday, May 4, 2024, from 12-6pm. From $32. 🇧🇷 🇨🇦 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇳🇬 🇺🇸

Mexican Ballet Folklórico Cinco de Mayo

Calpulli Mexican Dance Company celebrates Cinco de Mayo with Calpulli Community Students presenting the traditional music and dances of Mexico; at the Brooklyn Public Library Main Branch in Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn; on Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 1pm. FREE. 🇲🇽 🇲🇽 🇲🇽

Cinco de Mayo Mexican Mariachi, Son Jarocho, and Ballet Folklórico

“Viva El Cinco de Mayo” brings Mariachi Real de México with José Adán Pérez, Tlen Huicani from Veracruz, and Ballet Folklórico Mexicano de Nueva York;” to Colden Auditorium at Kupferberg Center at Queens College in Flushing, Queens; on Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 3pm. $20. 🇲🇽

Puerto Rican Theatre

“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It’s at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 3pm & 8pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺

National Women’s Soccer League

Gotham FC vs North Carolina Courage is at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey (Newark); on Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 7:30pm. From $17. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇪🇸

Classical, Neoclassical, & Contemporary Ballet

ABT Studio Company dances Program C with Garner, Farrar, and Whiteside, plus Ratmansky, Tharp, and Petipa; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 8pm. From $27. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇦 🇯🇵 🇵🇭 🇰🇷 🇻🇪

French Jazz Manouche

Stephane Wrembel “Django a Gogo” celebrates the Hot Jazz Manouche of Django Reinhardt; at The Town Hall in Midtown, Manhattan; on Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 8pm. From $60. 🇫🇷

Dominican Pop

Ángela Carrasco and Fausto Rey sing Dominican ballads and boleros; at Lehman Center in Jerome Park, The Bronx; on Saturday May 4, 2024 at 8pm. From $43. 🇩🇴

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Sunday, May 5, 2024

Latin Festival

Cinco de Mayo, May 5, is the main Mexican festival in the United States. It’s not Mexican Independence Day. Cinco de Mayo celebrates the French defeat at the Battle of Puebla, which changed American history. 🇲🇽

French History

The French Revolution (1789-1799) began with the opening of the Estates General representative assembly in Versailles, France on May 5, 1789.

Tango Birthday

Remember Osvaldo Fresedo. The Argentine tango composer was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on May 5, 1897. 🇦🇷

Running

The 27th Cinco de Mayo 5K Run, children’s race, starts from Bartel-Pritchard Square in Prospect Park, Brooklyn; on Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 11am. 🇲🇽

Native American Festival

“We Are Still Here!” celebrates New York’s First People with Native American music and dance, craft workshops, a marketplace, and talks with Indigenous artists; at the Museum of the City of New York in “El Barrio” East Harlem; on Saturday-Sunday, May 4-5, 2024, from 11am-4pm. FREE, but registration recommended. 🇺🇸

Contemporary Art Fair

Frieze New York, NYC’s big spring contemporary art fair, presents more than 60 of the world’s leading art galleries from 25 countries; at The Shed in Hudson Yards, Manhattan; on Sunday, May 5, 2024; from 11am – 5pm. From $76. 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇮🇹 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇭 🇵🇹 🇿🇦

Emerging Contemporary Art Fair

The 10th NADA New York 2024 emerging contemporary art fair; closes at 548 West 22nd St (the former Dia building); on Sunday, May 5, 2024 from 11am – 5pm. From $55. 🇦🇷 🇨🇦 🇨🇴 🇪🇨 🇫🇷 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇪🇸

Film Festival ❤️ New York

Avant-Garde Visions of New York, a series of curated programs from The Film-Makers’ Cooperative catalog about the many New York’s that coexist together, screens Program 7: On the Loisaida and the Streets of the South Bronx with stories about the Puerto Rican experience on Sunday, May 5 at 1pm. $17. 🇵🇷

Cinco de Mayo Parade & Festival

The Cinco de Mayo Parade and Festival in Sunset Park celebrates Cinco de Mayo 2024 with live Mexican music, dance, cultural performances, food, arts and crafts, family entertainment, and social services organizations; at Sunset Park in Sunset Park, Brooklyn; on Cinco de Mayo, Sunday, May 5, 2024, from 2-11pm. FREE. 🇲🇽 🇲🇽 🇲🇽

Puerto Rican Theatre

“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It’s at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 3pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺

Neoclassical Ballet

New York City Ballet dances an All Balanchine program of “Bourrée Fantasque” (1949), “The Steadfast Tin Soldier” (1975), “Errante (Formerly Tzigane, 1975), and “Symphony in C” (1947); in the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center; on Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 3pm. From $40.

Major League Soccer

New York City Football Club vs Colorado Rapids is Major League Soccer at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 4pm. From $26. 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇷 🇵🇷 🇸🇱 🇺🇾

Tango Dance

Dance Argentine tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas bar in the East Village from 6-11pm. 🇦🇷

Classical, Neoclassical, & Contemporary Ballet

ABT Studio Company dances Program A with a Brady Farrar World Premiere, and New York Premieres by James Whiteside and Amy Hall Garner; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Sunday, May5, 2024 at 7:30pm. From $27. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇦 🇯🇵 🇵🇭 🇰🇷 🇻🇪

Latin Jazz

Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+ per person minimum. 🇨🇺

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Things To Do in NYC May 6-12, 2024

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Monday, May 6, 2024

Italian Idol Birthday

Rudolph Valentino, the first Latin film idol (and funny Argentine tango dancer), was born in Castellaneta, Apulia, Italy on May 6, 1895.

Bronx Festival

Bronx Week 2024, a two-week festival of community events including Bronx Walk of Fame inductions, builds to a climax with the Bronx Ball, Parade, Food & Arts Festival, and Concert from May 6-19, 2024. 🇺🇸 🇩🇴 🇯🇲 🇵🇷

Italian American Vintage Hot Jazz

Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks play vintage hot jazz in the Birdland Theatre at Birdland jazz club in Hell’s Kitchen; on Mondays at 5:30pm (4:30pm doors) & 8:30pm (7:30pm door). $25. 🇮🇹

Salsa Dance

Latin Mondays at Taj by Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, is at Taj II in the Flatiron District, Mondays. 5pm doors. 7pm salsa lesson. Live sets at 9pm and 11pm. From $13. 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇵🇦 🇵🇪 🇻🇪

Puerto Rican Spoken Word

The Nuyorican Bowery Slam is at the Bowery Poetry Club in NoHo, Manhattan; Mondays from 7-9pm (6:30pm doors). $20. 🇵🇷

Latin Jazz and Salsa

Puerto Rican NEA Jazz Master Eddie Palmieri, one of New York’s elder jazzmen, plays Latin jazz and salsa in his Spring Residency; at the Blue Note New York in Greenwich Village on Monday, May 6, 2024 at 8pm & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $35. 🇵🇷

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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Argentine Birthday

Remember Eva Perón “Evita”, the legendary first lady of Argentina, who was born in Los Toldos, Argentina on May 7, 1919. 🇦🇷

Chilean Mexican Alternative

Mon Laferte “Autopoiética Tour,” featuring Ximena Sariñana brings Chilean Mexican alternative to the Theater at Madison Square Garden in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 8:00pm. From $66. 🇨🇱 🇲🇽

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Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Famous Creole Birthday

Remember Louis Moreau Gottschalk, the Creole composer who notated the rhythms of the Caribbean at Congo Square, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on May 8, 1829. 🇺🇸

Bachata Dance Party

Bryant Park Dance Party Bachata and the City is a free traditional bachata dance party with live music by Judy Santos; at Bryant Park in Midtown, Manhattan; on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Free Lesson at 6pm. Dancing at 7pm. 🇩🇴

African and African Diaspora Film

OPENING NIGHT
The 31st New York African Film Festival screens more than 90 African and Diaspora films from 30 countries on the theme “Convergence of Time;” from May 8-30, 2024. The Festival starts at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side, from Wednesday-Tuesday, May 8-14, 2024. $17. All-Access $99. The Festival continues at Maysles Documentary Center in Harlem from May 17-19, and ends as FilmAfrica from May 24-30 at the DanceAfrica festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). 🇧🇷 🇨🇬 🇨🇩 🇪🇬 🇫🇷 🇬🇭 🇮🇳 🇰🇪 🇳🇦 🇳🇬 🇷🇼 🇸🇳 🇸🇱 🇿🇦 🇹🇿 🇺🇸 🇿🇼

Puerto Rican Mother’s Day Salsa

La India sings salsa for Mother’s Day at Lehman Center in Jerome Park, The Bronx; on Saturday May 11, 2024 at 8pm. From $58. 🇵🇷

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Thursday, May 9, 2024

Catholic Festival

The Feast of the Ascension is a Catholic celebration of the tradition that Jesus ascended to heaven. This year, it’s on Thursday, May 9, 2024. ✝️

African and African Diaspora Film

The 31st New York African Film Festival screens more than 90 African and Diaspora films from 30 countries on the theme “Convergence of Time;” at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side, from Wednesday-Tuesday, May 8-14, 2024. $17. Continues through May 14, at Maysles Documentary Center in Harlem, May 17-19, and as FilmAfrica at the DanceAfrica festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. 🇧🇷 🇨🇬 🇨🇩 🇪🇬 🇫🇷 🇬🇭 🇮🇳 🇰🇪 🇳🇦 🇳🇬 🇷🇼 🇸🇳 🇸🇱 🇿🇦 🇹🇿 🇺🇸 🇿🇼

Contemporary Art Fair

VERNISSAGE
15×15: Independent 2010-2024, Independent New York’s fifteenth anniversary contemporary art fair, features artists and galleries who have contributed to Independent’s development; at Spring Studios in Tribeca, Manhattan; on Thursday, May 9, 2024, from 5-8pm. $120. Continues through Sunday. From $45. 🇺🇸 🇧🇴 🇧🇷 🇯🇲 🇰🇪 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇸🇴

Swing Dance Party

Bryant Park Dance Party Swing Fling is a free Lindy Hop dance party with live music by Charles Turner & Uptown Swing; at Bryant Park in Midtown, Manhattan; on Thursday, May 9, 2024. Free Lesson at 6pm. Dancing at 7pm. 🇺🇸

Italian Alternative

Zucchero Overdose D’Amore World Tour 2024 brings Italian alternative rock to the Theater at Madison Square Garden in Chelsea, Manhattan; on Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 7:00pm. From $71. 🇮🇹

Puerto Rican Theatre

“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It opens at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 8pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺

Puerto Rican Salsa Dance

Uptown Royalty plays salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez Mexican restaurant in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Thursday, May 9, 2024, from 8pm – 1am. 🇵🇷

Tango Dance

Dance traditional Argentine tango at Tango La Nacional at La Nacional in Chelsea. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Dancing until around 2am. $20 🇦🇷

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Friday, May 10, 2024

Famous Tango Birthday

Remember Roberto Firpo, the early Argentine tango pianist, orchestra leader, and composer; who was born in Flores, Buenos Aires on May 10, 1884. 🇦🇷

African and African Diaspora Film

The 31st New York African Film Festival screens more than 90 African and Diaspora films from 30 countries on the theme “Convergence of Time;” at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side, from Wednesday-Tuesday, May 8-14, 2024. $17. Continues through May 14, at Maysles Documentary Center in Harlem, May 17-19, and as FilmAfrica at the DanceAfrica festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. 🇧🇷 🇨🇬 🇨🇩 🇪🇬 🇫🇷 🇬🇭 🇮🇳 🇰🇪 🇳🇦 🇳🇬 🇷🇼 🇸🇳 🇸🇱 🇿🇦 🇹🇿 🇺🇸 🇿🇼

The Art of Fashion

“Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” is an immersive exhibition that connects four centuries of fashion with the natural cycles of death and rebirth; at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Central Park; from Friday, May 10 through September 2, 2024. $30 (NY state residents pay-what-you-wish). 🇺🇸

Contemporary Art Fair

15×15: Independent 2010-2024, Independent New York’s fifteenth anniversary contemporary art fair, features artists and galleries who have contributed to Independent’s development; at Spring Studios in Tribeca, Manhattan; on Friday, May 10, 2024, from 11am – 7pm. From $45. 🇺🇸 🇧🇴 🇧🇷 🇯🇲 🇰🇪 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇸🇴

Fine Art Antiques Fair

OPENING DAY
TEFAF New York 2024, the American edition of Europe’s leading fine art antiques fair, brings almost 90 international fine art, design, and antiques galleries from 15 countries; to the Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Friday, May 10, 2024, from 11am – 7pm. Through Tuesday. From $55. 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇪🇸

Colombian Alternative Cumbia & Puerto Rican Reggae

Combo Chimbita plays Colombian alternative and Pachyman sings Puerto Rican reggae; in the Main Space at Le Poisson Rouge in Greenwich Village, Manhattan: on Friday, May 10, 2024 at 7pm (6pm doors). From $25. 🇨🇴 🇵🇷

Major League Baseball

New York Mets vs Atlanta Braves; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Friday, May 10, 2024, at 7:10pm. 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪

Trinidadian Conductor Classical New Music

In “Sound On,” the New York Philharmonic conducted by Trinidadian Kwame Ryan, plays a World Premiere music-documentary by Armenian American composer Mary Kouyoumdjian and photojournalist Scout Tufankjian, about the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh; in the Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center; on Friday, May 10, 2023 at 8pm. From $34. 🇦🇲 🇹🇹

American Jazz Singer

American singer Madeline Peyroux brings her Parisian jazz to Sony Hall in the Times Square Theater District; on Friday-Saturday, May 10-11, 2024 at 8pm. From $38. 🇺🇸

Puerto Rican Theatre

“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It’s at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Friday, May 10, 2024 at 8pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺

African American Modern Dance

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre presents three programs of modern and contemporary dance; in Prudential Hall at New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey; on Friday, May 10, 2024 at 8pm. Performances through Sunday. From $25. 🇺🇸

El Salvadoran Cumbia Dance

Los Hermanos Flores and Orquesta San Vicente play El Salvadoran cumbia for dancing at La Boom, the Latin dance club in Woodside, Queens; on Friday, May 10, 2024. 10pm (9pm doors). From $57. 🇸🇻

Colombian Salsa Dance

Santiago y la Orquesta plays Colombian salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez Mexican restaurant in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Friday, May 10, 2024, from 11pm – 3am. 🇨🇴

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Saturday, May 11, 2024

Famous Artist Birthday

Remember Salvador Dalí. The Spanish surrealist was born in Figueres, Spain on May 11, 1904. 🇪🇸

Best in Show

The Westminster Dog Show 2024 brings Latin dog breeds to the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens. Agility and Obedience preliminaries and championships are Saturday, May 11, 2024 from 8am – 9:30pm. The Dog Show is Monday-Tuesday, May 13-14, 2024 from 8am – 11pm. The climax is Best in Show. From $41. 🇨🇩 🇨🇺 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇹 🇿🇦 🇪🇸 🇿🇼

Contemporary Art Fair

15×15: Independent 2010-2024, Independent New York’s fifteenth anniversary contemporary art fair, features artists and galleries who have contributed to Independent’s development; at Spring Studios in Tribeca, Manhattan; on Saturday, May 11, 2024, from 11am – 7pm. From $45. 🇺🇸 🇧🇴 🇧🇷 🇯🇲 🇰🇪 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇸🇴

Fine Art Antiques Fair

TEFAF New York 2024, the American edition of Europe’s leading fine art antiques fair, brings almost 90 international fine art, design, and antiques galleries from 15 countries; to the Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Saturday, May 11, 2024, from 11am – 7pm. From $55. 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇪🇸

Haitian Wellness Retreat

Healing the Lakou (the communal Haitian home) is a Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) afternoon community wellness retreat with Haitian drum, yoga, dance, and storytelling traditions; at Gaia NoMaya in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn; on Saturday, May 11, 2024 from 12-6pm. FREE with registration. 🇭🇹

African and African Diaspora Film

The 31st New York African Film Festival screens more than 90 African and Diaspora films from 30 countries on the theme “Convergence of Time;” at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side, from Wednesday-Tuesday, May 8-14, 2024. $17. Continues through May 14, at Maysles Documentary Center in Harlem, May 17-19, and as FilmAfrica at the DanceAfrica festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. 🇧🇷 🇨🇬 🇨🇩 🇪🇬 🇫🇷 🇬🇭 🇮🇳 🇰🇪 🇳🇦 🇳🇬 🇷🇼 🇸🇳 🇸🇱 🇿🇦 🇹🇿 🇺🇸 🇿🇼

Puerto Rican Theatre

“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It’s at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 3pm & 8pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺

Major League Baseball

MR. MET LONDON TELEPHONE BOOTH BOBBLEHEAD PROMOTION
New York Mets vs Atlanta Braves; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Saturday, May 11, 2024, at 4:10pm. 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪

Puerto Rican Festival

Los Pleneros de la 21 celebrate the Puerto Rican Las Fiestas de Cruz, at Julia de Burgos Cultural Center in “El Barrio” East Harlem; on Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 7pm. 🇵🇷

Major League Soccer

’90s NIGHT ~ Slap Bracelet Giveaway
New York Red Bulls vs New England Revolution is Major League Soccer at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey; on Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 7:30pm. From $25. 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇬🇦 🇬🇭 🇯🇲 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇵🇾 🇻🇪

Major League Soccer

BARK NIGHT ~ Bandana Giveaway
New York Red Bulls vs Charlotte FC is Major League Soccer at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey; on Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at 7:30pm. From $22. 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇬🇦 🇬🇭 🇯🇲 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇵🇾 🇻🇪

American Jazz Singer

American singer Madeline Peyroux brings her Parisian jazz to Sony Hall in the Times Square Theater District; on Friday-Saturday, May 10-11, 2024 at 8pm. From $38. 🇺🇸

African American Modern Dance

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre performs modern and contemporary dance; in Prudential Hall at New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey; on Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 8pm. From $25. 🇺🇸

Cinco de Mayo Cumbia Sonidera Dance Party

The BRIC House Party features hellotones “El Hijo de PueblaYork” and special guests spinning Mexican cumbia sonidera (electro cumbia) for dancing; at the BRIC House in Fort Greene, Brooklyn; on Saturday, May 11, 2024, from 9pm – 2am. $26. bricartsmedia.org 🇲🇽

Mother’s Day Urban Latin Dance Party

SpinKing, the Guyanese DJ, spins the Spanglish Saturdays urban latin dance party; with dem bow, hip-hop, reggaeton, trap; with bachata, cumbia, merengue, and salsa; at La Boom, the Latin dance club in Woodside, Queens; on Saturday, May 11, 2024. 10pm – 4am. Free guest list before midnight, $25 after. 🇬🇾

Salsa Dance

Marcano Masacote y Su Conjunto Bembé plays salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez Mexican restaurant in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Saturday, May 11, 2024, from 11pm – 3am.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

Festival

Happy Mother’s Day.

Contemporary Art Fair

15×15: Independent 2010-2024, Independent New York’s fifteenth anniversary contemporary art fair, features artists and galleries who have contributed to Independent’s development; at Spring Studios in Tribeca, Manhattan; on Friday, May 10, 2024, from 11am – 7pm. From $45. 🇺🇸 🇧🇴 🇧🇷 🇯🇲 🇰🇪 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇸🇴

Fine Art Antiques Fair

TEFAF New York 2024, the American edition of Europe’s leading fine art antiques fair, brings almost 90 international fine art, design, and antiques galleries from 15 countries; to the Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Sunday, May 12, 2024, from 11am – 7pm. From $55. 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇪🇸

African and African Diaspora Film

The 31st New York African Film Festival screens more than 90 African and Diaspora films from 30 countries on the theme “Convergence of Time;” at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side, from Wednesday-Tuesday, May 8-14, 2024. $17. Continues through May 14, at Maysles Documentary Center in Harlem, May 17-19, and as FilmAfrica at the DanceAfrica festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. 🇧🇷 🇨🇬 🇨🇩 🇪🇬 🇫🇷 🇬🇭 🇮🇳 🇰🇪 🇳🇦 🇳🇬 🇷🇼 🇸🇳 🇸🇱 🇿🇦 🇹🇿 🇺🇸 🇿🇼

African American Modern Dance

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre performs modern and contemporary dance; in Prudential Hall at New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey; on Sunday, May 12, 2024 at 3pm. From $25. 🇺🇸

Puerto Rican Theatre

“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It’s at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Sunday, May 12, 2024 at 3pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺

Tango Dance

Dance Argentine tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas bar in the East Village from 6-11pm. 🇦🇷

Major League Baseball

TUMBLER PROMOTION
New York Mets vs Atlanta Braves; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Sunday, May 12, 2024, at 7:10pm. 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪

Cuban Salsa Dance

Tres del Solar plays Cuban salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez Mexican restaurant in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 12, 2024, from 8pm – 1am. Free salsa lesson with Stephen Bruno at 8pm. 🇨🇺

Latin Jazz

Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+ per person minimum. 🇨🇺

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Things To Do in NYC May 13-19, 2024

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Monday, May 13, 2024

Latin Festival

The Feast of Our Lady of Fátima celebrates a famous Marian apparition who first appeared to three peasant children in Fátima, Portugal, on May 13, 1917. 🇵🇹

Best in Show

The Westminster Dog Show 2024 brings Latin dog breeds to the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Monday-Tuesday, May 13-14, 2024 from 8am – 11pm. From $41. 🇨🇩 🇨🇺 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇹 🇿🇦 🇪🇸 🇿🇼

Fine Art Antiques Fair

TEFAF New York 2024, the American edition of Europe’s leading fine art antiques fair, brings almost 90 international fine art, design, and antiques galleries from 15 countries; to the Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Monday, May 13, 2024, from 11am – 7pm. From $55. 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇪🇸

African and African Diaspora Film

The 31st New York African Film Festival screens more than 90 African and Diaspora films from 30 countries on the theme “Convergence of Time;” at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side, from Wednesday-Tuesday, May 8-14, 2024. $17. Continues through May 14, at Maysles Documentary Center in Harlem, May 17-19, and as FilmAfrica at the DanceAfrica festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. 🇧🇷 🇨🇬 🇨🇩 🇪🇬 🇫🇷 🇬🇭 🇮🇳 🇰🇪 🇳🇦 🇳🇬 🇷🇼 🇸🇳 🇸🇱 🇿🇦 🇹🇿 🇺🇸 🇿🇼

Italian American Vintage Hot Jazz

Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks play vintage hot jazz in the Birdland Theatre at Birdland jazz club in Hell’s Kitchen; on Mondays at 5:30pm (4:30pm doors) & 8:30pm (7:30pm door). $25. 🇮🇹

Salsa Dance

Latin Mondays at Taj by Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, is at Taj II in the Flatiron District, Mondays. 5pm doors. 7pm salsa lesson. Live sets at 9pm and 11pm. From $13. 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇵🇦 🇵🇪 🇻🇪

Contemporary Art Auctions

Sotheby’s The Now Evening Auction goes on view at Sotheby’s in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Friday, May 3, 2024; for auction on Monday, May 13, 2024 at 6:30pm.

Sotheby’s Contemporary Evening Auction goes on view at Sotheby’s in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Friday, May 3, 2024, for auction on Monday, May 13, 2024 at 7pm.

Puerto Rican Spoken Word

The Nuyorican Bowery Slam is at the Bowery Poetry Club in NoHo, Manhattan; Mondays from 7-9pm (6:30pm doors). $20. 🇵🇷

Major League Baseball

New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Monday, May 13, 2024, at 7:10pm. 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪

Modern Dance

Paul Taylor Dance Company celebrates the 92nd Street Y’s 150th Anniversary with a reimagining of works premiered on its stage, “Seven New Dances” with special guests, a preview of new work by Resident Choreographer Lauren Lovette, and the Taylor masterpiece “Esplanade” (1975) which was influenced by “Seven New Dances.” It’s in the Kaufmann Concert Hall and online at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Monday, May 13, 2024 at 8pm. From $20. 🇺🇸 🇧🇲

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Best in Show

The Westminster Dog Show 2024 brings Latin dog breeds to the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Tuesday, May 14, 2024 from 8am – 11pm. The climax is Best in Show. From $41. 🇨🇩 🇨🇺 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇹 🇿🇦 🇪🇸 🇿🇼

Fine Art Antiques Fair

TEFAF New York 2024, the American edition of Europe’s leading fine art antiques fair, brings almost 90 international fine art, design, and antiques galleries from 15 countries; to the Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, from 11am – 6pm. From $55. 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇪🇸

Major League Baseball

SILVER SALUTE 55+ National Anthem on the Warning Track
New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at 1:10pm. 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪

African and African Diaspora Film

The 31st New York African Film Festival screens more than 90 African and Diaspora films from 30 countries on the theme “Convergence of Time;” at Film at Lincoln Center in Manhattan’s Upper West Side, from Wednesday-Tuesday, May 8-14, 2024. $17. Continues through May 14, at Maysles Documentary Center in Harlem, May 17-19, and as FilmAfrica at the DanceAfrica festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. 🇧🇷 🇨🇬 🇨🇩 🇪🇬 🇫🇷 🇬🇭 🇮🇳 🇰🇪 🇳🇦 🇳🇬 🇷🇼 🇸🇳 🇸🇱 🇿🇦 🇹🇿 🇺🇸 🇿🇼

Cuban Contemporary Art Collection Auction

Christie’s Rosa de la Cruz Collection Evening Sale auctions the collection of the Miami Cuban collector who helped turn Miami into a global art destination. Highlights include Felix Gonzalez-Torres’ light string “Untitled” (America #3), and several iconic works by Cuban land and body artist Ana Mendieta. The auction exhibition goes on view at Christie’s Rockefeller Center Showroom on Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 10am, for auction on May 14, 2024 at 7pm. 🇨🇺 🇲🇽

Contemporary Art Auction

Christie’s 21st Century Evening Sale of masterworks from the 1980s to present, is led by Haitian Puerto Rican art star Basquiat’s 1982 stretcher bar painting and a monumental Ethiopian American Julie Mehretu abstract. The auction exhibition goes on view at Christie’s Rockefeller Center showroom on Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 10am, for auction on May 14, 2024 at 8pm. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇪🇹 🇭🇹 🇵🇷

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Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Motown Dance Party

Bryant Park Dance Party Dancing in the Streets is a free Motown dance party with live music by KD Browne; at Bryant Park in Midtown, Manhattan; on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Free Lesson at 6pm. Dancing at 7pm. 🇺🇸

Modern Art Auction

Sotheby’s Modern Evening Auction goes on view at Sotheby’s in Manhattan’s Upper East Side; on Friday, May 3, 2024, for auction on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 7pm.

Brazilian MPB

Céu sings Brazilian música popular brasileira (MPB); in the Main Space at Le Poisson Rouge in Greenwich Village, Manhattan: on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 8pm (7pm doors). From $30. 🇧🇷

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Thursday, May 16, 2024

Salsa Dance Party

Bryant Park Dance Party Latin Festival is a free charanga, Cuban salsa, cha-cha-cha, and salsa dura dance party with live music by La Charanga Pacha and Jimmy Bosch Salsa Masters; at Bryant Park in Midtown, Manhattan; on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Free Lesson at 6pm with dancing to live music until 10pm. 🇨🇺 🇵🇷

American Jazz Singer, Afro-Cuban Pianist, Italian Saxophonist

American jazz singer Dianne Reeves, Afro-Cuban jazz legend Chucho Valdés, and Italian American sax master Joe Lovano, play a jazz concert of Duets; in Kaufmann Concert Hall at the 92nd Street Y in the Upper East Side; on Thursday, May 16, 2024. From $45. 🇺🇸 🇨🇺 🇮🇹

Argentine Dance Theatre

Anabella Lenzu’s “Listen to Your Mother,” a tribute to immigrant mothers in New York City, opens at LaMaMa theater in Manhattan’s Lower East Side; on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Through Sunday. $30 lamama.org 🇦🇷

Colombian Film Festival

The 11th Colombian International Film Festival New York 2024 opens with a screen of “El Viaje de la Marimba” at 6pm, followed by an Opening Night Party at 8:30pm; at Quad Cinema in Greenwich Village, on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Continues through Sunday. Opening night film $30. Film & Party $60. Others from $14. 🇨🇴

20th Century Art Auction

Christie’s 20th Century Evening Sale of modern, post-war, and contemporary art; features abstract expressionists, American visionaries, and modernism leaders such as Giacometti, Picasso, and Magritte. The auction is led by Van Gogh’s seminal masterwork “Coin de Jardin avec papillons” (1887), Monet’s “Moulin de Limetz” and David Hockney’s “A Lawn Being Sprinkled.” The auction exhibition goes on view at Christie’s Rockefeller Center showroom on Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 10am, for auction on May 16, 2024 at 7pm. 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇮🇹

Brazilian Bossa Nova

Bebel Gilberto sings Brazilian bossa nova; for Le Poisson Rouge in the Opera House at the Emmaus Center in Williamsburg, Brooklyn; on Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 8:30pm (7:30pm doors). From $40. 🇧🇷

Puerto Rican Theatre

“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It opens at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 8pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺

Tango Dance

Dance traditional Argentine tango at Tango La Nacional at La Nacional in Chelsea. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Dancing until around 2am. $20 🇦🇷

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Friday, May 17, 2024

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Zimbabwean Contemporary Art, Dance, and Opera

nora chipaumire, the award-winning New York Zimbabwean dancer and choreographer, presents the New York Premiere of “ShebeenDUB,” a performance tryptich, with the “Nehanda” Radio Opera played through the “afternow” sound system installation designed by Ari Marcopoulos and Kara Walker and built by Matt Jackson Studios, the “ShebeenDUB” dance performance on the “afternow” set, followed by a dub dance after party; at Harlem Stage in Morningside Heights, West Harlem; on Friday-Saturday, May 17-18, 2024. 2pm Radio Opera Installation, 6pm doors, 7:30pm performance, 9pm-midnight dance party. From $10. harlemstage.org 🇿🇼 🇺🇸

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African and African Diaspora Film

The 31st New York African Film Festival screens African and Diaspora films on the theme “Convergence of Time;” at Maysles Documentary Center in Harlem, May 17-19, and as FilmAfrica at the DanceAfrica festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. 🇧🇷 🇨🇬 🇨🇩 🇪🇬 🇫🇷 🇬🇭 🇮🇳 🇰🇪 🇳🇦 🇳🇬 🇷🇼 🇸🇳 🇸🇱 🇿🇦 🇹🇿 🇺🇸 🇿🇼

Colombian Film Festival

The 11th Colombian International Film Festival New York 2024 screens films of Colombia and the Diaspora; at Quad Cinema in Greenwich Village, on Friday, May 16, 2024 starting at 6:30pm. From $14. 🇨🇴

Modern Dance

Limón Dance Company brings the Mexican modern dance pioneer’s company to the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on May 17, 2024 at 7pm. From $13. 🇲🇽

Peruvian Salsa

Daniela Darcourt “Atrevida Y Teatral” brings the rising star Peruvian singer’s salsa to The Town Hall in Midtown, Manhattan; on Friday, May 17, 2024 at 8pm. From $103. 🇵🇪

Puerto Rican Theatre

“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It’s at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Friday, May 17, 2024 at 8pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺

Dominican Merengue Típico

Krisspy and Yovanny Polanco plays Dominican merengue típico; at La Boom, the Latin dance club in Woodside, Queens; on Friday, May 17, 2024 around midnight. Doors 9pm. Free on Guest list before midnight, $25 after. 🇩🇴

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Saturday, May 18, 2024

Haitian National Day

Haitian Flag Day celebrates the creation of the Haitian flag after the union of Africans and Haitian Creoles on May 18, 1803. 🇭🇹

African and Diaspora Dance Festival

DanceAfrica Tribute to the Ancestors is a drum, song, and dance ceremony led by Artistic Director Abdel R. Salaam and the DanceAfrica Council of Elders; at the Weeksville Heritage Center in Crown Heights, Brooklyn; on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 10am. FREE. 🇨🇲 🇺🇸

African and African Diaspora Film

The 31st New York African Film Festival screens African and Diaspora films on the theme “Convergence of Time;” at Maysles Documentary Center in Harlem, May 17-19, and as FilmAfrica at the DanceAfrica festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. 🇧🇷 🇨🇬 🇨🇩 🇪🇬 🇫🇷 🇬🇭 🇮🇳 🇰🇪 🇳🇦 🇳🇬 🇷🇼 🇸🇳 🇸🇱 🇿🇦 🇹🇿 🇺🇸 🇿🇼

Colombian Film Festival

The 11th Colombian International Film Festival New York 2024 screens films of Colombia and the Diaspora; at Quad Cinema in Greenwich Village, on Friday, May 16, 2024 starting at 12noon. From $14. 🇨🇴

Dance Parade

The 18th Dance Parade NYC 2024 dances from Sixth Avenue at 17th St in Chelsea, Manhattan; to DanceFest at Tompkins Square Park in the East Village; on Saturday, May 18, 2024. Dance Parade from 12noon – 3pm. DanceFest from 3-7pm. FREE. 🇺🇸 🇲🇽, 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇭🇹 🇯🇲 🇵🇷 🇹🇹, 🇧🇴 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇵🇪. 🇨🇩 🇨🇬 🇪🇬, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇸, 🇰🇭 🇨🇳 🇭🇰 🇮🇳 🇯🇵 🇰🇷 🇲🇴 🇹🇼 🇸🇬 🇹🇭

African and Diaspora Dance Festival

DanceAfrica Community Day, the DanceAfrica Festival kickoff, presents the Billie Holiday Theatre’s Youth Arts Academy for the 27th year; in Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Plaza; on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 1pm. FREE. 🇨🇲 🇺🇸

Haitian Flag Day Art Talk

BYENVENI Curatorial Talk celebrates Haitian Flag Day with Haitian American curator Yvena Despagne and some of the artists discussing the works in the “BYENVENI Lakay se Lakay” Haitian Diasporic art exhibition; at the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, CCCADI Firehouse in “El Barrio” East Harlem; on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 1:30pm. 🇭🇹

Zimbabwean Contemporary Art, Dance, and Opera

Zimbabwean dancer and choreographer Nora Chipaumire presents “afternow,” a monumental sound installation; “Nehanda,” a radio opera about a female Shona spirit who inspired colonial resistance in Central Africa; a performance of “ShebeenDUB,” an indictment of empire in the afternow installation; followed by a dub dance party; at Harlem Stage in Morningside Heights, West Harlem; on Saturday May 18, 2024. 2pm Radio Opera Installation, 6pm doors, 7:30pm performance, 9pm-midnight dance party. From $10. 🇺🇸 🇿🇼

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Women’s Mexican Son Jarocho

Caña Dulce y Caña Brava plays son jarocho and dances zapateado from Veracruz, Mexico; for Carnegie Hall Citywide at El Museo del Barrio in “El Barrio” East Harlem; on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 4pm. FREE. Bring your dancing shoes because it will probably be a fandango! carnegiehall.org 🇲🇽

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Latin Art

ALA Projects, an art gallery of emerging Latin artists, opens its inaugural exhibition “Act I: The Showcase” with sound by Laguna and snacks by Canaima Food Truck; at 54 Eldridge St in Manhattan’s Lower East Side; on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 4pm. alaprojects.com

Bronx Gala

The 52nd Bronx Ball, part of Bronx Week, presented by the Bronx Tourism Council, and Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson, is a red carpet, Black Tie Gala celebrating the 2024 Bronx Walk of Fame Inductees, with dinner and dancing to DJ Spynfo at the Former Whitestone Multiplex Cinema on Saturday, May 18, 2024 from 6-11pm. 

Major League Soccer

HUDSON RIVER DERBY
New York City Football Club vs New York Red Bulls is the New York Derby of Major League Soccer at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 7:30pm. From $54. 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇷 🇵🇷 🇸🇱 🇺🇾

Puerto Rican Theatre

“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It’s at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 3pm & 8pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺

Bronx Hip Hop

Hip Hop Fever 2024 brings hip hop legends Sugar Hill Gang, Grandmaster Melle Mel & Scorpio, Brand Nubian, Onyx, Nice & Smooth, Black Sheep, Peter Gunz, Fearless Four, MC Shan, Sweet G, and Grandmaster Caz; to Lehman Center in Jerome Park, The Bronx; on Saturday May 18, 2024 at 8pm. From $48.  🇺🇸

Argentine Reggae

Los Cafres play Argentine reggae; at La Boom, the Latin dance club in Woodside, Queens; on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 8:30pm (7pm doors). From $57.

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Sunday, May 19, 2024

New York African Festival

Pinkster was a New York African festival during the Dutch colonial period, when Africans enslaved by the Dutch were allowed to celebrate their own traditions while Dutch New Yorkers celebrated Pentecost. It was celebrated from 1626 to the mid 1800s.

Latin Festival

Pentecost is considered the beginning of the Christian Church when by tradition, the Holy Spirit entered the disciples of Jesus who went forth and spread the word.

Bronx Festival

Bronx Week:

• The Bronx Week Parade marches on Mosholu Parkway between Hull Avenue and Van Cortlandt Avenue East; on Sunday, May 19, 2024 at 10am. FREE.
• The Bronx Week Food and Arts Festival is on Mosholu Parkway, at 12noon. Enter at Van Cortlandt Ave East. FREE with food for sale.
• The Bronx Week Concert features DJ Ralph Mercado, Tano, pop singer Luis Figueroa, rapper Lil Mo, freestyler Lisette Melendez, and International Women in Reggae; on Mosholu Parkway at 12-6pm. FREE. Enter at Van Cortlandt Ave East. FREE. 🇺🇸 🇩🇴 🇯🇲 🇵🇷

African and African Diaspora Film

The 31st New York African Film Festival screens African and Diaspora films on the theme “Convergence of Time;” at Maysles Documentary Center in Harlem, May 17-19, and as FilmAfrica at the DanceAfrica festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. 🇧🇷 🇨🇬 🇨🇩 🇪🇬 🇫🇷 🇬🇭 🇮🇳 🇰🇪 🇳🇦 🇳🇬 🇷🇼 🇸🇳 🇸🇱 🇿🇦 🇹🇿 🇺🇸 🇿🇼

Colombian Film Festival

The 11th Colombian International Film Festival New York 2024 screens films of Colombia and the Diaspora; at Quad Cinema in Greenwich Village, on Sunday, May 19, 2024 starting at 12noon. From $14. 🇨🇴

Puerto Rican Theatre

“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It’s at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Sunday, May 19, 2024 at 3pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺

National Women’s Soccer League

Gotham FC vs Chicago Red Stars is at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey (Newark); on Sunday, May 19, 2024 at 5pm. From $15. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇪🇸

Tango Dance

Dance Argentine tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas bar in the East Village from 6-11pm. 🇦🇷

Latin Jazz

Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+ per person minimum. 🇨🇺

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Things To Do in NYC May 20-25, 2024

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Monday, May 20, 2024

Cuban Independence Day

Cuban Independence Day on May 20 celebrates the end of the U.S. occupation of Cuba on May 20, 1902. 🇨🇺

Haitian Founding Father Birthday

Remember Toussaint Louverture, the Haitian Revolution leader who was born in Cap-Haitien, Haiti on May 20, 1743. 🇭🇹

Italian American Vintage Hot Jazz

Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks play vintage hot jazz in the Birdland Theatre at Birdland jazz club in Hell’s Kitchen; on Mondays at 5:30pm (4:30pm doors) & 8:30pm (7:30pm door). $25. 🇮🇹

Salsa Dance

Latin Mondays at Taj by Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, is at Taj II in the Flatiron District, Mondays. 5pm doors. 7pm salsa lesson. Live sets at 9pm and 11pm. From $13. 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇵🇦 🇵🇪 🇻🇪

Puerto Rican Spoken Word

The Nuyorican Bowery Slam is at the Bowery Poetry Club in NoHo, Manhattan; Mondays from 7-9pm (6:30pm doors). $20. 🇵🇷

Latin Jazz and Salsa

Puerto Rican NEA Jazz Master Eddie Palmieri, one of New York’s elder jazzmen, plays Latin jazz and salsa in his Spring Residency; at the Blue Note New York in Greenwich Village on Monday, May 20, 2024 at 8pm & 10:30pm (6 & 10pm doors). From $35. 🇵🇷

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Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Women’s Salsa Orchestra, Women’s Health Services Benefit

Lulada Club, New York’s women’s salsa orchestra with a Cali, Colombian leader, plays a “Break It Down” benefit for Ineedana.com women’s health services organization, featuring a dance showcase by world salsa champion Selena Torez (“In the Heights”); at SOB’s in Hudson Square, Manhattan; on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 with 7pm doors. From $25. 🇨🇴 🇵🇷 🇺🇸

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Latin Jazz and Classical New Music

David Virelles Nosotros Ensemble featuring Dafnis Prieto shows the influence of Cuban rhythm of the sacred batá drums on many musical traditions through works curated by Pulitzer Prize-winner Tania León, including León’s “A la par;” NEA Jazz Master Henry Threadgill’s “Where Coconuts Fall,” Val-Inc’s “Gerta,” and the world premiere of Virelle’s “Oro” a Carnegie Hall commission; in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall; on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 7:30pm. Tickets from $54 at carnegiehall.org 🇨🇺

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Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Dominican Bachata

Aventura “Cerrando Ciclos Tour” brings Romeo Santos and the Kings of Bachata; to Madison Square Garden in Chelsea, Manhattan: on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at 8pm. On Sale Friday, March 1, 2024 at 12noon. 🇩🇴

Afro Dance Party

Midtown Dance teaches Afro Fusion with Sekou McMiller; in Greeley Square Park near Herald Square, Manhattan; on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, from 6-7pm. FREE.

Italian Pop

Carmen Consoli sings Italian pop; in the Main Space at Le Poisson Rouge in Greenwich Village, Manhattan: on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at 8pm (7pm doors). From $35. 🇮🇹

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Thursday, May 23, 2024

African and Diaspora Dance Festival

DanceAfrica Memorial Room, an altar to the ancestors, is at the DeVitre Lounge in the Peter Jay Sharp Building in the Brooklyn Academy of Music, in Fort Greene, Brooklyn; opens on Thursday, May 23 from 6-10pm. Through Monday. FREE. 🇨🇲 🇺🇸

Cuban Rumba, Timba, Jazz

Pedrito Martinez, the world’s first-call rumbero, plays Cuban rumba, timba, and jazz; at Drom world music club in Manhattan’s East Village; on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 8pm (7pm doors). From $30. 🇨🇺

Puerto Rican Theatre

“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It opens at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 8pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺

Tango Dance

Dance traditional Argentine tango at Tango La Nacional at La Nacional in Chelsea. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Dancing until around 2am. $20 🇦🇷

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Friday, May 24, 2024

It’s Memorial Day Weekend! Remember those who fought and died in war. We need to stop all wars. They never solve anything. Think of the children first.

Salsa and Bachata Dance Festival

BIG Salsa Festival New York 2024 is a salsa and bachata dance festival with workshops, dance parties, master classes, and bootcamps; at the New York Hilton Midtown in Manhattan; over Memorial Day Weekend, Friday-Monday, May 24-27, 2024. Full pass (workshops and parties) from $275. 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸

African and African Diaspora Film

FilmAfrica, part of the New York African Film Festival, screens and talks films from and about Cameroon at BAM Rose Cinemas in the Peter Jay Sharp Building at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, (BAM), in Fort Greene, Brooklyn; from May 24-30, 2024. $17.50. 🇨🇲 🇺🇸

Major League Baseball

New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Friday, May 24, 2024, at 7:10pm. 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪

African and African Diaspora Dance Festival

OPENING NIGHT
DanceAfrica 2024 celebrates the dance and music of Cameroon with “The Origin of Communities / A Calabash of Cultures,” featuring the DanceAfrica Spirit Walkers, Billies Youth Arts Academy Dance Ensemble, and the Women of The Calabash singers; at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, in Fort Greene, Brooklyn; from Friday, May 24, 2024 at 7:30pm. Through Monday. From $25. 🇨🇲 🇺🇸

Puerto Rican Theatre

“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It’s at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Friday, May 3, 2024 at 8pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺

Memorial Day Weekend Urban Latin Dance Party

Radio DJ Prostyle, spins the Spanglish Saturdays urban latin dance party; with dem bow, hip-hop, reggaeton, trap; with bachata, cumbia, merengue, and salsa; at La Boom, the Latin dance club in Woodside, Queens; on Saturday, May 25, 2024. 10pm – 4am. Free guest list before midnight, $25 after. 🇵🇷

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Saturday, May 25, 2024

National Day

Celebrate Africa Day and the foundation of the Organization of African Unity on May 25, 1963. Isn’t it strange how George Floyd changed the world on Africa Day?

African American Who Changed the World

Remember George Floyd who was lynched by Minneapolis, Minnesota police on May 25, 2020. It’s hard to believe that still happens in the United States, but Floyd did not die in vain. His death shocked America and the world. It was the catalyst for what we call the Harlem Renaissance 3.0, another flowering of African Diaspora culture, and in fact the cultures of all people of color. George Floyd RIP. Very few people change the world, but you did. 🇺🇸

Argentine History

Remember the May Revolution of 1810 which launched the Argentine War of Independence on May 25, 1810. It was the first South American independence movement to succeed, and the beginning of the decolonization of the Americas. 🇦🇷

Salsa and Bachata Dance Festival

BIG Salsa Festival New York 2024 is a salsa and bachata dance festival with workshops, dance parties, master classes, and bootcamps; at the New York Hilton Midtown in Manhattan; over Memorial Day Weekend, Friday-Monday, May 24-27, 2024. Full pass (workshops and parties) from $275. 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸

African and African Diaspora Film

FilmAfrica, part of the New York African Film Festival, screens and talks films from and about Cameroon at BAM Rose Cinemas in the Peter Jay Sharp Building at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, (BAM), in Fort Greene, Brooklyn; from May 24-30, 2024. $17.50. 🇨🇲 🇺🇸

Puerto Rican Cultural Festival

The 152nd Street Cultural Festival is a family-friendly street fair of Puerto Rican music, culture, food, and activities for little Boricuas; on 152nd St between Jackson and Tinton Avenue in Longwood, The Bronx; over Memorial Day Weekend on Saturday, May 25, 2024 from 12-5pm. FREE. 🇵🇷

Major League Baseball

JOEL MESLER BEACH TOTE PROMOTION
New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Saturday, May 25, 2024, at 1:40pm. 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪

African and Diaspora Dance Festival

DanceAfrica 2024 celebrates the dance and music of Cameroon with “The Origin of Communities / A Calabash of Cultures,” featuring the DanceAfrica Spirit Walkers, Billies Youth Arts Academy Dance Ensemble, and the Women of The Calabash singers; at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, in Fort Greene, Brooklyn; from Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 2pm & 7pm. From $25. 🇨🇲 🇺🇸

Puerto Rican Theatre

“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It’s at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 3pm & 8pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺

Tap Dance

Melissa Almaguer hosts a National Tap Dance Day Celebration at The Jazz Gallery in NoMad, Manhattan; on Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 7:30pm & 9:30pm. 🇺🇸

Puerto Rican Salsa

Victor Manuelle “Retromántico Tour” brings Puerto Rican salsa to the Beacon Theatre in Manhattan’s Upper West Side; on Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 8pm. 🇵🇷

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Sunday, May 26, 2024

Guyanese National Day

Guyanese Independence Day is May 26, 1966. 🇬🇾

Salsa and Bachata Dance Festival

BIG Salsa Festival New York 2024 is a salsa and bachata dance festival with workshops, dance parties, master classes, and bootcamps; at the New York Hilton Midtown in Manhattan; over Memorial Day Weekend, Friday-Monday, May 24-27, 2024. Full pass (workshops and parties) from $275. 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸

African and African Diaspora Film

FilmAfrica, part of the New York African Film Festival, screens and talks films from and about Cameroon at BAM Rose Cinemas in the Peter Jay Sharp Building at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, (BAM), in Fort Greene, Brooklyn; from May 24-30, 2024. $17.50. 🇨🇲 🇺🇸

Loisaida Street Fair (Alphabet City)

The 37th Loisaida Festival, “A Cultural Mosaic,” features a community parade, live music, theatre, food, artisanal crafts, and lots of family entertainment, on Loisaida Ave (Avenue C) in “Loisaida” Alphabet City, East Village, Manhattan; on Memorial Day Weekend Sunday, May 26, 2024, from 12-5pm, rain or shine. FREE. 🇧🇷 🇩🇴 🇵🇷

Salsa Dance Party Outdoors

Salsa Sundays at Orchard Beach 2024 is a casual outdoor salsa dance party in Parking Section 5 at Orchard Beach, The Bronx from Memorial Day Weekend to Labor Day Weekend, on Sundays from 12-5pm. The dancing is free, but you have to pay for parking. 🇵🇷

Major League Baseball

HELLO KITTY LIGHT-UP BOW BOBBLEHEAD PROMOTION
New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Sunday, May 26, 2024, at 1:40pm. 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪

African and Diaspora Dance Festival

DanceAfrica 2024 celebrates the dance and music of Cameroon with “The Origin of Communities / A Calabash of Cultures,” featuring the DanceAfrica Spirit Walkers, Billies Youth Arts Academy Dance Ensemble, and the Women of The Calabash singers; at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, in Fort Greene, Brooklyn; from Sunday, May 26, 2024 at 3pm. From $25. 🇨🇲 🇺🇸

Puerto Rican Theatre

“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It’s at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Sunday, May 26, 2024 at 3pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺

Tango Dance

Dance Argentine tango at the El Destino milonga at Solas bar in the East Village from 6-11pm. 🇦🇷

Mexican Comedy

Sofía Niño de Rivera “Vacaciones de Sus Hijos Gira 2024” brings the Mexican comedienne to The Town Hall in Midtown, Manhattan; on Sunday, May 26, 2024 at 8pm. From $59. 🇲🇽

Latin Jazz

Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra play Latin jazz at Birdland in Hell’s Kitchen, on Sundays at 8:30pm & 10:30pm. From $30+ per person minimum. 🇨🇺

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Things To Do in NYC May 27-31, 2024

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Monday, May 27, 2024

American Festival

On Memorial Day, we remember all those who fought in America’s wars. May there be no more war. 🇺🇸

Salsa and Bachata Dance Festival

BIG Salsa Festival New York 2024 is a salsa and bachata dance festival with workshops, dance parties, master classes, and bootcamps; at the New York Hilton Midtown in Manhattan; over Memorial Day Weekend, Friday-Monday, May 24-27, 2024. Full pass (workshops and parties) from $275. 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸

African and African Diaspora Film

FilmAfrica, part of the New York African Film Festival, screens and talks films from and about Cameroon at BAM Rose Cinemas in the Peter Jay Sharp Building at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, (BAM), in Fort Greene, Brooklyn; from May 24-30, 2024. $17.50. 🇨🇲 🇺🇸

African and Diaspora Dance Festival

DanceAfrica 2024 celebrates the dance and music of Cameroon with “The Origin of Communities / A Calabash of Cultures,” featuring the DanceAfrica Spirit Walkers, Billies Youth Arts Academy Dance Ensemble, and the Women of The Calabash singers; at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, in Fort Greene, Brooklyn; from Monday, May 27, 2024 at 3pm. From $25. 🇨🇲 🇺🇸

Major League Baseball

New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Monday, May 27, 2024, at 4:10pm. 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪

Free Memorial Day Classical Music

The New York Philharmonic Free Memorial Day Concert conducted by Jaap van Zweden; plays Wagner, Copland, and Brahms; at the Cathedral Church of St John the Divine; in Morningside Heights, Manhattan; on Monday, May 27, 2023 at 7pm. FREE.

Italian American Vintage Hot Jazz

Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks play vintage hot jazz in the Birdland Theatre at Birdland jazz club in Hell’s Kitchen; on Mondays at 5:30pm (4:30pm doors) & 8:30pm (7:30pm door). $25. 🇮🇹

Salsa Dance

Latin Mondays at Taj by Talia Castro-Pozo, one of NYC’s most popular Latin dance parties, is at Taj II in the Flatiron District, Mondays. 5pm doors. 7pm salsa lesson. Live sets at 9pm and 11pm. From $13. 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇵🇦 🇵🇪 🇻🇪

Puerto Rican Spoken Word

The Nuyorican Bowery Slam is at the Bowery Poetry Club in NoHo, Manhattan; Mondays from 7-9pm (6:30pm doors). $20. 🇵🇷

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Tuesday, May 28, 2024

African and African Diaspora Film

FilmAfrica, part of the New York African Film Festival, screens and talks films from and about Cameroon at BAM Rose Cinemas in the Peter Jay Sharp Building at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, (BAM), in Fort Greene, Brooklyn; from May 24-30, 2024. $17.50. 🇨🇲 🇺🇸

Major League Baseball

New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at 7:10pm. 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪

Manhattanhenge

The year’s first half-sun Manhattanhenge sunset is Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at 8:13pm.

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Wednesday, May 29, 2024

African and African Diaspora Film

FilmAfrica, part of the New York African Film Festival, screens and talks films from and about Cameroon at BAM Rose Cinemas in the Peter Jay Sharp Building at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, (BAM), in Fort Greene, Brooklyn; from May 24-30, 2024. $17.50. 🇨🇲 🇺🇸

Major League Baseball

New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, at 4:10pm. 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪

African Social Dance Party

Midtown Dance teaches African Social Dances with Judith McCarty; in Greeley Square Park near Herald Square, Manhattan; on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, from 6-7pm. FREE.

Manhattanhenge

The year’s first full-sun Manhattanhenge sunset is Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at 8:12pm.

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Thursday, May 30, 2024

Latin Food

International Potato Day is May 30. Potatoes were domesticated in southern Peru and northwestern Bolivia between 8,000 and 5,000 BCE, and possibly before. They arrived in Spain around 1570. 🇵🇪 🇧🇴

African and African Diaspora Film

FilmAfrica, part of the New York African Film Festival, screens and talks films from and about Cameroon at BAM Rose Cinemas in the Peter Jay Sharp Building at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, (BAM), in Fort Greene, Brooklyn; from May 24-30, 2024. $17.50. 🇨🇲 🇺🇸

Major League Baseball

New York Mets vs Arizona Diamondbacks; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Thursday, May 30, 2024, at 7:10pm. 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪

Brazilian Bossa Nova Jazz

Luciana Souza Trio plays “The Book of Longing and Twenty-Four Short Musical Episodes” at The Jazz Gallery in NoMad, Manhattan; on Tuesday, May 30, 2024 at 7:30pm & 9:30pm. 🇧🇷

Puerto Rican Theatre

“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It opens at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 8pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺

Tango Dance

Dance traditional Argentine tango at Tango La Nacional at La Nacional in Chelsea. Gets busy around 9pm. Performances at 11pm. Dancing until around 2am. $20 🇦🇷

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Friday, May 31, 2024

Film Festival

The Brooklyn Film Festival 2024 opens with a screening of Indigenous French Canadian film “Soleils atikamekw” (Atikamekw Suns) at 7pm followed by an after party. The festival celebrates immersion at Windmill Studios in Greenpoint from May 31 to June 9, 2024; and the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg from June 1-9, 2024. Screenings. $18. Full Pass including the Opening Night screening and party is $100. 🇺🇸 🇩🇿 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇪🇬 🇫🇷 🇮🇱 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇸 🇪🇸 🇻🇪

Major League Baseball

FIREWORKS NIGHT
New York Mets vs Arizona Diamondbacks; is at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; on Friday, May 31, 2024, at 7:10pm. 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪

Major League Soccer

HEALTHY LIVES CELEBRATION
New York City Football Club vs San Jose Earthquakes is Major League Soccer at Yankee Stadium in Concourse, The Bronx; on Friday, May 31, 2024 at 7:30pm. From $28. 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇷 🇵🇷 🇸🇱 🇺🇾

Colombian Vallenato

Silvestre Dangond “Ta Malo USA Tour” brings Colombian vallenato to Radio City Music Hall in Rockefeller Center; on Friday, May 31, 2024 at 8pm. From $82. 🇨🇴

Puerto Rican Theatre

“The Desire of the Astronaut,” by Alvan Colón Lespier, directed by Leyma López, is the story of the last Boricua in space, alone on a dying station, losing contact with Earth, who makes repairs that will either save him or get him court-marshaled. It’s at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Friday, May 31, 2024 at 8pm. From $25. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺

Puerto Rican Spoken Word

The Nuyorican Poets Cafe Monthly Grand Slam is at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan; on Friday, May 31, 2024 at 10pm. From $25. 🇵🇷

Puerto Rican Salsa Dance

Johnny “Dandy” Rodríguez Jr; Tito Puente’s bonguero, Fania All-Star, and Típica 73 leader, plays Puerto Rican salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez Mexican restaurant in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Friday, May 31, 2024, from 11pm – 3am. 🇵🇷

Colombian Vallenato

Ana del Castillo from Valledupar, Colombia; sings vallenato; at La Boom, the Latin dance club in Woodside, Queens; on Friday, May 31, 2024 around midnight. 10pm doors. From $41. 🇨🇴

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