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Forever Freestyle 16 Old School Latin Hip Hop at Lehman Center

LEHMAN CENTER, Lehman College, Jerome Park, The Bronx 🇵🇷

Roméo et Juliette Stars Puerto Rican Soprano Nadine Sierra at the Metropolitan Opera

METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE, Lincoln Center, Manhattan 🇫🇷 ~ 🇮🇹 🇵🇷

Teatro Fest is New York City’s Festival of Hispanic Theatre

IATI THEATER, East Village, Manhattan 🇻🇪
INTAR Theatre, Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan 🇨🇺
PREGONES/PRTT, Mott Haven, The Bronx and Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan 🇵🇷
REPERTORIO ESPAÑOL, Kips Bay, Manhattan 🇨🇺
TEATRO CIRCULO, East Village, Manhattan 🇵🇷
TEATRO LATEA, Lower East Side, Manhattan 🇵🇷
TEATRO SEA, Lower East Side, Manhattan 🇵🇷
THALIA SPANISH THEATER, Sunnyside, Queens 🇪🇸

Jerry Rivera Sings Puerto Rican Salsa at Bergen Performing Arts Center

BERGEN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Englewood, New Jersey 🇵🇷

iLe Brings Her Puerto Rican Alternative to Sony Hall

SONY HALL, Times Square Theater District, Manhattan

Julia de Burgos was a Great Puerto Rican Poet. ¡Río Grande de Loíza!

CAROLINA, Puerto Rico ~ February 17, 1914 🇵🇷

Tite Curet Alonso, The Salsa Poet, Wrote Many Salsa Hits, But is Not Credited

GUAYAMA, Puerto Rico ~ February 12, 1926 🇵🇷

Dancing the 92nd Street Y Brings Modern Dance Companies Limón, Martha Graham, and Ailey II Back Home

92ND STREET Y, Upper East Side, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇷

Our Lady of Candelaria is the Patron Saint of Tenerife, Canary Islands; Miners; and the African Diaspora

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, CANARY ISLANDS, Spain ~ February 2 🇪🇸
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Oyá is the Yoruba Orisha of Great Storms with Wind and Lightning that Bring Death and Rebirth

February 2 🇨🇺 🇵🇷

globalFEST is a World Music Showcase at David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center

DAVID GEFFEN HALL, Lincoln Center, Manhattan ~ alternative, bomba, folk, R&B, rock, world music. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇩🇴 🇫🇷 🇮🇳 🇲🇽 🇲🇦 🇵🇷 🇿🇦 🇪🇸 🇺🇦

El Laberinto del Coco Plays Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba Fusion for globalFEST at Lincoln Center

DROM, East Village, Manhattan ~ Secret Planet showcase. 🇵🇷
DAVID GEFFEN HALL, Lincoln Center, Manhattan ~ globalFEST world music showcase. 🇵🇷
OLD SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico ~ La Sanse cultural festival. 🇵🇷
WASHINGTON DC, University of Maryland. 🇵🇷

Three Kings Day Parade 2025 Marches Through El Barrio with a Breakfast, Parade, and After Party

EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO & PARK AVENUE, “El Barrio” East Harlem, Manhattan 🇵🇷

Las Octavitas Extend the Puerto Rican Christmas Season

PUERTO RICO and the Diaspora 🇵🇷

La Parranda is the Puerto Rican Christmas Caroling Tradition

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José Feliciano To Sing “Feliz Navidad” at Sony Hall

SONY HALL, Times Square Theater District, Manhattan 🇵🇷 🎄

Manny Vega’s “Byzantine Bembé, New York” is a Love Letter to “El Barrio,” Puerto Rican, and Yoruba Culture

MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, “El Barrio” East Harlem, Manhattan 🇵🇷 🇧🇷

Mexican Opera “Florencia en el Amazonas” Stars Ailyn Pérez in Spanish at the Metropolitan Opera

METROPOLITAN OPERA, Lincoln Center 🇲🇽 🇧🇷 ~ 🇦🇷 🇨🇦 🇮🇨 🇨🇺 🇬🇹 🇮🇹 🇳🇮 🇵🇷 🇪🇸

Papo Vázquez Mighty Pirates Troubadours Play a Puerto Rican Holiday Jazz Parranda

HOSTOS CENTER, Mott Haven, The Bronx 🇵🇷

Ozuna in New York City

PRUDENTIAL CENTER, Newark, New Jersey 🇩🇴 🇵🇷

Santa Barbara is the Female Changó

DECEMBER 4 🇵🇷

Three Kings Day is the Hispanic Gift-Giving Day at the End of Christmas Season

JANUARY 6 🇩🇴 🇳🇮 🇵🇷 🇺🇾 ~ 🇮🇹 🇷🇴 🇪🇸

The Other Side Story is a One-Man Musical Comedy About the Brilliance and Resilience of the Puerto Rican Diaspora at Hostos Center

HOSTOS CENTER, Mott Haven, The Bronx ~ Ángel Vázquez, Resident Artist at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, tells funny, but true stories, about the brilliance and resilience of the Puerto Rican Diaspora. 🇵🇷

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

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

Salute Tito Puente el Mambo Diablo, Celia Cruz, and La Lupe, with Family, Friends, and his Mambo Legends Orchestra, at Hostos Center

HOSTOS CENTER, Mott Haven, The Bronx ~ Go if you love mambo, salsa, and bolero by Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, La Lupe, Vicentico Valdes, Santos Colon, and well you know.

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Marco Orsini’s Documentary “Latin Four Plus” Tells How Five Puerto Ricans Lived Their Dreams as Korean Pop Sensations, and Never Stopped

In 1969, Colonel Orsini bent rules to assemble a band, deploy it to Korea and live the dream. In 2018, he’s at it again.

This is a heartfelt inspiring story of how a group of Puerto Ricans realized their dreams.

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The IFPDA Print Fair is Exhibiting Indigenous, European, and African Diaspora Fine Art at Javits Center

JAVITS CENTER, Hudson Yards 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇫🇷 🇯🇲 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇪🇸 🇵🇷 🇻🇪

NYC Pride Builds to a Climax at the NYC Pride Parade

The NYC Pride rally, brunch, youth festival, and dance parties climax with the march, street fair, and music festival headlined by Christina Aguilera.

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ACO SONiC Festival with Miguel Zenón and Angélica Negrón Creates Avant-Garde Puerto Rican Classical Music at Hostos

A primer on some of the young Latin artists who are doing incredible work stretching the jazz and classical music canon in New York City.

HOSTOS CENTER
Mott Haven, The Bronx
Sunday, June 4, 2023
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Anuel AA NYC Real Hasta La Muerte

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, Chelsea, Manhattan 🇵🇷

Ballet Hispánico Dances an Iconic Ballet Pas de Deux, New Commissions and a Latin Classic at New York City Center

NEW YORK CITY CENTER, Midtown, Manhattan 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇨🇺 🇻🇪

Ballet Hispánico Legacy Gala Hosted by Ana Navarro with Sergio Trujillo Tributes The Miranda Family at The Plaza

NEW YORK CITY CENTER, Midtown, Manhattan

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

DANCE PARADE
Chelsea, Greenwich Village, East Village

African, Afrobeat, Afro-Cuban, Bhangra, Bollywood, Bomba, Break Dancing, Caporales, Carnival, Dancehall, Flamenco, Folkloric, Hip-Hop, House, Jazz, Latin, Majorette, Mexican, Moko Jumbies, Reggae, Salay, Salsa, Samba, Soca, Street, Tammurriata, Tap, Tarrantella, Tinkus, and more. 🇧🇴 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇮🇹 🇯🇲 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇹🇹

DANCEFEST Tompkins Square Park
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Saturday, May 20, 2023

Ballet Hispánico Makes its Mark as America’s Largest Latinx Cultural Organization

NEW YORK CITY CENTER, Midtown, Manhattan 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇨🇺 🇻🇪

Ballet Hispánico Leaps into the Top Tier of American Dance Companies

NEW YORK CITY CENTER, Midtown, Manhattan 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇨🇺 🇻🇪

Banda Iroko Will Make You Want to Dance Like You’re Madly in Love

Banda Iroko is Israeli bassist Avishai Cohen and Nuyorican conguero-vocalist Abraham Rodriguez Jr’s Nuyorican jazz project.

It’s the perfect blend of singing bass and singing drum.

BLUE NOTE
Greenwich Village
Tuesday-Sunday, April 25-30, 2023

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Chosen Memories at MoMA Finds the Needle in the Haystack of Contemporary Latin American Art

The Cisneros Institute show the power of giving.

MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
Midtown, Manhattan
April 30 – September 9, 2023

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Ayodele Casel Artists at the Center Showcases the Next Generation of Tap Dance Stars

NEW YORK CITY CENTER
Thursday-Saturday, April 13-15, 2023

Star tappers: Brinae Ali, Gerson Lanza, Caleb Teicher, Naomi Funaki, Jared Alexander, Tomoe “Beasty” Carr, Amanda Castro and Ayodele Casel; dance six world premieres that show what tap dance can be.

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