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Queenie female artists from El Museo del Barrio’s collection

EAST HARLEM, Tue-Sat, Mar 21 – Jun 23, 2018
# latina women art exhibition

VOLTA NY 2018

HELL’S KITCHEN; Armory Week Wed-Sun Mar 7-11, 2018; contemporary art fair ~ Brazilian, Colombian, French, French-Canadian, Italian, Jewish, Puerto Rican, and Spanish galleries

Univision’s 2018 Premio Lo Nuestro Awards Honor 30 years of Latin Music

Thursday, February 22, 2018
UNIVISION

True Story of Little Red Riding Hood at Teatro SEA

LOWER EAST SIDE, Thu, Feb 28, 2019, Puerto Rican children’s puppet theatre ~ Little Red Riding Hood with a twist

Miss Bala

CITYWIDE, opened Feb 1, 2019, American gangster movie set in Mexico with a Puerto Rican star. ~ Who would you become to save your family?

Basquiat comes home to the Brooklyn Museum that inspired a young artist

BROOKLN MUSEUM, Prospect Park, Brooklyn 🇭🇹 🇵🇷

Ferdinand

OPENED December 15, 2017
CLOSED January 18, 2018

The Immigrants at Howard Greenberg Gallery

Howard Greenberg Gallery
41 East 57th St, Suite 1406
at Madison Avenue, Midtown East
December 14, 2017 – January 27, 2018

Le Nozze di Figaro

Metropolitan Opera House
Lincoln Center
December – January
Friday, January 19, 2018

Ballet Hispánico leaps borders at the Apollo Theater

APOLLO THEATER, Harlem, Manhattan

Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Auction Fall 2017

Sotheby’s 1334 York Ave
between 71st & 72nd St
Upper East Side, Manhattan
EXHIBITION
Friday, November 3, 2017
AUCTION
Thursday, November 16, 2017

Christie’s Fall 2017 Post-War & Contemporary Art auction Da Vinci anyone?

20 Rockefeller Plaza
49th St between 5th & 6th Ave
Rockefeller Center
Midtown, Manhattan
EXHIBITION
Monday, November 6, 2017
AUCTION
Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Hombre Men of the Year Awards

Empire Hotel
44 West 63rd St
at Columbus Ave
Lincoln Square
Tuesday, November 13, 2017

Corto Circuito 2017 Latino Shorts Film Festival New York

SVA Theatre & La Nacional
Chelsea, Manhattan
Colombian Consulate & Instituto Cervantes
Midtown East, Manhattan
Monday – Thursday
November 13 – 16, 2017

La Salsa Vive puts Salsa legends from the 1970s and 1980s back on stage

Madison Square Garden
Chelsea, Manhattan
On Sale April 14, 2017
Concert
Friday, November 10, 2017

Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival 2017 screens Mexico and Puppets

Teatro Sea, Lower East Side
Mount Sinai, Upper East Side
NYU Cantor Film Center, Greenwich Village
Cinépolis, Chelsea
Wednesday – Sunday
November 8 – 12, 2017

15th Open House New York 2017 unlocks NYC’s most important buildings

140+ Open Access Sites
100 Advance Reservation Sites
Saturday – Sunday
Reservations, Thu, Oct 5
October 14 – 15, 2017

Arte de La Borinqueña is an exhibition about the Puerto Rican superhero

Oct 4, 2017-Jan 6, 2018
HUNTS POINT, The Bronx ~ The art of the first Puerto Rican superhero at Casita Maria Gallery

October 3 – November 12, 2017
SIGNATURE THEATRE
Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan
Written by Pulitzer Prize-winner STEPHEN ADLY GUIRGIS. Directed by Obie Award-winner Mark Brokaw.
Winner of Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Revival and Lead Actor Sean Carvajal.
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¡New York Latin Culture Magazine Sponsor!

Oedipus El Rey gets its New York Premiere at the Public Theater

Public Theater
425 Lafayette St
East Village
Tuesday – Sunday
October 3 – November 19, 2017

New York Fashion Week September 2017 SS/18 Collections

Skylight Clarkson Sq
Hudson Square / SoHo
And around town
September 7 – 13, 2017

NY Art Book Fair 2017 is for art book lovers

MoMA PS1
Long Island City, Queens
PREVIEW September 21, 2017
FAIR September 22 – 24, 2017

LAMC 2017

Rock en Español industry conference and showcases
July 11-15, 2017

Uptown: nasty women/bad hombres at El Museo del Barrio

EAST HARLEM, Wed-Sun, Jun 13 to Nov 5, 2017 ~ Art by artists who live or work in El Barrio, Harlem, Washington Heights or Inwood.
# latino art exhibition

Tony Awards 2017

Broadway’s top awards
Radio City Music Hall
Midtown, Manhattan
Sunday, June 11, 2017

Modesto Lacen is a Great Puerto Rican Actor from Loíza Aldea

The Puerto Rican actor best known for his role as Pedro Knight, the husband of Celia Cruz in the telenovela “Celia.”

Basquiat sets records at Sotheby’s Spring Contemporary Art auction

Basquiat sets records for American artist, Black artist, and art since 1980 at Sotheby’s auction in the Upper East Side, Thu, May 18, 2017

Basquiat is the top cop at Christie’s Post War and Contemporary Art auction

Basquiat’s La Hara (1981) is one of the sale highlights at Christie’s in Rockefeller Center, on view May 5 through the auction on Wed, May 17, 2017

Unforgettable

Dawson plays the new fiancé with a dark past. Katherine Heigl is the “psycho-Barbie” ex in this update of the 90s thriller formula. Opened Apr 21. Now playing May 5, 2017

Whitney Biennial 2017

Mexican & Puerto Rican artists
Whitney Museum
99 Gansevoort, Meatpacking
March 17 – June 11, 2017

Sotheby’s Contemporary Curated

Sotheby’s Armory Week auction includes Brazilian, Chilean, French, French-Canadian, Italian, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Spanish, and Uruguayan artists Thu, Mar 2, 2017

VOLTA NY 2017

Argentine, Brazilian, Chilean, Cuban, French-Canadian, Honduran, Italian, Mexican, & Peruvian art at Pier 90 Mar 1-5, 2017

89th Academy Awards (2017)

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Hollywood, California
Sunday, February 26, 2017

Uptown Fashion Week 2017 February

Fashion shows of Latin American designers at the Skyline Hotel Feb 13-15, 2017

Golden Globes 2017

NBC 🎞🏆 Sunday, January 8, 2017

2016 Latin Grammys: Carlos Vives, Shakira, Juan Gabriel, “La Bicicleta,” Manuel Medrano

Thursday, November 17, 2016
UNIVISION

I Like it Like That ~ Latin Soul

Pete Rodriguez sang it in 1967. Darnell Martin made it a movie in 1994. Tito Nieves covered it in 1997. David Maldonado made it a musical in 2016.
Puerto Rican Traveling Theater
Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan
September 22, 2016 – January 29, 2017