Archive for the ‘Cultural Event’ Category
The Romanian Cultural Institute in New York presents the 5th Annual Romanian Film Festival in New York City, this year entitled A New Beginning, to take place from December 3-5 at Tribeca Cinemas. Each year, the festival presents the best and most recent films from Romania’s unique and critically exalted national body of contemporary cinema […]
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Tags: A New Beginning, NYC, Romanian Cultural Institute of New York, Romanian Film Festival
Come see, taste, and listen… and experience Korea in New York! The 30th Annual Korean Festival & Parade will be held this Saturday, October 2, 1010. The parade will be held from 12 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. from 38th Street to 27th Street along 6th Avenue. You can also check out the festivities at the […]
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José Arcadio Limón (1908 – 1972) was a pioneering modern dancer and choreographer born in Mexico. Limón moved to New York City in 1928 where he studied and performed with Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman. Ten years after he began dancing, Limón premiered his first major choreographic work Danzas Mexicanos. He was drafted in 1943 […]
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Tags: events, National Hispanic Heritage Month, New York City
German-American Steuben Parade
The 53rd German-American Steuben Parade is taking place this Saturday (September 25) at 12pm along 5th Avenue. The Parade is an annual celebration of the great achievements of German immigrants in the United States, and German-American culture and traditions. It is named in honor of General Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, a Prussian officer who […]
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Tags: German, German-American Struben Parade, Oktoberfest, parade
The Feast of San Gennaro is New York City’s most historical religious outdoor festival that is in its 84th year. The festival was founded by four immigrant families from Naples in 1926 who lived on Mulberry Street, and originally began as a one-day religious commemoration of San Gennaro, the Patron Saint of Naples. The festival […]
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Tags: Feast of San Gennaro, Italian, Little Italy, Naples, NYC
Hispanic Heritage Month Festival continues and we’d like to share more of the unique and festive activities. From music to a corn cooking demonstration, we’ve got our picks for the week. One of the events we’re looking forward to is the corn cooking demonstration with Mexican chef and food historian Zarela Martinez. Maize, or corn, […]
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Today is the beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15–October 15), and New York City is honoring the history, culture and Hispanic heritage. Hispanic Heritage Month was started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage week, which was approved by President Lyndon Johnson. In 1988, the week’s celebration was expanded into a month and enacted into […]
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via Feet In 2 Worlds NEW YORK–Under the arching branches of a maple tree, Asian musicians sung indigenous songs, as vendors and activists sold a motley of merchandise and promoted an array of political causes. At the July 25 South Asian Arts and Activism street fair in Queens, immigrants from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri […]
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Tags: Chhaya, NYC, Queens, South Asian, South Asian Arts
What is Lunar New Year?
Lunar New Year, or Chinese New Year, is the most important festival in Chinese culture. It is celebrated on the new moon of the first month according to the lunar calendar, and is a time for family reunions and scrumptious feasts. Although it is always in January or February, the Chinese New Year does not […]
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Wine Tour de France at FiaF
The New York City French Institute Alliance Française mission is to “promote and enhance the knowledge and appreciation of French and Francophone culture, to increase the knowledge of the French language, and to encourage interaction among French, Francophone and American people through programs in education and the arts.” Founded at the turn of 20th century, […]
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International Arrivals 