Harlem Chamber Players Presents: Hispanic Heritage Month at the Hispanic Society. Join us for a special evening with Harlem Chamber Players celebrating Hispanic composers. The concert’s program features works by Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Ignacio Rosado, Tania León, and Joaquín Turina.
Hispanic Society: Feria de Libros with Word Up Community Bookshop. Feria de Libros with Word Up Community Bookshop. Find your next Spanish-language read at the Hispanic Society! Whether you’re looking for children’s books, YA literature, poetry, or non-fiction, Word Up has it all. Note: This book fair will take place indoors in our Sorolla Gallery.
Celebrating Caribbean Histories. Join the Hispanic Society: for an interactive Taíno language workshop followed by a musical performance honoring the Puerto Rican and Irish diasporas. Schedule of Events: 3pm-5pm: Interactive Taíno Workshop -- 5pm-6pm: Break --6pm-8pm: Puerto Rican and Irish Fusion Music Program
An Evening Celebrating Alejandra Pizarnik at the Hispanic Society. Join us for an evening of poetry and discussion celebrating the work of Argentinian poet Alejandra Pizarnik. This program is presented in partnership with the Feria Internacional del Libro en Español (FILNYC).
Day of the Dead Celebration with Mano a Mano Join the Hispanic Society in celebrating the vibrant traditions of Día de Muertos, a time dedicated to remembering and honoring our loved ones who have passed away. Contribute to the Ofrenda, enjoy art-making activities, experience a lively musical performance and more!
Book Presentation with Jonathan Goldman. Join the Hispanic Society for a conversation with Jonathan Goldman on the Puerto Rican experience in 1920s New York. In Hidden Histories of Jazz Age: New York: From the Suppressed to the Strange, Jonathan Goldman offers a fresh look at 1920s New York City. Jonathan Ezra Goldman’s whirlwind tour of early 1920s New York City visits an all-female police platoon, a Black amusement park shut down before it opened, an Arabic literary salon, socialist Puerto Rican cigar factories, Chinatown funerals, lesbian cafes, overcrowded jails, toxic dumps, and Ku Klux Klan recruitment offices.
