Friday, December 18, 2009

MUSIC / December 18 - 26

December 18 (Starts at 6:00 pm). Salsa. Featuring Brooklyn-based Grupo Arcano. Sets at 11.30 and 1 pm. At Iguana Lounge, 270 West 54th Street (between 8th Avenue and Broadway). For more information, click here or call 212-765-5454.

December 18 (Starts at 10 pm) ¡Wepa! Monthly House Party. With deejays Lou Gorbea and Antonio Ocasio, and conguero Randy Montalvo. Tickets: $5 - $15. At Bar 13, 35 East 13th Street. For more information, click here  or call 212-979-6677.

December 19 (7 pm) CONTACT! The New York Philharmonic New Music Series. World Premiere of Macunaíma, concert piece by Brazilian-born, New York-based composer Arthur Kampela. New York Philharmonic orchestra conducted by Magnus Lindberg. At the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Tickets $20. To directions and to buy tickets, click here. For more information about the CONTACT! Series, click here.

December 19 (Starts at 8 pm) Live @ the Flat 5: Latin Soul Extravaganza. Featuring Cuban-Latin Jazz band  Chico Alvarez y Mafimba. At Flat 5 Records & Entertainment Cultural Center, 10 Throckmorton Avenue, Eatontown, NJ 07724. For more information, click here or call 732-440-4161.

December 19 (Starts at 9 pm) More Cuban Rythms. Featuring Ochún and vocalist Miguel Garcia. At Havana Central North (formerly The West End), 2911 Broadway, Morningside Heights. For more information, click here or call 212-662-8830.

December 20 (10 am - 6 pm) Sixth Annual Posadas y Pastorelas: A Traditional Mexican Holiday Celebration. Organized by Mano a Mano: Mexican Culture Without Borders. At The Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue (at 103rd Street). For more information, click here or call 212-587-3070.

December 21 (Starts 10 pm) Gregorio Uribe Big Band in Concert. Afro-Colombian rhythms and funk grooves. Tickets: $10. At the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, 236 East 3rd Street. For tickets and more information, click here  or call 212-780-9386.

December 22 (6 pm - 9 pm) Cuban Free Fusion. Featuring Nelson Rodriguez’s band Son de la Calle, and its mixture of timba, boleros, jazz, descarga, rumba, and flamenco. Free event. At Agozar! Cuban Bistro Bar, 324 Bowery Street. For more information, click here  or call 212-677-6773.

December 22 and 23 (7:30 pm and 9:30 pm) Heavenly Rhythms. Featuring Colombian harpist Edmar Castañeda’s Trio  and singer Andrea Tierra. Tickets: $20. At Jazz Standard,  116 East 27th Street. For tickets and more information, click here or call 212-576-2232.

December 24 and 25 (Starts 8 pm) Four Flamenco World Premieres. Spain’s acclaimed Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca  kick off their 12th season in New York City. Tickets: $60 - $75. At the Lucille Lortel Theater, 121 Christopher Street. Through January 6th, 2010. For more information, click here or call 212-279-4200.

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