Latin Cultural Organizations

Cultural Center

DreamYard Drama Project

DreamYard is committed to helping transform Bronx schools and communities through the power of innovative, project based arts education. Our schools and students are based in the nation's poorest urban county, with one-third of the Bronx's residents living below the poverty line. In response, DreamYard programs are designed to challenge the cyclical systems of inequality and poverty by empowering youth to discover and develop their best possible selves and to locate meaningful paths and ways to engage with their fellow students, schools, families, and communities. As the largest arts education provider in the Bronx, DreamYard critically impacts the social and intellectual growth of thousands of Bronx youth through safe, positive and creatively challenging programs. DreamYard's team of professional artists partner with classroom teachers and community educators to help students learn how to express, write and perform their own stories. Through yearlong programs offered during the school day, after school, on weekends and during the summer, DreamYard supports youth development, enhances life-long learning skills, and promotes creative thinking and expression.

DreamYard Drama Project

872 Gerard Ave.

#2

Bronx

10452

Tim Lord

Co-Director

(718) 588-8807

872 Gerard Ave, Bronx, NY, 10452

40.827784

-73.924766

4

8

195

2097166

2024760056

West Concourse

Cultural Center

ABC No Rio

ABC No Rio is a collectively-run center for art and activism. We are known internationally as a venue for oppositional culture. ABC No Rio was founded in 1980 by artists committed to political and social engagement and we retain these values to the present. We seek to facilitate cross-pollination between artists and activists. ABC No Rio is a place where people share resources and ideas to impact society, culture, and community. We believe that art and activism should be for everyone, not just the professionals, experts, and cognoscenti. Our dream is a cadre of actively aware artists and artfully aware activists.

ABC No Rio

156 Rivington Street

Manhattan

10009

(212) 254-3697

156 Rivington Street, Manhattan, NY, 10009

40.719206

-73.985447

3

1

3001

1083425

1003490033

Chinatown

Theater

The Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre

The mission of the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre (PRTT) is to educate and acquaint the
general public with important contributions by playwrights from Latino or Hispanic
extraction; to present and produce truly bilingual professional theater; to offer artistic
development to emerging and established artist; and in these ways to contribute towards
the diversity of American theater and national culture.

The Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre

304 West 47th. Street

Manhattan

10036

Miriam Colon-Valle

(212) 354-1293

304 47th Street, Manhattan, NY, 10036

40.760614

-73.987987

4

3

127

1025057

1010370037

Clinton

Cultural Center

Casa De La Herencia Cultural Puertorriquena

La Casa de la Herencia Cultural Puertorriquena, Inc. (La Casa) is a non-profit community based cultural institution, founded by the late New York Assemblyman, Luis Nine of the Bronx. Our main objective is to promote the development of the Puerto Rican culture and to preserve, enrich and disseminate our cultural and literary heritage to the Puerto Rican community and others.

Casa De La Herencia Cultural Puertorriquena

1230 5th Ave.

Suite 458

Manhattan

10029

Eli Alvarado

President

(212) 722-2600

1230 5th Ave, Manhattan, NY, 10029

40.793072

-73.951992

11

8

168

1051499

1016100001

East Harlem South

Cultural Center

Puerto Rican Workshop, Inc.

Taller Boricua was established in 1970, in New York as a non-profit arts organization. Taller Boricua/Puerto Rican Workshop Inc. has expanded into a multi cultural institution by providing a variety of programs that stimulate the social, cultural and economic development of the community. Our workshops offer artists the opportunity to share ideas and inspirations with colleagues, enhances productivity and collaborations with other non profit organizations, schools, artists, public service providers, private corporations, and the community. The Taller Boricua (translation: workshop Puerto Rican) has evolved into a highly respected community arts organization that continues to be a proactive resource for the promotion of the arts. We have been very successful in attracting the art community to function as an essential nucleus supporting creative means of expression.

Puerto Rican Workshop, Inc.

1680 Lexington Avenue

Manhattan

10029

(212) 831-4333

1680 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, NY, 10029

40.791881

-73.946558

11

8

172

1051991

1016330013

East Harlem South

Dance Company

Jose Limon Dance Foundation, Inc.

The Jose Limon Dance Foundation advances a vision of dance that speaks of the human experience through performance, preservation and education activities. The Limon Dance Company, a modern repertory company, performs both the works of its founder and commissions from contemporary choreographers. The Limon Institute directs a range of activities designed to extend the Limon heritage, including licensing Limon's choreographic works and directing the Foundation's education programs. Together, the company and the institute ensure the continuation of the traditions and philosophies to which the Foundation is dedicated.

Jose Limon Dance Foundation, Inc.

307 West 38th Street

#1105

Manhattan

10018

Carla Maxwell

Artistic Director

(212) 777-3353

307 38th Street, Manhattan, NY, 10018

40.754946

-73.992175

4

3

115

1013643

1007620025

Clinton

Cultural Center

Center for Traditional Music and Dance

The Center for Traditional Music and Dance (CTMD), formerly the Ethnic Folk Arts Center, works to celebrate and strengthen the practice of traditional performing arts, affirming the value of diversity as an essential component of our national identity. CTMD develops performance and educational programs of music and dance indigenous to the ethnic communities of the New York region, including concerts, festivals, audio and video productions, concert tours, technical assistance, collaborative projects and consultations with artists, cultural activists and with educational and cultural institutions.

Center for Traditional Music and Dance

32 Broadway, Room 1314

Manhattan

10004

Ethel Raim

Artistic Director

(212) 571-1555

32 Broadway, Manhattan, NY, 10004

40.706045

-74.013096

1

1

9

1078979

1000220017

Battery Park City-Lower Manhattan

Cultural Center

Colonial Dames of America

Founded in 1890, our objectives are to maintain our headquarters as a museum, and to maintain other restorations, for educational purposes; provide educational opportunities and scholarships; collect for preservation manuscripts, traditions, relics, and mementoes of American history; Commemorate the great historical events of the thirteen original Colonies; and diffuse scholarly information and create popular interest in American history.

Colonial Dames of America

421 East 61st Street

Manhattan

10021

Audrey Svensson

President General

(212) 838-6878

421 61st Street, Manhattan, NY, 10021

40.760589

-73.960401

8

5

10602

1045284

1014560012

Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island

Cultural Center

Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center

The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center (CSV), a 501 (C) 3 not-for-profit, was founded in 1993. The CSV Cultural Center is a Puerto Rican/Latino cultural institution that has demonstrated a broad-minded cultural vision and a collaborative philosophy. While CSV's mission is focused on the cultivation, presentation and preservation of Puerto Rican and Latino culture, it is equally determined to operate in a multi-cultural and inclusive manner, housing and promoting artists and performance events that fully reflect the cultural diversity of the Lower East Side and the city as a whole.

Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center

107 Suffolk Street, Room 312

Manhattan

10002

Luis Cancel

Executive Director

(212) 260-4080 ext 12

107 Suffolk Street, Manhattan, NY, 10002

40.718943

-73.986122

3

1

1402

1004301

1003530054

Lower East Side

Cultural Center

Centro Cultural Cubano, Inc.

The Cuban Cultural Center is a nonprofit, nonpartisan institution founded by Cuban exiles to preserve, develop, and disseminate our rich Cuban and Cuban-American cultural heritage within a democratic framework of freedom and autonomy, alien to totalitarian ideologies, values handed down to us by our founding fathers since the 19th Century.

Centro Cultural Cubano, Inc.

P.O. Box 2608, Times Square Station

Manhattan

10036

Iraida Iturralde

President

2608 Times Square Station, Manhattan, NY, 10036

40.756582

-73.989637

5

3

113

1000000

1009950001

Midtown-Midtown South

Theater

Teatro Circulo, Ltd.

Teatro Circulo Ltd., is a theater company founded by a group of Puerto Rican artists with a strong academic background committed to preserving and promoting our cultural heritage through the presentation of creative, inclusive and educational theater works. It is our purpose to expose the public to the best works of Spanish and Puerto Rican playwrights, both contemporary and classical and in general, to foster an appreciation of the richness of Latin American and Iberian cultures in the context of the pluralism that characterizes NYC.

Teatro Circulo, Ltd.

59-61 East 4th Street

6th Floor

Manhattan

10003

Jose Cheo Oliveras

Artistic Director

(212) 505-1808

59 61 East 4th Street, Manhattan, NY, 10003

40.726785

-73.990807

3

2

38

1082642

1004600056

East Village

Cultural Center

Ollantay Center for the Arts

Ollantay was founded by Pedro Monge-Rafuls in 1977. At the time, there were no other cultural or artistic in Queens, a place where first generation Latin Americans had begun to settle. What began as a traveling theater has become a cultural organization supporting latino artists, authors and actors and has grown to include a film festival, a folklore program and a literature magazine.

Ollantay Center for the Arts

P.O. Box 720449

Jackson Heights

11372

Pedro Monge-Rafuls

(718) 699-6772

720449 Jackson Heights, NY, 11372

Cultural Center

Fruta Extrana, Inc.

Fruta Extrana Inc., is a not-for-profit organization that produces Fruta Extrana TV. The organization was created to manage and host activities that are exclusively charitable and educational. Fruta Extrana Inc. provides the Latino and Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, two spirit and transgender (LGBTST) community in New York City with health, education and cultural support. Fruta Extrana Inc. brings several different services to this broad community, serving as a link connecting individuals with necessary resources while providing a forum for discussion and education.

Fruta Extrana, Inc.

841 Barretto Street

Bronx

10474

Eric Stephen Booth

CEO

(718) 842-5223

841 Barretto Street, Bronx, NY, 10474

40.817647

-73.890354

2

17

93

2005939

2027390015

Hunts Point

Theater

Repertorio Espanol

Repertorio Espanol is a repertory theater with the best plays in town, in Spanish! Comedies, dramas, dance, classics from the Spanish Literature and all Latin America, we have them all! Come and spend an evening with us and then visit one of the many top-restaurants around our jewel-box theater, The Gramercy Arts. Visit our website, www.repertorio.org for a full schedule, descriptions of our plays and restaurant listings. Ticket prices are affordable and discounts are available for students and seniors.

Repertorio Espanol

138 East 27th Street

Manhattan

10016

Jose Antonio Cruz

Director of Audience Development

(212) 889-2850 x 955

138 27th Street, Manhattan, NY, 10016

40.741886

-73.982599

6

2

68

1018151

1008820060

Gramercy

Cultural Center

Multicultural Music Group, Inc.

The mission of the MMG is to provide performances, instruction and professional development in multicultural music as a tool to promote global understanding and academic achievement. The training, presentation and instruction provide the constituents the opportunity to experience artistic growth and cultural awareness through the acquisition of specific knowledge, skills and attitudes that contribute to a more harmonious society and a better lifelong enjoyment of music.

Multicultural Music Group, Inc.

601 Walton Avenue

Bronx

10451

Luis Mojica

Executive Director

(718) 884-5495

601 Walton Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10451

40.820221

-73.927849

4

8

63

2001136

2023530048

West Concourse

Cultural Center

Nuyorican Poets Cafe

A non-profit organization, the Cafe has emerged as one of the country's most highly respected arts organizations and has become an acclaimed forum for innovative poetry, music, hip hop, video, visual arts, comedy and theatre. The mission of the Cafe is to create a multi-cultural venue that both nurtures artists and exhibits a variety of artistic works. Without limitation, we are dedicated to providing a stage for the arts with access for the widest public.

Nuyorican Poets Cafe

236 E. 3rd Ave.

Manhattan

10009

Rome Neal

Artistic Director

(212) 505-8183

236 3rd Ave, Manhattan, NY, 10009

Cultural Center

Henry Street Settlement

Founded in 1893 by social work pioneer Lillian Wald and based on Manhattan's Lower East Side, the Henry Street Settlement delivers a wide range of social service and arts programming to more than 100,000 New Yorkers each year. Distinguished by a profound connection to its neighbors, a willingness to address new problems with swift and innovative solutions, and a strong record of accomplishment, Henry Street challenges the effects of urban poverty by helping families achieve better lives for themselves and their children. Henry Street's core divisions include a multidisciplinary arts center, shelter and supportive services, behavioral and health services, senior services, home care services, a workforce development center, day care centers, and after school and summer programs for neighborhood youth.

Henry Street Settlement

265 Henry Street

Manhattan

10002

(212) 766-9200

265 Henry Street, Manhattan, NY, 10002

40.713857

-73.984532

3

1

202

1079627

1002880078

Lower East Side

Dance Company

Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana

Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana's mission is to use the universal spirit of Flamenco to build bridges between cultures. The Company commissions new works for their annual New York Seasons at The Joyce Theater, conducts community and school programs throughout New York City and the tri-state area and tours nationally.

Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana

481 Eighth Avenue

# 744

Manhattan

10001

Carlota Santana

Artistic Director

(212) 736-4499

481 Eighth Avenue, Manhattan, NY, 10001

40.752295

-73.993402

4

3

111

1013561

1007580037

Hudson Yards-Chelsea-Flatiron-Union Square

Cultural Center

Boricua Festival Committee, Inc.

The Mission of the Boricua Festival Committee Inc. (BFC inc.) is to promote social interaction throughout the Brooklyn Latino Community by working with local community based organizations and elected officials, by fostering and maintaining the spirit of cultural advancement.

Boricua Festival Committee, Inc.

539 59th Street

Brooklyn

11220

Patricia Ruiz

539 59th Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11220

40.639512

-74.014625

7

38

102

3016095

3008560060

Sunset Park East

Cultural Center

Cool Culture

Cool Culture connects low-income families and cultural institutions, empowering parents and guardians to take advantage of these unique educational resources. Our programs are specifically designed to help low-income families overcome the obstacles that prevent them from visiting arts and cultural institutions. Once these obstacles are removed, parents and guardians learn techniques and approaches to make their visits as beneficial for their children's learning as possible. And because we provide access to a range of cultural institutions, each with its own valuable resources, we offer year-round opportunities for families to support their children's education.

Cool Culture

80 Hanson Place

Suite 604

Brooklyn

11217

Gail Velez

Co-founder

(718) 230-4186

80 Hanson Place, Brooklyn, NY, 11217

40.685488

-73.974421

2

35

35

3057479

3020030034

Fort Greene

Cultural Center

Centro Educativo Bolivariano, Inc.

This Center was created to contribute in the formation of a new generation of children with concrete values and principles in the city of New York. Students will be submerged in an environment where they can learn not only Spanish but also art, theater, sports, etc. This center aims to work with families in order to help them create a better society.

Centro Educativo Bolivariano, Inc.

33-16 79th St.

Jackson Heights

11370

Liliana Estrella

(718) 396-1161

33 16 79th St Jackson Heights, NY, 11370

40.754791

-73.888083

3

25

287

4437110

4012510012

Jackson Heights

Cultural Center

Bowery Arts & Science

BAS is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1995. We are dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of the oral tradition of poetry via live readings, media creation, and to elevating the status of poetry to that of its sister arts. Our mission includes a strong educational component, introducing all manners of poetry to students of all ages; the preservation of endangered languages via the valuation of the poetry of these cultures; and the infusion and integration of poetry with other arts and into the daily life of the citizenry.

Bowery Arts & Science

310 Bowery

Manhattan

10012

Bob Holman

Artistic Director

(212) 334-6414

310 Bowery, Manhattan, NY, 10012

40.724804

-73.992373

2

1

5502

1008202

1005210077

West Village

Theater

INTAR Theatre

Through an integrated program of workshops, productions of works in progress, and mainstage productions, INTAR continues to raise standards of the theater arts. INTAR brings to the public vital and energetic voices of both promising and accomplished Latino theater professionals, replacing stereotypes while giving expression to the diversity and depth of today's Latino-American community.

INTAR 53

508 West 53rd Street

Manhattan

10019

Editha Rosario

Executive Director

(212) 695-6134

508 53rd Street, Manhattan, NY, 10019

40.766839

-73.991101

4

3

135

1087777

1010817502

Clinton

Cultural Center

Casita Maria, Inc.

Casita Maria’s mission is to create a gateway of opportunity through after school education in the Arts, Literacy and Job Creation while addressing critical needs for youth, families and seniors in predominantly Hispanic communities in New York City and beyond.

Casita Maria, Inc.

830 Southern Blvd., 4th Fl.

c/o Saint Athanasius School

Bronx

10459

Lue Ann Eldar

(718) 589-2230

830 Southern Blvd, Bronx, NY, 10459

40.81693

-73.895572

2

17

89

2005843

2027320012

Hunts Point

Cultural Center

Mano a Mano: Mexican Culture Without Borders

Mano a Mano: Mexican Culture Without Borders is a nonprofit organization (501(c)3) in its sixth year of presenting major collaborative cultural events in the New York City area. It began as an initiative of the Center for Traditional Music and Dance in the Mexican community of New York. Composed of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans of many generations and occupations, the Mano a Mano Organizing Committee strives to present the rich range of Mexican cultural forms.

Mano a Mano: Mexican Culture Without Borders

64 Fulton Street

#403

Manhattan

10038

Emily Socolov

Executive Director

(212) 587-3070

64 Fulton Street, Manhattan, NY, 10038

40.708769

-74.005136

1

1

1502

1001176

1000760001

Battery Park City-Lower Manhattan

Dance Company

Flamenco Latino

Flamenco Latino combines flamenco dance with salsa music. The non-profit organization offers performing groups of 3 to 10 artists, has extensive experience presenting arts in education programs, offers adult classes in flamenco dance and guitar, and can provide flamenco guitarists and other musicians for background music engagements.

Flamenco Latino

250 West 54th Street

Suite 701

Manhattan

10019

Basilio Georges

Executive Director

(212) 399-8519

250 54th Street, Manhattan, NY, 10019

40.764308

-73.983145

5

3

131

1024842

1010250054

Midtown-Midtown South

Dance Company

Retumba! (Resound!)

An all women Afro-Caribbean dance and music ensemble, Retumba! brings to the audience the joy of life that can be experience through the gift of diversity in its presentation of folkloric music and dance of Puerto Rico, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, and Brazil. Retumba! demonstrates the similarities and links of Caribbean music to Africa and Europe.

Retumba! (Resound!)

P.O. Box 7

Bronx

10464

Yvette Martinez

Director

(718) 885-2574

7 Bronx, NY, 10464

Theater

Latin American Theatre Ensemble

Founded in 1970 by Mario Pena and Margarita Toirac, the LATIN AMERICAN THEATRE ENSEMBLE/EL PORTON (LATE) is a not-for-profit theater that has been responsible for the development of dramatic and literary talent from within the Hispanic-American community of New York City, and has promoted Latin American and Spanish theater through its seasonal productions and uninterrupted workshop series.

Latin American Theatre Ensemble

P.O. Box 18, Radio City Station

Manhattan

10101

Margarita Toirac

Executive Producer

18 Radio City Station, Manhattan, NY, 10101

40.760111

-73.979919

5

4

104

1083862

1012660001

Midtown-Midtown South

Cultural Center

Bread & Roses Cultural Project, Inc.

Bread and Roses is the not-for-profit cultural arm of New York's Health and Human Service Union, 1199/SEIU. Its 220,000 predominantly Latina and African American women members are employed in all job categories in health care institutions throughout the metropolitan area, New Jersey and Florida. Bread and Roses actively strives to depict artistic, cultural and historical themes and issues affecting people from many backgrounds. The New York Times has recognized us as "the most important cultural project in the labor movement". Bread and Roses established the only permanent union exhibition space in the nation, Gallery 1199, at the union's New York City headquarters. Because of its diverse constituency of working people, many of whom are immigrants, Bread and Roses is the national leader for collaborative work, with a union, to bring the arts to an enormous group of people largely not reached by traditional arts institutions and programs.

Bread & Roses Cultural Project, Inc.

322 West 48th Street, 6th floor

Manhattan

10036

Esther Cohen

Executive Director

(212) 767-0025

322 48th Street, Manhattan, NY, 10036

40.761399

-73.987896

4

3

127

1025108

1010380043

Clinton

Cultural Center

Point Community Development Corp.

THE POINT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION is a nonprofit organization 501 (c) (3) dedicated to youth development and the cultural and economic revitalization of the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx. We work with our neighbors to celebrate the life and art of our community, an area traditionally defined solely in terms of its poverty, crime rate, poor schools, and substandard housing. We believe the area's residents, their talents and aspirations, are The Point's greatest assets. Our mission is to encourage the arts, local enterprise, responsible ecology, and self-investment in the Hunts Point community.

Point Community Development Corp.

940 Garrison Avenue

Bronx

10474

Maria Torres

COO

(718) 542-4139

940 Garrison Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10474

40.818219

-73.890899

2

17

93

2005984

2027400075

Hunts Point

Museum/Gallery

Art in General

Art in General fulfills its mission through a variety of ways, including the organization and presentation of exhibitions, hosting a national and international artist residency program, and through educational in-school art training, regular public programs and membership events. Beginning in 2005, its exhibition program has focused on the commissioning of new work from artists.

Art in General

79 Walker Street

Manhattan

10013

Anne Barlow

Executive Director

(212) 219-0473

79 Walker Street, Manhattan, NY, 10013

40.718247

-74.001714

1

1

31

1002324

1001950009

SoHo-TriBeCa-Civic Center-Little Italy

Cultural Center

The Bronx Museum of the Arts

BxMA’s permanent collection is unique in its focus on contemporary art by artists of African, Asian, and Latin American descent. Initiated in 1986, BxMA's collection policy demonstrates an ongoing commitment to exhibit, preserve, and document the work of artists not typically represented within more traditional museum collections. In 2000 it was expanded to include artists who have live(d) and/or work(ed) in the Bronx and for whom the Bronx has been critical to their artistic development. The collection is composed of more than 800 contemporary works of art in all media, conveying a broad range of modern and contemporary art practices. 

The Bronx Museum of the Arts

1040 Grand Concourse at 165th St.

Bronx

10456

Antonio Sergio Bessa

Acting Director of Programs

(718) 681-6000

1040 Grand Concourse at 165th St, Bronx, NY, 10456

40.831063

-73.920361

4

16

18102

2002826

2024620001

East Concourse-Concourse Village

Cultural Center

El Taller Latino Americano

El Taller is an arts and education organization, founded in 1979, to bridge the distance between Latin Americans and North Americans. El Taller offers a varied menu of Spanish, Portuguese and English classes, art, dance and music workshops, concerts and art exhibits that seek to gather together culturally and linguistically mixed audiences on the common ground of creativity.

El Taller Latino Americano

2710 Broadway

3rd Floor

Manhattan

10025

Bernardo Palombo

Artistic Director

(212)665-9460

2710 Broadway, Manhattan, NY, 10025

40.799558

-73.968299

7

7

191

1056574

1018750046

Upper West Side

Cultural Center

KR3TS (Keep Rising To The Top)

We have over 80 dancers from 3-35 from armatures to professionals, helping them build their self esteem & motivation to help them reach their goals in life. We do hip hop, Latin, old/new school etc.

KR3TS

119 E. 102nd St.

#5B

Manhattan

10029

Violeta Galagarza

Artistic Director

(212) 410-9426

119 102nd St, Manhattan, NY, 10029

40.790008

-73.948885

11

8

166

1051879

1016300010

East Harlem South

Cultural Center

PAMAR, Inc.

Pan American Musical Art Research, Inc., (PAMAR) is a 501c3 non-profit organization seeking to promote a better understanding and coexistence between the various cultures and countries of the Americas, primarily through an ongoing and vital exchange of their artistic fields including music, dance, theater, film, visual arts and literature, and through educational programs. PAMAR reaches out to people of all ages, backgrounds, and communities, to spread awareness of the richness and value of the culture of Latin America, and makes efforts to provide the underserved student population with high quality music opportunities and programs.

PAMAR, Inc.

330 East 49th Street

Suite 11-J

New York

10017

(212) 688-6862

Polly Ferman

Artistic Director

(212) 688-6862

(212) 688-6862

330 49th Street, New York, NY, 10017

40.753877

-73.968122

6

4

90

1038935

1013417501

Turtle Bay-East Midtown

Cultural Center

Young Dancers in Repertory, Inc.

YDR provides youth with a nourishing, educational environment that encourages and develops self-efficacy, skill and esteem building, and leadership qualities through dance. We offer youth between the ages of 4-18 an opportunity to realize their highest potential and fulfill their artistic goals through quality, disciplined, creative, structured, challenging, and fun-filled dance programming. YDR provides artistic and educational experiences to youth regardless of professional intention, aptitude, previous training, or ability to pay for classes. Through dance, YDR brings people of different cultural and economic backgrounds together in a non-threatening way to begin building bridges among people of different origins by exploring our commonalities and differences in International dance forms.

Young Dancers in Repertory, Inc.

P.O. Box 205037, Sunset Station

Brooklyn

11220

Carol Mezzacappa

Co-Founder

(718) 567-9620

205037 Sunset Station, Brooklyn, NY, 11220

Cultural Center

Manna House Workshops

Manna House Workshops was founded in 1967 by Gloria DeNard, an alumna of the Juilliard School of Music. A handful of East Harlem residents, members of local churches, and a volunteer lawyer formed a 501 (c) 3, not-for-profit cultural center. Music lessons on a one-to-one basis and group instruction was offered at low cost to all ages and ethnicities. The mission of Manna House is to meet the needs of talented persons in an economically deprived community by providing a lifelong learning experience, primarily through America's classical music, Jazz, and the visual and performing arts. Music training gives us the discipline needed to succeed in our endeavors.

Manna House Workshops

338 E. 106 St.

Manhattan

10029

Gloria DeNard

Director

(212) 722-8223

338 106 St, Manhattan, NY, 10029

40.790012

-73.941005

11

8

170

1052766

1016770035

East Harlem South

Dance Company

Bronx Dance Theatre, Inc.

For thirty years BRONX DANCE THEATRE has been incorporating the Art form of Dance into the fabric of Bronx life. Our students learn discipline while experiencing the joy of dance. We prepare Bronx youth to become independent and productive citizens. Our strong emphasis on classical dance techniques distinguishes BRONX DANCE THEATRE from all the other dance programs in the Bronx. All of our students have the opportunity to participate in professionally staged shows, an experience that informs their life (and delights their families). The BRONX DANCE THEATRE offers quality professional training in Classical Ballet (Russian technique), Lyrical and Broadway Jazz, Latin Jazz, Tap, Modern (Horton & Graham techniques), West African, Hip-Hop, Salsa, Flamenco, Yoga and Belly Dance.

Bronx Dance Theatre, Inc.

585 East 187th Street, 2nd Floor

Bronx

10458

Barbara Klein

Artistic Director

(718) 364-2725

585 187th Street, Bronx, NY, 10458

40.855797

-73.888003

6

15

389

2011907

2030660002

Belmont

Theater

Pregones Touring Puerto Rican Theater

Pregones Theater is a Bronx-based ensemble whose mission is (1) to create and perform original musical theater and plays rooted in Puerto Rican/Latino cultures, and (2) to present other performing artists who share our twin commitment to the arts and civic enrichment.

Pregones Touring Puerto Rican Theater

571-575 Walton Ave.

Bronx

10451

Rosalba Rolon

Artistic Director

(718) 585-1202

571 575 Walton Ave, Bronx, NY, 10451

40.819393

-73.928132

4

8

63

2001107

2023520045

West Concourse

Cultural Center

Black Filmmaker Foundation

Established in 1978, The Black Filmmaker Foundation is a non-profit organization that for more than two decades has played a pivotal role in the emergence of the contemporary black film movement. BFF is the home of www.dvRepublic.org, an online community that hosts public discussion and political critiques of film and television and the BFF DV Lab, which incubates new filmmakers and new media.

Black Filmmaker Foundation

11 W. 42nd Street

Manhattan

10036

(212) 253-1690

11 42nd Street, Manhattan, NY, 10036

40.75379

-73.981599

5

4

96

1034198

1012580021

Midtown-Midtown South

ResearchAcademic Center

La Casa de la Herencia Puertorriquena

Research center for information about Puerto Rico and other Hispanic countries, material available in English and Spanish. Special Classes available, call for more information.

Casa de la Herencia Puertorriquena

1230 5th Avenue

#458

Manhattan

10029

Eli Alvarado

Interim Director

(212) 722-2600

1230 5th Avenue, Manhattan, NY, 10029

40.793072

-73.951992

11

8

168

1051499

1016100001

East Harlem South

Theater

Teatro TEBA

Teatro TEBA is a Brooklyn based OBIE grant winner, is a touring company founded in 1988. They are the only bilingual, experimental and avant-garde Latino theater company of Kings County. Winner of 4 Latin ACE awards, TEBA has brought the best of Latin American underground theater throughout New York's five boroughs.

Teatro TEBA

P.O. Box 572, Coney Island Station

Brooklyn

11224

Kathy Tejada

Executive Producer

(718) 896-4702

572 Coney Island Station, Brooklyn, NY, 11224

Theater

Teatro La Tea

Founded in 1982, La Tea is committed to fostering and preserving Latin American literature, music and the visual arts. We seek to maintain our cultural heritage and to strengthen and advance the understanding of the contribution made by Latinos in a pluralistic society.

Teatro La Tea

107 Suffolk Street

Suite 200

Manhattan

10009

Nelson Landrieu

Executive Director

(212) 529-1948

107 Suffolk Street, Manhattan, NY, 10009

40.718943

-73.986122

3

1

1402

1004301

1003530054

Lower East Side

Cultural Center

New Amsterdam Musical Association

The New Amsterdam Musical Association was conceived in 1900 as a union for black musicians who were denied admission into the white only local union. The New Amsterdam Musical Association was conceptualized in part by James Reese Europe in 1904 and has had its share of ups and downs. A dedicated core of Volunteer Members are now working to revitalize NAMA, the first official representative of black musicians in the world, where syncopation fused with ragtime to create swing dance music and set the stage for the music that came to be known as "JAZZ".

New Amsterdam Musical Association

107 W. 130th St.

Manhattan

10027

John E. Johnson

President

(212) 234-2973

107 130th St, Manhattan, NY, 10027

40.811195

-73.943743

10

9

226

1058040

1019150026

Central Harlem North-Polo Grounds

Other - Multi Arts

En Foco, Inc.

En Foco is a non-profit organization whose commitment to photography brings you outstanding work by photographers of African, Asian, Latino, Pacific Islander and Native American heritage.

En Foco

1738 Hone Avenue

Bronx

10461

Miriam Romais

Executive Director

(718) 409-6445

1738 Hone Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10461

40.848065

-73.854058

11

13

254

2044837

2041040001

Van Nest-Morris Park-Westchester Square

ResearchAcademic Center

Center for Puerto Rican Studies

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies is the nation's leading university-based research center devoted to the study of the Puerto Rican experience in the United States.

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue East

# 1429

Manhattan

10021

Dr. Anthony De Jesus

Interim Director

(212) 772-5688

695 Park Avenue, Manhattan, NY, 10021

40.768973

-73.965367

8

4

120

1081419

1014030001

Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill

Cultural Center

Americas Society

As the premier non-profit membership organization promoting the awareness of the political, economic, and cultural issues that define and challenge the Americas today, we believe that innovative artistic expression is vital to free societies. Understanding the people and societies of the region is essential to upholding our agenda of democracy, the rule of law, and free trade.

Americas Society

680 Park Avenue

Manhattan

10021

(212) 249-8950

680 Park Avenue, Manhattan, NY, 10021

40.768739

-73.965563

8

4

122

1041265

1013830033

Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill

Theater

Thalia Spanish Theatre Inc.

We are the first and only bilingual Hispanic theatre in Queens, serving one of the most diverse communities in the United States. In 30 years we have produced more than 100 productions of the best Spanish plays, zarzuelas (Spanish operettas) and folklore shows of music and dance, and earned national recognition as a leader in New York City's celebrated Spanish theatre movement. Our mission is to celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of Spanish and Latin American culture with unique productions of plays, musicals and dance.

Thalia Spanish Theatre

41-17 Greenpoint Avenue

Queens

11104

Angel Gil Orrios

Executive Director

(718) 729-3880

41 17 Greenpoint Avenue, Queens, NY, 11104

40.740108

-73.9238

2

26

18502

4002638

4001960001

Hunters Point-Sunnyside-West Maspeth

Cultural Center

Alianza Dominicana, Inc.

Alianza Dominicana, Inc. is a non-profit community development organization that partners with youth, families and public and private institutions to revitalize economically distressed neighborhoods. Alianza's mission is to assist children, youth and families break the cycle of poverty and fulfill their potential as members of the global community.

Alianza Dominicana, Inc.

2410 Amsterdam Avenue, 4th floor

Manhattan

10033

Minerva Guerrero

Executive Assistant

(212) 740-1960

2410 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan, NY, 10033

40.847177

-73.93159

12

10

261

1063604

1021520048

Washington Heights South

Cultural Center

Harlem Arts Alliance

The Harlem Arts Alliance is created to preserve, promote, sponsor and present the rich cultural programs that reflect the vast contributions of multi-ethnic and multi-cultural artists creating in the visual, performing and interpretive arts, literary, media, performance, and interdisciplinary arts. HAA will serve the needs of its members by creating marketing and promotional strategies, provide technical assistance, grant information, and using fund raising strategies in an effort to build new audiences and to expand cultural presentation and exhibition opportunities.

Harlem Arts Alliance

290 Lenox Avenue

Manhattan

10027

Linda Walton

Executive Director

(212) 410-0030 ext 279

290 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan, NY, 10027

40.807457

-73.945704

10

9

200

1053487

1017220069

Central Harlem South