LatinXtravaganza Festival

On the occasion of Hispanic Heritage Month, Four Freedoms Park Conservancy is hosting LatinXtravaganza in conjunction with their newest art installation – Esta Tierra es Nuestra Tierra.

LatinXtravaganza family festival at FDR Four Freedoms State Park on Roosevelt Island will be curated by award-winning writer Xochitl Gonzalez, and feature a large-scale public art installation by artist Mata Ruda, this program will invite you to celebrate the diversity of the Hispanic and Latino experience in America.

Get ready to dance, eat, and have a blast at Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park. This in-person event will showcase the vibrant rhythms, flavors, and traditions that make Latinx culture so unique, from sizzling salsa lessons to mouthwatering Latin cuisine.

Featuring:

• Dominoes Tournament hosted by NYC Dominoes (additional signup information to come)
• Latinx-focused Banned Book Library and pop-up book shop by LUSH and Cafe con Libros
• Live Mariachi band and Bomba y Plena performance by Alma Moyo
• Children’s story-time with Alyssa Reynoso-Morris, reading her book Platanos are Love
• Poetry readings by Nicco Diaz, Melissa Duprey, Grei, and Elizabet Velasquez,
• Dance lessons by Ballet Hispanico and Salsa Salsa Dance Studio
• Food by HipHop Food Truck
• Environmental education with iDig2Learn
• Closing out the event with a set by DJ Christian Martir