Latino happenings in NY

This week's Latino happenings
Viva@NYDailyNews.com January 26th 2009

TUESDAY 27

MUSIC: Singer Claudia Acuña and pianist Arturo O’Farrill at Blue Note, 131 W. 3rd St., 8 p.m. Tickets $15, call (212) 475-8592.

JAZZ: Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba’s Quintet at Jazz Standard, 116 E. 27th St., 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Tickets $30, call (212) 576-2232. Through Jan. 31

MUSIC: Argentine-born Pedro Giraudo’s Jazz Orchestra at Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St., 9:30 p.m. Tickets $15, call (212) 239-6200.

WEDNESDAY 28

FILM: Latin Horror hosts "The HORRORphiles," featuring the work of emerging Latino filmmakers in the genre of horror, at Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Ave., at Second St., 7 p.m. Tickets $6, visit www.latinhorror.com.

SALSA: Music director Michael Christie, Gonzalo Grau, La Clave Secreta, and members of the Brooklyn Philharmonic at Brooklyn Masonic Temple, 317 Clermont Ave., 8 p.m. Part of the 2009 Brooklyn Philharmonic Nuevo Latino Festival. Tickets $15 - $25, call (718) 488-5913.

READING: Spanish authors Eugenio Fuentes and Alicia Giménez Bartlett hold roundtable on European crime books, at Riverside Branch Library, 127 Amsterdam Ave., between 65th and 66th Sts., 6 p.m. Free, call (212) 870-1810.

FOLK: Trova York, featuring nueva canción songs from Silvio Rodríguez, Pablo Milanés and Víctor Jara, at Camaradas, First Ave. and 115th St., East Harlem, 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. Tickets $5, call 212- 348-2703.

MUSIC: Soprano Agueda Fernández Abad and pianist Jorge Parod in tribute concert to poet Alfonsina Storni, Consulate General of Argentina, 12 W. 56th St., 6:30 p.m. Free, call (212) 603-0440.

SALSA: Cita Rodríguez y su Orquesta at LQ New York, 511 Lexington Ave. at 48th St. Tickets $10-$15, call (212) 593-7575.

THURSDAY 29

BOOKS: Launching of Jesús (Tato) Laviera’s "Abraham, Mixturao and Other Poems" and professor Laura Lomas’ "Translating Empire: José Martí, Migrant Latino Subjects and American Modernities," at Nuyorican Poets Café, 236 E. Third St., 7 p.m. Tickets $7, call (212) 505-8183.

READING: Authors Raúl Zurita, Lina Meruane (Chile) and Sergio Chejfec (Argentina) at BOMB Magazine’s "Americas Issue" 10-year anniversary, NYU’s King Juan Carlos Center, 53 Washington Square South, 6:30 p.m. Free, call (212) 998-3650.

FRIDAY 30

MUSICAL: Premiere of "Puro Tango," with Latin Grammy winner Raúl Jaurena, at Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Queens. Tickets $30, call (718) 729-3880.