Hispanic Heritage Month begins September 15th to coincide with the independence days of five Central American countries: Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Costa Rica. The team at Fortune has compiled a list of events, books, movies, and TV shows and developed a Spotify playlist to help you celebrate.
HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH PLAYLIST
Fortune has created a Spotify playlist to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month! You can find it here.
EVENTS AROUND NEW YORK CITY
Heritage Book Club
New York Public Library • Sept 24
Join the NY Public Library for this free book discussion of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s, Until August, the extraordinary rediscovered novel from the Nobel Prize–winning author of Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude—a moving tale of female desire and abandon. Register online now.
Hispanic Heritage in the Heights
NoMAA • Sept 27
On view starting September 27, check out this exhibition featuring the work of contemporary artists from Washington heights and West Harlem.
Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration
New York Public Library • Sept 26
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at Washington Heights with stories, crafts and other family friendly activities. This event is free and open to the public.
New York Latino Film Festival
Regal Union Square • Sept 15 – Sept 22
Kicking off on September 15, the NYLFF will spotlight Latinx filmmakers. Tickets are on sale now for screenings, including long-form documentaries, short films, international films and other spotlight screenings.
BOOKS
NIGHT AT THE FIESTAS
A dark and beautiful collection of short stories set in Northern New Mexico.
VANISHING MAPS
A novel tracking four generations of the del Pino family across Cuba, the U.S., Germany and Russia.
FAMILY LORE
Spanning three days, this story traces the lives of three of the Marte women.
THE DEVIL’S HIGHWAY
In 2001, a group of 26 men tried to cross the border. Only 12 survived.
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE
The Nobel-Prize-winning story of the Buendia family.
THE HENRY RIOS SERIES
A gay criminal defense lawyer solves mysteries.
THE SOUL OF A WOMAN
A passionate and inspiring meditation on what it means to be a woman.
SOLITO
A young poet tells the inspiring story of his migration from El Salvador to the United States at the age of nine.
WOMAN WITHOUT SHAME
A brave new collection of photos from Sandra Cisneros.
CHULITO
A young queer man comes out and comes of age in Hunt’s Point, South Bronx.
UNTIL AUGUST
A rediscovered novel, this is a story of freedom, regret, self-transformation and the mysteries of love.
TAINA
A teenager decides to believe that a pregnant 15 year old he knows is a virgin.
MOVIES AND TELEVISION
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