Seven Picks a Week is our guide to what’s worth catching in arts, culture and activities during the week ahead, with contributions from reporters throughout the WNYC/Gothamist newsroom and colleagues from WQXR and “All of It.”
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a musical fiesta in Flushing
Today is Cinco de Mayo, an annual celebration commemorating Mexico’s victory over the Second French Empire in 1862, and whether you neglected to plan ahead or just want to extend the partying beyond today, the Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College in Flushing is hosting its inaugural Festival del Son, a family-oriented music and dance festival, on Saturday afternoon. An impressive lineup of artists includes Ensamble Huasteco, Mariachi Real de Mexico with José Adán Pérez, Tlen Huicani (celebrating its 50th anniversary) and Ballet Folklorico Mexicano de Nueva York. The concert starts at 3 p.m., and you can find all the details you need here.
– Steve Smith
Enjoy a friendly shopping experience in Brooklyn
Grab your friends and head to Bed-Stuy this Sunday for the kickoff of Stoop Sessions. Hosted by To Many More, the event is part shopping experience, part block party. Shop for new clothes, accessories or food and enjoy DJ sets, nice weather, and the potential to meet and make new friends. To Many More describes itself as a community collective intent on “celebrating connection, creativity, and culture in NYC,” and some of the vendors ready to set up shop include Only Made, Sunday Drop Shop and Carla Barla Cakes. For more information, visit here.
– Precious Fondren
A scene from a performance of “Race: The Movie: The Play” at the New York Theater Festival in 2022
Amouri Edwards
Laugh at a play about “white saviors” and Oscar-bait films
“No white saviors are safe in this screwball comedy,” proclaims the website for “Race: The Movie: The Play,” which parodies some of the cringe ways Hollywood has depicted race when making movies to win Oscars. The story follows a…
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