POETRY: Poets Miguel Algarín, Sandra María Estévez, Lois Griffith, Edwin Torres, Mariposa, Carlos Andrés Gómez, La Bruja and others at joint event of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and Central Park SummerStage, followed by music by Annette Aguilar, Carlos Cuestas and jazz percussionist Wilson (Chembo) Corniel Jr. At Rumsey Playfield, enter at Fifth Ave. and 69th St., 7 p.m. Free.
TANGO: Buenos Aires-based band Narcotango, melding classic tango with modern electronic sound, makes its New York debut at Lincoln Centers
Midsummer Night Swing, Damrosch Park, 7:30 p.m., $17.
FILM: “The Spanish Apartment” (2002), a comedy about seven international students sharing a place in Barcelona, screens at Instituto Cervantes, 211 E. 49th St., 6 p.m. Free.
MAMBO: Percussionist Papo Pepin and his Orchestra Yimbaraco with the Piel Canela Dance Company at Ibiza, 220 W. 242nd St., near Broadway, in the Bronx, 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. shows, $10.
THURSDAY JULY 1
SALSA: La Orquesta de la Gente, formerly Héctor Lavoe’s Orchestra, and the band 8 y Más celebrate the legacy of Lavoe at St. Mary’s Park, 146th St. and St. Anns Ave., Bronx, 7 p.m. Free.
FOLK: Honduran singer and political activist Karla Lara, at El Museo del Barrio, 7 p.m. Free, RSVP required at www.elmuseo.org/calendar
SALSA: Singer Ronnie Baro of the Broadway Orquestra at Creole Restaurant’s Afro-Cuban Latin Jazz Series, 2167 Third Ave. at 118th St., 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. shows, $15 cover.
EXHIBIT: The collective exhibit, “Re-Imagining Orozco,” inspired by the 1931 New School for Social Research mural cycle “A Call to Revolution” and “Table of Universal Brotherhood” by Mexican painter José Clemente Orozco, continues run at the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery, 66 Fifth Ave. at 13th St. Show features work by visiting artist Enrique Chagoya and students, through Sept. 12. Open daily from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Thursdays until 8 p.m. Free.
FRIDAY 2
SALSA: Bogotá, Colombia-based band La-33 makes its New York debut at S.O.B.’s, 204 Varick St., 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. shows, $15 cover. Also Saturday at Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night Swing, Damrosch Park, 7:30 p.m., $17.
SATURDAY 3
MIX: Angel Rivera’s salsa band La Fuerza Latina, Jorge Alomar’s Latin jazz group El Conjunto Nuestro and deejay Brian Martinez at the fourth Annual East Harlem Multi-Cultural Festival, at La Placita de La Marqueta, 116th St. and Park Ave., noon to 6 p.m. Every Saturday through Sept. 25 with different local bands. Free.
WORKSHOP: “Taino Culture — Inside and Out,” a cultural workshop series by Prof. José Muñoz, at Taller Boricua Galleries, 1680 Lexington Ave. at 106th St., 1 p.m. Free, but e-mail info@cemiunderground.com to register.
SUNDAY 4
FAMILY: Dan Zanes and Friends, 76 Trombones and the Colombian ensemble La Cumbiamba Eneyé perform at River to River’s July 4 Family Festival, Battery Park, lower Manhattan, 2 p.m. Free.
SALSA: Cuba-based bandleader Juan de Marcos González, who worked with the Buena Vista Social Club, and the Afro-Cuban All Stars at S.O.B.’s, 200 Varick St., 9 p.m., $40.
SALSA: Band Zon del Barrio at the Dana Discovery Center in the Harlem Meer, Fifth Ave. at 110th St. inside Central Park, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Free.
TUESDAY 6
PARTY: Get ready to dance as radio deejay Felix Hernández of the Kiss-FM show “Rhythm Revue” spins his popular mix of soul, Motown, funk, salsa and disco classics at Soundview Park, Lafayette and Metcalf Aves., Bronx, 7 p.m. Free.
ALT: The 11th annual Latin Alternative Music Conference, featuring performances by some 30 artists in a half-dozen venues around the city, kicks off with Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux at the SoHo Apple store, 103 Prince St., 7 p.m. Free. Through July 10.
MIX: The Cuban musical family Terry, which includes patriarch Eliade (Don Pancho) Terry on vocals and chekere, sons saxophonist Yosvany Terry and bassist/violinist Yunior Terry, reunites at the Jazz Standard, 116 E. 27th St., 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. shows, $20.