La Marqueta Lunar New Year Festival
Sun, March 1, 2026! Hey neighbors, friends & families~come join us at @lamarquetanyc to celebrate Lunar New Year UPTOWN! With Lion Dance! Music! Crafts! Paint Party with Heart of Dinner! Dumpling making experiment! Plus, shop the handmade arts & crafts, specialty foods, snacks, & bevs of our resident market vendors!
Mark your calendars & spend the day with us!
Under the Tracks
Mama T’s community FREE monthly concert series!
This month enjoy the sounds of local artists:
SUBAK the BAND & NICO BOND TRIO
And savor the flavors of La Marqueta’s resident food stalls:
MAMA T ~ AmerAsian bevs, buns, & bowls
BLACK EYED PEAS ~ vegan soul food
Paint n Sip TEA
Bring your artsy fartsy lovely selves:) & your mad skillz, to help decorate bags & handwrite notecards for our AAPI Heart of Dinner elders in Harlem!
We provide the sips & bites & art supplies, but feel free to bring your own to share!
FREE by RSVP
If you can’t make it, or if the event is full, please consider a donation to HoD directly ~ thank you for your support!
https://www.heartofdinner.org
Candlemaking Workshop
Hands-on workshop to make, and take home your own candle creation!
Space is limited - contact Yesi at her shop’s instagram link below to book!
*And beforehand join us for brunch at Mama T!
Teen Open Mic
FREE Teens Open Mic, with @writopialab & @yesi_sbookstoreandgiftshop at La Marqueta. A chance for Teens to share/practice/express any form of spoken word performance, in front of a supportive audience of their peers, their family and the community.
Raymond Santana Book Signing
Book signing and Q&A, with author Raymond Santana Jr, of the exonerated Central Park Five, and illustrator, Keith Henry Brown, on their collaboration, PUSHING HOPE, a young adult graphic illustrated memoir, that shows in vivid color, how one can survive by pushing a message of hope.
> La Marqueta: 115th & Park Ave, 5pm-7pm, Fri Jan 23, 2026