Front row, Leslie Carmen Irizarry of Oceanside, left, Marina Palencia...

Front row, Leslie Carmen Irizarry of Oceanside, left, Marina Palencia of Holbrook and Deborah Bernardino Arden of Island Park, and, in back, Orna Szenczy of Northport, left and Genieve Skabeikis-Wallace of Huntington practice flamenco as part of Sol y Sombra. Credit: Elizabeth Sagarin

Chart-topping Latinx pop stars, divas from Broadway and beyond, sultry dancers, local artists and school kids bring global flavors to celebrations of Hispanic Heritage Month, which begins Sunday and runs through Oct. 15. It's a great time to see, hear and taste how tradition meets today in Long Island theaters, galleries and concert halls.

LET THERE BE MUSIC

She's been called a diva who doesn’t act like one. Mandy Gonzalez ("Hamilton," "Wicked") comes to Tilles Center in Brookville on Oct. 4. She'll share reminiscences about past roles and her family, but the main event will be the songs including "Wicked" showstopper "Defying Gravity."

On Oct. 5, Puerto Rican bandleader Gilberto Santa Rosa, nicknamed "El Caballero de la Salsa" will have audiences on their feet with irresistible rhythms in his show, “Auténtico."

The Grammy-winning Villalobos Brothers come to the Boulton Center in Bay Shore on Oct. 6 with their own special fusion of Mexican folk, jazz, and classical music.

HISPANIC CULTURE IN ART

"We Are All Human," through Oct. 1, is part of the Parrish Art Museum's celebration of Hispanic culture of the same name. The Water Mill exhibit offers a rare chance to glimpse the work of Annette Nancarrow, an accomplished New York artist who moved Mexico in 1935 to deepen her association with artists like Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco.

The Heckscher Museum of Art's "Draw Out! Community Arts Festival" on Sept. 21 in Huntington invites families to enjoy painting by the pond along with members of the Town of Huntington Hispanic Advisory Committee. On Oct. 6, Latinx artists from the Long Island Biennial will be on hand to talk about their work, and on Nov. 2, the museum hosts a Dia de los Muertos celebration.

The Islip Arts Council presents "Herencia" an exhibition including more than a dozen Long Island and New York City artists expressing their pride in Hispanic culture and heritage. It runs through Oct. 1 in the IAC Gallery located in the South Shore Mall in Bay Shore.

Flagstar at Westbury Music Fair presents Spanish singer Paloma San Basilio on Oct. 13. At 70-plus, the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner can still hit the high notes and wow audiences.

Marco Antonio Solís' "Eternamente Agradecido World Tour" will be at...

Marco Antonio Solís' "Eternamente Agradecido World Tour" will be at UBS Arena in Elmont on Oct. 18. Credit: Eduardo Cardoza

Five-time Latin Grammy Award winner Marco Antonio Solís brings his smooth vocals to his "Eternamente Agradecido World Tour" at UBS Arena in Elmont on Oct. 18. The Mexican icon and lead singer of Los Bukis has a Billboard Latin Music Lifetime Achievement Award, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and four decades of hits like "Si No Te Hubieras Ido (If You Hadn't Left").

Families cang sing along with "Encanto" at Staller Center in...

Families cang sing along with "Encanto" at Staller Center in Stony Brook on Oct. 14. Credit: DISNEY/Disney

You're the star at the Staller Center's "Disney Encanto Sing-Along: Live!" Costumes, colors, songs, and a live band bring fresh energy to the beloved 2021 film about a charmed village in Colombia.

ART AND THEATER

Westbury Arts is programming a whole month of Latinx arts. Stop in for artists on view in "Empowered/Empoderadxs" (Sept. 28-Nov. 8), a talk on "Latinx in the Broadway Musical" (Sept. 21) and a book fair organized by author Adriana Devers and her organization Cuentos de Triades (Oct. 10-12).

For the third consecutive year, the center hosts EastLine Theatre, which will be performing “Machinal,” an award-winning play by Sophie Treadwell from Sept. 20 to Oct. 5. "It's considered an expressionist, feminist, seminal work of art in American theater. It's studied a lot in colleges. It's anthologized in books of plays by women, but she's not often examined as a Mexican-American playwright," said Nicole Savin, EastLine's artistic director. When it ran in New York City in 1928 (with Clark Gable making his Broadway debut), the play opened dialogues about societal expectations, rebellion and murder, all from a woman's perspective. A century of change and entrenchment make it as relevant as ever Savin noted.

FLAMENCO, LATIN AND TANGO, OLE!

Barbara Martinez is a dancer with Sol y Sombra, which...

Barbara Martinez is a dancer with Sol y Sombra, which will be performing in several events including the Sixth Annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration at the Patchogue Theatre. Credit: Darin Reed

Long island dance troupe Sol y Sombra will perform flamenco and other dance styles in performances titled "El Ritmo" (rhythm) at Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Berkner Hall (Sept. 20), Patchogue Theatre's Hispanic Heritage Celebration (Sept. 21) the South Shore Mall Center Stage and the Longwood Library Auditorium (Sept. 27). Along with company members, Spanish and Colombian national champions in tango and Latin ballroom light up the stage with sultry moves, fiery footwork and world-class performances. "Rhythm just makes you feel good," said founder and director Maria Loreta Celitan, adding, "What makes America so great I think — especially Long Island and the New York City area — is how we have so many wonderful cultures that contribute their music, their dance, their food. It allows us all to become bigger than what we know."

Music, dance, mythical beasts and Latinx flavors will fill the...

Music, dance, mythical beasts and Latinx flavors will fill the Patchogue Theatre's Hispanic Heritage Celebration on Sept. 21. Credit: Gabrielle Marazzo, In Focus LTD

Emily Alvarado, chair of the Latino Leadership Connect committee of the Greater Patchogue Chamber of Commerce, tapped into the large Latinx creative community for the Patchogue Theater event. Also on the bill are Fiesta Tropical Triple M, a local band known for salsa, merengue and Latino pop; Bachatu, a band that specializes in the sounds of bachata; a dance performance by Thriving Latinas; and drama students from Patchogue-Medford High School.

The celebration supports Sepa Mujer, a local organization dedicated to increasing opportunities for Latinas. The event is a chance, said Alvarado, "to remember the smell of sofrito in the kitchen ... to bring back those memories from our culture, and to see all those beautiful colors on stage."

Sol y Sombra Dance Troupe

WHEN | WHERE 6 p.m. Sept. 20, Berkner Hall, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton

INFO Free; 956-202-5585, rlovelace@bnl.gov

WHEN | WHERE 7 p.m. Sept. 27, Longwood Library Auditorium, 800 Middle Country Rd. Middle Island,

INFO Free with registration; 631-924-6400, longwoodlibrary.org

WHEN | WHERE 2 p.m. Oct. 19, South Shore Mall Center Stage, Bay Shore

INFO Free; 631-888-3525, isliparts.org

"Machinal"

WHEN | WHERE 7:30 p.m. Sept. 20, 27 and Oct. 4-5 , 3 p.m. Sept. 22 and 29 and Oct. 5, Westbury Arts, 255 Schenck Ave.

INFO $25; eastlinetheatre.org

Patchogue’s Sixth Annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration

WHEN | WHERE 6 p.m. Sept. 21, Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts, 71 E. Main St.

INFO $10-$35; 631-207-1313, patchoguetheatre.org

"Empowered/Empoderadxs"

WHEN | WHERE 12-4 p.m. Thursday, 2-6 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Westbury Arts, 255 Schenck Ave.

INFO Free; 516-400-2787, westburyarts.org

Mandy Gonzalez

WHEN | WHERE 8 p.m. Oct. 4, Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville

INFO $44-$99; 516-299-3100, tillescenter.org

Gilberto Santa Rosa

WHEN | WHERE Oct. 5 8 p.m., Flagstar at Westbury Music Fair, 960 Brush Hollow Rd.

INFO $73-$466; 516-334-0800, westburymusicfair.org

The Villalobos Brothers

WHEN | WHERE 2 p.m. Oct. 6, Boulton Center, 37 W. Main St., Bay Shore

INFO $22-$27; 631-969-1101, boultoncenter.org

Paloma San Basilio

WHEN | WHERE Oct. 13 8 p.m., Flagstar at Westbury Music Fair, 960 Brush Hollow Rd.

INFO $25-$469; 516-334-0800, westburymusicfair.org

"Disney 'Encanto' Sing-Along Live!"

WHEN | WHERE 6 p.m. Oct. 14, Staller Center for the Arts, 100 Nicolls Rd., Stony Brook

INFO $16-$41; 631-632-2787, stallercenter.com

Marco Antonio Solís

WHEN | WHERE Oct. 18 8 p.m., UBS Arena at Belmont Park, 2400 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont

INFO $72-$1061; 516-460-8950, ubsarena.com