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TUESDAY 9

FILM: Director Christian Liffers 2007 documentary “Dos patrias: Cuba y la noche,” about gay life in the Caribbean island, screens at Millennium Film Workshop, 66 E. Fourth St., 7:30 p.m. Free, visit www.videotecadelsur.org

READING: Book presentation, “Next Stop” by Ivan Sanchez, at El Museo del Barrio, Fifth Ave. at 104th St., 6:30 p.m. RSVP to lacasaazulbookstore@gmail.com

BOSSA: Bebel Gilberto at Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St., 9:30 p.m. Tickets $40, call (212) 239-6200.

WEDNESDAY 10

PHOTO: Exhibit “Real Havana,” by Chilean photographer Rodrigo Ardiles, at Abrazo Interno Gallery, Clemente Soto Vélez Center, 107 Suffolk St. Call (212) 260-4080, ext. 11.

THEATER: Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre’s 40th celebration with Renoly Santiago, Karmar de los Reyes, Luis Antonio Ramos, La Bruja, at Midtown Loft, 267 Fifth Ave., at 29th St., 11th floor. Tickets $100, call (212) 354-1293.

ART: “Framing AIDS 2008,” with more than 20 local artists, curated by Ada Cintrón, Queens Museum of Art, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Through Dec. 22. Free, call (718) 592-9700.

THURSDAY 11

JAZZ: The Blue Clave Mini Big Band at FB Lounge, 172 E. 106th St., East Harlem, 9 p.m. RSVP to (212) 410-7292.

CINEMA: Spanish Cinema Now film festival continues at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater. Through Dec. 24, visit www.filmlinc.com

COMEDY: Jorge Merced’s “Los Nutcrackers: a Christmas Carajo,” about a gay couple who go on a psychedelic trip through their lives one Christmas Eve, 8 p.m. at BAAD! 841 Barretto St., the Bronx. Tickets $15-$20, call (718) 842-5223. Also Friday and Saturday.

FRIDAY 12

READING: Pulitzer-winning author Oscar Hijuelos, author of “Dark Dude,” at Instituto Cervantes, 211-215 E. 49th St., 7 p.m. Free.

THEATER: “Crime Against Humanity,” a play based on the real life experiences of 14 Puerto Rican political prisoners, at Hostos Community College, 500 Grand Concourse, Bronx, 7 p.m. Tickets $5-$15, call (718) 518-4444.

FILM: “La Operación,” a short film about the sterilization of women in Puerto Rico, at East Harlem Cafe, 1651 Lexington Ave., at 104th St. Free, call (212) 996-2080.

FOLK: Parranda featuring cuatro great Yomo Toro at FB Lounge, 172 E. 106th St., between Lexington and Third Aves., East Harlem. Doors open at 5 p.m., (212) 410-7292

SATURDAY 13

MUSIC: José Feliciano’s “Feliz Navidad” concert at Lehman Center, 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West, Bronx, 8 p.m. Tickets $20 to $45. Call (718) 960-8833.

SALSA: Orquesta Broadway and Zon de Barrio with Yomo Toro at Celebrate our flags: Puerto Rico and Cuba concert, at Hostos Center, 500 Grand Concourse, Bronx. Free, call (718) 518-4455.

TASTING: Seventh annual coquito tasting contest with performance by spoken word artist Emanuel Xavier at El Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Ave., at 104th St., 6:30 p.m. Free. Call (212) 831-7272.

COMEDY: “Live Christmas” show by comedy ensemble Room 28, at La Pregunta Art’s Café, 1528 Amsterdam Ave., 8 p.m. Tickets $10, call (347) 591-6387.

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