Originally Published:Wednesday, March 23rd 2011, 4:00 AM Updated: Wednesday, March 23rd 2011, 9:07 AM  [Note: The weekly Saturday flamenco show at Alegrias in La Nacional is cancelled for March 26 and April 2.]  JAZZ: Bandleader and percussionist Bobby Sanabria celebrates the launch of his new CD, "Tito Puente, Masterworks Live!!!" recorded with the Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, with a concert and panel discussion with Joe Conzo, who just published "Mambo Diablo," about the legendary Puente. At the School's Mikowsky Recital Hall, Broadway at 122nd St., 6:30 p.m. Free.  THEATER: John Leguizamo's new one-man Broadway show, "Ghetto Klown," officially opened since Tuesday, at the Lyceum Theatre, 149 W. 45th St., 8 p.m., $30-$117. Run was extended this week until July 10.  FILM: The 40th edition of the New Directors/New Films Film Festival gets underway at the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art. The fest will screen various Latin American films, including from Peru, Daniel and Diego Vega's "Octubre," and from Mexico, NicolÃ¡s Pereda's "Summer of Goliath" ("Verano de Goliat") and Natalia Almada's "El Velador," a documentary about a cemetery that has doubled in size since the war on drugs began in 2007, a conflict that has claimed nearly 35,000 lives. For a schedule, visit www.filmlinc.com. The festival runs through April 3.  BOOKS: Puerto Rican author Carmen Valle presents her latest work, "Transhumante," accompanied by two younger writers who also hail from the Caribbean island, Karen Sevilla ("El Mal de los Azares") and Carlos VÃ¡zquez Cruz ("Sencilla Mente"), at El Museo del Barrio, Fifth Ave. at 104th St., 6:30 p.m. Free, but RSVP required at www.elmuseo.org/calendar.  FLAMENCO: "Entre Mundos/Between Worlds," a show by Venezuelan dancer and choreographer Siudy Garrido that fuses flamenco, urban dance and percussion, directed by musician Pablo Croce, continues run at New World Stages, stage 1, 340 W. 50th St., 8 p.m., $60-$80. Through May 22.  FILM: "El Aura," the second and last feature from the late Argentine director FabiÃ¡n Bielinsky, starring Ricardo DarÃ­n, screens at Instituto Cervantes, 211 E. 49th St., 6 p.m. Free.  DANCE: Members of the 63-year-old JosÃ© LimÃ³n Dance Company perform and discuss their work as part of a salon series at Americas Society, 680 Park Ave. at 68th St., 7 p.m. Free.  FILM: Last two days of the first Dominican Film Festival of New York, which was scheduled to wrap up on March 17 but was extended a week. Today and tomorrow at Coliseum Cinemas, 701 W. 181st St., in Washington Heights, tickets are $9. For a schedule, visit www.dffny.com.
azilian songstress Gal Costa, the return of the Afro-Cuban All Stars, the official opening of Leguizamo's "Ghetto Klown," the Cuban hip-hop group Las Krudas, percussionist Bobby Sanaia and dozens of Latin-themed movies, are just some of the offerings in Latino Nueva York this week.