‘Tis The Season: The UC Guide to the Holiday Weekend

BY Led Black (@Led_Black)

It’s the Holidays folks and there is a bunch of stuff happening this holiday weekend. So without further ado, here it goes. Due to popular demand, the Spread Love It’s The Uptown Way Tees are now available at Word Up Books (2113 Amsterdam Ave @ 165th Street). While you are there, make sure you pick up a few books for those folks on your shopping list.

Get Yours: http://uptowncollective.bigcartel.com/product/the-spread-love-it-s-the-uptown-way-tee

Today is also the last day of the Bread And Yoga Holiday Market (5000 Broadway) so make sure you hit them up. Our good friend, Andrew Short of the 83 Mark Collective, will have a limited amount of the UC tees as well as his own awesome collection.

Check out: Bread And Yoga’s Holiday Market Returns

Did you know that one of the city’s only 3D Printing shops is opening up today in our neighborhood? Come out and support a veteran owned business today at 1pm. 3D Heights (4084 Broadway) is Uptown Manhattan’s First and only 3D printing retail store. Check out the future today!

RSVP: https://facebook.com/events/3DHeights/

To learn more about 3D Heights: NYC’s Latest 3DP Store Opens This Saturday

If caroling is your thing, join a group of carolers today at 3 pm as they take a jolly jaunt through Harlem. Singer or enthusiast, all are welcome. Sheet music will be provided so grab a friend and join. Meeting at 3 pm at 135th & Malcolm X Blvd. in front of Harlem Hospital. Caroling route: BEGIN 135th & Malcolm X Blvd. and sing along the way to 125th street & Malcolm X Blvd., will FINISH at Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building. Shout out to the incredibly talented Peter Cooper for putting this together.

For more information email [email protected].

Also the great folks at the WHIN Music Project have their 2nd Annual El Sistema NY/NJ Showcase at El Museo del Barrio at 4pm. The affair will be an exciting and inspiring performance by over 100 children from 4 El Sistema programs in NY and NJ, including a representation of the Northern Manhattan communities by the WHIN Children’s Choir.

And on Sunday, the United Palace will host a screening of “It’s A Wonderful Life” with an introduction by Donna Reed’s daughter Mary Owen. Come early and warm up in the Palace foyer with hot apple cider and caroling by local vocalists. Raffle items will benefit “The Donna Reed Foundation for the Performing Arts.” Before the movie there will also be an audience sing-a-long and a surprise stage show. Doors open at 5 pm with stage show and discussion at 5:30 and the movie will begin at 6 pm.

For more: Catch “It’s A Wonderful Life” @ The United Palace

Lastly, please please give a gift to the community and donate to the People’s Theatre Project’s indiegogo campaign. The PTP is dedicated to bringing about meaningful change through the power of theatre. The PTP, is helmed by the wonderful Mino Lora and Bob Braswell, and is doing some really amazing and important work.

Support: Let’s Storm the Palace! | Indiegogo.

So there you have it, you already know the motto, “Spread Love It’s The Uptown Way!”

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