It’s Time for the inQbator
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012, 7 – 9 pm Word Up Books (4157 Broadway) inQbator is a monthly reading, spoken word, and performance art program series focusing on LGBT literature and culture. Created by artist, Hector Canonge, director of the recognized film program CINEMAROSA, inQbator supports emerging local and national Queer writers and artists by featuring [...]
Author Talk & Swing Dance Social @ the Morris-Jumel Mansion this Sunday
Sunday, April 15th 1 -3 pm Morris-Jumel Mansion 65 Jumel Terrace Author Terry Baker Mulligan will read from her recent publication Sugar Hill, Where the Sun Rose Over Harlem. Mulligan will also discuss her childhood in upper Manhattan in the 1950s-60s and how the book interweaves her coming of age story with significant historical information [...]
Vote for the 2012 Uptown Arts Stroll Poster Tonight
Monday, April 9, 2012 6-8pm 5030 Broadway @ 213th St. RSVP: 212.568.4396 – info@nomaanyc.org Sign up for open mic by April 6 (space is limited). Info: www.nomaanyc.org – www.workspaceoffices.com Check out all the posters in this year’s competition: The 2012 Uptown Arts Stroll Posters We invite you to like our Facebook page and follow us [...]
Spring Love: The 2013 Ford Fusion
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Paul Lomax (@PaulLomaxPhoto) Okay, so here is the situation. I am really big on cars and I absolutely love the NY Auto Show, which kicks off today. I currently drive a fully loaded 2011 Honda Crosstour in crimson or in Honda speak Basque Red Pearl II. I really like [...]
Vote for the 2012 Uptown Arts Stroll Poster on Monday, April 9th
Ok folks, while the 2012 Uptown Arts Stroll doesn’t kick off until June 1st, the opening salvo of the massive month-long celebration is the choosing of the official poster for the stroll. Which poster wins the prize will be decided on Monday, April 9th from 6 to 8 pm at the Inwood Center (5030 Broadway [...]
Industry Wednesdays @ Apt 78 Presents Nicole of Nina Sky Tonight
Apt 78 continues to push the envelope every Wednesday night with some of NYC’s biggest DJ’s. This week they present to you NICOLE of “NINA SKY”. If you never heard her SPIN at Griffin NYC or Gramercy Theater NYC you have your chance to hear her rock out to some amazing music at APT.78 (4447 [...]
Inwood Club Brings ’90s Music Back With Retro Dance Parties | DNAinfo
By Carla Zanoni, DNAinfo Social Media Editor INWOOD — For uptown party planner Sasha Inoa, music at many nightclubs has become stale with the same songs played over and over again, regardless of the venue. So when she had the chance to start a party at Inwood newcomer Negro Claro, she decided to turn to [...]
The Bago Bunch 2 Year Anniversary Bash @ Apt 78 – The Video
Video by Art By Dj Boy (@ArtByDjBoy) Check out: Pics From The Bago Bunch Mixer @ Dyckman Bar We invite you to like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter, or e-mail us at UptownCollective@gmail.com.
Save the Date: Questlove’s Shuffle Culture @ BAM April 19th & 20th
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson Produced by BAM Apr 19 & 20, 2012 at 8pm “Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson just might be the closest thing we have to a hip-hop Zelig… expanding the assumed limits of hip-hop…” —Pitchfork Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, the charismatic drummer and producer of the Grammy Award-winning hip-hop group The Roots, comes to BAM with [...]
Bonafide Rojas’ When The City Sleeps Book Bash @ Camaradas This Wednesday
Check out: Q&A With Bonafide Rojas
Bread & Yoga Community Event @ Holy Trinity Church Tomorrow
FREE YOGA CLASS WITH LIVE MUSIC AT 10AM Holy Trinity Church (20 Cumming Street) Live Music provided by David Ellenbogen, Dana Hanchard, Spiro Pantazatos and Amy Soucy This class is open to all levels of experience. Thanks to the loving support of our community, Bread and Yoga is still here and going strong. Celebrate the [...]
Marthalicia Matarrita’s For Granted Opening Reception This Saturday
Check out our Q&A with Marthalicia: Uptown Artist – Marthalicia Matarrita
Manifesto Supernatural Tonight & Saturday
A theatrical protest piece inspired by the real life experiences of the local teenage writers/performers developed and performed by the “Voices: Our Young People Speak” program actors facilitated by Paula Gilovich Only 2 Performances!! Thursday, March 29 at 7:30pm Word Up community bookshop 4157 Broadway at 176th Street Saturday, March 31 at 2pm the Morris-Jumel [...]
Pitbull rescuers use Fort Tryon Park as a bully pulpit to teach owners how to train their pitbulls | NY Daily News
BY Clem Richardson A couple dozen pitbulls are going to get together in Fort Tryon Park on Sunday, and this is a good thing for the much maligned dogs, their owners and the neighborhood. That’s because certified dog trainer Ann King will be teaching the muscular canines — and their owners gathered around the Sir [...]
Glass Breaks Record Launch @ Word Up Books this Saturday
Alighting Records is pleased to announce its first release: Glass Breaks, a collection of solo drum works by Will Glass. While a DJ/Production tool by name and genre, it is also a highly listenable improvisational work from an innovative player who has collaborated with Dirty Projectors and Nat Baldwin, among many others. Glass Breaks is [...]
Sip & Shop @ Dyckman Bar Tonight ft Psyberia
Dyckman Bar (221 Dyckman Street) cordially invites you to their next installment of Sip & Shop happening tonight 7-11 pm. The featured brand tonight is our very good friends and Uptown’s own Psyberia. Come check them out and show them some love. Click here for more info. We invite you to like our Facebook page [...]
The Bago Bunch 2 Year Anniversary Brunch Goes Down This Saturday @ Apt 78
Check it out: Pics From The Bago Bunch Mixer @ Dyckman Bar We invite you to like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter, or e-mail us at UptownCollective@gmail.com.
Being Latino is Throwing A Diaspora Dance Party @ NegroClaro on Thursday March 29th
Being Latino in Association with In A Dash Media presents: Diaspora Dance Party @ Negro Claro 3805 10th Ave / W. 203-204th St. Featuring Music from Latin America Salsa Dance Lesson c/o United Dance Studio from 9-10pm Live Painting by Chief 69 $10 Admission, Ladies free till 10pm Doors open at 8pm Open Bar from [...]
ArtCrawl Harlem: Showcasing Latino Artists in El Barrio
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The People’s Theatre Project & Seven Stories Institute Presents Manifesto Supernatural
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Women’s Appreciation Day Bash ft Jazzy Joyce Tonight @ Apt 78
Apt 78 (4447 Broadway) is having an all-out Women’s Appreciation Day bash tomorrow. The one and only DJ Jazzy Joyce will be on the wheels of steel. Our good friend Ami V will there doing her nail art thing, free make-up and oh yeah, open bar from 8 to 10 pm courtesy of Qreme. What [...]
Andrea Arroyo’s Femenina Opening Reception March 23rd
In celebration of Women’s History Month, renowned artist Andrea Arroyo presents the exhibit “Femenina,” featuring works that celebrate women’s strength and courage and honor the female body. While commemorating the lives and stories of extraordinary historical figures (e.g. Malinche-Mexico, Cleopatra-Egypt,) Arroyo also celebrates the role of women in contemporary society, and seeks to bring attention [...]
NegroClaro Lounge & Audubon Presents Back to the Nineties On Thursday March 22nd
Check out: Uptown Nightlife Spotlight: NegroClaro Lounge We invite you to like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter, or e-mail us at UptownCollective@gmail.com.
