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Apr 13, 2018 | Categories: That's What's Up | Tags: #InstagramUptown, Arts, Bardi Gang, Bodak Yellow, Cardi, Cardi B, culture, El Barrio, Harlem, Instagram, Inwood, Photography, Social Media, Twitter, uptown, Uptown Collective, Uptown Manhattan, washington heights | Leave A Comment »
Jack Veneno was the man. By far, the most well known Dominican wrestler of all time, Jack Veneno is held in an almost mythic regard by so many Dominicans of a certain era. Now his stirring story is on the big screen. Washington Heights’ own Manny Perez, who bears an uncanny resemblance to the famed […]
Apr 13, 2018 | Categories: That's What's Up | Tags: Dominican Republic, Dominicans, Drown, Identity, Immigrants, Immigration, Inwood, Jack Veneno, Jaime Pina, Junot Diaz, Manhattan Times, Manny Perez, Ovandy Camilo, Pepe Sierra, Race, Readers, Santo Domingo, Tabare Blanchard, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Uptown Manhattan, Veneno Primera Caida: El Relampago De Jack, washington heights, Yamile Scheker | Leave A Comment »
Story by Sherry Mazzocchi No. That was the message Community Board 12 (CB12) heard over and over at Thursday evening’s public hearing on the city’s proposal to rezone Inwood. A standing room only crowd filled the auditorium at I.S. 52 on Academy Street on February 22. Police were on hand, and eventually limited access because […]
Feb 28, 2018 | Categories: That's What's Up | Tags: Bill de Blasio, Borough President Gale Brewer, Citizens Defending Libraries, City Council, Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Dominicans, East Harlem, Government, Immigrants, Inwood, Inwood Library, Inwood NYC, Inwood Rezoning, Local Government, Manhattan Times, NYCHA, Rezoning, Sherry Mazzocchi, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, washington heights, Ydanis Rodriguez | Leave A Comment »
Once again it is on. On the latest episode of the Latinos Out Loud podcast, the crew discusses Bago’s newfound love of figure skating, Rachel’s list of top 5 things Latinos should give up for lent and Jaime delves into Jay-Z’s almost 100 K tab at a local establishment. This week’s episode boasts not one […]
Feb 23, 2018 | Categories: That's What's Up | Tags: Comedy, Harlem, Inwood, Juan Bago, Latino Actors, Laugh Out Loud, Rachel La Loca, Revolver Network, Sketch Comedy, uptown, Uptown Collective, Uptown Manhattan, washington heights | Leave A Comment »
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Feb 16, 2018 | Categories: That's What's Up | Tags: #InstagramUptown, Arts, culture, El Barrio, Harlem, Instagram, Inwood, Photography, Social Media, Twitter, uptown, Uptown Collective, Uptown Manhattan, washington heights | Leave A Comment »
The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA), in partnership with Broadway Housing Communities and The Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling is seeking submissions for “Women in the Heights- Resistance”, an exhibition featuring work by women artists of Northern Manhattan. The exhibit is curated by Andrea Arroyo. Wall-hung works in all fine art media […]
Jan 26, 2018 | Categories: That's What's Up | Tags: Harlem, Inwood, Nomaa, Northern Manhattan, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, NY–Presbyterian, NYC Parks, Public Art, Serving Healthful Art, The Allen Hospital, Upper Manhattan, uptown, Uptown Collective, Uptown Manhattan | Leave A Comment »
Story by Gregg McQueen and Desiree Johnson After a shutdown of Coogan’s Restaurant was averted, uptown residents are turning their attention to help out another longtime Washington Heights eatery in danger of closure. Galicia Restaurant, located at 4083 Broadway, a few blocks north of Coogan’s, is in danger of closing down due to skyrocketing rent, […]
Jan 17, 2018 | Categories: That's What's Up | Tags: Bad Landlords, Coogan's, Coogan's Closing, DDNV, Dominicanos Pro Defensa Negocios y Viviendas, Galicia Closing, Galicia Restaurant, Gentrification, Gregg McQueen, Harlem, Inwood, Landlord Abuse, Manhattan Times, Peter Walsh, Photography, Rising Commercial Rents, Rising Rents, Robert Snyder, washington heights | Leave A Comment »
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, Manhattan (WABC) — 17 people were hurt and 60 people displaced in a seven-alarm fire that was apparently caused by a toaster. The flames broke out on the second floor of the six-story residential building at 775 Riverside Drive, near West 156th Street, in Washington Heights Monday afternoon. The fire reached the roof, […]
Jan 09, 2018 | Categories: That's What's Up | Tags: 775 Riverside Drive, Dyckman, Fire, Fire Department, Fire In Hamilton Heights, Fire in Harlem, Hamilton Heights Fire, Harlem, Harlem Fire, Inwood, uptown, Uptown Collective, Uptown Manhattan, washington heights | Leave A Comment »
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Dec 22, 2017 | Categories: That's What's Up | Tags: #InstagramUptown, El Barrio, Harlem, Instagram, Inwood, Photography, Social Media, Twitter, uptown, Uptown Collective, Uptown Manhattan, washington heights | Leave A Comment »
Sam Schube of GQ Magazine gives us a first look at the new atelier from Gucci and the iconic Harlem designer. Get this: Dapper Dan will now be custom making Gucci pieces from a Guccied-out brownstone on Lenox Avenue. Crazy how things have come full circle. Read more: Gucci and Dapper Dan Are Officially in […]
Dec 15, 2017 | Categories: That's What's Up | Tags: Alpo, Alpo Martinez, Arts, Azie Faison, culture, Dapper Dan, Diane Dixon, Drug Dealers, Eric B & Rakim, Fashion, GQ Magazine, Gucci, Harlem, Harlem Chic, Harlem Drug Dealers, Harlem Style, Instagram, Inwood, Louis Vuitton, Luxury, Mike Tyson, Ms. Dixon, Nicky Barnes, NY Times, Paid In Full, Sam Schube, Social Media, Style, Twitter, washington heights | Leave A Comment »
Story by Desiree Johnson, Debralee Santos, and Cristóbal Vivar Photos by Cristóbal Vivar “You are not forgotten.” It was the latest word of tribute and affection offered by lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda to, by his own admission, one of his greatest loves – Puerto Rico. He spoke before thousands at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., […]
Nov 24, 2017 | Categories: That's What's Up | Tags: #UptownUNIODS, Arts, Bronx Free Press, Climate Change, culture, Facebook, Harlem, Hispanic federation, Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Maria, Hurricanes, Instagram, Inwood, Manhattan Times, Mexico, Nomaa, Northern Manhattan, Puerto Rico, Social Media, Twitter, uptown, Uptown Collective, Uptown Manhattan, Uptown Unidos, washington heights | Leave A Comment »
On “LOL’s Dirty 30th Episode”, the crew discuss zombie gigs, finding a name for their fans and getting more Instagram likes. Special guest, VP of Talent, Diversity & Inclusion for Major League Baseball, Renée Tirado shares her career backstory as a Latina executive in sports, as well as a new opportunity for recent college grads […]
Oct 27, 2017 | Categories: That's What's Up | Tags: Comedy, Dee Nasty, Harlem, Inwood, Juan Bago, Latino Actors, Laugh Out Loud, Major League Baseball, MLB, Rachel La Loca, Renée Tirado, Sketch Comedy, uptown, Uptown Collective, Uptown Manhattan, washington heights | Leave A Comment »
Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance and NewYork Presbyterian Allen Hospital present The Art of Healing. Featuring work by Uptown artists who are exploring the theme of healing, whether figuratively, conceptually, literally, or abstractly. Participating Artists: Francisco Donoso, Trisha Gupta, Jeanne F. Jalandoni Art and Diana Schmertz Guest curated by Gabriel de Guzman, Curator and Director of […]
Oct 20, 2017 | Categories: That's What's Up | Tags: Harlem, Inwood, Nomaa, Northern Manhattan, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, NY–Presbyterian, NYC Parks, Public Art, The Allen Hospital, The Art of Healing, Upper Manhattan, uptown, Uptown Collective, Uptown Manhattan | Leave A Comment »
Celebrate Manhattan’s only remaining lighthouse with Urban Park Ranger educational presentations, visits to the lighthouse interior, readings of eponymous children’s book, fishing clinics, live music, food vendors, and fun family activities! The days entertainment line up includes the making of The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge musical , featuring excerpts from the show […]
Oct 05, 2017 | Categories: That's What's Up | Tags: Harlem, Inwood, Landmarks, Little Red Lighthouse, Northern Manhattan, NYC Landmarks, Photography, The Little Red Lighthouse Festival, uptown, Uptown Collective, Uptown Manhattan, washington heights | Leave A Comment »
Photography: Mario Carrion | New Visual Collective In a weekend where over 3.3 million Black and Brown U.S. citizens struggle with the aftermath of devastating hurricanes throughout the Caribbean, New York City’s African Diaspora came together to honor the powerful Orisha-Nature based sacred traditions that have long united people of African descent across the Americas. […]
Sep 29, 2017 | Categories: That's What's Up | Tags: Afro-Latinos, Amma Mcken, Babe Neil Clarke, CCCADI, East Harlem, El Barrio, Harlem, Inwood, Iyesa Drum Ensemble, Roman Diaz & Ensemble, Trade/itions: Trans-Atlantic Orisha Sacred Tradition, washington heights | Leave A Comment »
By Sierra Tishgart At some point, everyone fantasizes about dropping everything to open an ice-cream shop, a small place where the main concern is whether there’s enough salted caramel on hand to get through a busy Saturday night. Very few people actually do it, of course, but the city’s newest shop is exactly that kind […]
Sep 08, 2017 | Categories: That's What's Up | Tags: 107 West, Blue Hill, CO-Office, Essie Spice, Grub Street, Harlem, Harlem Eats, Ice Cream, Ida Preserves, Inwood, Lafayette, Larsens say Sugar Hill Creamery, Little Baby, Northern Manhattan, Sierra Tishgart, Sugar Hill Creamery, Sweets, Telepan, Uptown Collective, Uptown Eats, Uptown Manhattan, washington heights | 1 Comment »
The inaugural show at Columbia University’s Wallach Art Gallery spotlights 25 artists living or practicing north of 99th Street. BY Seph Rodney The newly reopened Wallach Art Gallery’s Uptown — a survey of work by 25 artists living or practicing north of 99th Street — lives inside the brand new Lenfest Center for the Arts, an eight-story, 60,000-square-foot […]
Aug 18, 2017 | Categories: That's What's Up | Tags: Ademola Olugebefola, Alicia Grullón, Art World, Arts, Aya Rodríguez-Izumi, Belkis Ayón, Columbia University, culture, Darío Oleaga, El Museo Del Barrio, Fake News, Gentrification, Harlem, Harlem School for the Arts, Hyperallergic, Inwood, Jose Morales, Lynnese Page, nasty women/bad hombres, Real Estate, Reza Farkondeh, Ritual, Rubén Natal-San Miguel, Schomburg Center, Seph Rodney, Siddhartha Mitter, Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art and Storytelling, The Harlem Renaissance, The Wallach, Uptown Triennial, Village Voice, Wallach Art Gallery, washington heights | Leave A Comment »
Warriors come out to play! In celebration of the Warriors victory, we have released a special limited edition of the Washington Heights Warriors tee. Get yours before it is too late. Spread Love It’s The Uptown Way! Get Yours: Limited Edition Washington Heights Warriors Tee
Jun 16, 2017 | Categories: Estilo, That's What's Up | Tags: Art, culture, Golden State Warriors, Harlem, Hyper-local, Inwood, NBA, NBA Finals, Spread Love It's The Uptown Way, The Bronx, The Uptown Collective, Uptown VS Everybody, washington heights, Washington Heights Warrior Tee | Leave A Comment »
Twenty-five years after luxury labels sued his Harlem boutique out of existence, Gucci looks to him for inspiration. BY BARRY MICHAEL COOPER The Harlem couturier Daniel Day, better known as Dapper Dan, was all over social media last week after Gucci unveiled a jacket that looked very much like one he designed nearly three decades […]
Jun 06, 2017 | Categories: That's What's Up | Tags: Alpo, Alpo Martinez, Arts, Azie Faison, culture, Dapper Dan, Diane Dixon, Drug Dealers, Eric B & Rakim, Fashion, Gucci, Harlem, Harlem Chic, Harlem Drug Dealers, Harlem Style, Instagram, Inwood, Louis Vuitton, Luxury, Mike Tyson, Ms. Dixon, Nicky Barnes, NY Times, Paid In Full, Social Media, Style, Twitter, washington heights | Leave A Comment »
by Annmarie Fertoli Lines at the Dominican consulate in Times Square have been long. Staff there say in average years, there’s usually about 200 people a day. But in the past month, that’s more than doubled. By mid-morning this week, hundreds of people crowded into the consulate in lines snaking through the hallways. Patricia Sanchez […]
Feb 27, 2017 | Categories: That's What's Up | Tags: Dominican, Dominican York, El Alto, Harlem, Inwood, Latino, Led Black, Quisqueya Heights, Team Dominican, uptown, Uptown Collective, Uptown Manhattan, washington heights | Leave A Comment »
Okay folks, you have until February 28th to vote for the book that will kick off the One Book, One New York citywide book club in March. The NYC Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment has chosen 5 outstanding titles for the inaugural installment of the book club. We are partial to Junot Diaz’s The […]
Feb 24, 2017 | Categories: That's What's Up | Tags: #OneBookNY, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Americanah, Betty Smith, Between the World and Me, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Inwood, Junot Diaz, NYC Mayor's Office of Media & Entertainment, One Book - One New York, Paul Beatty, Photography, Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, The Sellout, uptown, Uptown Collective, Uptown Manhattan, washington heights | Leave A Comment »
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Emmanuel Abreu (@EAbreuVisuals) It was love at first sight. I saw her on 175th and Broadway, right across the street from the United Palace, looking all gorgeous. She just stood out. A glance was all it took. In fact, she made it impossible to look away. It wasn’t only […]
Feb 17, 2017 | Categories: That's What's Up, Word! | Tags: Automobiles, Cars, Continental, Ford, Ford En Espanol, Ford Explorer, Ford Millennials, Ford Motor Company, Harlem, Inwood, Led Black, Lincoln, Lincoln Automobiles, Lincoln Continental, Lincoln MKX, MKX, Revel, United Palace, uptown, Uptown Collective, Uptown Manhattan, washington heights | Leave A Comment »
Ballet Hispánico en Familia March 11, 2017 $15 – $25; FREE for children 12 and under United Palace, 4140 Broadway, NYC United Palace of Cultural Arts will present Ballet Hispánico en Familia, the renowned dance company’s beloved show specially curated for children and families, on March 11, 2017 at 2pm. The United Palace of Cultural Arts is located […]
Feb 17, 2017 | Categories: That's What's Up | Leave A Comment »
“Artists are very useful for these times” Story by Sherry Mazzocchi The evening before Trump took office, artists unveiled a complex response to his election. Conceived and curated by Washington Heights artist Andrea Arroyo, “Unnatural Election: Artists Respond to the 2016 Presidential Election,” is a broad reaction to what many considered unthinkable—Donald Trump winning the […]

Feb 03, 2017 | Categories: That's What's Up | Tags: 2016 Election, Andrea Arroyo, Art, Dominicans, Donald Trump, Inwood, Latino Voting, Latinos, Latinos Against Trump, Led Black, Mexicans, Politics, Saturday Night Live, Sleeping Giant, Trump, Unnatural Election, Uptown Collective, Voting | Leave A Comment »