In Washington Heights, 4 Mayoral Candidates Woo Hispanics | NY Times
By KATE TAYLOR Bill de Blasio, the public advocate, ventured a few sentences of Spanish. Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker, called on Congress to pass immigration legislation. William C. Thompson Jr., a former comptroller, reminded the audience that his grandparents immigrated from the Caribbean. Adolfo Carrión Jr., a former Bronx borough president, simply [...]
Uptown Artists Mobilize to Return Film to United Palace | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya @seenigel WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Theater critic George Robinson couldn’t help but marvel as he looked around the inside of the United Palace on a recent visit. Despite living in Washington Heights for more than 30 years, Robinson made his first trip to the West 175th Street building Monday. “This is absolutely a [...]
Finding Classical Music’s Best-Kept Secret in Washington Heights | WSJ.com
By CORINNE RAMEY On Wednesday, the American Academy of Arts and Letters will induct three new members into its 250-member society of architects, composers, artists and writers, hosting the annual ceremony in its partially underground auditorium on West 156th Street in Washington Heights. New Yorkers familiar with the Academy—whose members include Mark Twain, William S. [...]
Time Travel Tuesdays: Crack’s Destructive Sprint Across America | NY Times
By Michael Massing Published: October 01, 1989 AS BROADWAY CUTS UP through the Upper West Side of Manhattan and into Washington Heights, it gradually turns into a giant Caribbean bazaar. The avenue abounds with bodegas, farmacias, unisex beauty salons, bargain clothing outlets, restaurants serving pollo and platanos, and travel agencies offering bargains to the Dominican [...]
Uptown Restaurant Owners Say They’re Treated Like Criminals | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya @seenigel UPPER MANHATTAN — Dyckman Street restaurant owners say they are tired of being painted as nuisances by residents and community board members and want to be treated like part of the neighborhood. Speaking Thursday night at a special public forum held by Community Board 12′s Licensing Committee, hundreds of restaurant owners, [...]
Op-Led: Stand Up and Be Counted
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Okay, here is the situation. Tonight, there will be a public hearing at the Isabella Geriatric Center (515 Audubon Ave) at 7 pm to discuss “nightlife-related matters”. If you enjoy not having to trek downtown for fine dining, or if you enjoy having great establishments in your very own backyard or [...]
Mira CoNYo: A Skate Scene Blossoms Uptown
Video by Art By Dj Boy (@ArtByDjBoy) Photography by Emil Baez (@_EBaez) Sound by Productive Ray (@ProductiveRay09)
Honors set for Juan Rodriguez, who became the first non-native immigrant to New York City when he arrived from what is now the Dominican Republic in 1613 | NY Daily News
Upper Manhattan sets series of events to turn May 15 into ‘a carnival, a festival, and a celebration of a man who came here many, many years ago, and gave the Dominicans a claim on this great city at the very beginning of its history’. By Douglas Feiden / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Juan Rodriguez [...]
Save the Date: Drums Along The Hudson On Sunday, May 19th
Eleventh Annual Drums Along the Hudson®: A Native American Festival Sunday, May 19th, 2013 – 11:00 am until 6:00 pm Rain or Shine – FREE Inwood Hill Park 218th Street and Indian Road (4 blocks west of Broadway) The Eleventh Annual DRUMS ALONG THE HUDSON®: A NATIVE AMERICAN FESTIVAL will take place on Sunday, May [...]
Who Lives There – A Face in the Crowd | NY Times
By STEVEN KURUTZ Published: August 13, 2008 WHEN a building is perched atop a ridge that happens to be the highest natural point in Manhattan, cantilevered over a cliff like one of those engineering marvels that are affixed to California hillsides, it tends to attract attention. In the case of a three-story brick house just [...]
The man with the 30-year plan | Manhattan Times
But first, re-election for Councilmember Ydanis Rodríguez Story and videos by Sherry Mazzocchi This coming Sun., Apr. 21st, Councilmember Ydanis Rodríguez will give a State of Northern Manhattan address at 2:30 pm at Yeshiva University. The Manhattan Times spoke to Rodríguez ahead of the event. Councilmember Rodríguez said education, economic development and housing are the [...]
In protest, with love | Manhattan Times
Story and photos by Robin Elisabeth Kilmer Love and action. This past Wed., Apr. 10th was billed as a day devoted to both, as part of a nationwide wave of protest centered on immigration reform. Hundreds of thousands of immigrant rights advocates gathered in Washington D.C. and all throughout the country to call on legislators [...]
Nutcracker Inc. Documentary Looking For Archival Footage and Photos
What up, fellow residents of Uptown and Washington Heights! As most of you probably know by now, we are heavy into post-production on the documentary film, Nutcracker Inc. But what you may not know is that the movie is about a whole lot more than just a drink. It’s about a certain neighborhood, OUR neighborhood, [...]
Fort Washington Collegiate Church to kick off grand expansion | NY Daily News
By Douglas Feiden / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Fort Washington Collegiate Church on Sunday kicks off a dramatic $10 million expansion and renovation that will create a hip, contemporary and sun-splashed space at the historic house of worship in Washington Heights. Plans call for a striking 1,000-square-foot glass atrium — known as the Gathering Place [...]
The Ford Mustang: Celebrating 50 Years of Automotive Excellence
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Paul Lomax (@PaulLomaxPhoto) How do you celebrate 50 years of American automotive excellence? Well, if you are the Ford Motor Company then you put together a shindig/shrine at the Milk Gallery dedicated to the incomparable Mustang and it’s illustrious pedigree. The event was a kick-off to a year-long anniversary [...]
Uptown Tonight: The WHIN Committee Presents HERstory @ Negro Claro
Photography by Jay Franco (@_jayfranco)
Protest by the keystroke | Manhattan Times
Story by Robin Elisabeth Kilmer Dissident Cuban blogger Yoani María Sánchez Cordero is hoping for a tribute to democracy in her native country. What she envisions isn’t an obelisk, or an individual memorialized in marble, as is prevalent in many plazas across the world. “Someday, this,” she said, holding up a flash drive, “will be [...]
Sign The Petition To Bring Back MTV’s ‘Washington Heights’ For Another Season!
BY Sara Martinez (@Saritology) For better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness, and in health… until death do us part, reality television is here to stay. You know the drill, you don’t want to watch it, but you get the flu (in sickness) you’re home, there’s nothing on besides Law & Order episodes [...]
Call For Submissions: 10th Uptown Arts Stroll Anniversary Poster Contest
The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) is pleased to announce the Uptown Arts Stroll 2013 — an annual arts festival featuring more than 100 arts and cultural events across Washington Heights and Inwood during the month of June. This year, we will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Uptown Arts Stroll. As part of this [...]
Rapper Audubon Talks Music Career And Portrayal Of Dominicans On MTV’s ‘Washington Heights’ | Vibe
BY Adelle Platon No need to be a reality show junkie to be drawn to Audubon’s charisma. The star of MTV’s Washington Heights — the popular show that depicts the lives of starry-eyed dreamers trying to make it out of the Heights — is immune to negativity and keeps his hustle at the top of [...]
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