The Best of the Boogie Down: Artist Spotlight – Ohene Cornelius
Ohene Cornelius – A movement and a force all on his own BY Jenni Ruiza (@RuizaJenni) The Boogie Down is known for revolutionary artists in Hip-Hop – but think about the most recent artists who’ve come from the Bronx and changed the face of music: Fat Joe, Swizz Beatz, Slick Rick, KRS One, Mary J. [...]
The 14th Annual Carnaval Del Boulevard Goes Down On Saturday, June 1st
The always incredible Carnaval Del Boulevard goes down on Saturday, June 1st from 11am to 6 pm on St. Nicholas Avenue from 181st to 188th Streets. This event is fun for the entire family and this year artists from the WHIN By Any Means movement will be doing their thing on stage. Make sure your [...]
Politicking With The People: Vince Morgan – NYC Council 9th District
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) If you take a look around at the political landscape around the country today, especially at the local level, what is immediately obvious is the marked leadership deficit that exists. Trustworthy, intelligent and accountable leaders are always needed but especially in these tough economic and uncertain times. This pronounced leadership deficit [...]
The Best of the Boogie Down: Mother’s Day Edition
Special treats for the Moms in your Life in the Boogie Down BY Jenni Ruiza (@RuizaJenni) Mother’s day is this Sunday folks – crept on us way too soon and it is personally NOT hitting me on a pay day, but no one deserves better treatment than the person who gave birth to us, right? [...]
The Fix-It Team | Manhattan Times
Story, photos and video by Sherry Mazzocchi When something breaks, most people don’t have the time, tools or talent to fix it. Broken objects are usually tossed or just kept, with a magical hope that someday, someone will be able to fix it. That day arrives June 1st. Two Inwood residents, Sandra Goldmark and her [...]
The Best of the Boogie Down: Ceetay
A Touch of Japan in the Boogie Down BY Jenni Ruiza (@RuizaJenni) Nearly a decade long search of unsuccessfully trying to find quality sushi in the Bronx and I finally came across what would change your opinion of the Bronx forever (or at least it should!). Ceetay, on Alexander Avenue, is transforming the face of [...]
Dichter Pharmacy Officially Marks Return From Devastating Fire | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer INWOOD — Dichter Pharmacy is rising from the ashes. A little more than a year after being destroyed in a devestating fire that wiped out 10 area businesses, the longtime Inwood staple returned to its roots, opening a new, expanded Broadway location with a customer appreciateion event this week. Now [...]
Uptown Car Love: The 2013 NY Auto Show
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Uptown Poetry: My Dear
By Pierina Medina (@ProjectLovebot) My Dear, In a world with no discretion you can die or live and accept. While so many will cease to see this they will only live to expect with a hopelessness so perplexed, I demand their loss of regrets. So I bring some lines just to soothe your minds or [...]
The Best of the Boogie Down: The Kingsbridge National Ice Center (KNIC)
Does the Kingsbridge National Ice Center (KNIC) represent the dawn of a new era in the Bronx? BY Jenni Ruiza (@RuizaJenni) One of the biggest complaint most Bronxites express is that we’re not a tourist attraction. Yes, we have The Bronx Zoo and there’s a tour of the South Bronx – but what other things [...]
Major expansion of business improvement districts is planned for northern Manhattan | NY Daily News
By Douglas Feiden / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS A major expansion of business improvement districts — the self-taxing, public-private partnerships that provide services for retail districts across the city — is about to take place in northern Manhattan, the Daily News has learned. One new BID is being developed along a booming, 12-block stretch of [...]
Latinas Celebrate Their Womanhood In Washington Heights
BY Claudia De La Cruz Photography by Art By Dj Boy (@ArtByDjBoy) It is said in an ancient proverb that “when women gather ‘around the bonfire’ ideas are born, magic grows, wood is burnt, wood becomes hot, they rejoice, celebrate, heal, readjust, invent, create, put things together, pull things apart, burry, give birth …” This [...]
The Best of the Boogie Down: Event Spotlight – GooFFellas 4/20
BY Jenni Ruiza (@RuizaJenni) Think of comedy in New York City – what’s the first borough that comes to mind? Automatically, Manhattan, right? It’s the stomping grounds for the most famous comedy clubs in the city – Caroline’s, Broadway Comedy Club, Comedy Cellar, just to name a few. Comedians can more recently be found in [...]
Travel with Val: Tourism push encourages visitors to explore city’s hidden gems – YNN
By: Valarie D’Elia NEW YORK CITY — Inwood, the last stop on the A train at 207th Street, is the comely den for the Columbia Lions football stadium across from Inwood Hill Park, the unsung location of the big rock marking the spot where Manhattan was purchased for a song: $24 worth of beads. “There’s such [...]
The Best of the Boogie Down: Artist Spotlight – Sofia Rodriguez
BY Jenni Ruiza (@RuizaJenni) It won’t be long before the name, Sofia Rodriguez, becomes one mentioned in households all over the nation. Acting since she was a small child, Rodriguez has already made waves in multiple well-known projects both on stage (Platanos and Collard Greens) and in film (BQE, The Three Way). Most recently, Rodriguez [...]
A legacy honored in helping students create their own | Manhattan Times
Story and photos by Gregg McQueen Rodney Cooper, a radiology student at Harlem Hospital Center, struggled to contain his emotions as he stood in front of a packed auditorium at Columbia University Medical Center and accepted a scholarship to assist his healthcare career. “This is a great blessing to me,” he said of his award. [...]
The Best of the Boogie Down: Artist Spotlight – Hezues R
From Violent Circumstances To A Life of Purpose BY Jenni Ruiza (@RuizaJenni) The number 22 never seemed so powerful. At 2:22 in May of 2001, Hezues R’ was 22 years old when he survived 22 gunshots with a .22 bullet left inside of his stomach. Growing up in a poverty-stricken home and neighborhood in Poughkeepsie, [...]
Uptown Poetry: Your Biggest Regret
BY Brenda Nuñez (@MissBigB) Dear Ungrateful Asshole, Remember back then when you were nickel and diming? I was cooking meals, making sure you weren’t starving I was cool with the lack of wining and dining I was your support system – understood you were grinding I worked on my credit so we can have something [...]
Washington Heights Business Improvement District unveils ‘Explora’ marketing campaign | NY Daily News
By Michael J. Feeney / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Washington Heights’ newest marketing campaign was designed with one goal in mind: To motivate people to visit upper Manhattan and explore it. “The bottom line is to drive foot traffic to northern Manhattan,” said Angelina Ramirez, director of the Washington Heights Business Improvement District, which is [...]
Market Tours: Moscow on the Hudson, a Russian Outpost in Washington Heights | Serious Eats
Story & Photos by Clara Inés Schuhmacher For some New Yorkers (say, the Sri Lankans on Staten Island I visited two weeks back), Manhattan’s Washington Heights might as well be Russia—it’s that far away. But it also might as well be Russia because, well, it’s home to a sizable Russian population. The aptly named Moscow [...]
And If You Don’t Know… Unsympathetic Landlords Pushing Local Businesses Out
BY Ayisha Oglivie (@AyishaGisel) Contrary to the name printed on the awning for a local bodega, which says “La Simpatia” the landlord BLDG Management Co. is completely unsympathetic to community needs and plans to terminate the owner’s lease this week. Abinader Grocery (4051 Broadway between 170th and 171st Street) is in jeopardy of being shut [...]
Hudson Heights Church Gets Ready for Historic Leadership Change | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer HUDSON HEIGHTS — A century-old Upper Manhattan church will celebrate a first this fall — a Latino leader. Fort Washington Collegiate Church will make history in October, when it installs Richard Rodriguez as its senior minister. Rodriguez, 47, was chosen to lead the church after its parent organization, the Collegiate [...]
Junot Diaz Spreads A Little Literary Love Uptown
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Pulitzer Prize winning Author, Junot Diaz, was in the neighborhood yesterday to spread a little literary love. Junot Diaz teamed up with the office of Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez and Dr. Eduardo Pignanelli of the Amsterdam Medical Practice for the book signing and giveaway of 200 copies of his work. The [...]
1st Latina Women Encounter in New York City Takes Place On March 30th
Da Urban Butterflies & Casa Verde Camila invite you to the 1st Latina Women Encounter in New York City Saturday, March 30th, 2013 10am – 5pm Gregorio Luperon High School 501 West 165th Street (corner of Amsterdam Avenue)
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