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Ms. Lauryn Hill Comes Uptown

Woolrich has tapped the iconic Lauryn Hill to be the face of their fall/winter 2018 campaign, “Woolrich: American Soul since 1830.” Shot by photographer Jack Davidson, the pictures show Ms. Hill in the streets of Washington Heights as well…

About Last Night – The UC Revue @ United Palace

Words: Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography: Emmanuel Abreu (@EAbreuVisuals) Sometimes you are involved with something truly extraordinary but you don’t completely register its importance until the next day when you have had the time to reflect. That is how I…

10/24/16: The UC Revue @ United Palace

The UC Revue @ United Palace Ft. Audubon – Tess – April Oneill United Palace (4140 BWAY @ 175th) Monday, October 24th – Doors Open 6 pm In our never ending quest to spread Uptown Love, we are proud…

Xavier Spa For The Soul

Spa For The Soul: A Q&A With Xavier Eikerenkoetter

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Q. First of all, what is “Spa for the Soul”? A. A spa is a place where people go to get away, refresh, soak in healing solutions, and be therapeutically moved, so to speak. The idea…

Help Make WORD UP A Permanent Bookstore Uptown! | The Petition Site

The opening of WORD UP marked an exciting day for our community. Since our opening, we have hosted readings by novelists, comic book artists, performance artists, travel writers, zinesters, poets both famous and first-time, English and Spanish, teen and…

Putt-Up @ Word Up Fundraiser This Weekend

Putt Up at @ Word Up Weekend Mini-Golf Extravaganza & Awesome Raffle SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 & SUNDAY, AUGUST 14th

 12pm to 4pm
 each day
 Astroturf in a bookshop? Well, this ain’t just any bookshop. Putt Up at Word Up…

Word Up Extension Celebration Tomorrow @ Word Up Books

SATURDAY, JULY 30 1pm to 4pm

 4157 Broadway near 176th Street  YOU’RE INVITED 
to the
 WORD UP EXTENSION CELEBRATION! Remember how Word Up was going to close in mid-July? Delightfully, it has not! We’re still here through the end of…

A Few Words of Praise for Word Up Books

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) It was all supposed to end tonight. July 14th was slated to be the last day of Word Up Books but thanks to the people of the neighborhood and their support of this community affirming…

This Week @ Word Up Books

Word Up is sponsored by Vantage Residential and Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, and coordinated by Fractious Press and Seven Stories Institute. TUESDAY, July 5 – 6:30-8:30 pm NYC-based journal The Mom Egg teams up with the Above the Bridge…