In Washington Heights, a Bookstore That Knows How to Make the Show Go On | NY Times
By JIM DWYER One evening, Veronica Liu arrived to find all the lights out at Word Up Community Bookshop, the completely implausible store that she and others ran as volunteers in Washington Heights, which is upstate Manhattan. There was no power. They chased down the super, but at the end of it all, not a [...]
Word Up Community Bookshop is Back!
Dear friends, colleagues, and neighbors, I am over-the-top excited to let you know that Word Up Community Bookshop—volunteer-run by residents of Washington Heights and Inwood—has signed a lease for a sunny corner storefront at 2113 Amsterdam Avenue, at 165th Street! An official opening date has not yet been set. Stay tuned for updates. I’m not [...]
Uptown Tonight: Raquel Cepeda @ The Shabazz Center
Related: Uptown Gem – The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Center I Am A Dominican York Dominicanese 101: A Primer Led Black: Un Pie Aqui y Uno Alla | Huffington Post The 2012 Uptown Arts Stroll Closing Reception @ Arka Lounge The 2012 Uptown Arts Stroll Kick-Off – The Recap We invite you to [...]
The Clock is Ticking… Support Word Up Books
A Note From Word Up Books. One week till our Indiegogo campaign ends! Thank you to everyone who has contributed! The campaign has been great so far, but we still have more to raise before we hit our goal by January 1. Please help in any way you can; contributions of $5, $10, $15 are still incredibly [...]
Donate to Word Up Books & Win A Signed Junot Díaz Book
Okay folks, the first 3 people who donate at least $50 now (or if you increase your pledge by any amount): you will get, on top of all the regular perks, a signed Junot Díaz book. To win, you have to reference Uptown Collective in the indiegogo comments section, so we all know you heard [...]
Throw Back Thursdays: Happy Birthday Jon Michaud!
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Due to the fact that the UC has over 2 years of super awesome content, picking the Throwback Thursdays post is pretty difficult. Then it hit me, my good friend and author of When Tito Loved Clara, Jon Michaud, has a birthday today. This post would serve the dual role of [...]
Glass Breaks Launch Party @ Word Up Books – The Video
Video and Photography by Art By Dj Boy (@ArtByDjBoy) Glass Breaks, a collection of solo drum works by friend to the UC, 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 [...]
Man vs. Juice Cleanse
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Ok, before I even retell my tale of how I survived my first ever juice cleanse for 3-very-LONG-grueling-days. Understand this, I am the mirror opposite of my wife, Eileen Z. Fuentes aka “The SPEACH gal”. In fact, in my humble estimation, my wife is what I lovingly like to call a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Harlem Book Fair Kicks Off With New Thought Leader Michael Bernard Beckwith on March 30th
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) The first time I came across Michael Bernard Beckwith and his teachings was the night before my wife’s first surgery after a devastating triple negative breast cancer diagnosis. Earlier that day my wife read an article that painfully detailed the aggressive nature of the specific type of breast cancer she had [...]
inQbator – Queer Armenians Invade the Heights Tonight @ Word Up Books
QUEERED: WHAT’S TO BE DONE WITH XCENTRIC ART a new book from Queering Yerevan Readings: Shushan Avagyan & Nancy Agabian Video: Arpi Adamyan Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 7 PM Word Up: Community Bookstore 4157 Broadway (at 176th Street) Washington Heights, NYC I n Q b a t o r is pleased to introduce the reading presentation [...]
The inQbator Series Returns With A Reading of Queered @ Word Up Books On March 14th
QUEERED: WHAT’S TO BE DONE WITH XCENTRIC ART a new book from Queering Yerevan Readings: Shushan Avagyan & Nancy Agabian Video: Arpi Adamyan Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 7 PM Word Up: Community Bookstore 4157 Broadway (at 176th Street) Washington Heights, NYC I n Q b a t o r is pleased to introduce the reading presentation [...]
The Led Black Book Club ft Robb Todd @ Apt 78 – The Recap
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Paul Lomax (@PaulLomaxPhoto) On a weird weather Saturday afternoon, that was strangely sunny, plus super windy with a dash of snow flurries thrown in for good measure, folks came out from across the city to take part in the 2nd installment of the Led Black Book Club featuring Robb [...]
The Led Black Book Club ft Robb Todd @ Apt 78 In Pictures
Photography by Art By Dj Boy (@ArtByDjBoy)
The Monthly inQbator Art Series Kicks Off Tonight @ Word Up Books
Launching and Reception Wednesday, February 15th, 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 [...]
Save the Date: The Led Black Book Club ft Robb Todd on February 25th @ Apt 78
Saturday, February 25 1-3 pm Apt 78 4447 Broadway That’s right people; the second installment of the Led Black Book Club featuring the author of Steal Me For Your Stories, Robb Todd, will take place on Saturday, February 25th at Apt 78. I cannot recommend the book highly enough. Stay tuned for the full review. [...]
Word Up Bookstore Signs Lease to Rent Broadway Space Through May | DNAinfo
By Carla Zanoni, DNAinfo Social Media Editor WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Read on, uptown. Washington Heights’ pop-up bookstore has signed a lease for its Broadway location through May. After months of operating rent-free, community bookstore Word Up entered into a contract with landlord Vantage Properties Monday for its space at 4157 Broadway, according to organizer Veronica [...]
Pics From the NHK Japanese TV Taping @ Word Up Books
Photography by Productive Ray (@ProductiveRay09)
Word Up Books Presents a Bi-Lingual Reading by Novelist David Unger this Wednesday
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