Jon Michaud’s When Tito Loved Clara Makes Barnes & Noble’s 2011′s Best Reading List
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) The book that was described by its author as a love letter to Inwood and his wife has made Barnes & Noble’s 2011′s best reading list. Congrats are in order to friend to the UC and all around good guy, Jon Michaud, for that wonderful accomplishment. By the way, Jon is [...]
Bookstores finding a home Uptown; new shop to open in East Harlem | NY Daily News
BY Michael J. Feeney Bookstores through the city are closing, but in Upper Manhattan they’re growing. It took five years, but Aurora Anaya-Cerda’s dream of opening a bookstore in East Harlem has come true. Anaya-Cerda, who ran a 40-day campaign to raise $40,000, picked up the keys for her soon-to-be bookstore on Saturday. And the [...]
Rent Party @ Word Up Books This Saturday
Word Up a community bookshop in Northern Manhattan 4157 Broadway @ 176 Street June 17 – July 14, 2011 www.wordupbooks.com Word Up on New York Times | Manhattan Times | Uptown Collective | Fbook We invite you to like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter, or e-mail us at UptownCollective@gmail.com. Your email:
Q&A With Frank Medina: Author of Notes to Self
Q. First of all, congratulations on the book. What is the book about? A. Thanks! And much LOVE to you and the UC! Nice to see someone capture all the inspiring things going on Uptown. The book is called “Notes to Self: Vol. 1 Love, Reflection, and Them.” And it’s sort of…I guess you can [...]
Pop-Up Bookstore Negotiating Longer Stay in WaHi | DNAinfo
By Paul Lomax WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Maybe this won’t be the final chapter. Popular pop-up bookstore Word Up is negotiating with its landlord to stick around through December and possibly into next year, one of the shop’s creators told DNAinfo. “We’re talking to the property company now so we can extend our stay through December [...]
Washington Heights Arts Showcase This Saturday @ Word Up Books
Okay folks this is going to be big. When you awake from your Thanksgiving coma on Saturday, make sure you make your way over to Word Up Books for an arts and culture extravaganza. Get this: Dom P, Audubon, Frankie P, The Machine and many, many more will grace the stage that day. Word on [...]
Sheila Maldonado Will Read From Her Book One-Bedroom Solo This Friday @ Word Up Books
Friday, November 18 · 7:30pm – 9:00pm Click here for more info & to RSVP. Word Up a community bookshop in Northern Manhattan 4157 Broadway @ 176 Street June 17 – July 14, 2011 www.wordupbooks.com Word Up on New York Times | Manhattan Times | Uptown Collective | Fbook We invite you to like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter, [...]
Robb Todd’s Debut Book “Steal Me For Your Stories” Is Available For Pre-Order
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Q. Now that you’re book is available for pre-order, how does that feel knowing that your book will be in the market in the matter of months? A. It’s surreal. I never wrote these stories with a collection in mind. I wouldn’t have bothered with the book if I didn’t have [...]
Washington Heights’ Word Up bookstore gets yet another extension to November | NY Daily News
BY Michael J. Feeney Washington Heights residents just want to read books – and have a place to hang out. Locals will be able to do both now that the popular Word Up bookstore has been granted its second extension until the end of November, organizers announced this week. “I’m really relieved,” said volunteer Veronica [...]
Author Talks: Esmeralda Santiago @ El Museo del Barrio This Wednesday
Join Mireya Navarro, New York Times journalist in a conversation with Esmeralda Santiago about her new book Conquistadora. Bear witness to an evening of memories, tales and experiences about the task of writing an epic novel of love, discovery and adventure by the author of the best-selling memoir When I Was Puerto Rican. About this [...]
Word Up Books To Remain Open Until The End of November
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) It’s official folks, Word Up Books, Uptown’s sole community owned and operated bookstore, will now remain open until the end of November. While this is a victory indeed, we must remain involved by supporting and patronizing this wonderful community affirming space. Long live Word Up Books! MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26th 7-8pm Vanessa [...]
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 adult; live music free improv, hip-hop, Latin jazz, poetry/performance; informative publishing Q&As; children’s story hours; knitting [...]
Word Up Books: A Video Retrospective
Video by Art By Dj Boy (@DjboyNYC) We invite you to like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter, or e-mail us at UptownCollective@gmail.com.
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 is a mini-golf extravaganza, with local artists and kids designing each hole, and with all proceeds [...]
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 September, and hopefully beyond. So it’s time to celebrate! Come join your neighbors, Word Up volunteers, authors, artists, [...]
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 space and Vantage Residential, we now have an extension until the end of September. While it [...]
The Led Black Book Club Presents Uptown Lit Ft Jon Michaud & Matthew Gallaway @ Word Up Books Tonight
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) The Led Black Book Club proudly presents Uptown Lit featuring Jon Michaud and Matthew Gallaway tonight at 7:30 pm at Word Up Books (4157 Broadway). This is a big deal; 2 celebrated authors discussing their novels as well as the vibrant and dynamic community that we all love so dearly. When [...]
Here & There @ Word Up As Seen By Paul Lomax
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) The quest to get my book published officially began on July 7th at Word Up. Whether through a traditional publisher or self-published, by hook or by crook, I WILL publish my book. This past Thursday, I had the pleasure of sharing the Word Up stage with Lola Koundakjian, Iskandar Andrews, and [...]
The Led Black Book Club Presents Uptown Lit @ Word Up Books on Wednesday Night
Click here, here, here & here for the UC coverage of the inaugural Led Black Book Club event.
Comic Book Live Reading Tomorrow @ Word Up Books
This Saturday, July 9th at 2pm, comic book artists Seth Tobocman, Sandy Jimenez, Mac McGill and others will perform live readings from their work with projected images at Word Up Books. Word Up a community bookshop in Northern Manhattan 4157 Broadway @ 176 Street June 17 – July 14, 2011 www.wordupbooks.com Word Up on New York [...]
Word Up Books Extended Until the End of September
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Last night, the wonderful Veronica Liu made the announcement that Vantage Residential has extended the use of the space until the end of September. This is a big victory for our community and for book lovers. With that said, it is still up to us to patronize, support and use the [...]
Here & There @ Word Up Tonight: Travel Readings ft Led Black, Lola Koundakian, Iskandar Andrews, and Veronica Liu.
Here & There: Travel Readings ft Led Black, Lola Koundakian, Iskandar Andrews, and Veronica Liu. Tonight at 7 PM 4157 Broadway @ 176 Street 7-7-7 is quite an auspicious number and therefore a great date to take a jaunt to faraway lands. Tonight, July 7th at 7 pm is shaping up to be a big [...]
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