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 2011 Uptown Arts Stroll: A Retrospective
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Last year was my first ever Uptown Arts Stroll and it was magical. The opening event was held at the majestic but under-appreciated Hispanic Society of America (Audubon Terrace – Broadway between 155 and 156 Streets). It was, I am somewhat ashamed to admit, my first time inside that awesome institution. [...]
This Week @ Word Up Books
Photography by Art By Dj Boy (@DjboyNYC) Word Up is sponsored by Vantage Residential and Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, and coordinated by Fractious Press and Seven Stories Institute. TUESDAY, JUNE 28 – 7-9pm Do you have questions about publishing? Have them answered at Word Up on Tuesday @ 7pm! Mark Batty Publisher managing editor Buzz [...]
Word Up Pop Up Book Shop Grand Opening – The Recap
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Art By Dj Boy (@DjboyNYC) The clock is ticking. Uptown, you now have your vey own community owned and administered book shop. The question becomes; will you support it, will you patronize it and ultimately will you keep it? Even though Word Up is tentatively scheduled to be around [...]
Last Saturday Night @ The Shabazz Center As Seen By Dj Boy
Photography by Art By Dj Boy (@DjboyNYC) For more: http://facebook.com/whoisdjboy
Word Up Community Book Store Grand Opening Tonight
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Word Up Pop Up Book Shop – Grand Opening Friday June 17th 6 PM 4157 Broadway near 175th Street Like I have said many times before, the future is ours to shape. There is no such thing as impossible. The only limits that exist are only in our individual and collective [...]
The 2011 Uptown Arts Stroll Kick-Off in Black & White
Photography & video by Art By Dj Boy (@DjboyNYC)
Group Photo Exhibit @ The Manhattan Times This Saturday
The Manhattan Times is hosting an exciting group photo exhibit at their office in the Inwood Center this Saturday. Two of our contributors are taking part in this wonderful occasion, Briana E. Heard and DJ Boy. Make sure you stop by for a gander.
Palo Pics: Dominican Independence Day Fiesta @ SOB's
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Art By Dj Boy (@Djboy09) A shout out is in order to the good folks at Palo Mamajuana Vitality Tea for providing the Uptown Collective and some of its loyal readers passes to the Dominican Independence Day celebration at SOB’s recently. Not only did we get a chance to [...]
The Bago Mixer As Seen By Dj Boy
Video & photography by Art By Dj Boy (@Djboy09) Check out: http://www.ArtByDjBoy.com/
Put You On: Dom P's A Sonnet to Washington Heights Mixtape
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) For all the real Hip-Hop heads out there, Music for Daze artist Dom P has just released his latest mixtape, A Sonnet to Washington Heights. From Wadsworth to Post Ave, the Audubon phenomenon, Dom P, has Uptown on lockdown. The mixtape is available for the price of a tweet or a [...]
The UC Holiday Bash – The Recap
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Polaroid Photos by: M.Tony Peralta (@peraltaproject) First and foremost, I would like to thank Jose Morales for allowing the UC to inaugurate his lavish new establishment, Apt 78, with our first annual holiday party. No lie, Apt 78 is the flyest place Uptown right now – hands down. Everything about the [...]
UPTOWN ARTIST – DJ BOY
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) What makes Uptown so special? I believe that growing up where I did, Inwood, made me the man I am today. Sounds like a college entrance essay intro I know, but I don’t know how else to say it. Everything I grew up with, from the worst times, finding crack bottles, [...]
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