Uptown Reads: Forgiving Maximó Rothman
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) I think it is only fitting that I just started reading the gripping debut novel, Forgiving Maximó Rothman, from local writer, A J Sidransky, being that it is Father’s Day this Sunday, or as my dad like to say as “el día de los perros” (The Day of the Dogs) because fathers, [...]
Put You On: Onomatopeyas Dominicanas
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Upper Manhattan Parents Debate De-zoning Again | SchoolBook
By Beth Fertig and Jeannie Choi The prospect of doing away with local school boundaries continues to be a divisive issue among parents in Harlem, Inwood and Washington Heights. This week, the Department of Education held community hearings to explore the topic again. Meanwhile, on Tuesday, dozens of residents gathered outside the DOE’s headquarters with [...]
The 2nd Annual Dominican Film Festival In New York Kicks Off June 26
You are coordinately invited to Discover, Explore, and Enjoy a Dominican cinematic experience! The 2nd Annual Dominican Film Festival in New York announces it highly anticipated line-up for this year’s film festival, running from June 26 – 30 at the Alumni Auditorium at the Columbia University Medical Center in Washington Heights. The 2013 festival lineup [...]
This Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons student deepened her own knowledge of Dominican-Americans and shared with fellow medical students | NY Daily News
Drawing on her ties to Washington Heights, Camila Mateo helped peers learn to bridge the cultural divide, created a website that functions as a clearinghouse of info about Dominican-Americans. By Erica Pearson / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS She may have been studying to become a doctor, but Camila Mateo has become a teacher as well. [...]
Time Travel Tuesdays: A Celebration, Washington Heights Style | NY Times
By JOHN BRANCH November 5, 2009 As Champagne celebrations go, the best one after the Yankees won the World Series might have been the one on the sidewalk of 191st Street in Washington Heights. Washington Heights is a huge enclave of baseball-crazy Dominican immigrants near the northern tip of Manhattan — and just about two [...]
First New Yorker back on Broadway | Manhattan Times
Story and photos by Robin Elisabeth Kilmer Four score and three hundred and twenty years ago, a man came to this country and settled on the northern tip of Manhattan. Only it wasn’t a country yet, or even a city. What is notable, however, is the fact that his 1613 arrival makes Juan Rodríguez the [...]
In Washington Heights, 4 Mayoral Candidates Woo Hispanics | NY Times
By KATE TAYLOR Bill de Blasio, the public advocate, ventured a few sentences of Spanish. Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker, called on Congress to pass immigration legislation. William C. Thompson Jr., a former comptroller, reminded the audience that his grandparents immigrated from the Caribbean. Adolfo Carrión Jr., a former Bronx borough president, simply [...]
Dominican Strongman Was Rescuer and Murderer Both | Forward
By Michael Kaminer Only in New York could a troupe of Jewish and Dominican kids team up with a Broadway legend on a musical production about a Latin dictator’s rescue of Jews during the Holocaust. But it’s a true story. And a new documentary called “Sosua: Make a Better World” chronicles the collaboration of 20 [...]
UPinion: No Taxation Without Representation for NYC’s Immigrants
New York City has always been, and always will be, a city of immigrants. As our city brims with anticipation for the passing of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill currently before the U.S. Senate, millions are mobilizing to voice their thoughts on this crucial piece of legislation. This spurring of civic-engagement models what we expect [...]
Ms Viva Voce On The Scene: The Uptown Comedy Jam
Ms Viva Voce stopped by Insomnia Lounge in Dyckman (151 Dyckman St, NYC) for a night of laughs and fun at the Uptown Comedy Jam, hosted by Tommy 5000. Live Performances by Comedians Ruperto Vanderpool, EMAN, Edgar “Tangana” Rivera, Barry Ribs, Jonathan Pagan and ThatsDominican.com’s Dee Espinal and Tommy 5000. Cameos by Mike “DP” Jones [...]
Honors set for Juan Rodriguez, who became the first non-native immigrant to New York City when he arrived from what is now the Dominican Republic in 1613 | NY Daily News
Upper Manhattan sets series of events to turn May 15 into ‘a carnival, a festival, and a celebration of a man who came here many, many years ago, and gave the Dominicans a claim on this great city at the very beginning of its history’. By Douglas Feiden / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Juan Rodriguez [...]
Ydanis Speaks – The 2013 State of Northern Manhattan Address: The Future of Northern Manhattan
What follows is the full 2013 State of Northern Manhattan Address by Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez. Good Afternoon, how are we doing today? A big thank you to our Borough President Scott Stringer Rt that great introduction! Before we begin, I would like to ask everyone to please stand for a moment of silence for the [...]
The man with the 30-year plan | Manhattan Times
But first, re-election for Councilmember Ydanis Rodríguez Story and videos by Sherry Mazzocchi This coming Sun., Apr. 21st, Councilmember Ydanis Rodríguez will give a State of Northern Manhattan address at 2:30 pm at Yeshiva University. The Manhattan Times spoke to Rodríguez ahead of the event. Councilmember Rodríguez said education, economic development and housing are the [...]
In protest, with love | Manhattan Times
Story and photos by Robin Elisabeth Kilmer Love and action. This past Wed., Apr. 10th was billed as a day devoted to both, as part of a nationwide wave of protest centered on immigration reform. Hundreds of thousands of immigrant rights advocates gathered in Washington D.C. and all throughout the country to call on legislators [...]
Taxi and Limousine Commission should not implement e-hail program without City Council approval | NY Daily News
By Ydanis Rodriguez / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS For a year and a half, I drove Livery cab #112 for Bailey Car Service in my home neighborhood of Washington Heights. I did so at a time when I was new to this country, its culture and its people. But through this work, I managed to [...]
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 [...]
Dominican Crooner Vicente Garcia Comes To NYC
The much-heralded Dominican singer-songwriter Vicente Garcia will be in the NYC area for a tour that kicks off this week. The tour includes a FREE show in Williamsburg, Brooklyn at Viva Toro on Feb. 21st and Vicente will also be at our very own Corcho Wine Room (231 Dyckman Street) on the 24th and 25th. Known [...]
The State of Dominican-Americans In NYC Forum Takes Place This Saturday
Councilmember Robert Jackson Presents Where are We Going? The State of Dominican-Americans in New York City In Collaboration With: CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, The Colin L. Powell Center for Leadership & Service, & City College’s Public Service Management Graduate Program Saturday, February 23, 2013 The City College of New York North Academic Center (NAC) (Entrance [...]
Duarte Lives…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Art By Dj Boy (@ArtByDjBoy) “Vivir sin Patria, es lo mismo que vivir sin Honor.” Juan Pablo Duarte This past Saturday, January 26th was the 200th anniversary of the birth of the founding father of the Dominican Republic, Juan Pablo Duarte. Duarte was a poet, a philosopher, a writer [...]
Uptown Tonight: Party For A Cause With Tahiry @ Negro Claro
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Washington Heights School is Saved From Closure | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer A popular Washington Heights school placed on the chopping block by the city’s Education Department has been spared from closing. Dozens of parents and advocates rallied outside of P.S. 132 Juan Pablo Duarte on Wadsworth Avenue Friday morning, shouting “Sí se puede” less than a month after they called on [...]
MTV’s ‘Washington Heights’ – A Historian’s Perspective
BY Robert W. Snyder The first two episodes of MTV’s “Washington Heights” are full of the dreams, schemes and romantic intrigues that are a staple of reality television. But for all the charms of the cast, the most important character in the series is the neighborhood—which is depicted not as a den of drug dealers [...]
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