SYMPOSIUM: Caribbean Crossroads Keynote Address by Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott October 11 – 13, 2012 at El Museo del Barrio and The Studio Museum in Harlem In conjunction with the current exhibition CARIBBEAN: Crossroads of the World, El Museo del Barrio, the Queens Museum of Art and The Studio Museum in Harlem present a three-day [...]
Oct 09, 2012 | Categories: Uptown Art | Tags: Art, Caribbean, Caribbean Crossroads, Derek Walcott, El Museo Del Barrio, Harlem, Inwood, Latino, washington heights | Leave A Comment »
Saturday, March 17, 2012 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm El Café (1230 5th Ave) Admission: Free This month, El Museo gathers a collective of poets and musicians, including Richard Villar, Michael Cirelli, Charlie Vázquez, and Mahogany L. Browne, representing the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Washington Heights who build community through their poetry and art. Hosted [...]
Mar 16, 2012 | Categories: Events, That's What's Up | Tags: Art, Bonafide Rojas, El Barrio, El Museo Del Barrio, Harlem, Inwood, Speak Up: The Word is our Weapon, spoken word, washington heights | Leave A Comment »
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Okay folks, since we are experiencing this awesome but freaky weather for February, check out some greats things to do this weekend Uptown and beyond. First of all, the utterly incredible weekly Word Up Books Open Mic goes down every Friday from 6 to 7pm. Check it out for yourself. Check [...]
Feb 17, 2012 | Categories: That's What's Up | Tags: Buddha Beer Bar, Dyckman Bar, El Museo Del Barrio, Frethetic, Inwood, Inwood Flea, Inwood Local, J Dilla, Junot Diaz, Mario Pena, Morris-Jumel Mansion, Negroclaro Lounge, Piri Thomas, Project 90, The Weekend, washington heights, Word Up Books | 1 Comment »
By ROBERTA SMITH As permanent collections go, El Museo del Barrio’s is on the modest side. The museum’s Web site puts the tally of objects it owns at just 6,500, a far cry from the Met’s nearly two million. But El Museo del Barrio has something few other New York museums can touch: some 10 [...]
Feb 13, 2012 | Categories: That's What's Up | Tags: Art, El Barrio, El Museo Del Barrio, Harlem, Latino, Latino Art, New York Times, Testimonios | Leave A Comment »
Saturday, February 18, 2012 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Join El Museo (1230 5th Ave) for a special presentation of SPEAK UP! in memory of Piri Thomas, author and poet who shed light on the struggles of nuestra gente with his book, Down These Mean Streets. Throughout his life, he soulfully delivered an array [...]
Jan 12, 2012 | Categories: Events, That's What's Up | Tags: Art, artists, culture, El Barrio, El Museo Del Barrio, graffiti, Harlem, Junot D, Latino, Piri Thomas, uptown | Leave A Comment »
The (S) Files 2011: Meet Firelei Báez from EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO on Vimeo. El Museo’s Bienal: The (S) Files 2011 is El Museo del Barrio’s sixth biennial of the most innovative, cutting-edge art created by Latino, Caribbean, and Latin American artists currently working in the greater New York area. This year’s edition spreads all [...]
Jan 03, 2012 | Categories: That's What's Up | Tags: Art, artists, culture, El Barrio, El Museo Del Barrio, graffiti, Harlem, Latino, The S-Files, uptown | Leave A Comment »
El Museo’s Bienal: The (S) Files 2011 is El Museo del Barrio’s sixth biennial of the most innovative, cutting-edge art created by Latino, Caribbean, and Latin American artists currently working in the greater New York area. This year’s edition spreads all over the city, showcasing a record 75 emerging artists in seven different venues. For [...]
Dec 23, 2011 | Categories: That's What's Up, Uptown Art | Tags: Art, artists, culture, El Barrio, El Museo Del Barrio, graffiti, Harlem, Latino, The S-Files, uptown | Leave A Comment »
The (S) Files 2011: Meet Marela Zacarías from EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO on Vimeo. El Museo’s Bienal: The (S) Files 2011 is El Museo del Barrio’s sixth biennial of the most innovative, cutting-edge art created by Latino, Caribbean, and Latin American artists currently working in the greater New York area. This year’s edition spreads all [...]
Dec 22, 2011 | Categories: That's What's Up, Uptown Art | Tags: Art, artists, Cope2, culture, El Barrio, El Museo Del Barrio, graffiti, Harlem, Latino, The S-Files, uptown | Leave A Comment »
The (S) Files 2011: Meet COPE 2 from EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO on Vimeo. For more info: http://elmuseo.org/ Check out: El Museo’s Bienal: The (S) Files 2011 – Meet Marela Zacarías Click here to see pics from the S-Files exhibit @ the NoMAA Gallery. We invite you to like our Facebook page and follow us [...]
Dec 21, 2011 | Categories: That's What's Up, Uptown Art | Tags: Art, artists, Cope2, culture, El Barrio, El Museo Del Barrio, graffiti, Harlem, Latino, The S-Files, uptown | Leave A Comment »
Hip-Hop Theater Festival presents County of Kings A Stage Memoir by Lemon Andersen Sunday, December 11 6pm El Museo Del Barrio 1230 5th Avenue New York City, NY 10029-4496 ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY Lemon Andersen’s County of Kings gives a tough, yet poignant biographical account of a good kid growing up in an unforgiving environment. Lemon, [...]
Dec 02, 2011 | Categories: That's What's Up | Tags: Arts, County of Kings, culture, El Museo Del Barrio, Harlem, Hip-Hop Theater Festival, Lemon Andersen, Poetry, spoken word, Theatre | Leave A Comment »
El Museo’s Bienal The (S) Files 2011 June 14, 2011 – January 8, 2012 75 artists @ 7 venues www.elmuseo.org Opening Reception: Tuesday, September 13, 6-8pm Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance 178 Bennett Avenue @ 189th St., 3rd Floor Washington Heights, NYC www.nomaanyc.org Featuring: TOOFLY, J. Manuel Mansylla, FEEGZ, MARE139, Antonia Pérez, Edwin Gonzalez-Ojeda, Rider Ureña [...]
Sep 08, 2011 | Categories: Events | Tags: Arts, culture, El Museo Del Barrio, Inwood, Nomaa, washington heights | Leave A Comment »
Saturday, September 3, 2011 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Departs from El Museo’s Lobby Admission: Free El Barrio Today Arts Cluster invites you to come explore our neighborhood. Highlights include the Graffiti Wall of Fame, Julia de Burgos Boulevard, local murals and much more. All tours leave from El Museo’s lobby. The El Barrio Today [...]
Sep 02, 2011 | Categories: Events | Tags: East Harlem, El Barrio, El Museo Del Barrio, Harlem, History, Walking Tours | Leave A Comment »
Closing Reception & Poetry Reading: Friday, November 19, 6-8pm Upper Manhattan is one of the most diverse areas of New York City. People with different cultural backgrounds live and work in this community and are constantly seeking ways to express their own culture and find their connection to others. In recognizing this, NoMAA presents an [...]
Nov 18, 2010 | Categories: Events | Tags: Amir Parsa, Art, El Museo Del Barrio, Immigrant Exhibit, Inwood, NoMaa Gallery, uptown, washington heights | Leave A Comment »
Time: Tue, 2010-10-05 (All day) – Fri, 2010-10-29 (All day) Venue: 3855 Broadway (@ 161st St.), 3295 Broadway (@143rd St.) & 4101 Broadway (@171st St.) Contact Person: 212.413.0828 or 212.568.4396 Latino artists exhibiting artwork in a store front location in Northern Manhattan. Onlookers will have the chance to see the artwork at all times of [...]
Oct 04, 2010 | Categories: Events | Tags: El Museo Del Barrio, Escaparate, Latin Media & Entertainment Week, Latino Artists, M.Tony Peralta, Nomaa, Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, Vantage Residential | Leave A Comment »
Immigrant Opening: Tuesday, September 28, 6-8pm NoMAA Gallery · 178 Bennett Avenue, 3rd Floor (at 189th Street) Upper Manhattan is one of the most diverse areas of New York City. People with different cultural backgrounds live and work in this community and are constantly seeking ways to express their own culture and find their connection [...]
Sep 28, 2010 | Categories: Events | Tags: Amir Parsa, Anca Pedvis, Anthony Gonzalez, Barbara Brocklebank, Carla Torres, El Museo Del Barrio, Felipe Galindo, Hector Canonge, Immigrant Exhibit, Laurence Groux, Lilia Levin, Mike Fitelson, Natasha Beshenkovsky, NoMaa Gallery, Pablo Alvarez, Peter Bulow, Renata Stein, Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, Rosa Naparstek, RoughAcres/RL McKee, Susan Bresler | Leave A Comment »
Old School NYC Opens Friday, September 17th – El Museo Del Barrio 1230 5th Ave @104 St. For the most part, I thought Latinos were relative newcomers to NYC; the Nueva York (1613-1945) exhibit at El Museo Del Barrio proves otherwise. Presented in collaboration with the New-York Historical Society, this intriguing exhibition reveals the powerful [...]
Sep 17, 2010 | Categories: Events, That's What's Up | Tags: Celebrate Mexico Now, Daily News, El Museo Del Barrio, Fort tryon Park, Fort Tryon Park Trust, Jean-Michel BAsquiat, Mexican Parade, New York Authentic Mexican Week, Nueva York, NYC Parks, Symphony Space, Tamra Davis, The Battle of Harlem Heights, The Morris Jumel Mansion, The NY Times, The Radiant Child | Leave A Comment »
Are you a local business?
