Hudson Heights Church Gets Ready for Historic Leadership Change | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer HUDSON HEIGHTS — A century-old Upper Manhattan church will celebrate a first this fall — a Latino leader. Fort Washington Collegiate Church will make history in October, when it installs Richard Rodriguez as its senior minister. Rodriguez, 47, was chosen to lead the church after its parent organization, the Collegiate [...]
Save the Date: George Lopez @ The 92Y on May 7th
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013, 5:30 pm Kaufmann Concert Hall Lexington Avenue at 92nd St George Lopez (G-Lo to his fans) has built a career finding humor in everything from politics to his Hispanic roots. Join him for this rare New York City appearance as he opens up about his groundbreaking career and his brazen new [...]
Inwood Principal Uses Art and Music to Inspire Students | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer INWOOD — When Maureen Guido was offered the chance to open a new elementary school in Inwood nine years ago, the Brooklyn native knew which principles would guide her. First, the mother of three wanted to make sure that she offered her students an education that was as good or [...]
City Breaks Ground on $61 Million High Bridge Renovation | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer HIGHBRIDGE — Manhattan and The Bronx will soon be closer than ever. Renovations started Friday to repair the High Bridge, which connects Washington Heights to The Bronx but has been shuttered for decades. Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined other city officials in front of a packed crowd of students at Highbridge [...]
Artists On Wine @ Art In Flux Harlem
ART ENOLOGY: ARTISTS ON WINE Saturday, January 12th @ 1 pm – 3 pm Art in Flux Harlem 1961 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd & 118th Street At a special event, on Saturday January 12th, around the ongoing mixed-media exhibit ART ENOLOGY: ARTISTS ON WINE, discover what it takes to become an experienced art collector [...]
Jazzman Jonathan Batiste’s credo: Everyone should enjoy the wonders of jazz | NY Daily News
BY Greg Thomas Jonathan Batiste is on a mission: To bring the joy of jazz to the masses. That’s why the tall, thin pianist and his Stay Human Band are hosting two upcoming, free events in Harlem. This Wednesday they’ll lead the “Jazz Is: Now” series of the National Jazz Museum, where Batiste serves as [...]
Latin Roots shines light on leaders | Manhattan Times
Story and photos by Robin Elisabeth Kilmer The Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center was a constellation of Northern Manhattan’s shining stars this past Wed., Nov. 8. Four local leaders were honored by Community Works at the launch of its photographic exhibit “Latin Roots: Washington Heights/Inwood,” which celebrates individual members within [...]
Baby, It’s Cold Outside: Hamilton Heights Tree Vendors Work the Overnight Shift | The Uptowner
By Andres David Lopez Rich wakes up at 10 p.m., steps out of his white van and takes charge of the Christmas tree stand so that his partner, Bekha, can take her turn sleeping in the Ford for six hours. The duo began camping out at West 145th Street and Broadway in Hamilton Heights on [...]
Save the Date: Nas @ the 92Y on January 8th
Nas with Anthony Decurtis Tue, Jan 8th, 2013, 8 pm Kaufmann Concert Hall Lexington Avenue at 92nd St Arguably, the greatest rapper of all time, Nas, will be at the 92Y for a wide-ranging and intimate conversation with The Rolling Stone’s Anthony Decurtis. From his early childhood in Queensbridge, to stardom, to the inspiration behind [...]
The Uptown Collective Presents The Weekend
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) This is going to be an action packed weekend so let’s save the niceties and get right to it. First of all, the good folks at Inwood Local (4957 Broadway) are throwing their First Saturdays Soirée tomorrow. Shout out to LiKWUid, who will be doing her thing on the 1′s & 2′s. [...]
UPinion: I ♥ Café Bustelo
BY Travis Broome The first step of my morning ritual begins with an unnecessarily high decant of the carefully measured, surprisingly tasteless, i.e. delicious, New York City tap water into the coffee pot’s ample reservoir. Being decidedly outside of the sphere of Mormon influence and operating in a city for which this and other blackened [...]
Uptown Tonight: Opening Reception – The Latin Roots of Washington Heights & Inwood Exhibit @ The Shabazz
The Latin Roots of Washington Heights/Inwood – Opening Reception Wednesday, November 28th 6:30 pm The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial & Educational Center 3940 Broadway & 165th Street * Music provided by Annette A Aguilar and StringBeans Latin Brazilian Jazz and the food by Parilla. Related: I Am A Dominican York Dominicanese 101: [...]
Uptown Tonight: Northern Manhattan Mayoral Forum @ The Shabazz
Related: Uptown Gem – The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Center Freedom’s Sisters – The Untold Story We invite you to subscribe to the Uptown Love newsletter, like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter, or e-mail us at UptownCollective@gmail.com.
Mexican Artists Exhibit Works at New York’s Oldest Mansion | Latin American Herald Tribune
By Ruth E. Hernandez Beltran NEW YORK – Prizewinning artists Andrea Arroyo and Felipe Galindo have “Mexicanized” the oldest mansion in New York with their exhibitions, in which she pays tribute to womankind and he with his drawings creates an imaginary visit by George Washington to Manhattan’s Washington Heights section, home to the largest Dominican [...]
Uptown Votes: Democracy @ Work
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) After all the voting horror stories I was hearing from various sources, I was thinking I was going to be in for a long night. When I first arrived at my new polling place, the Isabella Nursing home on 190th Street and Audubon at 7pm, my worst fears were confirmed. It [...]
Receive Complimentary Tickets To See Oliver Stone @ the 92Y
Oliver Stone, Peter Kuznick, Lewis Lapham, Thane Rosenbaum Saturday, November 10th, 8 pm 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave at 92nd Street TICKETS: www.92Y.org 92Y is excited to invite you to this great upcoming event featuring legendary filmmaker Oliver Stone as he discusses his new documentary based on the book The Untold History of the [...]
Barack Obama Reelection Signals Rise Of New America | Huffington Post
BY Howard Fineman NEW YORK — President Barack Obama did not just win reelection tonight. His victory signaled the irreversible triumph of a new, 21st-century America: multiracial, multi-ethnic, global in outlook and moving beyond centuries of racial, sexual, marital and religious tradition. Obama, the mixed-race son of Hawaii by way of Kansas, Indonesia, Los Angeles, [...]
Op-Led: I Am Rocking With Barack Obama
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Even though I was born and have lived in the United States for almost all of my life, I never felt truly American until Barack Obama’s historic run for the Presidency in 2008. Until that point I always felt like the other. When asked my nationality, I would instinctively answer, Dominican. [...]
Dominicans are Obama’s Most Enthusiastic Latino Voters | Fox News Latino
By Elizabeth Llorente Surveys of Latino voters show it again and again. President Obama is favored by a majority of likely Latino voters. But a few that break down Latino voters by national heritage show a little-noticed trend – Dominicans are Obama’s most loyal and enthusiastic supporters among this increasingly important voting bloc. Across the [...]
Presidential Election Night Watch @ the Shabazz Center
Related: Op-Led: 2016 – Mitt Romney’s America Si Votamos, Ganamos – Awakening the Sleeping Giant That is the Latino Vote Op-Led: Mitt Romney’s Birther Moment Redefining Rape – Todd Akin & the Republican Party Freedom’s Sisters – The Untold Story Uptown Gem – The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Center We invite you to [...]
Growing Up Gonzales – The Review
BY Jonathan Ullman (@gogoPatienceCnP) When the character of Johnny Gonzales enters the set of his dead brother Cisco’s apartment to clean it out in the opening moments of Growing Up Gonzales, you’d think you’re in for a night of melancholia and introspection at the theatre. But you’d be wrong. Growing Up Gonzales, starring Luis Antonio Ramos in [...]
Limited Engagement: Growing Up Gonzalez
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The Sweet Spot Festival Halloween Edition is this Sunday
The Sweet Spot Festival returns to Harlem this weekend with a HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR just for the kids!! Grab a few friends, get your costumes ready – Come on out & enjoy carnival games and treats, a pumpkin patch and an awesome BABY GOT SOUL! costume disco dance party. Celebrity child prodigy DJ Fulano will be providing the [...]
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