Saturday, June 22nd: A Day of Film & Projection Arts at the United Palace
Saturday, June 22, 2013 Films begin at 1pm and run all day long FREE An all-day event as part of UPCA’s campaign to “Return Film to the Palace,” featuring movies, shorts, videos, live to projection and other ways of showcasing what we can do with a digital projector, 50-foot silver screen, and 3,400-seat theatre. This [...]
Uptown Tonight: World Premiere of “200 Cartas” at the United Palace
Wed., June 12, 2013 7pm doors open 8pm showtime $10 general admission tickets Tickets onsale online, by phone at 1-866-811-4111, or at the United Palace Box Office. “200 Cartas” is a bilingual romantic comedy about the life of a Puerto Rican comic book writer born in NY. One night Raul meets Maria, a young Puerto [...]
Nonprofit Raising Funds to Help WaHi Students Get College Scholarships | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya @seenigel WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — An arts nonprofit is trying to raise funds to help Washington Heights high schoolers get free rides to college. Statement Arts has taken to IndieGoGo to raise money for a summer college prep class for soon-to-be college incoming seniors. The prep class would students ace their college applications [...]
In Washington Heights, a Bookstore That Knows How to Make the Show Go On | NY Times
By JIM DWYER One evening, Veronica Liu arrived to find all the lights out at Word Up Community Bookshop, the completely implausible store that she and others ran as volunteers in Washington Heights, which is upstate Manhattan. There was no power. They chased down the super, but at the end of it all, not a [...]
Word Up Community Bookshop is Back!
Dear friends, colleagues, and neighbors, I am over-the-top excited to let you know that Word Up Community Bookshop—volunteer-run by residents of Washington Heights and Inwood—has signed a lease for a sunny corner storefront at 2113 Amsterdam Avenue, at 165th Street! An official opening date has not yet been set. Stay tuned for updates. I’m not [...]
indiegogo Spotlight: Return Film to the United Palace
To walk into the spectacular United Palace at Broadway and 175th Street in Washington Heights is to be transported to another time and place. The amazing architecture depicts Buddhas, lions, intricate hand-carved Moorish patterns, and elephants. Everything is gilded. Beyond the elaborate foyer lies the third largest theatre in Manhattan, with 3,400 seats. It opened [...]
United Palace wants to show movies again | NY Daily News
By Stephanie Lacy / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS IT’S TIME for the United Palace to be a movie palace once again. The cultural arts center — part of a complex that once housed Rev. Ike’s evangelical ministry — is about to launch a campaign to raise $40,000 in 40 days to buy projectors and other [...]
Uptown Artists Mobilize to Return Film to United Palace | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya @seenigel WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Theater critic George Robinson couldn’t help but marvel as he looked around the inside of the United Palace on a recent visit. Despite living in Washington Heights for more than 30 years, Robinson made his first trip to the West 175th Street building Monday. “This is absolutely a [...]
The Fix-It Team | Manhattan Times
Story, photos and video by Sherry Mazzocchi When something breaks, most people don’t have the time, tools or talent to fix it. Broken objects are usually tossed or just kept, with a magical hope that someday, someone will be able to fix it. That day arrives June 1st. Two Inwood residents, Sandra Goldmark and her [...]
indiegogo Spotlight: Changing Face of Harlem
About The Film: Changing Face of Harlem is a film told from the voices of longtime residents, business owners, politicians, developers, and clergy about the dreams and struggles of a neighborhood. The film explains Harlem’s intricate history so you can comprehend the complexity and height of emotions that Harlem citizens express today. If you weren’t [...]
Word Up Book Shop Hopes to Reopen before the End of Spring | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — With a little bit of luck, a beloved neighborhood book store will soon be back to offering reads to uptown residents. Word Up Community Book Shop, an all-volunteer book store that closed its doors last summer, is closing in on a Washington Heights location with the hope [...]
Online effort saves neighborhood book store in Washington Heights | 7online
BY Art McFarland WASHINGTON HEIGHTS (WABC) — A now vacant storefront in Washington Heights had a short life as a community bookstore known as Word Up. “The neighborhood has seemed to say, ‘Yes, we want this and we want Word Up to be the ones bringing it,” book store founder Vanessa Liu said. Run by [...]
Behind The Scenes: Urban Latino X Rayniel Rufino Photoshoot @ La Marina
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) The stars must be in alignment for Uptown. On January 1st Word Up Books made its 60K pledge goal on indiegogo. Check! This coming Wednesday, January 9th at 10 pm EST (to be exact), MTV’s newest show Washington Heights will put our neighborhood on the lips, minds and televisions of people [...]
Word Up Books Rises Again…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) I remember when Word Up Books was just an idea. Before it had a space, before it even had a name, it was just an idea. The thinking was let’s create a space for books, for community and for people to come together and develop and nourish each other with words, [...]
Junot Díaz Appeals for Word Up Community Bookshop Support | GalleyCat
By Jason Boog Novelist Junot Diaz delivered a passionate appeal to readers on YouTube, urging them to donate to the Word Up Community Bookshop campaign on IndieGoGo. The bookseller and community space in Washington Heights, New York City only has five days left to reach its goal of $60,000 on the fundraising site. Here’s more [...]
The Clock is Ticking… Support Word Up Books
A Note From Word Up Books. One week till our Indiegogo campaign ends! Thank you to everyone who has contributed! The campaign has been great so far, but we still have more to raise before we hit our goal by January 1. Please help in any way you can; contributions of $5, $10, $15 are still incredibly [...]
Give A Gift To Washington Heights & Donate To Word Up Books
Ok folks; there is 13 days left to Word Up Books’ indiegogo campaign, so please dig deep and help Word Up Books find a new home. While Word Up has reached an important milestone of 20K, it needs more in order to function and operate in the community. Washington Heights definitely wants Word Up to [...]
Donate to Word Up Books & Win A Signed Junot Díaz Book
Okay folks, the first 3 people who donate at least $50 now (or if you increase your pledge by any amount): you will get, on top of all the regular perks, a signed Junot Díaz book. To win, you have to reference Uptown Collective in the indiegogo comments section, so we all know you heard [...]
The Top 3 Reasons You Should Donate to Word Up Books
By John Paul Infante (@infantejp) The closing of Word Up Community Bookshop on August 31st was heartbreaking for all those who care about Washington Heights and Inwood. Those who experienced Word Up know that it was more than a bookshop. Word Up was maintained by volunteers from the community, providing a space for dialogue, open [...]
Word Up bookstore organizers launch crowdfunding campaign on indiegogo.com | NY Daily News
By Michael. J. Feeney / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS A popular Washington Heights bookstore that closed its doors last summer is looking to start a new chapter, but its volunteer organizers are seeking the public’s help to enable them to reopen. Word Up bookstore — a nonprofit experiment that lasted far longer than originally [...]
indiegogo Spotlight: Word Up Books
Help Word Up Community Bookshop/Librería Comunitaria move to a permanent location. Word Up Community Bookshop—the only 100% volunteer-powered, community bookshop and arts space in Washington Heights, New York City—needs your help to remain a viable community resource for our neighbors. After more than a year serving Northern Manhattan, our month-to-month lease at 4157 Broadway was [...]
Nutcracker Inc. Presents the Sacario Uptown PSA
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Nutcracker Update #3 from gogoPatience c+p on Vimeo. Ok folks, we have 59 days left in this campaign and we could sure use your help in making this Nutcracker Inc. film a reality. The following is a list of things you can do to help us out. Go to our indiegogo [...]
Nutcracker Awareness Month @ Le Chéile – Have you had a Nutcracker recently?
There is nothing better than getting drunk for a cause. With that in mind, please stop by Le Chéile (839 West 181st Street) anytime in June and buy a Nutcracker. Part of the proceeds of all Nutcrackers sold at Le Chéile will go to making our documentary. And don’t forget, Saturday, June 30th will be [...]
indiegogo Spotlight: Tony and Angel
A Word From one of the Producers Our project “Tony and Angel” is an urban love story, about two people coming from different worlds and how their love affair is surrounded by bigotry, hate and lust that set off a chain of events with tragic results. The film’s story will show how different their worlds [...]
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