Mike Fitelson’s Message Delayed II @ The Carnaval Del Boulevard
That’s right people, the next installment of the photography exhibit, Message Delayed, returns to the Carnaval del Boulevard on June 1st from noon to 4pm. The exhibit will feature 87 portraits taken last year and the photo booth will be up and running to create a new set of images. It will be one of [...]
Uptown Video: Destination Harlem TV Episode 1
In the Series Premiere Episode of Destination Harlem TV, local culinary experts and professionals speak about the Farm to Table movement at an Earth Day event sponsored by Harlem Park to Park and held at My Image Studio (MIST) on W 116th Street; show Historian and Tour Guide, Lavelle Porter, provides insight on the early history of [...]
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 [...]
Uptown Today: Speak Up @ Ganesha Outdoor Room
This is a powerful event folks. Women from all walks of life and professions will gather to inspire, empower and enlighten. Our wellness contributor and breast cancer surivivor, Eileen Z. Fuentes, is one of the guest speakers. Along side Beck Hickey, Dominican Pie, Qiana and Steph La Callejera. Did we mention that powerhouse Tess will [...]
Inwood starts to embrace bizarre Columbia athletic classroom building near Baker Field | NY Daily News
Steven Holl-Chris McVoy-designed building looks like a spacecraft — and people like it. By Stephanie Lacy / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS TO SOME, it looks like it landed in upper Manhattan like an alien craft. To others, it’s a praying mantis devouring its young. To others, it is the proverbial sore thumb that sticks out. [...]
Inwood v. Inwood
By Christina Bebeau I run three slightly uphill blocks to the middle of the hill at 181st and Fort Washington, on the way observing the buildings with Art Deco doors, front courtyards, and engraved names. The building on the southeast corner even has a wide variety of gargoyles that aren’t voiced by Jason Alexander but [...]
New Music: Rubi Rosa Ft Reesee Boi – We Winning
Related: World Premiere: Rubi Rosa – Plastic Cup Behind The Scenes: Urban Latino X Rayniel Rufino Photoshoot @ La Marina The Trouble In The Heights After-Party @ La Marina Trouble In The Heights – The Review Trouble In The Heights @ The United Palace – The Recap We invite you to subscribe to the Uptown [...]
The Up Theater Company Presents: 4 – A Quartet of New Plays
UP Theater Company announces details of its fourth major production. “4” a quartet of new plays, each dealing with a different topical conundrum, will mark the second time that UP will focus on the one-act format. Unlike their 2011 foray into the form -The Chalkboard Trilogy, by Nancy Nevarez – this program features four distinct [...]
Time Travel Tuesdays: Lin-Manuel Miranda – In the Heights | NY Times
By MELENA RYZIK Published: March 14, 2008 TO be perfectly clear, Lin-Manuel Miranda did not grow up in Washington Heights, the physical and spiritual setting of his musical “In the Heights,” which opened on Broadway this week. He was raised in Inwood, an area some blocks north with a similar landscape of immigrants, Spanish speakers [...]
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 [...]
The Faces of WHIN IV
Okay folks – WHIN IV goes down at our home base of Negro Claro (3805 10th Ave) on Thursday, May 23rd. Doors open at 9 and the show starts at 10 pm but please get there early to make sure you are in the building. Even better, guarantee yourself a spot by purchasing your ticket [...]
The Uptown Tweet of the Week
Presenting the Uptown Tweet of the Week, our pick that represents the good, the bad, and the lovely in this week’s UC Twitterverse… Related: July 4th in the Heights – The Recap The Uptown Tweet of the Week – Hot As Balls Summer in the Heights We invite you to subscribe to the Uptown Love [...]
The Best of the Boogie Down: Artist Spotlight – Ohene Cornelius
Ohene Cornelius – A movement and a force all on his own BY Jenni Ruiza (@RuizaJenni) The Boogie Down is known for revolutionary artists in Hip-Hop – but think about the most recent artists who’ve come from the Bronx and changed the face of music: Fat Joe, Swizz Beatz, Slick Rick, KRS One, Mary J. [...]
Uptown Video: I am Ivan (most of the time)
Video by Arlene Schulman (@ArleneSchulman) Meet 27 year old Ivan Perez, a guidance counselor by day and a drag queen by night. I am Ivan (most of the time) is a shorter version of a work in progress. The longer version expects to include Ivan in performance at Mamajuana Dyckman on Monday, June 3, 20132 [...]
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 [...]
Uptown Tonight: UPTNY X 40 Oz NYC Tee Release Party @ Uptown Social
For more info: http://darkisdope.com/ Check out: The UPTNY Release Bash @ Dyckman Bar – The Recap Open For Business: Uptown Social
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 [...]
Herstory Unplugged – The Recap
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) We came, we saw, we conquered! The WHIN By Any Means movement touched down yesterday at Altus Café (4325 Broadway & 184th street) for a little Herstory unplugged love courtesy of a bevy of talented ladies that included Cynthia La Cruz, Camille Safiya, Arinn Aldo, Karen Rodriguez and Tess. Backed by [...]
Uptown Eats: Northern Manhattan Restaurant Week Has Begun…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) That’s right folks; Northern Manhattan Restaurant Week kicks off today and that means a bunch of great deals at some of your favorite restaurants. The promotion also gives you a reason to try some of the spots you haven’t patronized yet. So from an Uptown institution like Coogan’s, to the lighter [...]
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