The Uptown Collective Presents The Weekend
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 [...]
Family Literacy Day With Special Guest Junot Diaz Today @ Gregorio Luperon High School
Pulitzer-Prize winning author and friend to the UC will be taking part in the festivities at Gregorio Luperon High School (501 W. 165th St.) today from 5 to 7 p.m. Reception follows from 7:30 to 10 p.m., at 809 Lounge (112 Dyckman St.). Free books will be given to all the children in attendance. Sponsored [...]
The 2011 Uptown Arts Stroll: A Retrospective
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Last year was my first ever Uptown Arts Stroll and it was magical. The opening event was held at the majestic but under-appreciated Hispanic Society of America (Audubon Terrace – Broadway between 155 and 156 Streets). It was, I am somewhat ashamed to admit, my first time inside that awesome institution. [...]
Must Read Manhattan Times Interview with Junot Diaz
Debralee Santos: In this new adaptation of OSCAR WAO, Elvis Nolasco performs in a one-man show. You conceived of these characters now being brought to life on stage “por una sola persona” – how does that feel/sound to you, given how deeply you imagined and long you lived with the characters Nolasco now inhabits?Is that [...]
Last Saturday Night @ The Shabazz Center As Seen By Dj Boy
Photography by Art By Dj Boy (@DjboyNYC) For more: http://facebook.com/whoisdjboy
The Being Latino Event @ Heineken Headquarters – The Recap
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Art By Dj Boy (@DjboyNYC) Uptown was definitely in effect at the Being Latino event held at the Heineken Headquarters in midtown recently. First of all, I have to say that Heineken Headquarters is straight up sick, smack dab in the middle of their corporate office is a beautiful [...]
The 2011 Uptown Arts Stroll Kick-Off in Black & White
Photography & video by Art By Dj Boy (@DjboyNYC)
The 2011 Uptown Arts Stroll Kick-Off – The Recap
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Ruben Henriquez I have to say that I have never felt more proud to be part of this community than yesterday. The arts, culture, style and sophistication of this neighborhood were on full display and in abundance at the kick-off for the 2011 Uptown Arts Stroll. There was some [...]
An Auspicious Night for the 2011 Uptown Art Stroll
BY Crystal Rodriguez At 6.p.m. the crowd settled in to Latin Brazilian Jazz by Annette Aguilar and the StringBeans. Executive Director, Marc Harding, of The Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, welcomed the crowd by exclaiming how proud Malcolm X and Dr. Shabazz would be to see the community coming together [...]
The 2011 Uptown Arts Stroll Kick-Off As Seen By Briana E. Heard
Photography by Briana E. Heard Also check out: The 2011 Uptown Arts Stroll Kick-Off – The Recap An Auspicious Night for the 2011 Uptown Art Stroll The 2011 Uptown Arts Stroll Kick-Off Told Through Tweets The 2011 Uptown Arts Stroll Kick-Off In Black & White
The 2011 Uptown Arts Stroll Kick-Off Told Through Tweets
The @NoMAA_NYC 2011 Uptown Arts Stroll Kicks Off @ 6pm http://t.co/bXyLvur #ArtsStroll #WashHts #Inwood June 2, 2011 3:52 pm via Twitter for iPadReplyRetweetFavorite @Led_Black Led Black The Uptown Arts Stroll is popping, you got @MannyPerez1, Junot Diaz, Omyrah Mota in the motherfuckin house. #dominicanyork #uptown #inwood June 2, 2011 5:58 pm via UberSocialReplyRetweetFavorite @peraltaproject M.Tony [...]
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Live on Stage Tomorrow
The American Place Theater – Literature To Life program presents The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao (Performed by Elvis Nolasco and adapted/directed by Elise Thoron)–the masterfully told Pulitzer Prize-winning epic novel by Junot Diaz that chronicles the life of Oscar de Leon, an overweight Dominican boy growing up in Patterson, New Jersey who is [...]
Actor Elvis Nolasco does brief take on ‘Oscar Wao’ – NY Daily News
BY MAITE JUNCO Actor Elvis Nolasco couldn’t put down Junot Diaz’s “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” when the novel came out in 2007. “I fell in love with it,” said Nolasco, who saw members of his own Dominican family reflected in the characters of the multigenerational work that won the Pulitzer Prize. The [...]
A NIGHT UPTOWN WITH JUNOT DIAZ
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Art by DJ Boy Junot Diáz, to use his own terminology, kicks supreme ass. Not only does the man possess a razor-sharp intellect but he is also amazingly down-to-earth, peppering his spot on commentary with a few choice curse words for emphasis. Junot may have won a Pulitzer Prize [...]
A NIGHT WITH JUNOT DIAZ…
Click here to buy tickets: https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/8515295 For any questions contact: Camila Mateo camila.m.mateo@gmail.com
TIME OUT NY SPOTLIGHTS THE HEIGHTS
BY Led Black I have to give it up to Time Out NY, not for just highlighting the ‘hood but for doing it right. They talked to the right people, talked about the right places and painted an accurate picture of the Washington Heights of today. Pulitzer Prize winning author Junot Diaz waxed eloquent on [...]
JUNOT DIAZ WAXES POETIC ON UPTOWN DOMINICAN FOOD
While this is by no means a new article, it originally appeared on Gourmet.com in September 2007, it is a gem as Pulitzer Prize winning author Junot Díaz lovingly and eloquently discusses Dominican food in our neighborhood. He hits up all the great spots and talks about his favorite dishes. This is not to be [...]