Uptown Restaurant Owners Say They’re Treated Like Criminals | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya @seenigel UPPER MANHATTAN — Dyckman Street restaurant owners say they are tired of being painted as nuisances by residents and community board members and want to be treated like part of the neighborhood. Speaking Thursday night at a special public forum held by Community Board 12′s Licensing Committee, hundreds of restaurant owners, [...]
Politicking With The People: Vince Morgan – NYC Council 9th District
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) If you take a look around at the political landscape around the country today, especially at the local level, what is immediately obvious is the marked leadership deficit that exists. Trustworthy, intelligent and accountable leaders are always needed but especially in these tough economic and uncertain times. This pronounced leadership deficit [...]
Op-Led: Stand Up and Be Counted
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Okay, here is the situation. Tonight, there will be a public hearing at the Isabella Geriatric Center (515 Audubon Ave) at 7 pm to discuss “nightlife-related matters”. If you enjoy not having to trek downtown for fine dining, or if you enjoy having great establishments in your very own backyard or [...]
Mira CoNYo: A Skate Scene Blossoms Uptown
Video by Art By Dj Boy (@ArtByDjBoy) Photography by Emil Baez (@_EBaez) Sound by Productive Ray (@ProductiveRay09)
Put You On: Jarina De Marco – Main Dish
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Even though Jarina De Marco is not from Uptown, the Brooklyn based femme fatale is half-Dominican and half-Brazilian, this song is seriously infectious and she is someone that NEEDS to be on your radar. Jarina is signed to Wyclef’s label and if she keeps cranking out this cool mélange of music, [...]
Nutcracker Inc. Documentary Looking For Archival Footage and Photos
What up, fellow residents of Uptown and Washington Heights! As most of you probably know by now, we are heavy into post-production on the documentary film, Nutcracker Inc. But what you may not know is that the movie is about a whole lot more than just a drink. It’s about a certain neighborhood, OUR neighborhood, [...]
The Ford Mustang: Celebrating 50 Years of Automotive Excellence
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Paul Lomax (@PaulLomaxPhoto) How do you celebrate 50 years of American automotive excellence? Well, if you are the Ford Motor Company then you put together a shindig/shrine at the Milk Gallery dedicated to the incomparable Mustang and it’s illustrious pedigree. The event was a kick-off to a year-long anniversary [...]
Bringing Cocktail Culture Uptown: A Q&A With J. Adoniisz
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Q. What is the difference between bar-tending and mixology? A. I’ve always said that a bartender to a mixologist is what a cook is to a chef. A bartender should be well versed on the classic cocktails, speedy, efficient and be knowledgeable about liquors and spirits. A mixologist, on the other [...]
Raul Esparza Talks Law & Order: SVU, Hannibal, Trouble in the Heights | Reel Life With Jane
by Melanie Votaw Four-time Tony Award-nominee Raul Esparza is one of Broadway’s brightest stars and my personal favorite Broadway actor. Lately, though, he is also gracing both movie and television screens. We chatted on the phone at length in what became one of the most fun and relaxed interviews I’ve ever had. We spoke, for [...]
Trouble In The Heights @ The United Palace – The Recap
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Emil Baez (@_EBaez) On a wickedly frigid night last week, Thursday, January 24th to be exact, Trouble In The Heights, the United Palace and Washington Heights made history. Trouble In The Heights became the first movie in over 40 years to be shown on the silver screen of the United [...]
Trouble In The Heights – The Review
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) The film begins, as all movies should, with the looming George Washington Bridge as a backdrop. Javy, masterfully played by the young, 13-year-old phenomenon Antonio Ortiz, comes across a bag full of illicit cash that belongs to the neighborhood bad guy, Nevada (perfectly portrayed by Broadway veteran Raúl Esparza). That fateful [...]
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 [...]
MTV’s ‘Washington Heights’ – The Review
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Before we get into what MTV’s latest reality series Washington Heights is, let’s get into what it is not. It is NOT the Jersey Shore. There are no Latino versions of Snooki, The Situation and JWoww here. Secondly, these are NOT actors; these are real people trying to make a dollar [...]
2012: The Uptown Year In Review
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) I have been telling everyone that would listen, 2013 will be the year of Washington Heights. 2013 will be the year that the world finally wakes up and realizes the alchemy that is taking place Uptown. 2013 will be the year the Uptown Renaissance will thrust itself on the national and [...]
The UC’s Last Minute Gift Giving Guide
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Ok, so you procrastinated to the very last minute once more. You swore last year that this would not happen again. Luckily for you, the UC has put together this handy last-minute shopping guide. The first 2 gifts are presents for the entire neighborhood. Word Up Books has extended its indiegogo [...]
Op-Led: The Dominican Spring
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) There is something happening in the Dominican Republic. What IT is? No one is certain for sure. The one thing you should know is that, first of all, it isn’t going to abate anytime soon. It is not going to die down. Some would argue that if the demands of the [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Uptown Votes: It’s Time To Get Your Vote On
Hoy se vota. That’s right people; today is the day we make our voice heard. You have no reason not to vote and a plethora of reasons to vote. Remember, not voting is the equivalent of voting for Romney, plain and simple. You are either at the table or you are on the menu. With [...]
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