Picture of the Week
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Get Yours: Andy Mineo’s Heroes For Sale
You may or may not have heard of Andy Mineo but this man is an incredibly talented emcee and has been tearing up stages across the country. His latest opus, Heroes For Sale, drops today and is available on iTunes as well as other outlets. The icing on the cake is that Andy is a [...]
Travel with Val: Tourism push encourages visitors to explore city’s hidden gems – YNN
By: Valarie D’Elia NEW YORK CITY — Inwood, the last stop on the A train at 207th Street, is the comely den for the Columbia Lions football stadium across from Inwood Hill Park, the unsung location of the big rock marking the spot where Manhattan was purchased for a song: $24 worth of beads. “There’s such [...]
Monday Mood Music: Andy Mineo – You Will
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Uptown Tonight: Catch Documentary Film Sweet Dreams @ Columbia
Sweet Dreams Screening Friday, April 5, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. 425 W. 123rd Street (Amsterdam/Morningside) As part of the outreach programme, the documentary film “Sweet Dreams” will be shown at the Columbia Secondary School for Math, Science and Engineering on April 5 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. It is an inspiring story of a group of remarkable [...]
Superstorm Sandy wrought havoc and devastation in at least 30 parks, piers and playgrounds in upper Manhattan | NY Daily News
By Douglas Feiden / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS At least 30 parks, piers, playgrounds and esplanades in northern Manhattan suffered damage from the ferocious and destructive power of superstorm Sandy last October, Parks Department officials told the Daily News. One high-profile casualty was the Inwood Hill Park Nature Center on W. 218th St., where 5-foot [...]
Uptown Poetry: Your Biggest Regret
BY Brenda Nuñez (@MissBigB) Dear Ungrateful Asshole, Remember back then when you were nickel and diming? I was cooking meals, making sure you weren’t starving I was cool with the lack of wining and dining I was your support system – understood you were grinding I worked on my credit so we can have something [...]
Washington Heights Business Improvement District unveils ‘Explora’ marketing campaign | NY Daily News
By Michael J. Feeney / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Washington Heights’ newest marketing campaign was designed with one goal in mind: To motivate people to visit upper Manhattan and explore it. “The bottom line is to drive foot traffic to northern Manhattan,” said Angelina Ramirez, director of the Washington Heights Business Improvement District, which is [...]
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… Check out: 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 [...]
Fashion Forward: Nicholas Velez
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Q. Why is the name of the company Nicholas Velez? A. Nicholas Velez was started by a mutual vision shared by two young designers by the name of Albert Abreu, 25 and Felix Cepeda, 23. The two designers always shared a dream and idea but it never came into fruition until the loss of [...]
Protest by the keystroke | Manhattan Times
Story by Robin Elisabeth Kilmer Dissident Cuban blogger Yoani María Sánchez Cordero is hoping for a tribute to democracy in her native country. What she envisions isn’t an obelisk, or an individual memorialized in marble, as is prevalent in many plazas across the world. “Someday, this,” she said, holding up a flash drive, “will be [...]
The Alchemist: A Q&A With Camille Safiya
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Q. How would you describe yourself as an artist? A. I am an Abstrakt Alien, as an artist I am an illegal alien to every border, category or genre anyone has ever tried to place me in. Q. How have your travels abroad shaped your music and your identity? A. My [...]
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 [...]
Sign The Petition To Bring Back MTV’s ‘Washington Heights’ For Another Season!
BY Sara Martinez (@Saritology) For better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness, and in health… until death do us part, reality television is here to stay. You know the drill, you don’t want to watch it, but you get the flu (in sickness) you’re home, there’s nothing on besides Law & Order episodes [...]
And If You Don’t Know… Unsympathetic Landlords Pushing Local Businesses Out
BY Ayisha Oglivie (@AyishaGisel) Contrary to the name printed on the awning for a local bodega, which says “La Simpatia” the landlord BLDG Management Co. is completely unsympathetic to community needs and plans to terminate the owner’s lease this week. Abinader Grocery (4051 Broadway between 170th and 171st Street) is in jeopardy of being shut [...]
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… Check out: 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 [...]
Rapper Audubon Talks Music Career And Portrayal Of Dominicans On MTV’s ‘Washington Heights’ | Vibe
BY Adelle Platon No need to be a reality show junkie to be drawn to Audubon’s charisma. The star of MTV’s Washington Heights — the popular show that depicts the lives of starry-eyed dreamers trying to make it out of the Heights — is immune to negativity and keeps his hustle at the top of [...]
Picture of the Week
Photography by Paul Lomax (@PaulLomaxPhoto) Related: The Trouble In The Heights After-Party @ La Marina A Toast to Fort Tryon Park 2012 – The Recap The 2012 Uptown Arts Stroll Closing Reception @ Arka Lounge – The Recap Nutcracker Awareness Day – The Recap The 2012 Uptown Arts Stroll Kick-Off – The Recap Storm Clouds [...]
1st Latina Women Encounter in New York City Takes Place On March 30th
Da Urban Butterflies & Casa Verde Camila invite you to the 1st Latina Women Encounter in New York City Saturday, March 30th, 2013 10am – 5pm Gregorio Luperon High School 501 West 165th Street (corner of Amsterdam Avenue)
Columbia University’s New Campbell Sports Complex in Inwood | NY Times
By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN Columbia University, busily expanding into Harlem, has meanwhile opened the Campbell Sports Center, a $30 million athletic building in Inwood, the neighborhood at the northern tip of Manhattan. The center, designed by Steven Holl and Chris McVoy, of Steven Holl Architects, the New York firm, is a trifle beside Mr. Holl’s mega [...]
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