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Call For Submissions: Women in the Heights Art Exhibit

The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA), in partnership with Broadway Housing Communities and The Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling is seeking submissions for “Women in the Heights: Creating for the Future”.   March is Women’s History…

La Borinquena

Shop Right | Bronx Free Press

By Gregg McQueen La Borinqueña, the young female Puerto Rican heroine, has been the star of a series of graphic novels since 2016. Now her fans can purchase an array of new merchandise inspired by the character, with proceeds…

No Ala Reforma Protest - Erika Morilla - Flag

Art fair spotlights Dominican artists | Manhattan Times

By Gregg McQueen He’s responsible for fine art at Fordham – and now he’s putting prints up for sale. Moses Ros, whose large-scale work Patriasana is installed at the Fordham Road station, is teaming up to bring even more…

11/16/19: The Color of Power Opening Reception @ CCCADI

On Saturday November 16, 2019, a new and unprecedented exhibition The Color of Power: Heroes, Sheroes, & Their Creators brings to Harlem’s Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) a refreshing alternative universe brimming with stories and comic books…

Spread Love: Waterlicht @ Columbia University

  WATERLICHT, which translates to “Water Light,” is an immersive light installation, a centerpiece of Columbia University’s Year of Water interdisciplinary exploration, including art, lectures, symposia and research, uniting the campus and its constituents to examine and celebrate the…

10/19/19: The Art of Activism Panel

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance and National Arts Month, join The BLK Table for a panel discussion featuring three award-winning Harlem-bred artists about using art as a means for activism, entrepreneurship, creativity, and how…

People's Theatre Project - Storm The Palace

New theater work examines immigrant lives | Manhattan Times

By Gregg McQueen Carmen Barbosa remembers the fear. The 80-year-old Washington Heights resident came to the United States from Cartagena, Columbia in 1981. She wished to start a new life after her husband passed away, and find more consistent…