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In The Heights – Change The World

The anticipation for In The Heights is reaching a fever pitch. This is the special Oscar night trailer that premiered yesterday. Enjoy. The creator of Hamilton and the director of Crazy Rich Asians invite you to a cinematic event,…

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#DominicansBeLike: Dominicans The Morning of the Beach Trip

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#TheGramUptown: The Tea 🫖 Is Hot

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Pon De Replay: Hispanicize #LatinasRepresent Virtual Summit

U-N-I-T-Y… If you missed the simply incredible Hispanicize #LatinasRepresent Virtual Summit that went down yesterday, no worries check out some of the outstanding content below and then hit up https://hispanicize.com/replay/ for the rest. The Uptown Collective is proud to play our…

Netflix Love: Yasuke

Anime fans rejoice. Something wicked this way comes. Once enslaved, now a samurai. Yasuke riffs on the real life story of Yasuke, an enslaved African who rose among the ranks to become a trusted confidante of one of Japan’s…

Stacked: Who uses the library? | Manhattan Times

By Sherry Mazzocchi When Braydin isn’t playing video games, he’s writing and illustrating a story about a boy who plays them so much he’s suddenly transported inside one. As the nine-year-old graphic novelist showed off his work, he said,…

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Loaner Library | Manhattan Times

By Sherry Mazzocchi Call it the interim iteration. In an email sent to Inwood patrons Friday March 8, Inwood Library Manager Danita Nichols said a temporary site has been designated for the uptown branch. It is 4857 Broadway, one…

UPinion: The Canary in the Coal Mine

By A J Sidransky Shortly after the massacre that occurred last week at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Led Black asked me to write a piece about my thoughts relative to this terrible tragedy. I have to say…

The Lost Ones | Manhattan Times

Story by Gregg McQueen and Desiree Johnson The children have come north. Officials are estimating that over 700 children – the youngest being 9 months old – have been sent to foster care in New York State after being…

Mas Fuerte – The Recap

By Led Black (@Led_Black) The good folks at Presidente Beer and Boiler Room TV threw a truly epic bash to celebrate the launch of Más Fuerte, a short film by Sean Frank that looks at the Dominican sound system…