Manhattan’s oldest house needs your help! Any home needs some TLC, but a 248-year-old house needs some extra care! Need: With your help we will raise $40,000 over the next 40 days to restore the exterior of the building.…
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A Word From Tess Hello fellow (and Future) “HipRocknB” Rebels…Welcome to my Indiegogo page. You all may know me as Tess but more descriptively my twitter blurb describes me best: Singer, Songwriter, Lover of loving, Pisces, Lefty, Only child, Corny at…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) We did it people! At approximately 4:30 pm yesterday, 1 big donor took us over the top. With that said, if you have not donated yet please do so as there are a few more…
Dear friends, colleagues, and neighbors, I am over-the-top excited to let you know that Word Up Community Bookshop—volunteer-run by residents of Washington Heights and Inwood—has signed a lease for a sunny corner storefront at 2113 Amsterdam Avenue, at 165th…
Story, photos and video by Sherry Mazzocchi When something breaks, most people don’t have the time, tools or talent to fix it. Broken objects are usually tossed or just kept, with a magical hope that someday, someone will be…
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…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) The stars must be in alignment for Uptown. On January 1st Word Up Books made its 60K pledge goal on indiegogo. Check! This coming Wednesday, January 9th at 10 pm EST (to be exact), MTV’s…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) I remember when Word Up Books was just an idea. Before it had a space, before it even had a name, it was just an idea. The thinking was let’s create a space for books,…
A Note From Word Up Books. One week till our Indiegogo campaign ends! Thank you to everyone who has contributed! The campaign has been great so far, but we still have more to raise before we hit our goal by January…
Ok folks; there is 13 days left to Word Up Books’ indiegogo campaign, so please dig deep and help Word Up Books find a new home. While Word Up has reached an important milestone of 20K, it needs more…