Inwood Center 5030 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, New York 10034 Imelda O’Reilly, is a filmmaker and previously taught at NYU as an Assistant Arts Professor in the graduate film program located in TischAsia, Singapore. She will lead this…
Uptown Art
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) After a short and super successful run at the Public Theater, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s critically acclaimed Hamilton is headed to Broadway. If sales of its off-broadway run are any indication, these tickets will go fast so…
This summer is shaping up to be a doozy. The first annual Higher Ground Festival is going down on June 27th as part of the always grand NoMAA Uptown Arts Stroll. The HG Festival is looking for artists of…
NoMAA invites the community to vote for the official 2015 Uptown Arts Stroll poster at an Artists Salon on Monday, March 16th from 6:30pm-8:30pm at 809 Restaurant, 112 Dyckman Street, between Post Avenue and Nagle Avenue. Join us for…
Story by Sherry Mazzocchi They heard the alarms. Franck De Las Mercedes and his wife Nicola figured it was probably a neighbor burning breakfast. He kissed her goodbye and she left for work. A moment later he heard her…
La Lucha – Quisqueya & Haiti One Island Art Exhibit February 6th, 2015 6 to 9 pm Rio’s Penthouse Gallery (10 Fort Washington Ave) Twenty-six Artists from both sides of the island have united in this collective exhibition La…
What happens when you take a classic and you add the vibrancy and energy of Hip-Hop, you get The Hip-Hop Nutcracker of Washington Heights. Iconic rapper Kurtis Blow took part in the making of a new holiday classic. Check…
By Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Alex Weber Art, at it’s best, is a catalyst for deep contemplation, conversation and introspection. Such was the case at the recent unveiling of the innovative and interactive installation Plata or Plomo (“Money or…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) When we first started talking about the Uptown Renaissance back in 2010, it was but a blip on the radar. It was a phenomenon that was stirring and just starting to coalesce into something significant.…
The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance announces the 2015 Uptown Arts Stroll Poster Contest, open to Washington Heights–Inwood and West Harlem artists. For more info: Call for artists: 2015 Uptown Arts Stroll poster contest | Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance.…