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Spread Love: Sarah Jones @ The Nuyorican – Sell/Buy/Date

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Listen, you can thank me later but you are going to want to purchase these tickets. Tony-Award-winning playwright and performer, Sarah Jones, is previewing her latest opus, Sell/Buy/Date for a super limited run at the…

9/20/14: The People’s Theatre Project Presents Eddie’s Perejil

Join People’s Theatre Project, Border of Lights and Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights to witness Eddie’s Perejil, a gripping solo performance from Edward Paulino about the 1937 Haitian massacre, hear stories of struggle in our own community and…

Paul Lomax - Washington Heights

Call For Photographers: Selfless Selfies

The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) welcomes submissions for the upcoming NoMAA Gallery exhibition titled “Selfless Selfies.” The exhibit seeks to present black-and-white images by uptown photographers that narrate stories from our uptown communities, from the quotidian to the…

Sandy Jimenez - Word Up Books - Washington Heights

8/29/14: Word Up Books Presents Sandy Jimenez

You are invited to a night of animation, animatics, and a live comic book reading by artist Sandy Jimenez, known for his work in World War 3 Illustrated, The Graphic Canon (II, YA,) as well as the action-adventure series…

Uptown Bounce Summer Nights Series

Spread Love: Uptown Bounce Summer Nights Series

July 30 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm UPTOWN BOUNCE kicks off with a cultural rewind to where it all began! At El Museo del Barrio, stop by for a studio visit in the galleries and a conversation with folklorist Elena…

Stealing A Summer's Afternoon

Excerpt: Stealing A Summer’s Afternoon

BY AJ Sidransky (@AJSidransky) One thing has become painfully obvious from the Amarlys episode: Manuel and I aren’t equipped to do this without professional help. Romo is that help. We’re meeting him to cut a deal tonight. The meeting…

The Led Black Book Club - Stealing A Summer's Afternoon - AJ Sidransky

7/24/14: The Led Black Book Club Ft. AJ Sidransky

The next installment of the Led Black Book Club goes down on Thursday, July 24th at Word Up Books. Our featured author is AJ Sidransky who recently released his 2nd novel, Stealing A Summer’s Afternoon. The book is a…

Holler If Ya Hear Me

Holler If Ya Hear Me – The Review

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Tupac Shakur was larger than life. Even though it has been almost 20 years since his untimely demise, Tupac is as relevant as ever. In fact, he may be more so. Equal parts rebel, revolutionary…

The Incredibly Spectacular Dyckman Fireworks Co

Epic Fireworks Blog: Long Live Dyckman Fireworks!

The blokes over Epic Fireworks in the UK are “the biggest And best Fireworks blog in the world” and they recently showed our little film some love. Check out what they had to say below and please check out…