By John Paul Infante (@infantejp) For every Audubon fan that appreciates the behind-the-scenes grind depicted in MTV’s Washington Heights there is a hip-hop head that questions his skills as an MC because of his reality-TV background. A lot of…
Browsing Category
Uptown Art
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) NYC GO is the official tourism guide for the city of New York and for the month of August they are showing love to our beloved hood with an in-depth and interactive look at the…
The good folks at Channel Thirteen and PBS showed the oldest house in Manhattan, the Morris Jumel Mansion, some love recently. In the informative video, the Director of Education and Public Programs at the Morris-Jumel Mansion, Carol Ward, gives…
Story by Sherry Mazzocchi and Adrian Cabreja Hundreds of people jammed into the new Word Up Community Bookstore this past Fri., Jul. 26th to celebrate its grand opening. Marjorie Elliot and other musicians of Parlor Jazz fame played as…
That’s right people, El Salonsito, has been nominated as the best Nail Blog in Marie Claire’s first ever Most Wanted Beauty Awards. This is a big deal folks, so please show love to Uptown’s Ami Vega and the team…
BY R. L. Gatton Thus far, the tenth annual Uptown Art Stroll confirms the Washington Heights community as an away-from-the-center of art in New York. A small sample of work reveals new ways in which artists are examining themes…
BY Edgar Peña (@stayGFTD) Photography by Gary Santana I really didn’t know what to expect when I paced through the rain on my way to the Uptown Production Panel hosted by NoMAA. As I walked in I noticed a…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) I think it is only fitting that I just started reading the gripping debut novel, Forgiving Maximó Rothman, from local writer, A J Sidransky, being that it is Father’s Day this Sunday, or as my dad…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Art By Dj Boy (@ArtByDjBoy) Okay folks, the 10th Anniversary Uptown Arts Stroll has officially kicked off. The incredibly awesome ceremony was held at the venerable Morris-Jumel Mansion (65 Jumel Terrace) on Friday,…