By Gregg McQueen Carmen Barbosa remembers the fear. The 80-year-old Washington Heights resident came to the United States from Cartagena, Columbia in 1981. She wished to start a new life after her husband passed away, and find more consistent…
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The indispensable Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NOMAA) has an open call for the Haven Plaza Public Art Project. Columbia University Irving Medical Center in partnership with NoMAA invites artists to submit proposals that creatively address ways to cover 26…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Juan Luis Guerra is arguably the greatest musician the Dominican Republic has ever produced. He is also one of the greatest songwriters of all time, bar none. He is part of a rarefied class of…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) View this post on Instagram A post shared by NoMAA (@nomaanyc) on Jun 29, 2019 at 6:29am PDT The 2019 Uptown Arts Stroll was simply stellar. From the opening reception at the United Palace to…
We did it again Uptown. The 2019 Uptown Arts Stroll opening reception was a rousing success. The event not only honored such Uptown stalwarts as Mino Lora, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Hike The Heights and Obrien Luna, but…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Andrea Arroyo (@andreaarroyoart1) on May 22, 2019 at 3:24pm PDT The always-astute Michelle Alexander penned a must-read Op-Ed in the NY Times where she admits to being raped as a…
The Uptown Collective is super proud to announce that from now until the end of the 2019 Uptown Arts Stroll we will be taking over the social media platforms of the indispensable Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA). For those…
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That’s right familia, The 2019 Uptown Arts Stroll kickoff is Tuesday, May 28th from 6:00-8:30pm at the United Palace (4140 Broadway @ 175th Street). Performances by Jazz Power Initiative & more. This year’s honorees are Mino Lora, Founding Executive…
The good folks at I Love My Hood released another installment in their Humans of the Hood series. This time around they feature local artist ICU. ICU is the prolific artist whose lively and dynamic work can be seen…