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MTV Tr3s To Air The Love Potion Starting February 10th

Beauty in art, entertaining people, and being true to his Latino heritage have always been Danny Hastings’ artistic motivators. THE LOVE POTION, Hastings’ first feature film and a romantic comedy, is the most recent example of his truths. But…

Catch A Movie @ The Pop-Up Park

Brooklyn Boheme – TRailer from Diane Paragas on Vimeo. BROOKLYN BOHEME: Tuesday February 7 at 7:30 pm Fort Greene exploded in the 80s and 90s with Chris Rock, Spike Lee, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Digable Planets, Erykah Badu, Branford Marsalis,…

Up Theater Presents Subway Wedding

The good folks at Up Theater staged this subway wedding to protest the looming loss of token booths throughout the city. Check out: www.uptheater.org/ We invite you to like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter, or e-mail…

Barstarzz Second Annual Pull Up Jam

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Uptown Artist – Leo Silverio

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Q. What are some of the things you love about living Uptown? A. I love the mix of people who live Uptown. The majority of residents that live Uptown are of Dominican decent or were…

Uptown Gem – The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Center

Words by Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Jay Franco (@_jayfranco) Video by Amanda Hiciano (AIKI5IFTY5IVE) Malcolm X changed my life. The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley literally put the Black in Led Black. The book which has…

The Female Paradox

BY Larissa Vasquez (@lariluv) My father thought I’d be pregnant by the time I reached my fifteenth birthday. I know this because my mother repeated the last words he told her before they separated over and over during my…