Hard to believe but today marks one year since AP called Pennsylvania and the 2020 presidential election for Joe Biden. Uptown erupted in spontaneous celebration. Even though Biden won the popular vote by over 7 million votes, Trump and the Republican Party have propagated the big lie that the election was stolen. The big lie persists. Trump remains a threat to our democracy. A win for Trump in 2024 will mark the end of the American Experiment.
Earlier this year, our very own Led Black was featured in a Moth Mainstage recorded live at the United Palace to close the Uptown Arts Stroll. Led performed alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda, Quiara Alegria Hudes, Esdras Santana & Edgar Ruiz Jr. The show Live from the United Palace will be broadcast on public radio stations across the United States starting Tuesday, 11/9/2021. Please look out for this amazing episode recorded in our backyard.
Shout out to our friends at Tryon Public House, Fort Washington Public House and Tubby Hook Tavern for spreading that Uptown Love. Donate now to give a well-deserved turkey dinner to the front line workers at New York Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia Irving Medical Center. Click below to make it happen familia.
Next Friday, November 12 from 6:30 to 9:30 pm we will be partying with a purpose at Buunni Inwood. For a mere $20 you can party, eat and drink as well as support the People Theatre Project’s annual scholarship drive. So Spread Love The Uptown Way and click below to get your tickets. See you there.
Carlos Deschamps has always been fond of storytelling.
As a young child, the Washington Heights native would conjure up narratives in his imagination and bring them to life using his toy collection.
“I always played with a bag of toys from McDonald’s or Burger King. I would spend hours creating stories in my head and act it out with the toys,” Deschamps said. “It’s always been something I’m drawn to.”
Deschamps has transformed his love of storytelling into filmmaking. His latest venture, a short film titled The Night of Their Breakup, is one of four film projects to receive a grant through the 2021 Inwood Film Festival (IFF) Filmmaker Fund.
Conducted by Inwood Art Works, the annual program issues monetary grants to local filmmakers to help bring their projects to fruition.
“People can see that there’s untapped potential right in the neighborhood,” said Deschamps. “I think there should be more Latinx representation in filmmaking and this helps support that.”
This year, the IFF Filmmaker Fund will bestow four filmmakers with grants of up to $5,000 to be used for film project expenses.
It marks the third time that Inwood Art Works, a nonprofit that sponsors the annual Inwood Film Festival, the outdoor movie series Film Works Alfresco and other local performing arts events, has issued the grants.
Come out to the first Uptown outdoor Dance-A-Thon, after 18 months we will come together to dance, celebrate and reconnect as a community. R.Evolución Latina is bringing the heat to Harlem to dance and raise funds to support their programming.
Uptown foodies rejoice! Harlem Restaurant Week’s two-week dining promotional period will take place November 7 – 21 with dine-in, take-out and delivery options featuring restaurants and bars in Central, East and West Harlem featuring everything from fresh fruit smoothies to award-winning cocktails to sumptuous fine dining. A few highlights include: Best Bites for $10, Lunch for $25 and Dinner for $35. Please see the full list of participating restaurants here; All deals and list of participating restaurants can be accessed at www.harlemrestaurantweek.com. Follow us on social for more cool content from Harlem Restaurant Week 2021.
