On this bonus episode the crew presents an interview with author, Elizabeth Acevedo. The powerful conversation from this game-changing writer/poet were originally recorded at a live event hosted at the Miss Rizos salon in Washington Heights, and in partnership…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Carlos S. Deschamps (@cinematicheights) on Jan 15, 2020 at 3:35pm PST Here it is familia, the homies Emanuel Abreu and Carlos Deschamps are leading another photo walk next month. The…
The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA), in partnership with Broadway Housing Communities and The Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling is seeking submissions for “Women in the Heights: Creating for the Future”. March is Women’s History…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Uptown Collective (@uptowncollectiv) on Nov 4, 2018 at 7:19am PST Jamelle Bouie is one of our favorites of the new crop of opinion columnists at The New York Times. Every…
A series of strong earthquakes – and aftershocks – shook Puerto Rico this week, killing one person and leaving much of the island without power or water. The largest of these is a 6.4 magnitude earthquake that struck about…
What a quite surreal view of #georgewashingtonbridge I had witnessed today 😳 #contax #nyc #nycphotographer #sadowsky #sadowskybass #giglife #bass #bassguitar #bassplayer #strangerthings #weird #beautiful #foggy #saturday #washingtonheights #jazz #Armenian pic.twitter.com/IyHMGitEj6 — Arthur Sadowsky (@Arthur_Sadowsky) January 5, 2020 We invite…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by T. Eric Monroe (@tdoteric) on Jan 8, 2020 at 11:33am PST Tupac Shakur spreading that Uptown Love in Harlem in 1994. Folks forget that Tupac was born in Harlem in…
By Gregg McQueen Photos by Cristóbal Vivar It’s a life line. The annual revelry includes rows of eager school children processing beside live camels, large-scale puppets, and men and women in royal garb. Hosted by El Museo del Barrio,…
PIX 11 News came Uptown last week for the Washington Heights town hall on the disturbing rise of Anti-Semitism. An encouraging sign is that many that attended were not Jewish but were concerned and terrified for their neighbors nonetheless.…
Right now in #WashingtonHeights neighb in Northern Manhattan: huge community mtg on the fight against anti-Semitism. At least 50% of the people here are non-jews. Something important is happening in this city. We are actually coming together. pic.twitter.com/UDmbCt3PNt —…