Story by Robin Elisabeth Kilmer It’s time to get your funk on. More than 60 animation cels of black animation cartoons from the private collection of City College alumna Pamela Thomas and her business partner, Loreen Williamson, will be…
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Saturday, February 8, from 2:00pm-6:00pm The life of Solomon Northup, subject of the recent film “12 Years a Slave,” is widely known. Less familiar, however, is the experience of his family during Solomon’s captivity. Anne Northup, Solomon’s wife, an…
The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance is pleased to announce the 2014 Uptown Arts Stroll — an annual festival featuring more than 170 arts and cultural events across Washington Heights and Inwood during the month of June. For this year’s…
A message of solidarity from Washington Heights to the DR and the world. We will not accept the discriminatory ruling of the Dominican Constitutional Tribunal against our Dominican brothers and sisters. Strip citizenship from 200,000 of our own citizens?…
NYC artists and residents, Jennifer Eolin & Wade Trefethen, are the duo behind NYC Vinyl Dreams. Their artwork celebrates the charm of New York City, both big and small. All of the art is their own photography (unless otherwise…
Spread Love It’s The Uptown Way is much more than a slogan for us. It has been our modus operandi and mission statement since we began preaching the Uptown Gospel and highlighting the best Uptown has to offer in…
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Photography by Art By Dj Boy (@ArtByDjBoy) Q. What is your name and where are you from? A. Ruth Rodriguez, “I am Dominican, isn’t everyone?”. Well my family is from Santiago de Los Caballeros, RD. Q. Born and raised?…
Launched in 2006, the Latin American Cultural Week is an annual New York City wide festival which highlights Latin American dance, film, literature, music, theater, visual and performing arts. Many institutions and artists throughout New York City, including Washington…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) I find this story deliciously ironic in light of the much-deserved international outrage that was caused by the recent ruling of the highest court in the Dominican Republic, which rendered far too many Haitian-Dominicans stateless.…