BY Carolina Gonzalez ‘Where are the friends I had yesterday?” The line from the song “Cuánto gané, cuánto perdí” by Cuban balladeer Pablo Milanés might be considered the theme for his current U.S. tour, his first since 1997. In…
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The opening of WORD UP marked an exciting day for our community. Since our opening, we have hosted readings by novelists, comic book artists, performance artists, travel writers, zinesters, poets both famous and first-time, English and Spanish, teen and…
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BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Steven Mercado There is something happening here. What you are witnessing, ladies and gentlemen, is the blooming of an arts movement that has been growing for some time now but is starting to…
Putt Up at @ Word Up Weekend Mini-Golf Extravaganza & Awesome Raffle SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 & SUNDAY, AUGUST 14th 12pm to 4pm each day Astroturf in a bookshop? Well, this ain’t just any bookshop. Putt Up at Word Up…
Photography by Art By Dj Boy (@DjboyNYC) Click here for the rest of the pics.…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Q. Who is Jay Franco? A. Jay franco is the son of an artist and hard working mother who inspired a lot of my artistic ways of thinking. Jf is just a guy with a…
SATURDAY, JULY 30 1pm to 4pm 4157 Broadway near 176th Street YOU’RE INVITED to the WORD UP EXTENSION CELEBRATION! Remember how Word Up was going to close in mid-July? Delightfully, it has not! We’re still here through the end of…
NYC Over and Under Saturday, August 6th from 7 – 10pm Rio Gallery (Penthouse -10 Fort Washington Ave) [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/26646711 w=525&h=295] NYC OVER AND UNDER PART 2 from IamNYC on Vimeo. Site: http://venti20vision.com/ Twitter: @_JayFranco Official Exhibit Hashtag:…