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The Tweet of the Week: Not All Superheroes Wear Capes

One of the most incredible things throughout this pandemic has been the support. From everyone, everywhere. The team @coed_studios produced this amazing video by combining images of a NYC transformed with my narration of the thread below. Watch until…

Flux Art Fair - Marcus Garvey Park

#TheGramUptown: Quisqueya Heights

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ruben Dario Ramirez (@artbydario) on Apr 22, 2020 at 5:32pm PDT We invite you to subscribe to the weekly Uptown Love newsletter, like our Facebook page and follow us on…

The Uptown Arts Stroll Goes Virtual

For the first time in 17 years, the month celebration of the arts Uptown that is the Uptown Arts Stroll will be going virtual. So unlike the Puerto Rican Day Parade and Pride we will at least have the…

04/30/20: ¡Uptown Palante! With Mino Lora

Do you suffer from the Trump Coronavirus Blues? Well, here comes The People’s Theatre Project (PTP) to the rescue. Starting next Thursday, April 30 at 2 pm tune in to PTP’s FB Live for the inaugural episode of ¡Uptown…

UC Must-Reads: Home Alone at the White House

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Uptown Collective (@uptowncollectiv) on Nov 4, 2018 at 7:19am PST Do you watch the daily briefings of Tyrant Trump with an odd mixture of sheer horror and fascination? It is…

Passion in the Paint | Manhattan Times

By Sherry Mazzocchi Washington Heights has a new way to say thank you to the ever-so necessary first responders. A new mural at 2244 Amsterdam Avenue popped up almost overnight. Created by local artist DISTER Rondon, the bright multi-colored…

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Local literary circles go virtual | Bronx Free Press

By Sherry Mazzocchi A green card was the goal. Author Melissa Rivero turned a story from her mother’s arrival in the U.S. as an undocumented immigrant into her latest novel, The Affairs of the Falcóns. As she wrote, the…

Marjorie Eliot's Parlor Jazz Washington Heights

04/26/20: Latin Jazz Power On

View this post on Instagram A post shared by NoMAA (@nomaanyc) on Jun 30, 2019 at 8:29am PDT Listen up folks, the mighty Jazz Power Initiative gets down and this weekend you get a chance to watch them do…