“TORN ASUNDER: WORKS FROM THE MIGRATION SERIES” On View: March 9 – 30, 2012 Opening Reception: Friday, March 9, 6-9pm Heath Gallery (24 West 120th Street) Born in Harlem to immigrant parents, artist Dionis Ortiz never thought of the…
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BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Art By Dj Boy (@ArtByDjBoy) The wait is over, now the countdown begins. That’s right people, our favorite and only Pulitzer-Prize winning Dominican, Junot Diaz, has a new book that will be released…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Today, Dominicans, it is our day to celebrate. Not that Dominicans need any more reasons to celebrate. We celebrate anything and everything! Dominicans over-celebrate! As anyone that has ever been to a baby shower in…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) A disclaimer: the best Dominican restaurant in Washington Heights is not actually in Washington Heights…but smack dab in the center of Inwood. That said, this place is real easy to miss, located on 207th Street,…
BY Larissa Vasquez (@lariluv) My mom always tells me not to fall in love by myself. “La peor cosa del mundo es enamorarse sola (The worst thing in the world is to fall in love by yourself)”. She would…
BY Larissa Vasquez (@lariluv) My father thought I’d be pregnant by the time I reached my fifteenth birthday. I know this because my mother repeated the last words he told her before they separated over and over during my…
BY Larissa Vasquez (@lariluv) The night before I moved to New York City from the Dominican Republic I was on an emotional roller coaster. Well, as much as one could be between the ages of 5 and 10. Basically,…
By Sandra E. García Dollars for beans, sweet and warm Got a dollar? Then step right up, as just 4 quarters or a single dollar bill will buy you some of the sweetest delight you’re ever to find in…
BY Larissa Vasquez (@lariluv) These are a few things I’m not very proud of, some really shameful things that I should probably keep to myself and not shout on the highest peak of the Internet Mountain. The key word…
By Sandra E. García Beauty is a beast. Hair is a notoriously fickle, and important, part of one’s appearance. And given the preponderance of beauty salons and barbershops throughout northern Manhattan and the Bronx, the upkeep of hair is…