The Hip-Hop Nutcracker will be making it’s Uptown debut on Sunday, December 7th at 6 pm at the venerable United Palace. Check out the first public performance of new scenes from “The Hip Hop Nutcracker” at “Voices of New…
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BY Led Black (@Led_Black) The Holidays now have a new Holiday Spectacular. Hip-Hop legend Kurtis Blow will be making his way Uptown to take part in The Hip-Hop Nutcracker at the United Palace on Sunday, December 7th at 6pm.…
We live and are immersed in an instant gratification society. A picture is taken and it is instantly beamed around the world via social media. The ongoing Message Delayed exhibit takes that idea and subverts it. The brainchild of…
Based on the success of the “Casablanca” screening on Nov. 17 UPCA will show another classic black and white film on Dec. 22: “It’s a Wonderful Life.” The 1947 film stars James Stewart, Donna Reed, and Lionel Barrymore and…
The story transplants the classic holiday story to the streets of contemporary Washington Heights and mashes up all of UPCA’s influences. It starts with the original music penned by Tschaikovsky in 1892 and the story “The Nutcracker and the…
Last week over 1,000 people watched a 71-year-old black & white movie in an 83-year-old theatre and had the time of their lives. Part of that can be chalked up to the magic of the movies, in particular the…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) We did it people! At approximately 4:30 pm yesterday, 1 big donor took us over the top. With that said, if you have not donated yet please do so as there are a few more…
That’s right people, the next installment of the photography exhibit, Message Delayed, returns to the Carnaval del Boulevard on June 1st from noon to 4pm. The exhibit will feature 87 portraits taken last year and the photo booth will…
By Mike Fitelson (@MikeFitelson) When the Loew’s 175th Street Theatre opened on February 22nd, 1930 – just three years after “The Jazz Singer” broke the sound barrier as the first feature-length “talkie” – the inaugural program referred to the…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) The operative word for last night was renaissance. When I started using the term Uptown Renaissance almost 3 years ago to describe the emerging arts and culture movement that was taking shape in the neighborhood,…