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The Uptown Lit Festival: The Social Media Recap

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) The first ever Uptown Lit Festival, which took place on Saturday, October 19th at The United Palace of Cultural Arts and Word Up Community Bookshop was an unequivocal success. Not only did we have a…

Coogan's 5 K Run Washington Heights

Coogan’s 5K in Jeopardy as Organizer Steps Aside | NY Times

By KEN BELSON The Coogan’s five-kilometer race, a fixture on the New York road running scene for more than a decade as it evolved into a neighborhood party in Washington Heights, may have run its course. Peter Walsh, who…

Corcho in Inwood Offers 45 Wines and Latin Music – NYTimes.com

By DIANE CARDWELL A strong sense of place runs through this cozy wine bar nestled amid a developing cluster of restaurants on Dyckman Street in Inwood. The proprietors, Benlly Polanco and his sister Dariana, have lived in the neighborhood…

The Metropolis Case in Stores Today

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Today is the day – hooray, hooray. Matthew Gallaway’s first novel The Metropolis Case is officially in stores today, so make sure you go out and support this local writer, blogger and friend to the…