Are you a Latina living in New York City who identifies with your blackness? Do you use terms such as, “Afro-Latina, Afro-Dominican, Afro-Cuban etc…” to express who you are and to speak to the memory and existence of your…
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Check out this awesome New York Public Library Podcast with Junot Diaz discussing the game of fiction, writing audiences, and the important images of intimacy between people of color in the work of Sandra Cisneros. We invite you to…
the struggle is real #nyc #urbanlife #urbandecay #thestruggleisreal #myhood #thuglife #theghetto #washingtonheights #subway #molepeople #urbanexploration #newyorkcity A photo posted by Kathleen Lewis (@sparkileeangel) on Feb 7, 2016 at 8:20pm PST We invite you to subscribe to the weekly Uptown…
The United Palace Theater, one of the five Loew’s Wonder Theaters of the 1920s, is a sight to behold. To enter it is to be whisked away to a different time and place. It’s sheer opulence and beautifully maintained…
A photo posted by Gregory S. Jones (@gregorysvision) on Jan 25, 2016 at 6:01am PST We invite you to subscribe to the weekly Uptown Love newsletter, like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter, or e-mail us at…
Morris-Jumel Mansion (65 Jumel Terrace) Saturday, February 6, 2016 12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Take a guided, in-depth tour of Manhattan’s oldest house, led by one of Morris Jumel Mansion’s expert docents, Gregory Washington. Today’s tour will highlight the history of…
Listen up folks: You still have a chance to be a part of this groundbreaking project. The Get Down by Baz Luhrmann will be available worldwide on Netflix on August 12th, 2016 but will be filming until April. Email…
Hello.. from the other side. #jonas #firescapesnowman #crosstownshootout #washingtonheights #nyc #uptown #thingstodoinasnowstorm #urbanlife #winter2016 A photo posted by miller (@m1ll3rhighlife) on Jan 23, 2016 at 1:52pm PST…
Anotha one. #rainbow #rainbowporn #theheights #washingtonheights #hudson #hudsonriver A photo posted by Sophia Vincenza (@sundarisunshine) on Jan 10, 2016 at 1:40pm PST There is just something about rainbows that makes people, us included, lose their collective shit. Check out…
Anticipation has been steadily building for The Get Down, which takes us back to the 1970s when Hip-Hop was in its infancy. The series follows a group of teenagers trying to make it in a New York City on…