Grant Wilfley Casting is seeking people to portray Latinos and other neighbors of Washington Heights in the musical feature film IN THE HEIGHTS. Filming begins in June in NYC. Email your name, union status (SAG-AFTRA or NonUnion), phone number,…
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In our never-ending quest to put y’all on to cutting-edge cool stuff happening Uptown, a brand new experience is coming to Harlem. Hit up [email protected] for more details and tell them the Uptown Collective sent you. Just know that…
The 90’s was a wild era in the history of Uptown in general and Washington Heights in particular. At that time Washington Heights was the epicenter of the wholesale and retail drug trade for the region. Folks came from…
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Yoichi Uzeki/Pianist On Subway (@yoichiuzeki) on Apr 17, 2019 at 2:04pm PDT We invite you to subscribe to the weekly Uptown Love newsletter, like our Facebook page and follow us…
The Dominican Dream is a portrait of the Dominican community of NYC in the ’80s and ’90s, seen through a loving family whose youngest son, Felipe Lopez, became the top ranked high school basketball player in the nation and…
No more #InTheHeightsMovie casting announcements for awhile, we build from this foundation now. Quiara, Jon & I just wanted you to have the full set in one picture. ❤️❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/d0inaQvLzc — Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) April 17, 2019 We invite…
Gastor Almonte is an award-winning stand up comedian, storyteller, writer, host and he is funny as hell. Mr. Almonte’s debut comedy album, Immigrant Made, is a must listen. Mr. Almonte weaves uproariously hilarious tales of growing up Dominican in…
Fernando Mateo sees the changes happening Uptown and is determined to do his best to address them. The serial entrepreneur recently stopped by the Power 105.1 radio station for an intense and insightful interview with Honey German. Mr. Mateo…
That’s right y’all the first annual Dominican Writers Conference is going down on May 4, 2019 at the NAC Building of City College (160 Convent Avenue). We’re talking writing workshops, panel discussions, manuscript reviews, author readings, networking and so…