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The 2011 Uptown Arts Stroll Kick-Off in Black & White
Photography & video by Art By Dj Boy (@DjboyNYC) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsBXOpDxEoA] Also check out: The 2011 Uptown Arts Stroll Kick-Off – The Recap An Auspicious Night for the...
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The Being Latino Event @ Heineken Headquarters – The Recap
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Art By Dj Boy (@ArtByDjBoy) Uptown was definitely in effect at the Being Latino event held at the Heineken Headquarters in midtown recently. First of all, I...
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Last Saturday Night @ The Shabazz Center As Seen By Dj Boy
Photography by Art By Dj Boy (@DjboyNYC) [slideshow] For more: http://facebook.com/whoisdjboy
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Must Read Manhattan Times Interview with Junot Diaz
Debralee Santos: In this new adaptation of OSCAR WAO, Elvis Nolasco performs in a one-man show. You conceived of these characters now being brought to life on stage “por una sola persona” – how does...
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The 2011 Uptown Arts Stroll: A Retrospective
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Last year was my first ever Uptown Arts Stroll and it was magical. The opening event was held at the majestic but under-appreciated Hispanic Society of America (Audubon...
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Family Literacy Day With Special Guest Junot Diaz Today @ Gregorio Luperon...
Pulitzer-Prize winning author and friend to the UC will be taking part in the festivities at Gregorio Luperon High School (501 W. 165th St.) today from 5 to 7 p.m. Reception follows from 7:30 to 10...
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The Uptown Collective Presents The Weekend
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Okay folks, since we are experiencing this awesome but freaky weather for February, check out some greats things to do this weekend Uptown and beyond. First of all, the...
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New Junot Diaz Book To Be Released In September
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,...
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Levente no.Yolayorkdominicanyork – A Reading With Josefina Báez This Friday
“Llegué yo, la hija de Esperanza la billetera. Cobrá, cansá, cabriá, con celular y celulitis. ¡Cámbiame los vasos y los hombres!” From the book Levente no.Yolayorkdominicanyork Ay Ombe Theatre, Casa...
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Junot Diaz Wishes Word Up Books A Happy Birthday!
BY Art By Dj Boy (@ArtByDjBoy) Click here to see the rest of the pics. Check out: The Word Up Books Birthday Fund Drive A Night Uptown With Junot Diaz We invite you to like our Facebook page and follow...
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Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Junot Díaz Endorses Adriano Espaillat for Congress
Senator Adriano Espaillat with Pulitzer Prize winning Author Junot Díaz (left) and Columbia University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science Dean Fineoski Peña Mora (center). Like I have said on...
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This Is How You Lose Her By Junot Díaz Drops Today
That’s right folks, the long-awaited new book by Junot Díaz, “This Is How You Lose Her”, is finally available for purchase. The Pulitzer Prize-Award winning author returns with a collection of short...
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Led Black: Un Pie Aqui y Uno Alla | Huffington Post
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photo: Briana E. Heard The term “un pie aqui y uno alla” (one foot here and one foot there) succinctly describes the bi-national existences led by many of the Dominicans and...
View ArticleJunot Díaz Wins Prestigous MacArthur Genius Grant
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) I remember thinking when I first read Drown, damn Junot Díaz is a genius. Well, he is now officially a genius. Earlier this week, the MacArthur Foundation announced their 2012...
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The Platano Index: A Q&A With Junot Diaz
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photo: John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Junot Díaz is one of my heroes. Until I read Drown, I didn’t even really believe that I could be a writer. After...
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Donate to Word Up Books & Win A Signed Junot Díaz Book
Okay folks, the first 3 people who donate at least $50 now (or if you increase your pledge by any amount): you will get, on top of all the regular perks, a signed Junot Díaz book. To win, you have to...
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The Clock is Ticking… Support Word Up Books
A Note From Word Up Books. One week till our Indiegogo campaign ends! Thank you to everyone who has contributed! The campaign has been great so far, but we still have more to raise before we hit our...
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Word Up Books Rises Again…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) I remember when Word Up Books was just an idea. Before it had a space, before it even had a name, it was just an idea. The thinking was let’s create a space for books, for...
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Junot Diaz Spreads A Little Literary Love Uptown
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Pulitzer Prize winning Author, Junot Diaz, was in the neighborhood yesterday to spread a little literary love. Junot Diaz teamed up with the office of Council Member Ydanis...
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Word Up Community Bookshop is Back!
Dear friends, colleagues, and neighbors, I am over-the-top excited to let you know that Word Up Community Bookshop—volunteer-run by residents of Washington Heights and Inwood—has signed a lease for a...
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Uptown Video: Word Up Books Grand Opening Celebration Promo
Related: In Washington Heights, a Bookstore That Knows How to Make the Show Go On | NY Times The Top 3 Reasons You Should Donate to Word Up Books Junot Diaz Wishes Word Up Books A Happy Birthday!...
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Season of Words | The Manhattan Times
Story by Sherry Mazzocchi and Adrian Cabreja Hundreds of people jammed into the new Word Up Community Bookstore this past Fri., Jul. 26th to celebrate its grand opening. Marjorie Elliot and other...
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Get Your Read On @ Word Up Books Summer Clearance Sale
Related: In Washington Heights, a Bookstore That Knows How to Make the Show Go On | NY Times The Top 3 Reasons You Should Donate to Word Up Books Junot Diaz Wishes Word Up Books A Happy Birthday!...
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Catch Junot Diaz @ The United Palace
For more: http://unitedpalace.org/ Related: The Platano Index: A Q&A With Junot Diaz A Night Uptown With Junot Diaz My New York: Junot Diaz | NBC I Am A Dominican York Dominicanese 101: A Primer...
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4/7/14: An Evening with Author Junot Díaz @ Columbia University
As part of the Writing Lives Series at the Heyman Center for the Humanities, author Junot Díaz will read from his work and discuss his writing. Diaz will be in discussion with Alondra Nelson,...
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Uptown Tonight: The People Storm The Palace
Tonight we storm the palace. The good folks at the People’s Theatre Project are having their annual benefit shindig and they are honoring Dominican super hero Junot Diaz and the director of community...
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Uptown Talk: The NYPL Podcast – Junot Diaz
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...
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05/09/16: Origin Stories @ The United Palace – Josefina Baez
Josefina Baez Monday, May 9th 6:30pm doors, 7pm show Performance takes place in the Palace Foyer FREE with RSVP, seating limited to 100. Josefina Baez is a storyteller, ArteSana, performer, writer,...
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The Future Is Ours – A Q&A With Junot Díaz
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Junot Díaz is a Dominican superhero. A mild-mannered M.I.T. professor by day, he is a criollo caped crusader with the escudo emblazoned on his chest by night. For the last...
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Tonight We Storm The Palace…
Tonight we will storm the palace. We will storm the palace as a community united as one in the belief that the arts is our very lifeblood. That the arts in all of their wonderful incarnations must be...
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Storm the Palace – The Recap
Words: Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography: Emmanuel Abreu (@EAbreuVisuals) We came, we saw, we stormed the palace. Hundreds of people came from far and wide to celebrate the community affirming work of...
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Save The Date: We The People – A Social Justice Theatre Festival – December 9-11
Mark your calendars folks, The People’s Theatre Project (PTP) presents We The People – A Social Justice Theatre Festival on December 9th thru the 11th. This is going to be big folks. We’re talking...
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Radical Hope | The New Yorker
Junot Díaz penned an absoulte must-read in the New Yorker. Click below and make it happen. Read more: Aftermath: Sixteen Writers on Trump’s America We invite you to subscribe to the weekly Uptown Love...
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The Top 10 Posts of 2016
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) While the countdown to the coronation of you know who draws ever closer, it’s that time of year to take a look back at the Top Posts of 2016. By the way, we are super proud to...
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Spread Love: One Book, One New York
Okay folks, you have until February 28th to vote for the book that will kick off the One Book, One New York citywide book club in March. The NYC Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment has chosen...
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Spread Love: The People Storm The Palace – A Social Justice Theatre Festival...
That’s right folks. The people will once again storm the palace. In light of the Trump tyranny, this event is more crucial than ever. The People Storm the Palace is an annual social justice theatre...
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Spread Love: The People’s Theatre Project Presents Theatre Fun In The Sun
This summer, People’s Theatre Project is offering free theatre activities in Payson Playground for kids ages 4 – 10 and their adult family members. You and your child (or grandchild!) will play fun...
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On Being: Junot Díaz Speaks About Radical Hope
Listen up folks; you need this in your life right now. In these dark days of the Trump Tyranny, where everyday brings a new outrage, when it seems that decades of hard fought progress are being undone...
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12/10/17: The People’s Theatre Project Presents We The People
PEOPLE’S THEATRE PROJECT presents We The People Youth Voices Center Stage Sunday, December 10, 2017 at 5pm Clyde and Helen Wu Auditorium Columbia University Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center 104...
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Junot Díaz talks shop uptown | Manhattan Times
by Desiree Johnson and Gregg McQueen The Pulitzer Prize-winning author shared insights with students. When Junot Díaz first shared with some closest to him that he wanted to be a writer, they were not...
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04/13/18: Junot Díaz Presents Islandborn @ The United Palace
Word Up Community Bookshop/Librería Comunitaria, with United Palace of Cultural Arts, is proud to present Pulitzer Prize winner and MacArthur fellow Junot Díaz, reading from his debut children’s...
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Uptown Talk: Latinos Out Loud – Bunny Talk on Necker Island
The hilarity continues on the latest episode of the Latinos Out Loud podcast. The crew chops it up about trips to the Dominican Republic, the rapper Bad Bunny, the Bermuda Triangle and burger flipping...
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Uptown Talk: Latinos Out Loud – “MA-Tell” me about it
Here they go again. This week the Latinos Out Loud crew chop it up about the Frida Kahlo Barbie Doll, Barbara Streisand’s cloned dog, Amazon’s Alexa totally eerie spontaneous laughter for no reason...
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UPinion: “We must listen” | Manhattan Times
By Mino Lora Photo: E. Abreu Visuals I am a firm believer in the power of young people. They teach me and inspire me every single day; it is clear to me that their compassion, creativity and commitment...
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Junot Díaz Opens Up About Being Sexually Molested As A Child
Even superheroes have human frailties. Pulitzer Award winning author Junot Díaz penned a powerful piece in The New Yorker about being sexually molested as a child. The repeated rape by a relative left...
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Spread Love: Veneno In Theaters
Jack Veneno was the man. By far, the most well known Dominican wrestler of all time, Jack Veneno is held in an almost mythic regard by so many Dominicans of a certain era. Now his stirring story is on...
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Hola a Lola | Manhattan Times
Photos by Cristóbal Vivar “I am pastelito con salchipapa.” The MacArthur Fellow and Pultizer Prize-winning writer almost got usurped by the beginners. Before Junot Díaz took to the stage at the United...
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Spread Love: The People’s Theatre Project Presents We The People
The indispensable People’s Theatre Project invites you to take part in WE THE PEOPLE: Youth Voices Centerstage, an artistic dialogue on social injustice impacting the community. It all goes down on...
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A Decade of Drama | Manhattan Times
By Gregg McQueen How to top their ten? As community arts organization People’s Theatre Project (PTP) celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, its directors are working on next-level goals. The...
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Uptown Video: The TODAY Show Visits The People’s Theatre Project
The TODAY Show recently came Uptown for a segment on how Lin-Manuel Miranda’s childhood playground became a stage for kids. The segment featured the indispensable People’s Theatre Project who were...
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