Arts
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Putting the “art” in charter La escuela creativa
"We believe in forming well-rounded students.” Spoke like a true principal. For Dr. Vasthi Acosta, who ism indeed, head of the...
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Call for submissions: 2014 Uptown Arts Stroll poster contest
Convocatoria de propuestas: concurso de carteles del Paseo de las Artes 2014
The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance is pleased to announce the 2014 Uptown Arts Stroll — an annual festival featuring more than...
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The Uptown Collective – The Recap 11-25 to 11-30
Our Time Travel Tuesdays post takes us back to a story that was first published in The NY Times on May 15th, 2009. Imagine you move into an apartment that unbeknownst to you happens to be the former stash house of a now deported drug dealer with ties to a crooked cop. It gets worse.
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“A family album” “Un álbum familiar”
Bernadette Franco stared at the decades-old, black-and-white photographs of everyday life in the South Bronx during the 1970's, 1980's and...
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Headed up with Going Down Subiendo con Going Down
Chris Campanioni wears many hats. Journalist, model, teacher, poet ― Campanioni has all of these roles on his resumé, and recently...
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Goddess at the Center Diosas en el Centro
Las diosas están de vuelta y esta vez bendiciendo el Centro Shabazz. La última exposición individual de Andrea Arroyo, su tercera este año, es...
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On the ground level A nivel del suelo
En un paseo por el Parque Inwood Hill, Jessica Lagunas, encontró un pequeño huevo azul. Lo llevó a casa y lo guardó en el interior de...
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Screenings con sazón Proyecciones con sazón
Si usted está buscando películas con sabor, está de suerte esta semana. El Tercer Festival Internacional Anual de Cine de la Herencia Puertorriqueña...
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Crayons, and spirits, alight
Crayones, y espíritus, se incendianTen years ago, the HudsonViewGardens’ HVG Art Group hosted its first official art exhibit in the co-op building. But the co-op had long been...
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Taking root, seed by seed
Tomando la raíz, semilla por semilla
El símbolo más fácilmente identificable de la isla de Manhattan es probablemente el que la mayoría de los viajeros ven diariamente: el mapa del...
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International cinema – sippy cups welcome
Cine internacional, vasos entrenadores y todo
¡Prepárese para una avalancha! Las familias locales que buscan una oportunidad de satisfacer su inclinación cineasta no necesitarán viajar...
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At the crossroads of art and activism
En la encrucijada del arte y el activismo
La vida de los artistas y de los inmigrantes resuena entre sí. A menudo se consideran a sí mismos como extranjeros, con frecuencia no se...
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Lights on Broadway Luces sobre Broadway
It all started with a slice of pizza. Julian Kaiser walked out of his favorite pizzeria at 189th Street and Broadway a few years ago and realized that the...
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A found fortune Una fortuna encontrada
Lilli and Charles (née Carl) are the lucky ones. On the morning of Nov. 8, 1938, Lilli Meseritz’s 72-year-old grandmother answered the door.
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“It brought out the magic”
Steven Gil had one word to describe Cinderella: “Awesome.” His mother, Sonia Gil, was surprised that her teenage son would ascribe such a word to the aspirational tale of a young woman seeking her Prince Charming. Though, to be fair, she did not know what to expect when she came to see the...
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A love letter to letters Una carta de amor a las letras
On his first day of school in Puerto Rico, Luis Gutiérrez was shocked to learn he did not know his own name. Growing up in Chicago, he said he...
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