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UC Recap: August 25 – August 30
Calling all photographers. The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) is looking for submissions for their upcoming exhibition titled Selfless Selfies. The exhibit seeks to present black-and-white images by uptown photographers that narrate stories from our uptown communities...
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The Uptown Collective – The Recap 7-28 to 8-2
On a picture perfect Sunday, August 10th to be exact, the annual Dominican Day Parade drew thousands to sixth avenue for a rousing celebration of Dominican culture, identity and heritage. As usual, the Uptown Collective was there to capture the magic...
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The Uptown Collective – The Recap 7-28 to 8-2
Our popular Time Travel Tuesdays post took us back to October 9th, 1981, to an illuminating article written by the late Molly Ivins in the New York Times. The piece is entitled A Renaissance In A Forgotten Neighborhood – The Talk of Heights-Inwood and sheds light into a phenomenon that was just beginning to take shape. The...
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The Uptown Collective – The Recap 7-21 to 7-26
Shout out to the good folks at AT&T for giving me the opportunity to test drive the brand new Amazon Fire Phone recently at their Mobility Tech Innovation Event. The Amazon Fire is the very first smartphone designed by Amazon and is now available for purchase. Even though I am an ardent devotee of everything Apple, I was seriously...
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The Uptown Collective – The Recap 7-7 to 7-12
The next installment of the Led Black Book Club goes down on Thursday, July 24th at Word Up Books (2113 Amsterdam Ave @ 165th Street) from 7 to 9pm. Our featured author is AJ Sidransky, who recently released his 2nd novel, Stealing A Summer’s Afternoon.
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The Uptown Collective – The Recap 6-30 to 7-5
As this goes to print, we have received almost 20 K hits on our short film, The Incredibly Spectacular Dyckman Fireworks Co.. If you have not seen it yet, please take a little time to check it out and share it. The film has received press coverage from The NY Times, Gothamist, Gizmodo, NY Daily News...
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The Uptown Collective – The Recap 6-23 to 6-28
We started the week with the super awesome news that our short film, The Incredibly Spectacular Dyckman Fireworks Co., got some love from the indispensable NY Times. Thanks to reporters Andy Newman, Annie Correal and Kenneth Rosen for including us in the New York...
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The Uptown Collective – The Recap 6-16 to 6-21
The wait is finally over. Our film, The Incredibly Spectacular Dyckman Fireworks Co., is now available online. Filmed entirely on the 4th of July 2013, the short film is an inside look at the Independence Day celebrations Uptown. We enlisted a great group of local cinematographers such...
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The Uptown Collective – The Recap 5-13 to 5-18
It’s on people. The Northern Manhattan Restaurant Week has begun and that means a bunch of great deals at some of your favorite restaurants.
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The Uptown Collective – The Recap 4-15 to 4-20
Did you know that travel expert, Valarie D’Elia, of the popular travel blog Travel with Val recently took a jaunt up to Inwood to find hidden gems for a video segment for NY1? Well, neither did I but one of our awesome readers...
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UC Recap: October 22 – October 27
The first ever Inwood Hill Park Harvest Festival took place on Saturday, October 20th and of course the UC was there. Check out the awesome pictures of the festivities...
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UC Recap – October 1 – October 6
We started the week with awesome pictures of the 2012 Medieval Festival courtesy of our very own Wallace Flores. The Medieval Festival is one of the...
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UC Recap – September 24 – September 29
It seems the entire world is still talking about Jay-Z and Beyonce’s recent visit to La Marina. With Leonardo DiCaprio’s outing there a few weeks ago...
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UC Recap – August 20 – August 25
Our indiegogo fundraising campaign is now over but the filming of this movie will continue until the end of summer and probably a bit...
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UC Recap – July 30 – August 4
August in New York City for me means only 3 things, the Dominican Day Parade, my birthday and the New York International Latino Film Festival...
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UC Recap – June 18 – June 23
On Thursday, June 14th the Uptown Collective held its 2-Year Anniversary shindig at the swank and sexy Negro Claro Lounge (3805 10th Ave).
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