Word Up – Book Launch: Anand Pandian’s SOMETHING BETWEEN US with Kessie Alexandre and Kaya Williams

Word Up Community Bookshop 2113 Amsterdam Ave at 165th St., New York, NY, United States

Word Up welcomes anthropologist Anand Pandian to discuss his new book Something Between Us: The Everyday Walls of American Life, and How to Take Them Down, a first-hand look at the deep social and political divides in American society, and collective strategies that can overcome them.

FREE

NoMAA: 23rd Uptown Arts Stroll Opening Reception

Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling 898 Saint Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY, United States

Join NoMAA & the northern Manhattan arts community, meet this year’s honorees & celebrate the Uptown Arts Stroll opening in West Harlem, Washington Heights & Inwood at the Sugar Hill Museum with DJ Taela Naomi and outdoor artist-led workshop by the Sugar Hill Museum on the plaza.

FREE

Word Up Recirculation: Performers for Palestine

Word Up Recirculation 876 Riverside Drive (near 160th St.), New York, NY, United States

Join us for an evening of community and original live performances -- music, spoken word, stand-up, and DJing -- as we raise money to help our Palestinian neighbors in Gaza.

Donation

Word Up Recirculation: Hudson Pier Women in Poetry and Memoir

Word Up Recirculation 876 Riverside Drive (near 160th St.), New York, NY, United States

Three women writers (two from Hell's Kitchen, one from Washington Heights) share their work in poetry and memoir, drawing from their work together in a writing group that met for over ten years. 

$5.00