Word Up Recirculation: Uptown Out (February 2026)
Uptown Out is back in 2026! A creative improvised music series, featuring Uptown- and Bronx-based musicians performing in different combinations.
Uptown Out is back in 2026! A creative improvised music series, featuring Uptown- and Bronx-based musicians performing in different combinations.
Aster(ix) Journal's upcoming issue is an ode to the women behind the sounds and scene of hip hop and reggaeton. Join us for a reading and dance party to celebrate the launch!
Join WordUp for a celebration of Caribbean Love Stories: Open mic sign-up for the anyone who wishes to share, hosted by Skye Cabrer. Storytelling from Dominican artists, including Bronx poet Scarlet Gomez and comedian & poet Andee Del Orbe. A very special musical guest, the world-renowned, Dominican singer Yasser Tejeda. A contemporary dance offering from Dominican dancer Evelyn Tejeda.
paws. play! A fundraiser for dogs in the Philippines LINEUP: mas productions / alma / julia miranda. Ticket funds go towards Paw Savers Zamboanga, an animal rescue in the Philippines.
Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra presents Storytime with the Symphony, with Word Up Community Bookshop., featuring stories and music with thoughtful connections to themes familiar to children growing up in Washington Heightts. Bilingual narration in English and Spanish. Featuring: Because by Mo Willems and Amber Ren
Word Up welcomes award-winning professor Seth Michelson to discuss his new book Hope on the Border: Immigration, Incarceration, and the Power of Poetry, a humanizing story of immigration shown through the lens of undocumented, unaccompanied children and the poems they write. In conversation with Michelson will be David C. Baluarte, an immigration attorney and CUNY law professor.