Uptown Voices Podcast live recording with NoMAA
(Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance)
NoMAA staff speak with Uptown Voices podcast hosts Octavio Blanco and Led Black about the Uptown Arts Stroll
Get ready for the 2026 Uptown Arts Stroll, coming in June. NoMAA’s Executive Director, Niria Leyva-Gutierrez and Uptown Arts Stroll Coordinator Martin Collins speak with Uptown Voices podcast hosts Octavio Blanco and Led Black of Uptown Collective. Join them in the Sorolla room at the Hispanic Society of Arts and Letters for a lively discussion of the Stroll’s history and future. 2026 celebrates the 24th annual cultural event. Since 2003, the Uptown Arts Stroll has grown from a one-day event to a month-long celebration offering a wide variety of arts and cultural events from West 125th Street to West 220th Street.
Uptown Voices is a podcast focused on the Uptown neighborhoods of Inwood, Washington Heights, Harlem, and the South Bronx. Our neighborhoods have a voice and we want to make sure it’s heard and felt. We love Uptown! Each episode will elevate the people here who are making a difference in the life of this community, be they artists, community organizations, local businesses or elected leaders.
Join us in celebrating Spring at the Hispanic Society!
Come view our exhibitions, participate in art-making workshops, and dance along to live music! See here for the schedule of events:
2-6pm: All Exhibitions on View:
- Sandy Rodriguez: Tierra Insurgente
- Goya and the Age of Revolution
- Joaquin Sorolla’s Vision of Spain
3-5pm: Art-Making Workshops
- Print-Making Workshop with Josefina Hernández
- Chicanx and Afro-Latinx Poetry Lab with Brianna Clara
5-6pm: Live Music Performance
- Drawing from the musical traditions of Cumbia, Bolero, Son Jarocho and more, Chispa performs selections from their debut album, Somos MedicinaWorkshop
Journey along the ancient Camino de Santiago with Skylark Vocal Ensemble as they perform Joby Talbot’s mesmerizing Path of Miracles in the in the in the resonant spaces of the Hispanic Society. This “musical miracle in itself” traces the steps of Spain’s most enduring pilgrimage through four theatrical movements, with seventeen individual voice parts creating an almost orchestral texture that illuminates the universal experiences of journey, transformation, and spiritual discovery. Be transported as a pilgrimage across Spain unfolds in sound, surrounded by Joaquín Sorolla’s fourteen-panel masterpiece Vision of Spain.
A limited number of free tickets are available to each concert, which will become available a few weeks prior to the concerts.
Space is limited, RSVP required.
Journey along the ancient Camino de Santiago with Skylark Vocal Ensemble as they perform Joby Talbot’s mesmerizing Path of Miracles in the in the in the resonant spaces of the Hispanic Society. This “musical miracle in itself” traces the steps of Spain’s most enduring pilgrimage through four theatrical movements, with seventeen individual voice parts creating an almost orchestral texture that illuminates the universal experiences of journey, transformation, and spiritual discovery. Be transported as a pilgrimage across Spain unfolds in sound, surrounded by Joaquín Sorolla’s fourteen-panel masterpiece Vision of Spain.
A limited number of free tickets are available to each concert, which will become available a few weeks prior to the concerts.
Space is limited, RSVP required.
Panel Discussion on Afro-Latin Art and Culture
Join us for a conversation with cast members from the Tony-Award winning Broadway musical Buena Vista Social Club, organizers of New York’s annual Afro-Latino Festival, and Executive Director of the New York Latin American Art Triennial (NYLAAT), Alexis Mendoza. Panelists will discuss the history and contemporary relevance of Afro-Latin art and culture.
Space is limited, RSVP required.
