In loving memory of Tom Burgess
Celebrating the vinyl LP at the first-ever Uptown Record Fair! Featuring specialty sale items from the Recirculation archives, plus record vendors, vinyl DJs, and more.
Fans of Recirculation already know that when the project first opened, it was stocked to the rafters with not only the thousands of books collected by our late friend and volunteer Tom Burgess–but also by his records. His collection was so vast that even after distributing large donations to music non-profits, per Tom’s wishes, we still had enough left over to maintain a whole music section in the store. Along the way, volunteers have set aside scores of specialty items, which will make up the core of the Recirculation booth at the Uptown Record Fair.
But it won’t just be us! We will have several other vendors join us, setting up tables to offer goods across the musical spectrum–jazz, rock, hip-hop, blues, experimental, you name it.
Providing the soundtrack to the day will be vinyl-centric DJs from uptown and beyond, including a special set culled from Tom Burgess’ collection.
Uptown Vinyl Supreme
Delaceiba
Amanda Nazario (WFMU)
Dister
Amiri Mikel (WKCR)
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Entry is free, though a $5-10 suggested donation is encouraged.
In compliance with Word Up Community Safety guidelines, all attendees are encouraged to stay masked at all times.
Recirculation, a project of Word Up Community Bookshop, is located at 876 Riverside Drive (near 160th St.) in Washington Heights, NYC. You can take the 1 train to 157th St., A/C train to 163rd St., and the M4 and M5 to Broadway and 159/160th.
Word Up Community Bookshop/Librería Comunitaria, on Amsterdam Ave and 165th Street, is a multilingual, collectively operated bookshop and arts space, committed to co-creating a place where residents support each other to live informed and expressive lives. Recirculation is a project operated by Word Up. It was founded when former longtime Word Up volunteer Tom Burgess passed away from COVID-19 in June 2020, and is rooted in his collection of books and records gathered over the years. Most of the items are available for shoppers on a pay-what-you-can basis, and the space is often used for Word Up programming and other community events.
