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Recirculation WordUp: Workshop and Bilingual Reading with Mariana Graciano / Taller y lectura bilingüe con Mariana Graciano

Thursday, November 20, 2025 – 4:00pm to 6:00pm
RECIRCULATION A project of Word Up
876 Riverside Drive (near 160th St.)
New York, NY 10032

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Workshop and Bilingual Reading with Mariana Graciano

Part of Hispanic Heritage Month Events

Join us for an inspiring literary evening with Argentine writer Mariana Graciano, celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month through creativity, storytelling, and dialogue.

  • Writing Workshop (4:00 p.m.): Guided by Graciano, participants will dive into the power of memory and images to spark writing. Using family photographs and hybrid texts such as Frida Kahlo’s diaries and Emma Reyes’s memoirs, the workshop will invite you to explore the intersection between the personal and the collective, crafting original texts that draw from your own archives. No prior writing experience is required—just curiosity and openness to discover new voices, including your own.
  • Bilingual Reading & Conversation (5:00 p.m.): After the workshop, Graciano will be joined by her translator Daniella Gitlin for a dynamic bilingual reading. Together they will reflect on memory, family albums, and the creative process, while highlighting the essential role of translation in bringing Latin American voices into the U.S. literary landscape.

Come to write, listen, and celebrate the richness of Latin American storytelling!

Word Up Recirculation: Yuyi Morales’ bilingual story time for picture book Little Rebels / Peques rebeldes

Word Up welcomes beloved author & illustrator Yuyi Morales for a bilingual (English & Spanish) story time of her new picture book Little Rebels / Peques rebeldes.  Do you know a little rebel? Do you want to be a rebel, too?

Caldecott Honoree and six-time Pura Belpré Medalist Yuyi Morales, creator of Dreamers, Viva Frida, and Bright Star, draws on Mexican folklore in this much-anticipated new offering. Little Rebels is as bold and spirited as the young trailblazers it chronicles.

This event is a $5 suggested donation ticket with 50 max attendees. Please register in advance.

United Palace: THE MUSE–OFFERINGS TO THE ANCESTORS

The Grand Foyer of the United Palace will be transformed into a radiant ancestral altar—a sacred space to honor those who came before us. Now in its third consecutive year, this annual gathering draws inspiration from Día de los Muertos and All Saints Day, inviting us to remember, celebrate, and commune with the ancestors who continue to shape our lives.

Guests are invited to bring photos (copies) for the altar, and to write messages of gratitude, remembrance, or guidance to ancestors known and unknown. Together, we’ll weave these gestures into a collective tribute, culminating in a group meditation and other artistic offerings that open our hearts to wisdom and renewal.

This event is free with RSVP.   Door at 6:30

The Muse is a monthly program dedicated to celebrating inspiration, the arts, and community. It brings together open-minded artists and art lovers to explore the many ways inspiration, or The Muse, elevates our daily lives. Through shared human experiences, creative expression, and a deep love for the arts, we reflect on life’s biggest questions, uncovering new meaning in the world around us.

 

 

YM & YWHA of Washington Heights & Inwood: Uptown Arts & Culture Pop-Up Series – Art in Motion!

Art & Jazz afternoon for everyone!  Doors at 1:45 PM

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM  The Cardboard Studio with artist Tom Pnini

The Cardboard Studio Join us for a day of creativity and hands-on fun as families come together to build and play with a the cardboard car ramp! Using imaginative designs and lots and lots of cardboard, we’ll transform simple materials into an exciting masterpiece. Each family will get to design and construct their own unique cardboard car and put it to the test on our ramp.

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM  Yaala Ballin Jazz Band — Music & Storytelling!

Yaala Ballin and her band will present some of their favorite gems of the Great American Songbook. Songs that were written in the last century but are still relevant today. Jazz music for the people that tells stories of love, friendship and life.

Snacks from Tsion Cafe : We’re a place with Pan-African love, Black Israeli pride and a passion for delicious vegan food where we harmonize flavors from Ethiopia, Israel, and the ever diverse New York.

Bloom Readings: An Autumnal Poetry Reading

Bloom Readings is thrilled to present three excellent poets who will share the bill in The Lounge at Hudson View Gardens, on Sunday, Nov. 2nd at 6 pm.  Come hear Rebecca Keith, Anthony Cappo and Kristina Andersson Bicher read from their current work.  And afterwards, over wine and cheese, all three will have their published work for sale and would be happy to sign your copy.    The Lounge is located in Washington Heights near Bennett Park, just west of the intersection of Pinehurst Ave. and 183rd Street.  Admission is $10.

Bloom Readings is grateful for the on-going support of Poets & Writers through public funding from the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council.