June 2023
BOOK LAUNCH: Last Call at Coogan’s by Jon Michaud with Peter Walsh
Join Word Up in celebrating the launch of Last Call at Coogan’s: The Life and Death of a Neighborhood Bar about the uniquely inspiring story of a beloved neighborhood bar that united the communities it served.
Find out more »Word Up: Zine Day at Recirculation!
Join in a celebration of two new zines by local authors: Plants of My Neighborhood / Plantas de mi Barrio by Jerise Fogel, and Lost Diamonds, A History of Gender Rebellion in American Baseball by Ellen Lindner.
Find out more »Word Up RECIRCULATION: Drawing in Community (Summer Sessions)
Drawing as a vehicle for exploration, understanding, and self-expression, building freely through diverse aesthetic traditions via graphite and charcoal.
Find out more »July 2023
Lo’Mas Lit Summer 2023: Free Teen Book Club
Facilitated by two seasoned facilitators and teachers, Lo’Mas Lit is an in-person book discussion and creative space for teens (13-20) based in Uptown Manhattan.
Find out more »Word Up RECIRCULATION: Drawing in Community (Summer Sessions)
Drawing as a vehicle for exploration, understanding, and self-expression, building freely through diverse aesthetic traditions via graphite and charcoal.
Find out more »Word Up RECIRCULATION: Drawing in Community (Summer Sessions)
Drawing as a vehicle for exploration, understanding, and self-expression, building freely through diverse aesthetic traditions via graphite and charcoal.
Find out more »Word Up RECIRCULATION: Drawing in Community (Summer Sessions)
Drawing as a vehicle for exploration, understanding, and self-expression, building freely through diverse aesthetic traditions via graphite and charcoal.
Find out more »No Name Presents: Comedy Goes to Court: A Book & Comedy Event
No name presents, Comedy Goes to Court, an event with music, comedy, discussion, and a signing of the new book, Comedy Goes to Court, from author Carl Unegbu.
Find out more »Word Up RECIRCULATION: Drawing in Community (Summer Sessions)
Drawing as a vehicle for exploration, understanding, and self-expression, building freely through diverse aesthetic traditions via graphite and charcoal.
Find out more »August 2023
Word Up RECIRCULATION: Drawing in Community (Summer Sessions)
Drawing as a vehicle for exploration, understanding, and self-expression, building freely through diverse aesthetic traditions via graphite and charcoal.
Find out more »Andrea Navedo’s “Our Otherness Is Our Strength” in conversation with Elisabet Velasquez
Andrea Navedo is coming uptown to Recirculation, a project of Word Up, to read & sign her new memoir Our Otherness Is Our Strength: Wisdom from the Boogie Down Bronx.
Find out more »September 2023
Word Up – Book Launch: ALL THAT SHINES by Ellen Hagan with Renée Watson and Jennifer Baker
Join Word Up Community Bookshop for the launch of local author Ellen Hagan’s latest YA novel All That Shines
Find out more »Word Up Recirculation – Writing New York City: An Evening with Y. Rodriguez & Itua Uduebo
Join us for a conversation with Y. Rodriguez (author of the short story collection Urban Folk Tales) and Itua Uduebo (author of the millennial novel Parade of Streetlights) on the New York experience and how the city inspires their work at Recirculation.
Find out more »Comics & Storytelling Workshop for Teens with Gabriel Castillo (Recirculation)
Teen workshop to learn cartooning and storytelling with world-championship manga artist Gabriel Castillo.
Find out more »October 2023
Comics & Storytelling Workshop for Teens with Gabriel Castillo (Recirculation)
Teen workshop to learn cartooning and storytelling with world-championship manga artist Gabriel Castillo.
Find out more »Word Up Recirculation – Reading: Premilla Nadasen’s Care: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
Premilla Nadasen’s new book Care: The Highest Stage of Capitalism, is a fiery critique of capitalist care relations and the economic profit extracted from care.
Find out more »Comics & Storytelling Workshop for Teens with Gabriel Castillo (Recirculation)
Teen workshop to learn cartooning and storytelling with world-championship manga artist Gabriel Castillo.
Find out more »Comics & Storytelling Workshop for Teens with Gabriel Castillo (Recirculation)
Teen workshop to learn cartooning and storytelling with world-championship manga artist Gabriel Castillo.
Find out more »Rising Up: The Power of Narrative in Pursuing Racial Justice with Sonali Kolhakar Workshop
Award-winning multimedia journalist and author Sonali Kolhatkar leads a workshop for nonprofit organizers, communicators, publicists, and storytellers about building narrative power to further racial justice.
Find out more »Word Up Recirculation – Strings of WHCO
Enjoy an hour-long performance by string players of WHCO and browse the bookshelves…
Find out more »November 2023
10th Anniversary of Leta Hong Fincher’s Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China
Leta Hong Fincher’s landmark book Leftover Women shone a light on the resurgence of gender inequality in 21st-century China.
Find out more »December 2023
Word Up Recirculation – Reading: WORDS UNWHISPERED by Pamela L. Laskin
WORDS UNWHISPERED is a book of ghazals written during the pandemic. Why the ghazal? It is a lyric form that expresses sorrow and grief in the best possible way.
Find out more »RECIRCULATION: Journaling & Reflection on Success, Joy, and Light in 2023
Celebrate the end of the year by reflecting on your successes, the joy you found this year, and the light in your life with a workshop hosted by Isla Martinez.
Find out more »January 2024
Word Up: Chain-Gang All-Stars: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah with Roxane Gay
Word Up welcomes National Book Award finalist Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah to celebrate the paperback release of his debut bestselling novel, “Chain Gang All Stars,”.
Find out more »Word Up Recirculation – Book Launch: Souls of Queer Black Folk
Join us for the book launch of Souls of Queer Black Folk: Queering Black History Month, an anthology edited by Adj. Lecturer Tod Roulette.
Find out more »Word Up Recirculation – On Mourning and Resistance: A Conversation with Aziz Abu Sarah and Elik Elhanan
Please join us for a conversation between Palestinian activist Aziz Abu Sarah and Israeli activist Elik Elhanan on Israel and Gaza.
Find out more »February 2024
Word Up Recirculation: EXCELSIOR by bonafide rojas Book Party
Excelsior is the fifth collection of poetry from Bonafide Rojas.
Find out more »Word Up Recirculation: Stress-Less with Dr. Lem (Inwood Community Services)
Dr. Lemny Perez and Orleida Matos, from the Prevention and Wellness Program of Inwood Community Services, will lead a youth group, of ages 13-17, to discuss stress management, mindful breathing techniques, and empowerment tips.
Find out more »Word Up: NYC Book Launch for The Incarcerated Modern: Golnar Nikpour with Naveed Mansoori
Join us for a reading with Professor Golnar Nikpour for her new book The Incarcerated Modern: Prisons and Public Life in Iran, an examination of the Iranian prison system and its function in modern culture.
Find out more »Word Up Recirculation – SITO: Laurence Ralph with Aimee Meredith Cox
Reading and discussion with award-winning author Laurence Ralph for the new book SITO: An American Teenager and the City That Failed Him (out 2/20/24), a riveting and heart-wrenching story of violence, grief, and the American justice system,
Find out more »March 2024
Word Up Recirculation: Uptown Record Fair 2024
In loving memory of Tom Burgess. Celebrating the vinyl LP at the first-ever Uptown Record Fair!
Find out more »Word Up Recirculation – Divagaciones: Dominican Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer Anthologies
Presentation of two anthological books produced by Divagaciones, a transnational and transgenerational collective of Dominican lesbian, bisexual and queer women.
Find out more »April 2024
Word Up Recirculation – The Songs We Write: A Live Original Music Event
Sit back and enjoy original live music! Featured performers are a mix of local songwriters, composers, and Song A Week members.
Find out more »Rising in the Heights: Music and Storytelling with Reza Salazar
Celebrate the arrival of spring with the first of four events in the “Rising in the Heights” festival.
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