May 2023
NoName @ WordUp: Super Story Party
Each No Name show @ the wonderful Word Up bookshop features a mix of some of NYCs best comics, storytellers, and more.
Find out more »June 2023
Handmade for Kids (Outdoor performance)
Join us for a free outdoor concert of music in Spanish by Handmade for Kids at 3pm.
Find out more »Rising in the Heights with Rachael Harrington
Storyteller Rachael Harrington returns to Rising in the Heights for the second year, featuring Russian folk tales and New York City Ballet dancer Misty Copeland’s picture book The Firebird, with musical performance by Leadlights Ensemble.
Find out more »July 2023
Word Up: 10 Years on Amsterdam Anniversary Fiesta!
Word Up is celebrating 10 years on Amsterdam on Saturday, July 29, 2023 from 3-6pm with a fun day of giving away books, t-shirt screen printing, and the usual fan-fare of music, food, and raffles!
Find out more »September 2023
WordUp – War In Your Backyard: Peter Zilahy, Ivan Vidak, & Ivan Sršen
Join us for an evening with authors Peter Zilahy, Ivan Vidak, & Ivan Sršen where they will discuss war in your backyard.
Find out more »October 2023
Word Up: WHY POETRY MATTERS Reading
It’s often asked if poetry matters. Four women poets will read work that demonstrates why it does. Patricia Brody, Elizabeth J. Coleman, Lucille Lang Day, and Alicia Ostriker will read work that helps light our way forward.
Find out more »November 2023
Word Up – Screening & Panel: 1.5 Million
Join Word Up for a screening of Gregory Hernandez’s film 1.5 Million about the literacy crisis in the Bronx, the home where he was born and raised.
Find out more »December 2023
Word Up – The Songs We Write: A Live Original Music Event
Featured performers are a mix of local songwriters, composers, and Song A Week members.
Find out more »January 2024
NoName @ WordUp: Super Story Party
No Name Comedy/Variety Show producer Eric Vetter brings New York’s best established and emerging authors and storytellers to Word Up Community Bookshop.
Find out more »February 2024
Word Up – Poetry Reading: TRELLISES AND THORNS by Pamela L. Laskin
Join us for a reading with Pamela L. Laskin for her latest poetry collection Trellises and Thorns.
Find out more »March 2024
Word Up: Reading Abu Toha, Reading Gaza
Join Word Up for a reading of Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza, the award-winning debut collection by Palestinian poet and founder of the Edward Said Library in Gaza Mosab Abu Toha.
Find out more »Word Up: Baseball Preseason Fun with Darren López & Ellen Lindner
Come meet authors Darren López (Martín Dihigo: The Greatest Baseball Player You’ve Never Heard Of) and Ellen Lindner (Lost Diamonds) as they tell stories about lost baseball history, share their own diamond tales, and generally get the Heights ready for the 2024 baseball season!
Find out more »Word Up: Book Release Party: Belonging, On Self: Poems on Dominirican Healing
Join us for an intimate and powerful evening to celebrate “Belonging, On Self: Poems on Dominirican Healing” by Cynthia Roman Cabrera.
Find out more »April 2024
Word Up – Book Salon: Emilie Boone’s A NIMBLE ARC: James Van Der Zee and Photography
Join Word Up for a book salon honoring Emilie Boone and her new book A Nimble ARC: James Van Der Zee and Photography, about the renowned Harlem Renaissance photographer with professors Janée Moses & Laurie Woodard.
Find out more »Work Up: Paul Yamazaki’s Reading the Room: A Bookseller’s Tale with Veronica Santiago Liu
Word Up welcomes legendary bookseller Paul Yamazaki to celebrate his new book Reading the Room: A Bookseller’s Tale and to discuss his 50+ years at City Lights Bookstore and the past, present, and future of bookselling with Word Up founder & general coordinator Veronica Santiago Liu.
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