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Upcoming Free Zoom Presentation: Thursday, April 15th, 630pm
"Upper West Side en clave: Bailando en Bloomingdale", Latin Music on the Upper West Side
"Upper West Side en clave: Bailando en Bloomingdale", Latin Music on the Upper West Side
This webinar will tell the story of the outsized role that our neighborhood played in the world of popular Latin dance music in the past decades. Presenters Angel Roman and Felix Cortes will introduce you to some of the giants in the field--Mario Bauza (Machito Orchestra), Arsenio Rodriguez, Ismael Rivera and Angel Viloria, all who had connections to the Upper West Side.. You’ll hear about dance clubs, jamming spots and home dance parties--all the places that produced the soundtrack to the affirmation and resistance of the neighborhood’s working class. Join us for an evening that will combine talk and music and images and, if the spirit moves you, maybe even a dance party in your living room.
About the presenters:
Angel Roman: Whether it’s hand silkscreening Latino holiday cards with two friends for 40 years, playing Zoom dominoes with his buddies during COVID, singing in Puerto Rico with the NYC Labor Chorus, or participating as a board member for Cumbe Center for African and Diaspora Dance, Angel Román believes that La Cultura Cura , that culture is sustaining and healing.
Felix Cortes: Felix has lived on the Upper West Side for 66 of his 71 years. A retired teacher, he attended PS 9, JHS 44, Columbia Grammar School, and Columbia College. He was a squatter in tenement buildings across from the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and a homesteader at 991 Amsterdam Avenue.
For more on music in the Bloomingdale neighborhood take a look at the BNHG musical map of the area: https://www.upperwestsidehistory.org/blog/-making-music-in-bloomingdale
Please click the link below to join the webinar:no reservations, link will be live at 630pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88207685277
Or One tap mobile :
US: +19292056099,,88207685277# or +13126266799,,88207685277#
Or Telephone:
Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 929 205 6099 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 669 900 6833
Webinar ID: 882 0768 5277
International numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdbTXhVGAO
About the presenters:
Angel Roman: Whether it’s hand silkscreening Latino holiday cards with two friends for 40 years, playing Zoom dominoes with his buddies during COVID, singing in Puerto Rico with the NYC Labor Chorus, or participating as a board member for Cumbe Center for African and Diaspora Dance, Angel Román believes that La Cultura Cura , that culture is sustaining and healing.
Felix Cortes: Felix has lived on the Upper West Side for 66 of his 71 years. A retired teacher, he attended PS 9, JHS 44, Columbia Grammar School, and Columbia College. He was a squatter in tenement buildings across from the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and a homesteader at 991 Amsterdam Avenue.
For more on music in the Bloomingdale neighborhood take a look at the BNHG musical map of the area: https://www.upperwestsidehistory.org/blog/-making-music-in-bloomingdale
Please click the link below to join the webinar:no reservations, link will be live at 630pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88207685277
Or One tap mobile :
US: +19292056099,,88207685277# or +13126266799,,88207685277#
Or Telephone:
Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 929 205 6099 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 669 900 6833
Webinar ID: 882 0768 5277
International numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdbTXhVGAO
Free Zoom Presentation for later date:
Andrew Alpern, architectural historian and author of the new book Posh Portals: Elegant Entrances and Ingratiating Ingresses to Apartments for the Affluent in New York City, will present a richly illustrated program that he has designed especially for the Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group. Alpern's program will highlight the most outstanding examples of "posh portals", entrance ways that can stop passersby in their tracks, creating wow-worthy first impressions of some of the most elegant and luxurious apartment houses on the Upper West Side.
Andrew Alpern, architectural historian and author of the new book Posh Portals: Elegant Entrances and Ingratiating Ingresses to Apartments for the Affluent in New York City, will present a richly illustrated program that he has designed especially for the Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group. Alpern's program will highlight the most outstanding examples of "posh portals", entrance ways that can stop passersby in their tracks, creating wow-worthy first impressions of some of the most elegant and luxurious apartment houses on the Upper West Side.
Free Walking Tours of Historic Bloomingdale
Explore the History of the Upper West Side
between W. 96th and W. 110th Streets
Led by Renowned Local Historian Jim Mackin
The free monthly Bloomingdale neighborhood walking tours will resume when the current health crisis passes.
Tours Meet at Hostelling International-NY
891 Amsterdam Avenue at 103rd Street
More info 212-666-9774
or info@columbusamsterdambid.org
sponsored by the Columbus/Amsterdam BID
and Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group
Explore the History of the Upper West Side
between W. 96th and W. 110th Streets
Led by Renowned Local Historian Jim Mackin
The free monthly Bloomingdale neighborhood walking tours will resume when the current health crisis passes.
Tours Meet at Hostelling International-NY
891 Amsterdam Avenue at 103rd Street
More info 212-666-9774
or info@columbusamsterdambid.org
sponsored by the Columbus/Amsterdam BID
and Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group