Washington Heights has a storied history of culture and entrepreneurship. Long before the musical and recent movie adaptation of "In the Heights" brought the vibrant spectacle of the neighborhood to audiences across the world, Manhattan's Washington Heights was already an important ethnic enclave for Latines living in NYC. This is particularly the case for the Dominican community. So, when Diana Dotel, co-founder of Mtw agency, was conceiving an event that would spotlight Dominican women that are changing the sound of género urbano, she knew exactly where it needed to be: the United Palace on 177th and Broadway in the heart of the heights.
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"It was important to do it there," Dotel tells Popsugar, speaking both about the neighborhood and concert venue which has seen the likes of Aventura, Cnco, Jhayco, and more. As a promoter, Dotel is well acquainted with the Palace,...
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"It was important to do it there," Dotel tells Popsugar, speaking both about the neighborhood and concert venue which has seen the likes of Aventura, Cnco, Jhayco, and more. As a promoter, Dotel is well acquainted with the Palace,...
- 7/5/2023
- by Miguel Machado
- Popsugar.com
On Friday night, a massive, sold-out crowd began flooding into United Palace, the gilded theater in Washington Heights that’s become a rite of passage for major Latin stars, Bad Bunny and El Alfa included. An enthusiastic audience, primarily made up of Dominican women, turned out for an unprecedented event: Mujeres Del Movimiento, a first-of-its-kind festival in New York, organized by women with an all-women line-up.
Even before the show began, the crowd quickly transformed into hype men and women, chanting, clapping in sync, and fervently waving their flags in the air.
Even before the show began, the crowd quickly transformed into hype men and women, chanting, clapping in sync, and fervently waving their flags in the air.
- 6/26/2023
- by Jasely Molina and Julyssa Lopez
- Rollingstone.com
To anyone who watched the first season of VH1’s Love & Hip Hop: Miami this year, Amara La Negra – bold, mahogany-skinned and Afro’d – is a newly minted icon. To Spanish-language TV viewers, she’s been a star for years: as a child, she made regular appearances on Univision’s Sábado Gigante. And now, with hits like the reggae-tinged “What a Bam Bam” soaring into the millions of views on YouTube, La Negra is relishing her biggest spotlight yet. “I’ve always known my purpose in life,” says the 27-year-old singer.
- 8/10/2018
- by Marjua Estevez
- Rollingstone.com
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