Feb 1, 2012
Uptown Entertainment and Development Corporation
presents its Second Annual Philly Music Appreciation Celebration
Kick Off Reception
DATE: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15
TIME: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SITE: Conversation Hall, 2nd Floor, City Hall
RSVP before 2/8/12
Announcement of 2012 Philly Music Appreciation Honorees
Light Refreshments
Entertainment by Uptown Youth Got Talent All Stars
Call (215) 236-1878 before February 8 to RSVP
HOLD THE DATE!
6/21/12 - Awards Ceremony “Celebrating Philadelphians’ Contributions to Music”
6/23/12 - “Perfecting the Dream” Neighborhood Clean Up, Uptown Guided Tour/Lecture and “Legends of Soul Healthy Backyard Barbecue”
Register before February 8 at http://uedc.ticketleap.com/second-annual-philly-music-appreciation-celebration-kick-off-/
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"Light Up the Uptown" Ceremony
Famous Historic Uptown Theater Marquee to Be Lit through New Year
Ceremony begins Thursday Dec 22, 5 p.m. at Uptown Theater
2240 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA
December 16, 2011, Philadelphia, PA -The Uptown Entertainment and Development Corporation (UEDC) and its Young Uptown Around Town division is pleased to announce that on Thursday December 22, at 5 p.m., the marquee atop the famous Uptown Theater on North Broad St. will be lit and remain on though New Year’s Day using new energy-efficient LED lights. The lighting of the marquee and ceremony are part of an annual celebration conducted by UEDC to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the building of the Uptown Theater in 1929 and to bring attention to the need to revitalize North Philadelphia.The first phase of construction, of what will be the theater’s education and technology tower, will be completed in March 2012.The renaissance of the City, with upgrades to SEPTA Broad Street Line stations, renovation of Dilworth Plaza and shopping plazas developments on 52nd and Jefferson, to name a few, cannot be completed without the restoration of this historic landmark on North Broad Street.
The lighting ceremony will be held rain or shine in front of the Uptown Theater located at 2240 N. Broad St.
Although the UEDC has raised $5, 000 to keep the marquee lit through New Year’s Day, the long term goal is to keep the marquee lit until the second phase of construction is completed. The UEDC is still accepting donations throughout 2012 that will go towards the energy efficient bulbs which are $25.00 and will also help with electricity expenses. Tax-deductible donations of $25, $50 or $100 will help with this effort. All donors name will be placed on the wall outside the theater.
Pledges can be made at www.philadelphiauptowntheatre.org and click the donate button on the bottom left hand corner of our homepage. Donations can also be mailed to: Uptown Entertainment and Development Corporation, 2227 N. Broad St., Suite 2F, Philadelphia, PA 19132-4502. All donors name will be in lights along with the marquee.
For more information contact Linda Richardson or Monica Peters at 215-236-1878 or visit www.philadelphiauptowntheatre.org
About the Uptown Theater
The Uptown Entertainment and Development Corporation (UEDC) acquired the historic Uptown Theater at 2240 N. Broad St., a 50,000 square ft. theater with a 2,100 seat auditorium, as its first acquisition in 2002. Construction began in August 2011 to revitalize the theater's education and entertainment tower which will be completed in March 2012. The second phase of construction is set to begin in August 2012 with an anticipated completion date of 2013.
The Uptown Entertainment and Development Corporation is a nonprofit community development corporation dedicated to neighborhood stabilization. The Uptown's mission is to stimulate the economy in blighted areas of Philadelphia by creating commercial enterprises, neighborhood revitalization and management of moderate and low income housing.
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Philadelphia, PA, November 30, 2011: The African American United Fund is collecting toys for a monumental toy drive. Additional partners are the Uptown Entertainment and Development Corporation and their Young Uptown Around Town division, Grands As Parents, and X-Offenders for Community Empowerment.
With the increase in prices for consumer goods, utilities and food, it is particularly hard for poor and working families to afford basic necessities, let alone holiday gifts for their children.
“This year more people and families are in need and we are trying to respond to the difficult economic conditions that they are facing,” said Linda Richardson who is the president of the toy drive’s partner organization Uptown Entertainment and Development Corporation.
Each year demand for toys exceeds goals set by the African American United Fund and generous donors provide toys to help meet requests received often days before the distribution. The toy drive is in need of new unwrapped toys for children aged 0-12.
Donations for the event can be dropped off at the African American United Fund’s headquarters at 2227 N. Broad Street between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday. Volunteers are needed to help sort toys on Friday December 16 and Monday December 19.
*Please contact Monica Peters by Thursday Dec 15 to register to volunteer; or to arrange toy drop offs (we accept toy drop offs until Tuesday Dec 20 at 5:00 PM) at 215-236-1878 or monicapeters1.uptown@gmail.com.
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Uptown
Entertainment and Development Corporation Partners with Reelblack and
AFFRM
To Release Director Alrick Brown’s Acclaimed Feature KINYARWANDA
OpeningWeekend in Philadelphia Beginning December 2, 2011 at AMC
Franklin Mills
and Eight Cities Nationwide
Philadelphia, PA (November 22, 2011) – Uptown Entertainment
and
Development Corporation, who oversees the renovation of the historic
Uptown
Theater in North Philadelphia, is proud to partner with AFFRM
(African-American
Film Festival Releasing Movement) and Philadelphia film organization
Reelblack,
as they open their second film, Kinyarwanda,
winner of the 2011 Sundance Film
Festival Audience Award in the World Cinema Drama category.
Directed by
Alrick Brown, Kinyarwanda, described
as both a love story and the untold story of
faith and reconciliation during the Rwandan War, will make
its opening debut on
Friday, December 2 in eight cities
nationwide. Reelblack, one
of AFFRM’s organization and founding members, will debut the film in
Philadelphia beginning Friday December 2 at the AMC Franklin Mills. The
film
will also screen throughout the weekend. The Uptown
Entertainment
and Development Corporation, along with other organizations in the
region, will partner
with both AFFRM and Reelblack to help spread the word to ensure that
the film’s
opening weekend is a box office success in Philadelphia.
Tickets for Kinyarwanda can also
be purchased in advance at AMC Franklin Mills website here.
Kinyarwanda will also be released in AFFRM’s
founding markets: New York, Los
Angeles, Atlanta, Seattle, Chicago, Washington DC and San Francisco.
AFFRM is a collaborative theatrical distribution entity powered by the
nation’s
finest black film organizations: Urbanworld Film Festival with
Imagenation in
New York, BronzeLens Film Festival in Atlanta, ReelBlack Film Series in
Philadelphia, Langston Hughes African-American Film Festival in
Seattle, DuSable
Museum of African-American History in Chicago and the Black Cinema at
Large Film
Series in San Francisco. AFFRM’s inaugural release was the
award-winning
film, I Will Follow, which opened March 2011 in
more than 20 cities during its
seven week run.
About the film
In Kinyarwanda, a Tutsi woman
and a young Hutu man fall in love amidst chaos, a
soldier struggles with being absent from her family to foster a greater
good,
and a priest grapples with his faith in the face of unspeakable
horror. View trailer here.
About the Uptown
The Uptown Entertainment and Development Corporation (UEDC) acquired
the
historic Uptown Theater at 2240 N. Broad St., a 50,000 square ft.
theater with a
2,100 seat auditorium, asits first acquisition in 2002. Construction
began in
August 2011 to revitalizethe theatre's education and entertainment
tower which
will be completed in March 2012. UEDC supports art and culture through
our youth initiatives including
filmmaking classes and collaboration with other arts programs in the
region.
Past programs include Scribe Video Center's Precious Places film
production,
Urban Affairs Coalition youth program, summer youth employment and
sponsoring
Avenue of the Arts community meetings. On-going activities include
cultural
heritage tours, expanding the videodocumentary about the history of the
theater, creating a museum in the theaterdedicated to the legends of
soul
music, engaging corridor improvement planning and promoting science,
technology
engineering and math job development programs.
or
The Uptown Entertainment &
Development Corporation presents
"Young Uptown
Around Town"
Birthday Bash & Capital Campaign Event
Friday, November 11, 2011 | 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
|| location
The event is free and open to the public. Attire is casual.
"The
Light Up the Uptown Campaign"
Buy an LED Bulb!!
This
campaign is designed to assist us in making the Uptown Theater marquee
'light up'
using new energy-efficient
LED lights. Bulbs are $25.00.
The
campaign will also help with the electricity expenses.
Make a tax-deductible donation of $25,
$50 or $100.
Click the DONATE
button and pledge today.
