Youth Program
The Uptown Entertainment & Development
Corporation is now accepting applications for our
2010 Summer Youth Program.
Summer Program begins July 5, 2010
and ends August 13, 2010.
Application fee - $20.00
Six week program - $100
per week
Scholarships are available. Contact 215-236-1878 for more information.
Summer Camp
in the summer of 2010, Uptown Entertainment & Development Corporation will sponsor several trips including cultural programs at the Mann Center and a skating rink.
Young Adult Program
The Uptown Entertainment & Development
Corporation is creating a group designed for adults
ages 25 to 35, who are interested in participating in future programs
of the Uptown Theater.
Co-Chairs Niambi Brown and Monifa
Lagrone will conduct monthly planning
and events beginning in the fall of 2010.
Contact 215-236-1878 for more information.
Currently and in the past the youth
program has enrolled students ages 17-21.
Our On the Job Training Program
is an ongoing youth program. Participants in the E3 program and other
programs are referred to UEDC to do six weeks of on the job training.
Participants receive payment for 20 hours per week and learn to
operate office equipment, business telephone etiquette, how to work in
facilities. community organizing skills and work with the Uptown
Entertainment & Development Corporation on community development.
This summer our summer camp will sponsor several
trips inclucing cultural programs at the Mann Music Center and a skating
rink.
For more information contact Linda Richardson 215-236-1878.
From July 6, 2009 to August 15, 2009
We presented the UPTOWN THEATRE REVIEW
Photo from our ending performance on August 14, 2009 at the Emmanuel
Church,
on the southwest corner of 17th and York Streets, Philadelphia, PA.
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Uptown 101
Since 2004, the Uptown Entertainment &
Development Corporation has been providing educational and research
opportunities for students both youth and adults. In 2004, Uptown produced
a video with oral histories of neighborhood residents and entertainers
on the experiences of the Uptown Theater. Six young people interviewed
subjects, learned video production techniques and assisted in production
of a video featured on the Uptown web site. In 2005 students from Eastern
University did a year long project researching businesses and residents
and interviewed residents on the projected use of the Uptown Theater for
the 20th century. During the next year, a student from Philadelphia University
interned with Uptown Entertainment & Development Corporation to develop
a media catalog and for several years, Linda Richardson, President of
Uptown Entertainment & Development Corporation has been interviewed
by Temple Students for their courses on subjects ranging from media to
urban studies. Last year, Uptown Entertainment & Development Corporation
conducted a neighborhood walk with students from Philadelphia University.
This project will be repeated for the 2009-2010 semester. In addition,
the research and education program will be conducted in conjunction with
Frator Heru Institute for the 2009 fall semester. This course will explore
the history of the Uptown theater, the musicians and entertainers who
performed at the Uptown and will add to the research already complied
by the Uptown theater. We are excited that as we celebrate the 80th anniversary
of the Uptown Theater, we will continue with the legacy into the 21st
century.
For more information contact our program committee at 215-236-1878
