Upper Manhattan's Creative Set Mingles at Bago Brunch
April 12, 2011 6:34pm Updated April 13, 2011 7:24am1commentshareprint
A Washington Heights-based networking group is gaining momentum with its monthly brunch and cocktail meet-ups.
By Carla Zanoni
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — It used to be that young people with big dreams thought they needed to go downtown to succeed in Manhattan.
But one group of young artists and entrepreneurs are looking to change that with their thriving networking events called the Bago Brunch.
What started as a small group of 10 to 12 people quickly expanded, and last month when the Bago Brunch celebrated its one-year anniversary, which featured a talk by "In the Heights" creator and Inwood native Lin-Manuel Miranda, the invite list topped 150 guests.
"It is vital that artists and entrepreneurs unite and know that there are talented people that exist in Upper Manhattan and we do not have to go downtown to meet," said Michael Diaz, one of the brunch’s organizers.
He's also known for his short film character Juan Bago (who the brunch is named after) and his recent spoof of Wiz Khalifa's "Black and Yellow" called "Pan con Queso."
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