September Events: Editor’s Choice

Up South International Book Festival
Official website
Second Annual Harlem Open Artists Studio Tour
Official website

Little Red Lighthouse Festival and the Harlem River Festival
More info.

Black Style Now Exhibit at the Museum of New York

Official Website

Athletes for Charity Bowl Fundraiser at Harlem Lanes
Official website
A full schedule of events is posted to the UPTOWN flavor Google Events Calendar. [...]

The Voice of Harlem

Broadcasting from the campus of CCNY, Harlem’s radio station WHCR has a great program line up on Monday nights:
The Harlem Real Estate Review comes on from 6:30-7:00 p.m. followed by Technocolor hosted by Martin Lawrence Johnson about everything that has to do with technology. Visit his new blog that offers useful links (including one to [...]

Single Scoop

-Students move into the new City College dorms [NY Times]
-Plan B is popular in Harlem [NY Times]
-The myth of “no real bargains left in Harlem”? [NY Sun]
-Tour Harlem in a stretch Hummer face-to-face with established and up-and-coming hip-hop artists and cross the velvet red ropes, VIP style. [RNN]

V-Cast Expands into Central Harlem

Verizon Wireless has expanded its coverage to serve Central Harlem better with one of four new cell sites, along Lenox, Seventh and Eighth avenues between W. 129th and W. 123rd streets.
“Verizon Wireless invested $2 billion to enhance its New York Metro area network and more than $30 billion across the nation [...]

Adopt-A-Rat in Harlem

We first knew that Harlem was in trouble when the short lived Disney Store appeared in the brand new Harlem USA complex a few years back. Now another rodent is sniffing around planning to take Mickey’s place along the 125th Street corridor.
Seemly on the heels of our recent discussion of the new Chuck E. [...]

Free Jazz Courses

The Jazz Museum in Harlem
104 East 126th Street
New York, NY 10035
212 348-8300
http://www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org/ THE JAZZ MUSEUM IN HARLEM ANNOUNCES FREE JAZZ COURSES: [...]

Landlord Woes

If you think your landlord is a slumlord then you need to meet the residents of 22 Mount Morris Park West. Their elevator has been broken for the past year and a half resulting in senior citizens on walkers having to cross a rooftop to get to an elevator in a neighboring building for [...]

Dining

The New York Times has offered a list of restaurants in West Harlem. They have listed 5 that offer different flavors and experiences.

Caffe Swish
El Toro Partido
Pier 2110
River Room
Toast

Do you have a favorite restaurant in Harlem that is often overlooked? Tell us about it.
For the WaHi crowd or those willing to trek uptown rather than [...]

Only Two More Days

Don’t miss out…new designs and lower prices. Take advantage before the sale ends! Visit the STORE link at the top of the page.

GG Exclusive: Cheese if you Please

He is considered a superstar…to the under 10 set. We are talking about the king of kiddie bling, Chuck E. Cheese. Greasy Guide [website] has discovered that the royal rodent of fun, games and pizza is moving into Harlem. At press time Mr. Cheese and his people weren’t returning calls. We’ll keep you posted [...]

Point Me in the Right Direction

 
 
 
It seems that maps are the hottest new trend on the internet. Mapquest was the tip of the iceberg, followed by yahoomaps, googlemaps and now all kinds of mapping sites are being developed.
One of the most helpful mapping tools that I use regularly is hopstop.com. Although there are other subway map sites, hopstop seems [...]

Weekend Guide: End of Summer Edition

This weekend’s top picks:

-Oldies R&B Dance Party @ Nubian Heritage sponsored by WHCR 90.3 FM The Voice of Harlem. Admission $20 which includes free food, drinks and entertainment. 8pm to 2 am
-Riverside Family Film Festival
-14th Annual Jazz at the Mansion
-Closing weekend of the Imagenation Harlem Week Film Festival
-Sunday Jazz for Jazz at the Gatehouse 135th [...]

Taste of Harlem

I’ve noticed that a lot of readers have landed on this site as result of searching for A Taste of Harlem. While I think that it is a wonderful thing that Harlem has a festival like A Taste of Harlem, I am a little dishearten that it only includes 12 restaurants. My concern [...]

Uptown Friday Nights

Uptown Fridays! Music, Cocktails, & Culture
Friday, August 25, 7-11pm
Hoofers’ House 7-8:30 pm
(rain date: Friday, September 1, 2006)
DJ: Rich Medina: Jump + Funk
For more info on Rich Medina please visit www.richmedina.com
Cocktails provided by Bombay Sapphire (21 and over to drink)

If you’re looking for a place to stand around, then this is not your party, but if [...]

Writing Opportunity: Associated Content

If you like to write Associated Content is a great way to start building a portfolio of work and get paid doing it. Are you an expert in a topic? A.C. is looking for you. I am a writer on their site and I promise you that it is a legit company.

Associated Content [...]

Half Scoop

Updated 8/24/06
-Order food from your cell phone using a new service called Go Mobo [via AMNY]
-Keep track of the events we post here. Use the new Google calendar [via MUG]
-Take your computer to the park and read UPTOWN flavor! Free Wi-Fi comes to Central Park. Source: AMNY
-Chowhound fave, Rack & Soul [...]

Everybody Loves…Harlem!

The phrase “everything old is new again” is becoming cliche when describing Harlem, yet it seems to fit so well with the “new renaissance” mindset that people have about the diversifying neighborhood. Recently Harlem has been the focus of positive press in places as far as London and Scotland.
The travel section of the Pittsburgh [...]

The Art Center formerly known as…

Aaron Davis Hall is now known as Harlem Stage at The Gatehouse. The facility will not only be sporting a new name but they will also relocate across Convent Avenue into the formerly vacant, newly renovated space known as The Gatehouse.
The Gatehouse, located at 150 Convent Avenue on the southwest corner of Convent [...]

14th Annual Jazz at the Mansion

This weekend marks the 14th Annual Jazz at the Mansion presented by Parlor Entertainment.

Duke Ellington said that the Morris-Jumel Mansion was the crown at the top of Sugar Hill, a neighborhood famous for its illustrious Harlem Renaissance residents, many of whom were key players in the world of jazz music. Well, we haven’t forgotten his [...]

Double Dip: Events Week of 8/21/06

Wondering what’s cool this week? Well, here is the scoop!
-Tribute to Duke Ellington at 106th Street btwn. CPW and Manhattan Ave.  For details visit: Welcome to Harlem.
-Harlem Businesswomen Speak. For details go here [uptownflavor.com]
-ImageNation’s Film and Music Festival. For more screening locations and times visit imagenation.us
-Actor and singer, Keith David will [...]

Harlem’s Own Keith David Celebrates Home

The Harlem-born Keith David, actor, singer, poet and award-winning voice-over artist, celebrates Harlem, in a week-long series of events that will take place on August 22nd through August 27th, at various venues in Harlem.
Tuesday, August 22nd, the actor will be celebrating the diversity of Harlem in the program, Keith David [...]

Big Apple Jazz

Big Apple Jazz Boutique and EZ’s Woodshed Cafe
2236 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. (Seventh Ave)
Between West 131 and 132nd Streets
Tel. (212) 283-JAZZ (5299)
BigAppleJazz.com
B, C / 2, 3 Trains to 135th or the M2 bus stops right in front

 
Big Apple Jazz is a nice, cozy area tucked away on Adam Clayton Powell, Blvd. [...]

The Scoop: Life Above 125th Street

-Sugarhill Java and Tea Room has finally launched a webpage! Sugarhill Java and Tea [website] *Wi-Fi is available*
-Readers looking for places to eat in Washington Heights and Inwood have a new online tool called Menuspark.com. It is currently in beta but once it is up and running will be a welcome alternative to [...]

Riverside Theatre Weekend Film Festival

Sunday, August 20 at 3:00 PM
Riverside Theatre & ArtMattan Productions featuring Kirikou & The Sorceress

France, 1998, 70 min, animated feature for children of all ages, English, Michel Ocelot, dir. Winner Grand Prize for best animated feature, International Festival of Animated Film in Annecy, France; First Prize from both children and adult juries, Chicago International [...]

Weekend Guide Plus: Dancer Bill T. Jones in Harlem

If you think that dancing is kids stuff then you haven’t met renowned dancer Bill T. Jones. Tomorrow, August 19th, Jones will be at Hue-Man bookstore signing his book simply titled Dance. The book is for children of all ages and features Bill’s signature twists, twirls, shapes and curves.
The book signing will take [...]