I say treat! In addition to the events mentioned last week and a few more this week I also received a reminder from The Den that they will be hosting their own Halloween Party starting at 8PM. NO COVER and PRIZES for the hottest costume!!! Not to mention “scary” drink specials.
The weather is [...]
Trick or Treat
Posted on October 31, 2006 by D. Bell
More than Just a Walk in the Park
Posted on October 31, 2006 by D. Bell
Did you know that Shape Up New York offers a free group walk through St. Nicholas Park? The walks are led by a certified fitness instruction who shows you how to use the features in the park for cardio conditioning, stretching and strength training.
Classes are held every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30 [...]
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Support SAVI and Enjoy a Legendary Night
Posted on October 31, 2006 by D. Bell
Volunteers of the Mount Sinai Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention Program (SAVI) invite you to our first dinner and auction event to benefit SAVI:
Hope and Inspiration
Saturday, December 2nd, 2006 at 7:00 pm
At Mt. Sinai – Icahn Medical Institute
1425 Madison Avenue at E. 98th St.
Featured guests include:
Darryl DMC McDaniels and Chuck D, Hip-Hop Legends
Ed Kranepool, Member [...]
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Monday Night Treats
Posted on October 30, 2006 by D. Bell
All the sweet goodness mentioned on Sugatreats Monday Night.
Hue-Man Bookstore Events
Singles Night
Tuesday, Oct. 31 @ 6 p.m.
Monique Book Signing
Skinny Cooks Can’t Be Trusted
Thursday, November 2 @ 6 p.m.
Apollo Theatre Events
Brand New Heavies ft. Amel Larrieux
Tuesday, Oct. 31 @ 9 p.m.
Ruben Studdard
Saturday, Nov. 4 @ 9 p.m.
NY Hip Hop Dance Convention
“Back N Da Day”
Friday, [...]
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Tropicalia Open House
Posted on October 27, 2006 by D. Bell
Tropicália: A Revolution in Brazilian Culture
October 7, 2006 – January 28, 2007
Open House: Sunday, October 29, 2 – 6 pm
Free Admission
Tropicália marked a true revolution in Brazilian culture in the 1960s. This exhibition revisits this seminal moment through works by numerous artists including Hélio Oiticica, Lygia Clark, Lygia Pape, [...]
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Photo of the Week: Dignity
Posted on October 27, 2006 by D. Bell
Uploaded by dleslie
The irony of this shot is what grabbed me most.
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Harlem Stage Gala (Edited)
Posted on October 25, 2006 by D. Bell
Last night, the stars were shining brightly from the highest point on Sugar Hill. The Harlem Stage premiered their 2006-2007 season with a performance by Roger Guenveur Smith titled “Who Killed Bob Marley?” The hour long piece is probably the most personal work to date produced by Smith. “I have been rewarded with an [...]
Recap of Toni Blackman Show at Apollo
Posted on October 25, 2006 by D. Bell
Mr. Dawson, a Harlemite with a pen as his weapon, offered up his experience at the Apollo on his blog Dawson Ink.
Yeah … so I didn’t sit still yesterday. At all. In fact, I went to the Apollo Theater TWICE yesterday — once to get tickets for a show they were hosting [...]
Earl Monroe at Saint Luke’s Tonight.
Posted on October 25, 2006 by D. Bell
Earl (The Pearl) Monroe is the spokesperson for the “One Week Challenge,” a national campaign to educate men about BPH. He is encouraging men age 45 and older to go to http://www.oneweekchallenge.com and complete a simple quiz to evaluate the severity of any urinary symptoms they may have and share the answers with a [...]
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Monday Night Treats
Posted on October 24, 2006 by D. Bell
Here’s the list of events mentioned on last night’s radio segment:
“Bling” at the Museum of the City of New York
www.mcny.org
“Who Killed Bob Marley” at Harlem Stage’s Gatehouse
www.harlemstage.org
Halloween Costume Party
Friday, Oct. 27 @ 10:00 p.m.
www.stphilipsharlemdioceses.org
Halloween Extravaganza and Procession of Ghouls
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Nosferatu
Friday , Oct. 27th at 7 p.m. and 10:00 [...]
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Kamau Brathwaite Book Signing
Posted on October 24, 2006 by D. Bell
Wesleyann Press
& Flying Antelope Global Productions
present
The 2006 International Griffin Poetry Winner & Globally Renowned Poet
KAMAU BRATHWAITE
Poetry reading / Book signing
BORN TO SLOW HORSES
Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe
2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd.
(between 124th & 125th Streets)
Harlem, USA
Thursday, October 26, 2006
6 p.m.
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Awards
Dr. Kamau Brathwaite, dramatist, critic, historian, cultural theorist and
professor of comparative literature [...]
Native Harlemite Opens First Quiznos in Harlem
Posted on October 24, 2006 by D. Bell
It has long been a dream of the entrepreneur, event planner and former media sales support and revenue planner to open a business in Harlem and help the community by providing jobs, a quality product and good service. Robert Stevens grew up in Taft Houses Projects, attended local schools including Brooklyn Technical High School, before [...]
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Step by Step Guide
Posted on October 23, 2006 by D. Bell
The Harlem dance craze known as the “Chicken Noodle Soup” is spreading across the country like …well…like a bad cold virus. And what is the best thing for easing the symptoms of a cold? Chicken noodle soup, chicken noodle soup, chicken noodle soup with a soda on the side!
CBS features a video with [...]
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Harlem Author Gets Her Own Museum
Posted on October 22, 2006 by D. Bell
Faith Ringgold, author of the award winning children’s book Tar Beach, will soon have a permanent home to preserve her literary and artistic legacy. The Faith Ringgold Children’s Museum of Art and Storytelling will be located in a new housing complex in Sugar Hill provided by Broadway Housing Communities.
Source: NY1 [...]
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Bill’s Place
Posted on October 22, 2006 by D. Bell
Located in an inconspicious brownstone one block from the acclaimed H.A.D.L.E.Y. Players Theater and the sophisticated Harlem Grill, sits a Harlem hot spot where jazz lovers are practically guaranteed a front row seat. Bill’s Place is located on 133rd Street between Lenox (Malcolm X Blvd.) and Seventh Avenue (Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.) The [...]
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Fast Food Future
Posted on October 22, 2006 by D. Bell
Stepping into the shoes filled by oral historian Studs Terkel in his book Working, a former Columbia University anthropologist followed the lives of 300 young people in Harlem who applied for a job at a local fast food franchaise. Chutes and Ladders by Katherine S. Newman chronicles the lives of the applicants from 1993 [...]
Photo of the Week: Dapper Don
Posted on October 22, 2006 by D. Bell
A Spacetacular Groundbreaking
Posted on October 21, 2006 by D. Bell
A new park was opened in East Harlem in honor of astronaut Dr.Ronald E. McNair.
The one-acre park contains items that show the size of the solar system’s planets in proportion, ranging from Jupiter, a gaseous giant, represented by a 77-foot-8-inch granite ring circling the park’s green artificial turf field, to Pluto, the barren block of [...]
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The Funk Patrol
Posted on October 19, 2006 by D. Bell
Finally some relief for riders of the A/B/C/D line who have to pass through 125th Street. Over the past few weeks the relentless funk emanating from the station has been absolutely unbearable. I have personally gagged a couple of times as the train pulled into the station. Some days it smells like raw [...]
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Sweet Tooth: T&J Revisted
Posted on October 18, 2006 by D. Bell
I recently revisted T&J Bakery located near the historic Dunbar Apartments. The first time I visited T&J I tried the Red Velvet Cake. It was a bit dry and the frosting was too sugary. It was not nearly as good as the offerings at Make My Cake, who in my opinion [...]
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Extra
Posted on October 18, 2006 by D. Bell
Uptown Music Festival
Date: Sat 10/21/2006
Time: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: The Cloisters, Fort Tryon Park.
[...]
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Coyote Agly Uptown
Posted on October 18, 2006 by D. Bell
Photo by jschumacher.
The people who regularly listen to my segment on Sugatreats every Monday night remember that I mentioned this place a couple of weeks back. A friend and I dropped in one night after a program at the new HarlemStage Gatehouse . The place went by a different name and [...]
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American Gangster; Denzel’s Salary Pays for Delays
Posted on October 18, 2006 by D. Bell
The forthcoming drama, American Gangster, has been seen filming all over Harlem. After many delays, the film has finally wrapped but Denzel’s paycheck seems to be paying the cost. Apparently there was a clause in his contract stating that a delay will come out of his reported salary of $20 million. EURweb [...]
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