Spring Events in Harlem

2007 April 5
by uptownflavor

tulips.jpgWet and dreary or April showers bring May flowers? Call it the power of positive thinking, but you’ll soon find a smile slowly curling across your lips when the colorful daffodils and tulips are in bloom next month. What better way to cheer yourself up in the interim than by attending some of the cultural events taking place? A sampling of events for all ages is after the jump.

Photo credit: Donald Andrew Agarrat

A Family Eggstravaganza
Saturday, April 7 @ 10 am
$5
Cathedral of St John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam Avenue
at W. 112th Street
New York, NY 10025

Families create colorful patterns on their eggs with tissue paper, glitter, glue and paint and build a nest for the decorated eggs with twigs, feathers, and clay. Please bring two hard-boiled eggs per child. Recommended for ages 4 and up.
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A Historic Birthday Celebration
Saturday, April 7 @ 1 pm
FREE
Morris-Jumel Mansion
65 Jumel Terrace
New York, NY 10032 For children ages 5-12 and their adults. Celebrate the 222nd birthday of one of the Morris-Jumel Mansion’s most interesting residents- Eliza Jumel. Besides enjoying birthday cupcakes, learn about the stained glass windows Eliza had installed to frame the front door and the balcony door.

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The Martha J. Thomas Playwriting Workshop
Spring Reading Series
April 7, 2007-May 12, 2007

Experience the art of playwriting by attending a series of readings. Playwrights include Arthur French, Fernando Manon, Roger Parris, Ajene Washington and Lawrence Floyd.

Every Saturday through May 12th at 3:00 p.m. Readings will be at the historic 555 Edgecombe (corner of 160th Street) in suite 3F, the home of Parlor Entertainment. For more information call 212-831-8642 or 212-289-1844. Admission, why FREE of course!

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Jubilee Mission

Saturday, April 7 @ 7 pm
$10
Apollo Theatre
253 West 125th Street
bet 7th and 8th Avenues (otherwise known as Adam Clayton Powell and Frederick Douglass Blvds.)
New York, NY 10027

Jubilee Mission, will make their New York debut at the Apollo Theater on April 7 that 7pm, featuring permances by five gospel choirs from select universities throughout the New York City area.

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Paul Robeson: Black Anti-Fascist
Tuesday, April 10 @ 6:30 pm
$5-$9

Singer and activist Paul Robeson was a towering figure in support of Republican Spain’s struggle against General Franco’s fascist rebels and created a controversy with his unwavering support for the Soviet Union. In his words, “The artist must elect to fight for freedom or for slavery. I have made my choice; I had no alternative.” Paul Robeson, Jr., noted author and civil rights activist, will discuss his father’s fight against fascism. Presented in conjunction with Facing Fascism: New York and the Spanish Civil War.

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Meet Victoria
Wednesday, April 11 @ 6 pm

Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe
2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd
Between 124th and 125th Streets
New York, NY 10027

Victoria Rowell, Two time Emmy Award Nominated Actress best known for her role as Drucilla Winters on the Young & The Restless and as Dr. Amanda Bently on the first rate Diagnosis Murder will sign her new book The Women Who Raised Me.

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Henry Taylor’s art on exhibit

Wednesday, April 11 through Sunday, July 1

Studio Museum in Harlem
144 West 125th Street
New York, NY 10027 After years of working odd jobs–including a ten-year stint as a psychiatric technician–the painter Henry Taylor is finally receiving acclaim as one of today’s most engaging emerging artists. The Studio Museum in Harlem is proud to present his first museum solo exhibition, “Sis and Bra”.

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Senior Fitness at Inwood Park

Get Mom and Dad or Grandma and Gramps off the sofa this summer. City Parks Foundation welcomes all New Yorkers, ages 60 and over, to participate in CityParks Seniors Fitness. Beginning its second season on April 30, 2007, CityParks Seniors Fitness will offer free tennis lessons, yoga instruction, and fitness walking in six parks across the city. All activities in this eight week program take place twice a week at each location and participants are encouraged to maintain regular attendance to maximize health benefits. To register or for more information please call our Sports Department 718.760.6999. All equipment and instruction is provided free of charge.

Manhattan – Inwood Hill Park
Tennis T/F 10AM Tennis Courts W 207 & Seaman Ave
Yoga T/TH 9AM Tennis Courts W 207 & Seaman Ave
Walking M/W 9AM Tennis Courts W 207 & Seaman Ave

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  1. 2007 April 5
    Hugo permalink

    Since you brought up the Jumel Mansion they also have an interesting lecture next week with Warren Shaw speaking about The Forgotten Revolution: The New York Founders of American Party Politics.

    “Warren Shaw, an attorney who has taught at NYU, written for the NY Times and appeared on The History Channel, discusses the “Forgotten Revolution” when our young nation went from being a country free of political parties to a two party republic. Come hear about the leaders of this revolution — Aaron Burr, DeWitt Clinton, Edward Livingston and Martin VanBuren who became the founders of American Party Politics.”

    Date: Tue 04/10/2007
    Time: 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

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