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Spotlight on Katrina Adams, Executive Director of Harlem Junior Tennis [ChiSports]
Harlem’s green markets offer more than fresh veggies [7Online]
Harlem theater companies to participant is Park’s 365 days/365 plays [Playbill]
Who has the bigger ego? Jackson vs. Sharpton [NYMag]
Harlem Park seeking “green” thumbn of approval [InteriorDesign]
A look at the public space exhibition at the Schomburg [...]
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Last week, Scott Schuman the Sartorialist posted a few photos of Harlem’s very well-dressed. He hardly ever makes it higher than Midtown, so it’s nice to see Manhattan’s upper half represented. Check them out here, here, here, and here.
Photo Credit: The Sartoralist
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St. Nick’s Dog Park Coffee Bark
Saturday, August 4th 9-11am
Dear Friends,
This Saturday, August 4th from 9am-11am we’ll be having our monthly Coffee
Bark at St. Nick’s Dog Park.
Coffee Barks take place on the first Saturday of every month.
This social event allows us to get to know one another as well [...]
The Harlem Congressman made his rounds on Sunday proving that a politician never gets a day off.
After paying respect to Mr. Copeland (and getting a big plate of soul food to boot!) Congressman Rangel made his way down to Grant’s Tomb where WBLS legend Hal Jackson, broadcast live from the Harlem Week festivities.
Congressman Rangel [...]
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Setting: Harlem, New York 2007
Slate: Big Box vs. Mom and Pop Take 2
Roll sound…scene….action!
The NY Times ran down a list of big boxsters back in April that offered a projected view of resurgence of 125th Street.
Fast forward 3 months:
Titles read, July 2007. Blocks of small businesses along 125th Street and her cross streets begin to [...]
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The Actor’s Rap! Tuesday, Tuesday, July 31 & Thursday, August 2
After two nights at Live or Die Bed-Stuy, we bring The Actor’s Rap! to Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem. The Actor’s Rap! is an outrageous comedy about a group of actors frustrated by all the [...]
A reading and conversation with four Harlem Mystery Writers will take place on
Saturday, August 11 at 2:00 PM at the Countee Cullen Library.
This Adult Summer Reading will have a panel discussion moderated by Gammy Singer, author of ‘Hard Luck and Trouble and featuring Grace Edwards, author of ‘The Viaduct: A Harlem Thriller’; G. [...]
Folks and Family
Date: August 2 to September 12, 2007
Place: Russ Berrie Medical Science Pavilion Columbia University
1150 St. Nicholas Avenue at 168th Street New York, NY
ARTIST RECEPTION: AUGUST 2, 2007 5:00PM TO 7:00PM
Exhibit Viewing Hours:
Monday to Friday 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Saturday: 8:00AM to 4:00PM
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Stitching Our Stories: Quilt Art by Our Community’s Children
Date: Now [...]
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Uptown Salsa After Work Party Event
Every Wednesday through August 29 • 5:30 PM
August 1 – Orchestra Broadway
August 8 – Jimmy Sabater, Jr. & Los Salseros Del Hudson
August 15 – Sonsublime
August 22 – Rigo Y Su Grupo Ecua-Jei
August 29 – Tipica Novel
Ladies $5 from 5:30-6:30; $10 after 6:30
Gentlemen $10 all night
Julia de Burgos Latino Cultural Center
1680 [...]
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Harlem Summer Shakespeare presents FREE performances of Shakespeare’s THE TEMPEST in the Amphitheatre at Riverbank State Park, 145th Street & Riverside Drive. August 2-26 with performances Thursday-Sunday at 8 PM. For additional information call (212) 695-1596 or go to www.pulseensembletheatre.org.
The multi-ethnic, open air production of THE TEMPEST, which continues through August 26th, is [...]
To start off the week, I thought I’d tell you all about one of my favorite people in my neighborhood. If any of you have a fixture or character in your life that defines the place where you live, send your stories and photos to me at helin@uptownflavor.com.
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I was a new face in [...]
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CLOSING FOR RENOVATIONS SALE!
The Scarf Lady
408 Lenox Avenue @ 130th St., NYC
(212) 862-7369
Tuesday to Saturday 11:30AM to 7:00PM
Sunday Noon to 5PM
Shop until you drop!
All summer hats are 30% off and summer bags are 20% off.
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The news is still a little sluggish this week but I managed to dig up a few stories (many of them follow ups to stories covered earlier).
E. Harlem’s little league team loses State Champ bid but still in running for regionals [NYDN]
Columnist Errol Lewis gives his two cents on the state of the crumbling projects [...]
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Doug E.’s Fresh Chicken and Waffles, originally uploaded by Eating In Translation.
Oh, oh oh my gawd! Remember we posted about this just the other week? Well, Dave from EIT has the first shot of Doug E. Fresh’s new chicken and waffle spot. Well, La di da (di) it is located on the corner [...]
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Topic via 55 Secret
Anyone who has been to a Dominican owned and operated hair salon knows that Dominican women know how to operate a hair dryer like no other. The legend of the Dominican salon is known from Florida to New York…when you are short on money and need heat hairapy visit your [...]
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Since we’ve had pretty good luck so far with our reader tips, I thought I would throw this out to get your reactions.
A tipster in the Copeland’s thread has spilled the beans that Pier 2110 will be the new home of cheap chicken, BBQ ribs super sized cocktails and baked beans:
An insider actually informed me [...]
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COPELAND’S FINAL SUNDAY BRUNCH WILL BE SUNDAY, JULY 29TH @ 1 PM
145TH STREET BETWEEN AMSTERDAM AVENUE AND BROADWAY
$25.00 PER PERSON ALL INCLUSIVE.
Addendum:
The NY Times produced a video about the closing of Copeland’s. Check it out:
Watch: NYTimes Video
via tipster
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Wow! I haven’t done a Friday Freestyle since May? Shame on me! I need to get on the ball….
You might have figured out by now that I am a music love to the highest power! So it’s no surprise that I am a huge Jill Scott fan — from day one — [...]
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Julia (Bombera), Glass and ceramic mosaic on wood -2007 24 x 48
If you’ve ever been through the 110th and Lexington subway station, you might have seen some of Manny Vega’s mosaic creations. His artwork is not only underground, but in museums, on Broadway, and on the sides of multi-story buildings. Vega, a New [...]
August 1st 6-8PM
Welcome to the Terrordome
Dave Zirin & William Rhoden
The much-anticipated sequel to “What’s My Name, Fool?” by acclaimed commentator Zirin breaks new ground in sports writing. The book examines at the controversies and trends now shaping sports in the United States-and abroad. In Conversation with Zirin will be our own William Rhoden author of “Forty [...]
THEATER
OF THE
OPPRESSED
THEATER OF THE OPPRESSED IS THEATER OF FREEDOM.
IT STRIVES TO CREATE A SPACE OF LIBERTY
FOR PEOPLE TO EXPLORE AND EXPRESS…
Alternating Saturdays – 1:00pm-4:00pm
July 28TH
The Riverside Church – 91 Claremont Avenue
Room – Martin Luther King #321
Free of Charge – Theater Experience Not Required
The workshops are designed for those [...]
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I forgot to mention that over the weekend I walked by a new Eritrean restaurant on the far west end of 125th Street. A tipster mentioned it a while ago but I cannot remember the name of the restaurant. I tried to go in but they were having a private event. The [...]
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As a follow up to the cloud of dissatisfaction that hung over the Harlem Book Fair concerning the overabundance of one genre (Street Lit) representing the whole of African American literature, Lawrence, the founder of Kulturefirst.com and host of WHCR’s Technocolor Radio Show has created a short survey to tap into the [...]
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First ever AFRICAN DAY PARADE
African Renaissance – 53 countries – One continent
Art by Evinge
Date: SUNDAY AUGUST 05th 2007
Time: 12 NOON TO 9:00 PM
Gathering place: 112th Street and Malcolm X Blvd (Lenox ave) in Harlem, New York
Parade route: From 112th Street go up Malcolm X Blvd to 116th Street. Turn left on 116th Street (Little [...]
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