Amy Ruth’s cooking up 2nd location in BK?

Ed. note: The headline read in the Bronx but it is actually downtown Brooklyn.
Amy Ruth’s, the Harlem soul food restaurant, will be cooking it up on the Fulton Mall by the end of the year, the Daily News has learned.
The restaurant, famous for a chicken and waffles dish named after the Rev. Al Sharpton, will [...]

H.S.A. G Space Gallery Opening

The Harlem School of the Arts
invites you to
Prolepsis: Anticipations in Line & Form
In the G-Space Gallery at HSA
Don’t miss the opening reception of this visual arts exhibition
Thursday, November 8, 2007 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Join us on Thursday, November 8th as we celebrate the inaugural exhibition of
the G-Space Gallery at The Harlem School of the Arts, featuring [...]

Free Skate!

Riverside Alive!: Skating Party

11:00 AM–03:00 PM on Sunday, October 21, 2007
Claremont Playground (124th Street & Riverside Drive)
Bring your kids for an afternoon of free skating in the Park! The Parks Department’s Skatemobile units provide free skate rental, safety equipment and instruction for children.

Friends of St. Nick want to be yours

Dear Friends,
Our semi-annual It’s My Park Day takes place next Saturday, October
20th from 11am-4pm. It’s My Park! Day devotes a whole day of volunteer
activities in St. Nicholas Park. Be sure to bring work clothes and
gloves. Some activities include cleaning up litter in the park,
raking, mulching, planting bulbs and tree care, painting benches,
fencing, park houses, and [...]

Vegging out in Harlem

HARLEM GOES VEG! will hold its Kick-Off celebration on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20th with visits to four of Harlem ’s finest Vegetarian, Vegan and Raw Food Restaurants …. and YOU’RE INVITED!  Starting at 12Noon Vegetarian/Vegan Samples, Food-Prep Demos, Door prizes, Movies & more!   For more info, visit our website at www.harlemgoesveg.com or call (212) 501-2225
 
Vegetarian Restaurant [...]

Edible Africa

EDIBLE AFRICA: SEE IT, TASTE IT, TOUCH IT
A new spirit of Africa births a new spirit of us — 50 images with music of millennial Africa from multi-media artist Theadora Ifudu whose work in Edible Africa demonstrates that the connection to Africa is alive, and that 99.9% of everyone’s DNA is the same.
Canvas Paper and [...]

Reader Submission: Into the ether

Best Place That Will Cease To Exist When Columbia Takes Over West Harlem – Hint House Artist Collective

Columbia University’s planned 17-acre expansion will gobble up at least 80 businesses. Some, like the beloved Dinosaur BBQ and world-famous Madame Alexander Doll Company, have agreed to relocate with the university’s assistance. But others, like the Hint House [...]

Uptown Treasures this Weekend

UPTOWN TREASURES CELEBRATION
Sunday, October 21, 2007, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Eight of Northern Manhattan’s Premiere Cultural and Historic Institutions invite you to one day of special events, tours, readings, performances and workshops.
Start the day on Audubon Terrace (Broadway at 155th Street). 
Free Hop-on – Hop-off shuttle will be available between all UPTOWN TREASURES locations.  The UPTOWN [...]

Pledge Drive

We need your help to keep the site going.  You may have noticed that the site was dormant for a few days.  We are experiencing a staff shortage due to a lack of funds.  Please donate your time or money to keep the site running.
Use the PayPal links to donate to the site.  Questions or comments: tips@uptownflavor.com 
Thanks for [...]

Reader Submission: Training Harlem’s Next Generation of Healthcare Workers

Below is a link to a City Limits story regarding a new program in Harlem that is designed to train and place Harlem residents in the healthcare
industry. I thought your readers might be interested.
City Limits
Thanks!

H.I.F.F. Opening Tonight

The 2007 Harlem International Film Festival Opening Night screening – October 18th, 2007 – will be sponsored by New York University’s Tisch School of the arts at Cantor Film Center and is free to the public. The festival continues downtown at the Millennium theater and the New York Film Academy. Uptown venues include the Casa [...]