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Celebrating it’s 40th Anniversity, the Negro Ensemble Company seems to be starting fresh in a new (perhaps permanent) home at the Harlem School of the Arts.  Despite its name, Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) is known for staging most of their productions below 125th Street.  The company’s primary claims to fame include A Raisin in the Sun and [...]

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Gray Line New York Sightseeing has added a new connecting Harlem tour to its long-standing Uptown, hop on and off, double decker bus sightseeing Tour Loop.  The Uptown Loop, expanded April 1 to include the Madame Alexander Doll Gallery, with 85 years of doll-making history and the nearby Dinosaur Bar-B-Que Restaurant for a taste of [...]

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Mayor Bloomberg today announced the elevation of the Rev. Joseph Parkes, president of Cristo Rey New York High School, to the position of chair of the city Campaign Finance Board to replace outgoing chairman Frederick A. O. Schwartz Jr.
Father Parkes is the third chairman in the Board’s 20-year history.  The Board’s immediate past
chairman, Frederick A.O. [...]

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Photo: Sikhulu Shange. Photo credit: Gilberto Tadday/City Limits
Harlem’s cultural significance and storied streets, coupled with the past and present pressures of gentrification, make the stakes in this fight against change astronomically high for those who oppose it. If their fears are realized, there will be widespread displacement of residents, businesses and cultural institutions. Many also [...]

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A Division of Boys & Girls Harbor, Inc.
SUMMER PROGRAMS
3 Different programs - ideal for children and teens ages 6-19, Beginners & Intermediate

 MUSICAL THEATER INTENSIVE
 CLASSICAL MUSIC INTENSIVE
 LATIN MUSIC INTENSIVE

One East 104th Street
New York, New York 10029
212-427-2244 Ext. 573
www.harborconservatory.org
 

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The HomeBase Project is a unique annual public art project devoted to the exploration of Home. Each year a group of 12-15 artists from different mediums and cultural backgrounds inhabits a raw urban space. Each artist occupies a room for a month and creates a site-specific installation relating to the notion of Home. The project [...]

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Speaking of coffee, a reader submitted the following to our inbox:
I was walking past Boma Coffee & Tea Co. on the corner of 126th and Fifth Avenue last Friday and noticed they were closed early. When I looked inside, I saw a bunch of moving pallets and many items boxed up for moving. Outside on [...]

Filed under: Business/Finance, Cafes, Closings, What's Up? | Tagged: coffee, Gentrification, tea | 2 Comments »

Columbia Student’s Death Raises Questions [The New York Sun]

Principal Training Program Will Soon Be Taken Public [The New York Sun] see also: [New York Post]

Paper Ends a City Feature, Stirs Discontent [The New York Sun]

Costs for N.Y.’s Ill Elderly Among Highest in Nation [New York Sun]

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Kenneth Olson, CEO of POKO Partners and Casper Lassiter, Director of the Drew Hamilton Learning Center with the winners of the Delany Lofts Art Contest.
 
“Harlem is like a father to me,” wrote ten year-old Chamylah General in her winning essay for the Delany Lofts Art Contest. In this simple yet touching sentiment, Chamylah reveals as [...]

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Engineer Titles And Computer Manager Open; No Written Test For City Ranger Posts Paying $30G
Filing is now open for an evaluation leading to Urban Park Ranger jobs with the Parks Department, the Department of Citywide Administrative Services said.
The starting salary is $30,378. There is a $35 filing fee. Applications must be submitted by April 22.

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