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Saturday, April 26 - 4-6PM
Studio Talk with Francks Deceus at Canvas Paper and Stone Gallery
2611 Frederick Douglass Blvd, Studio 2N
bet. West 139th and West 140th Streets
New York, NY 10030
RSVP: 212-694-1747
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday: Noon to 6PM and by appointment.
Link: ArtSlant

Image: Flux #22 by Francks Deceus

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BOOK FAIR To raise support for
Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts
Saturday April 26th from 9am-3pm.
 
Featuring 13 year old Zykeya McLeod, author of “An Inner Child Speaks”

El Barrio/East Harlem, New York — The Parents Association of the Harbor Conservatory for the performing Arts is sponsoring a book fair this Saturday April 26th from 9am-3pm [...]

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I had my first brush with greatness in the late 1970s. My mother and a friend gathered all the kids together, dressed us in our Sunday dresses, ankle socks, and patent leather shoes and off we went to the theater to see Timbuktu starring the legendary diva, Eartha Kitt. After the show we all huddled [...]

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
6:30 to 8:30 pm
Hunter College of Social Work, CUNY
129 East 79th Street at Lexington Avenue
Pedro Noguera, NYU School of Education and
Co-Chair of the City Council’s Middle School Task Force
Diane Ravitch, Research Professor of Education at
NYU and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education
Esmeralda Simmons, Executive Director, Center for
Law and Social Justice, Medgar Evers [...]

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Editor’s Note:
When I read about Harlem on other sites, more often than not an intense argument erupts about the number of housing projects in the area. Narmer posted the following article that gives voice to the “other half” — the folks that actually live in public housing. While we all know that “the [...]

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Racial stereotypes and negative cultural images surround the new comedy starring Flavor Flav. [ Los Angeles Times]
$200M Health Care Cuts [New York Post]
Keshia Knight-Pulliam (Rudy from ”The Cosby Show”) to Play Prostitute in Tyler Perry Movie [HipHop-Elements.com]
Times to Merge with Bloomberg? [New York Post]

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Zora Returns to Harlem ignites the spirit of Zora’s adventurous energy in Harlem while preparing to trace it’s roots to the famous era from the beginning and discover the legacy of perhaps one of the most inspiring and talented women of Harlem’s rich history. Starring Antonia Badon (2007 NAACP Winner). 

@ The Harlem School of the Arts
Tuesday, [...]

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