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The Studio Museum in Harlem’s exhibit, Flow, is the first twenty-first century exhibition focusing on art by a new generation of international artists from Africa. These artists are uniquely conscious of, and responsive to, recent African history, global economics and the idiosyncratic culture of the new millennium. Presenting approximately seventy-five works in all media by [...]

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We mentioned a few weeks ago that a new building on 119th and Manhattan Avenue was coming along in construction. The details have been released on this final phase of the development’s website. The project will include 25 apartments for low-income families (rents: $463/mo for a studio to $770/mo for a 2 BR) and 50 [...]

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UPDATE:
A couple of months ago we started snooping around regarding these Lions casually hanging around on 11th Ave. We then found out a Latin-Thai fusion restaurant called Alma Thai was slated to open there. Well I’ve got your update right here! I was walking by the area yesterday and workers were putting the final touches [...]

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Chaka Ngwenya is a radio personality for SARFM Radio, the only Zimbabwe-focused station in the metropolitan area and it’s streaming live from Harlem.[NYDailyNews]
How do you feed a family of four on 10 bucks? Just ask Richard Cardona, chef for Hudson River Café, to whip up some Arroz con Pollo! [NYDailyNews]
Jill Scott was in the [...]

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Child Welfare Tightens Law on Removal [ New York Times]

Paterson Aims At Safety Of Patients [The New York Sun]
City Council Overrides Mayor’s Veto of E-Waste Bill [ The New York Sun]
Juan Crow: The Deep South’s New Second-Class Citizens [ AlterNet]
Bloomberg: Congress won’t run NYPD [ amNY.com]
Paterson Pays A Stabilized Rate of Rent [The New [...]

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All over the city, people will be hiking to their local park to pitch in at the annual “It’s My Park Day.” Residents on Edgecombe Avenue plan to plant flowers in the tree boxes lining the avenue, while The Friends of St. Nicholas Park will be doing the three Ps: painting, picking up litter [...]

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Imagine my surprise when I discovered that Claudine Price’s stoop was on Edgecombe Avenue, right around the corner from my apartment. It so happens that Claudine is my favorite movie — ever! What?! What do you mean you’ve never heard of Claudine? Featuring an all-Star cast of Diahann Carroll, James Earl Jones, [...]

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While Harlem craves a new Trader Joe’s, a Bronx border town gets a new Fairway. According to Crains:
Fairway Market is opening its sixth and largest store in Pelham Manor, just over the Bronx border in Westchester County, marking the budding chain’s first foray north of the city.
At 75,000 square feet, the Pelhman store will [...]

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