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SATURDAY, AUGUST 16TH, the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation is
hosting a Summer Children’s Series at the 133rd Street Playground at
St. Nicholas Avenue from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM.  There will be an
obstacle course, face painting, arts and crafts, tie-dying, and more.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16TH, HARLEM WEEK STREET FAIR – International
Vendors, Exhibits, Foods, Art, Fun & Games W135th St. from St.
Nicholas Avenue to Malcolm X Blvd.  11:00 AM – 7:00 PM

Dancing in the Street – All are invited to join in any or all of the
dance segments featuring:
* Electric Slide
* Latin/Salsa
* Swing Jazz
* Cupid Shuffle
* With a special Black College Step Show Exhibition
W135th Street between St. Nicholas Avenue and Frederick Douglass Blvd.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16TH, HARLEM WEEK STREET FAIR – The National Historic
Black College Fair & Expo: Saluting the contributions of our nation’s
Historic Black Colleges to our Health, Education, Religious, Civil
Rights, Political growth and development with focus on the Great
Medical Schools of Howard University; Xavier University and Meharry
Medical College.
W135th St. between Malcolm X and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvds.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16TH, HARLEM WEEK – “THE QUIET STORM” – 6:00 PM –
8:00 PM
Honoring Teddy Pendergrass; hosted by Vaughn Harper, WBLS-FM
A live concert featuring the legendary Chuck Jackson (“Any Day Now” &
other R&B Greats)
W135th between St. Nicholas Avenue and Frederick Douglass Blvd.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16TH – IMAGENATION FILM FESTIVAL – ST. NICHOLAS PARK
SICKO
Directed by Michael Moore
113 minutes; 2007
Filmmaker Michael Moore turns his lens on to the American healthcare
system and why we are the only developed nation that does not provide
universal care for our citizens. The film explores the general topic
of how the health system came to be a profit incentive for the private
sector as well as specific stories of those who have been devastated
by the system.
Preceded by music spun by DJ Cool Gee.


SUNDAY, AUGUST 17TH, HARLEM DAY STREET FAIR – International Vendors,
Exhibits, Foods, Art, Fun & Games W135th St. from St. Nicholas Avenue
to Malcolm X Blvd.  11:00 AM – 7:00 PM

SUNDAY, AUGUST 17TH – HARLEM DAY – CELEBRATION OF R&B, ROCK, HIP HOP,
GOSPEL AND JAZZ
STAGE I:  St. Nicholas Stage – Hip Hop and R&B
“Creating Unity, in our Communities”
W135th Street between St. Nicholas Avenue and Frederick Douglass Blvd.
Kiss-FM & Hot 97, Hip Hop and R&B performers pay tribute to 25 years
of the greatness of DJ Red Alert on radio and Video Music Box, founder
Ralph McDaniels.  Featured performers include KRS-One and others.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 17TH – IMAGENATION FILM FESTIVAL – ST. NICHOLAS PARK
“LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT”
Directed by Thomas Gibson, Produced by QD3
90 minutes; 2004
This feature documentary discloses the ties between the Hip Hop Music
community and America’s social and political policy in the last 30
years. This film illuminates rap’s birth during the aftermath of the
Black Power Movement, and Hip Hop’s progression from block party music
to having its lyrics debated in the halls of Congress. Letter to the
President features Snoop Dogg, Jay Z, Ludacris, 50 Cent, Quincy Jones,
Will i Am, Maxine Waters, TI, Russell Simmons, David Banner, Chingy,
Colin Powell, Common, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and many others.
Preceded by music spun by DJ Cool Gee

MONDAY, AUGUST 18TH – IMAGENATION FILM FESTIVAL – ST. NICHOLAS PARK –
LAST NIGHT!!!
“BE KIND, REWIND”
Directed by Michel Gondry
Starring Mos Def, Danny Glover, Jack Black
101 minutes, 2008
When Jerry becomes magnetized due to an accident at the local power
plant, he accidentally erases all of the video tapes at the store
where his friend works. The pair re-enact and re-film every film in
the store from The Lion King to Ghostbusters to Back to the Future in
this raucous comedy.
Preceded by music spun by DJ Cool Gee.

via: Friends of St. Nicholas Park