I say treat! In addition to the events mentioned last week and a few more this week I also received a reminder from The Den that they will be hosting their own Halloween Party starting at 8PM. NO COVER and PRIZES for the hottest costume!!! Not to mention “scary” drink specials. The weather is perfect,… [Read more…]
October 31, 2006 by D. Bell
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Did you know that Shape Up New York offers a free group walk through St. Nicholas Park? The walks are led by a certified fitness instruction who shows you how to use the features in the park for cardio conditioning, stretching and strength training. Classes are held every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30 a.m.… [Read more…]
October 31, 2006 by D. Bell
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Volunteers of the Mount Sinai Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention Program (SAVI) invite you to our first dinner and auction event to benefit SAVI: Hope and Inspiration Saturday, December 2nd, 2006 at 7:00 pm At Mt. Sinai – Icahn Medical Institute 1425 Madison Avenue at E. 98th St. Featured guests include: Darryl DMC McDaniels and… [Read more…]
October 30, 2006 by D. Bell
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All the sweet goodness mentioned on Sugatreats Monday Night. Hue-Man Bookstore Events Singles Night Tuesday, Oct. 31 @ 6 p.m. Monique Book Signing Skinny Cooks Can’t Be Trusted Thursday, November 2 @ 6 p.m. Apollo Theatre Events Brand New Heavies ft. Amel Larrieux Tuesday, Oct. 31 @ 9 p.m. Ruben Studdard Saturday, Nov. 4 @… [Read more…]
October 29, 2006 by D. Bell
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Tropicália: A Revolution in Brazilian Culture October 7, 2006 – January 28, 2007 Open House: Sunday, October 29, 2 – 6 pm Free Admission Tropicália marked a true revolution in Brazilian culture in the 1960s. This exhibition revisits this seminal moment through works by numerous artists including Hélio Oiticica, Lygia Clark, Lygia Pape, and Antonio… [Read more…]
October 27, 2006 by D. Bell
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Uploaded by dleslie The irony of this shot is what grabbed me most.
October 25, 2006 by D. Bell
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Last night, the stars were shining brightly from the highest point on Sugar Hill. The Harlem Stage premiered their 2006-2007 season with a performance by Roger Guenveur Smith titled “Who Killed Bob Marley?” The hour long piece is probably the most personal work to date produced by Smith. “I have been rewarded with an intensely… [Read more…]
October 25, 2006 by D. Bell
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Mr. Dawson, a Harlemite with a pen as his weapon, offered up his experience at the Apollo on his blog Dawson Ink. Yeah … so I didn’t sit still yesterday. At all. In fact, I went to the Apollo Theater TWICE yesterday — once to get tickets for a show they were hosting last night… [Read more…]
October 25, 2006 by D. Bell
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Earl (The Pearl) Monroe is the spokesperson for the “One Week Challenge,” a national campaign to educate men about BPH. He is encouraging men age 45 and older to go to http://www.oneweekchallenge.com and complete a simple quiz to evaluate the severity of any urinary symptoms they may have and share the answers with a doctor.… [Read more…]
Here’s the list of events mentioned on last night’s radio segment: “Bling” at the Museum of the City of New York www.mcny.org “Who Killed Bob Marley” at Harlem Stage’s Gatehouse www.harlemstage.org Halloween Costume Party Friday, Oct. 27 @ 10:00 p.m. www.stphilipsharlemdioceses.org Halloween Extravaganza and Procession of Ghouls Cathedral of St. John the Divine Nosferatu Friday… [Read more…]
October 24, 2006 by D. Bell
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Wesleyann Press & Flying Antelope Global Productions present The 2006 International Griffin Poetry Winner & Globally Renowned Poet KAMAU BRATHWAITE Poetry reading / Book signing BORN TO SLOW HORSES Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe 2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd. (between 124th & 125th Streets) Harlem, USA Thursday, October 26, 2006 6 p.m.… [Read more…]
It has long been a dream of the entrepreneur, event planner and former media sales support and revenue planner to open a business in Harlem and help the community by providing jobs, a quality product and good service. Robert Stevens grew up in Taft Houses Projects, attended local schools including Brooklyn Technical High School, before… [Read more…]
The Harlem dance craze known as the “Chicken Noodle Soup” is spreading across the country like …well…like a bad cold virus. And what is the best thing for easing the symptoms of a cold? Chicken noodle soup, chicken noodle soup, chicken noodle soup with a soda on the side! CBS features a video with step… [Read more…]
October 22, 2006 by D. Bell
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Faith Ringgold, author of the award winning children’s book Tar Beach, will soon have a permanent home to preserve her literary and artistic legacy. The Faith Ringgold Children’s Museum of Art and Storytelling will be located in a new housing complex in Sugar Hill provided by Broadway Housing Communities. Source: NY1 Related: Faith Ringgold
October 22, 2006 by D. Bell
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Located in an inconspicious brownstone one block from the acclaimed H.A.D.L.E.Y. Players Theater and the sophisticated Harlem Grill, sits a Harlem hot spot where jazz lovers are practically guaranteed a front row seat. Bill’s Place is located on 133rd Street between Lenox (Malcolm X Blvd.) and Seventh Avenue (Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.) The block is… [Read more…]
October 22, 2006 by D. Bell
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Stepping into the shoes filled by oral historian Studs Terkel in his book Working, a former Columbia University anthropologist followed the lives of 300 young people in Harlem who applied for a job at a local fast food franchaise. Chutes and Ladders by Katherine S. Newman chronicles the lives of the applicants from 1993 to… [Read more…]
October 22, 2006 by D. Bell
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The coolest dude in Harlem Originally uploaded by Tampen. Talk about the definition of UPTOWN flavor! Click on the link to read the back story about this shot.
A new lounge has opened up in the heart of Harlem. Jewel’s is sure to be considered a treasured gem in a neighborhood that also houses the popular but tiny night spot The Den. As the surrounding area continues to blossom with refurbished apartments and condos, businesses like these are sure to do well. Have… [Read more…]
October 21, 2006 by D. Bell
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A new park was opened in East Harlem in honor of astronaut Dr.Ronald E. McNair. The one-acre park contains items that show the size of the solar system’s planets in proportion, ranging from Jupiter, a gaseous giant, represented by a 77-foot-8-inch granite ring circling the park’s green artificial turf field, to Pluto, the barren block… [Read more…]
Finally some relief for riders of the A/B/C/D line who have to pass through 125th Street. Over the past few weeks the relentless funk emanating from the station has been absolutely unbearable. I have personally gagged a couple of times as the train pulled into the station. Some days it smells like raw sewage and… [Read more…]
I recently revisted T&J Bakery located near the historic Dunbar Apartments. The first time I visited T&J I tried the Red Velvet Cake. It was a bit dry and the frosting was too sugary. It was not nearly as good as the offerings at Make My Cake, who in my opinion have the best Red… [Read more…]
October 18, 2006 by D. Bell
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Uptown Music Festival Date: Sat 10/21/2006 Time: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Location: The Cloisters, Fort Tryon Park. Sponsor(s): Washington Heights Business Improvement District, WABC-TV and CD 101.9 Contact: NYC Info | Tel: 311 Details: The Uptown Music Festival (UMF) 2006 is an inaugural event celebrating the variety of musical styles that make up the… [Read more…]
Photo by jschumacher. The people who regularly listen to my segment on Sugatreats every Monday night remember that I mentioned this place a couple of weeks back. A friend and I dropped in one night after a program at the new HarlemStage Gatehouse . The place went by a different name and functioned as both… [Read more…]
The forthcoming drama, American Gangster, has been seen filming all over Harlem. After many delays, the film has finally wrapped but Denzel’s paycheck seems to be paying the cost. Apparently there was a clause in his contract stating that a delay will come out of his reported salary of $20 million. EURweb reports that Denzel’s… [Read more…]
Leonard Lopate, radio host on WNYC, moderates a discussion of the role women played in the Harlem Renaissance. Farah Jasmine Griffin is a Professor of English and Comparative Literature and African American Studies at Columbia University. Carla Kaplan is a Professor of English and Gender Studies at the University of Southern California. Both women are… [Read more…]
With two three locations in Manhattan and reportedly two more being built downtown, Whole Foods has yet to open a location above 59th Street. Well, that day may soon be coming to end. Crain’s reports that Whole Foods has been eyeing a location on Columbus Avenue, formerly known as Park West Village, between West 97… [Read more…]
October 17, 2006 by D. Bell
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Links to the events mentioned on Sugatreats last night: Uptown Friday Nights at The Studio Museum www.studiomuseum.org Apollo Salon Series: Voices of the Street www.apollotheatre.com Black Style Now: Stylin’ and Profilin’ www.mcny.org or www.newheritagetheatre.org Ghetto Chronicles www.theatermania.com or www.whitpickentertainment.com Hip Hop Museum www.globalartistscoalition.org Tune in every Monday night: Technocolor from 7-8 EST followed by Sugatreats… [Read more…]
October 17, 2006 by D. Bell
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Harlem Fur noted a trend months ago. One might think that hailing a cab going past 96th Street in Manhattan has never been a problem for people that live uptown, but remember when actor Danny Glover couldn’t even hail a cab just a few years back? Read one man’s observation of the changing traffic pattern… [Read more…]
Clarence Hill saw stars at the Apollo, but they weren’t amateur-night host Whoopi Goldberg, rapper Chingy or comic Al Capone. Hill’s stars came courtesy of a two-foot, three-inch plaster chunk that broke loose from the landmark Harlem theater’s ceiling on Oct. 4 and knocked the aspiring R&B singer out for 10 minutes. [Read the rest… [Read more…]
October 16, 2006 by D. Bell
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Time Out New York (TONY) created a list of the 50 Best Blocks in New York. Harlem (or A96 as Curbed likes to refer to it) made the list with the following: #5 Convent Avenue between 143rd and 144th Streets, Sugar Hill As Manhattan’s affordable middle-class neighborhoods rapidly become extinct, this block, with architecture that… [Read more…]
October 13, 2006 by D. Bell
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Check the Google Calendar for a list of additional events happening this weekend. UPTOWN TREASURES Sunday, Oct. 15th, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Discover the historic and cultural treasures of northern Manhattan at Uptown Treasures, a day of Art, Music, History, and Family Fun in Washington Heights and Inwood. Free shuttle buses are available throughout… [Read more…]
October 12, 2006 by D. Bell
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Film Screening – Brasilintime: Batucada com Discos Friday, October 13, 2006—6pm The Bronx Museum of the Arts 1040 Grand Concourse at 165th Street Admission: $5.00. Free for Bronx Museum members Follow a group of North American percussionists (Paul Humphrey, Derf Reklaw and James Gadson) and DJs (Cut Chemist, Babu, J.Rocc, Madlib, DJ Nuts) as they… [Read more…]
October 9, 2006 by D. Bell
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Here are links to events mentioned on Monday Night’s Sugatreats radio show: Harlem International Film Festival www.harlemfilmfestival.com Moca Lounge www.mocabar.com Harlem RBI www.harlemrbi.org Monk www.monktheplay.com Apollo www.apollotheater.com Comedy hosted by Daria www.heresdaria.com Ladies First at the Black Style Now Exhibition www.mcny.org Melba’s www.melbasrestaurant.com Billie’s Black www.billiesblack.com *I also meant to mention the Hip Hop History… [Read more…]
October 9, 2006 by D. Bell
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Don’t worry dedicated readers, we haven’t gone anywhere. If anything UPTOWN flavor is expanding in order to offer you some very exciting additions. If you would like to offer a hand or towards keeping the site updated click here. Tune in tonight from 9-9:30 p.m. EST on WHCR 90.3 FM, Sugatreats with DJ Oh So… [Read more…]
October 6, 2006 by D. Bell
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I apologize for the delay in posting the weekend guide. Be sure to check out the Harlem International Film Festival at the Magic Johnson Theatres. On Saturday there will be a FREE special screening of Teddy P. Brains from 11 am-12 p.m. Check back next week for video footage that we took of some… [Read more…]
Melba’s Classic elegance is the best way to describe the dining experience I had at Melba’s restaurant, located on the corner of Frederick Douglas and 114th Street in Harlem. You will find yourself disappointed if you are expecting a huge dining room or a second level of seating, but Melba’s can’t be described as being… [Read more…]
October 4, 2006 by D. Bell
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On September 21, 2006 The Harlem Stage at the Gatehouse sponsored a community forum about the artistic and cultural changes taking place in Harlem. Visioning Harlem: Art, Culture, Place discussed the role that art plays in the future of Harlem. The event was moderated by Leonard Lopate who is a radio personality on WNYC. The… [Read more…]
October 4, 2006 by D. Bell
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The smell of celluloid, the clacking noise made by film as it feeds through a projector, the ability to capture a single moment in time, these are the appeals of filmmaking to a passionate, dedicated filmmaker. This Thursday, Harlem’s Magic Johnson Theatre will be the home to more than 70 films from all over the… [Read more…]
October 2, 2006 by D. Bell
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As we mentioned last month, the Harlem Armory has undergone renovations, including the installation of a new memorial dedicated to the Harlem Hellfighters. The center, which houses six courts, will be hosting an open house later this month. If you remember, the Armory has been the home court of tennis greats including the legendary Althea… [Read more…]
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October 31, 2006 by D. Bell
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