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…]
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October 17, 2006 by D. Bell
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