TWHI is organized to complement the launch of the “Northern Manhattan Dining Guide” (now in its 4th printing), which serves as an updated survey of the best local eateries in the area. This year’s event will mimic the previous epicurean extravaganza by gastronomically transporting the attendees to different regions of the globe, but will also… [Read more…]
June 12, 2007 by D. Bell
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CELEBRATION OF MASS WITH JAZZ MUSIC Fr. Peter F. O’Brien, S.J., the Executive Director of The Mary Lou Williams Foundation, will celebrate Mass at The Fordham University Church on the Rose Hill Campus in the Bronx, N.Y. on Friday June 15, 2007 at 11:30AM. This liturgy is part of a workshop exploring the Arts conducted… [Read more…]
June 12, 2007 by D. Bell
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Can I Be Me? by esther armah P o w e r f u l • P e r s o n a l • P r ovo C at I v e Can I Be Me? ? A dramatised reading telling the story of one woman’s journey spanning two continents; Europe and Africa. She’s… [Read more…]
Queen Mother Moore International House faces foreclosure [NY1] Another take on the anti-gentrification conference [City Limits] Puerto Rican Day Parade wrap up: the pretty version [NYSun] and the ugly version [amNY] via the Times [NYT] Mexican immigrants edging out Dominicans and PRs in El Barrio [amNY] Eastern Orthodox priest who worked with Harlem’s homeless dies… [Read more…]
June 12, 2007 by D. Bell
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The Urbanworld VIBE Film Festival will kick off June 21 in New York with the opening-night film “Blackout,” directed by Jerry LaMothe and starring Melvin Van Peebles, Zoe Saldana, Jeffrey Wright and LaTanya Richardson. The 11th annual festival, running through June 24, will screen 49 films drawn from independent cinema by and about people of… [Read more…]
The Mexican influx has revitalized neighborhoods such as El Barrio in Harlem, where the Mexican presence is vivid even as the one-time Puerto Rican stronghold remains that community’s symbolic heart. Nilda Perez, a Puerto Rican, is married to a Mexican and has Mexican colleagues at 116 Flowers Shop in El Barrio. She feels a great… [Read more…]
June 12, 2007 by D. Bell
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The Apollo Theater presents The Salon Series June 2007: The Composers. The Process. The MUSIC. Witness daring works-in-development! Fred Ho & his Afro-Asian Music Ensemble present Dragon vs. Eagle: Enter the White Barbarians! (Friday, June 15th & Saturday, June 16th) New York City Opera presents a preview of Margaret Garner: A New Opera by Toni… [Read more…]
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June 12, 2007 by D. Bell
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