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Through African Eyes August schedule

JACKIE ROBINSON PARK LOCATION :The Basketball Courts: 150th St. & Bradhurst Ave. RAIN VENUE : Inside Jackie Robinson Recreation Center @ 146th St. & Bradhurst Ave. Subway Directions: Take A, B, C, or D to 145th  Street. Walk east on 145th Street until you reach the park. Enter park by stairs into the park, or… [Read more…]

CityParks Dance: Jackie Robinson Park

Saturday, August 4th: Forces of Nature & Calvin Wiley Dance Theatre Founded by Abdel R. Salaam, Olabamidele Husbands and Dyane Harvey in 1981, Forces of Nature has been combining contemporary modern dance with West-African styles, ballet, hip-hop and martial arts for over 23 years. Forces of Nature is aptly named, for the ensemble’s performances are… [Read more…]

CityParks Theater: Marcus Garvey Park

Wednesday, August 1st: Lenox Avenue / Central Avenue, Absolute Theatre Set in Harlem Socialite A’lelia Walker’s Brownstone in the 1920’s and Academy Award winning Actress Hattie McDaniel’s Hollywood backyard in 1940’s Lenox Ave/ Central Ave is a musical theater piece that explores the African- American struggle with the American Dream in the early part of… [Read more…]

Harlem Stage announces new season

The Harlem Stage fall season begins September 7, 2007 and ends February 10, 2008.  Highlights of the Harlem Stage fall season include This Woman’s Work, a series of dance and movement, choreographed by women of the African Diaspora (September 7 and 8, 2007); Up South International Book Festival (September 19-23, 2007), featuring live readings, discussion,… [Read more…]

The Queen of Soul Food celebrates 45 years today

Sylvia’s Restaurant, The Queen of Soul food™, celebrates 45 years in business on August 1, 2007, with an all day salute to it’s beloved Harlem. The day will begin at 7 a.m. with “Approaching Storm Marching Band,” and our savory, annual free breakfast consisting of smothered chicken, grits and biscuits. This milestone anniversary will officially… [Read more…]

The Scoop: Harlem hospitality

Even more on the new hotels and developments in Harlem [NYP] In Harlem Africa converges with America: Injera is a taste of home for Ethiopians [NYT] Senegalese cooks divulge their cooking secrets [NYT] Harlem Little Leaguers gave it the good fight but just couldn’t pull it off in the longest game in LL history [Wellsville… [Read more…]

Nominations for LDC

The West Harlem Local Development Corporation (“LDC”) representing the interests of was established in 2006 to secure a community benefits agreement related to Columbia University’s proposed campus expansion in Manhattanville, West Harlem. The LDC is comprised of city/state/federal elected staff members and individuals representing a broad range of community constituencies and interests such as tenant’s… [Read more…]