Harlem In Black, Beige and …Green?

A new urban vision became reality today in Harlem with the opening of David & Joyce Dinkins Gardens. The building, residences for foster care graduates and low-income families, was co-developed by Jonathan Rose Companies and Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement (HCCI) to promote a better quality of life for its residents with community gardens, job… [Read more…]

Sneak Peek: Homegrown

Get a FREE sneak preview of Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi latest film; HOMEGROWN: Hip-Life in Ghana this TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 7pm at Shrine World Music Venue in Harlem. Limited seating so come early to the Meet the Filmmaker Reception at 6pm and enjoy a 1-hour drink special. Eli, a graduate of Tish School of the Arts at… [Read more…]

If You Build it Will They Come?

The MLB Network was a pipe dream just four years ago.  Today the reality of a new baseball only channel is likely to take root in Harlem.  The network anticipates turning a profit within the next year. Here are some excerpts from an article in The Sports Business Journal: The channel will develop its state-of-the-art headquarters… [Read more…]

Elderly Widow Scammed by “Friends”

Two years ago, when [Ina MacArthur] decided to sell her property – an entire city block on St. Nicholas Ave. worth up to $15 million – she suddenly found herself with two new best friends. One of them now owns the property, but as of today McArthur has only received $20,000. “I was swindled,” the retired public… [Read more…]

Home Deport Might Back Out of Harlem Deal

The Home Depot Inc. may walk away from long-standing plans to open a 100,000-square-foot store at East River Plaza, a major new development from Forest City Ratner Cos. and Blumenfeld Development Group. Last week, Atlanta-based Home Depot acknowledged that it is reconsidering its lease in the 500,000-square-foot development, located on six acres adjacent to Franklin… [Read more…]

Flow at the Studio Museum

‘Flow‘ at the Studio Museum in Harlem will feature 80 works by African artists  including Nontsikelelo “Lolo” Veleko, Mounir Fatmi, Nicholas Hlobo, and Mustafa Maluka. Related: Wall Street Journal

Coming Up at Community Works

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Call to Artists: Rosa Parks Statue

National Endowment for the Arts Invites Entries to Design Rosa Parks Statue for U.S. Capitol Deadline: May 30, 2008. The National Endowment for the Arts ( http://www.nea.gov/ ) has announced a design competition, in partnership with the Joint Committee on the Library and the Office of the Architect of the Capitol ( http://aoc.gov/ ), for… [Read more…]

Renting or Buying Space in NYC?

Only for Established Arts Organizations   If you are an established arts organization in NYC and are contemplating either renting or buying a larger space a workshop, this workship led by Sarah Eisinger of Denham Wolf Real Estate Services, will cover an overview of current NYC real estate market and realities for arts organizations; key considerations for… [Read more…]

Speaking in Rhythm

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Celebrate Abyssinian at 200

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Frederick Douglass Open House

The Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center will be hosting an Open House on Saturday, April 5th from 3 – 6 pm. presenting readings from work by Michel Marriott, K. C. Washington and Estes Jennings. Refreshments will also be served.

The Roger Furman Reading Series presents “Urges”

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Apollo Family Series: Harlem Orchestra

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La Family Dub

Spring means Rebirth

Spring is the perfect time for rebirth.  No better way than by starting joining a yoga class for (beginners and intermediate students) at Your Rebirth Studio for only $8. No need to pre-register just wear something comfortable and come on in.   Meditation classes are only $5 per class.   Schedule: Yoga class Mondays 6:15pm-7:30pm Yoga class Wednesdays… [Read more…]

Pieces of History for New Churches

The Apostle in Harlem The Harlem church, St. Thomas the Apostle, is an exquisite piece of neo-Gothic architecture, its spiky terra-cotta crown resembling a wedding cake. Finished in 1907, the church first served Irish parishioners and then a black congregation that waned and withered, its Sunday Mass sparsely attended, its building in dire need of… [Read more…]

Harlem to Antarctica for Science, and Pupils

Photo: NYTimes.com Stephen F. Pekar, a geology professor from Queens College, was selling Shakira Brown, a 29-year-old Harlem middle school science teacher, on his expedition. Her response: I’m in. Dr. Pekar had found just the person for his Antarctica team: a talented, intrepid African-American teacher to be a role model for minority science students. Read… [Read more…]

Legendary rapper Afrika Bambaataa Skools XM Radio

Going straight from the airwaves to outer space, legendary rapper and ‘renegade of funk’-meister Afrika Bambaataa will be getting his own XM Radioshow starting April 5 on XM Radio’s The Rhyme-XL Channel 65, at 10:00 p.m. Currently you can hear Afrika Bambata and his crew broadcasting live from Harlem on WHCR-FM every Tuesday from 8 p.m.… [Read more…]

D-Constructing Harlem

Rapper turned Photographer, D-Nice, deconstructs the so-called “revitalization” of Harlem through images posted on his photo blog.  Check out the images one frame at a time through the soulful eyes of photographer Derrick Jones. Related: D-Nice on Myspace.com

First Fridays at HSA

First Fridays brings New Orleans music, art, and cuisine to the Harlem Community.

Knitting and Tea

 KNITTING LACE Workshop with Lisa Daehlin & HKC’s HIGH TEA PARTY! Date: Saturday, March 29th, 2008 TIME: 11:00am UNTIL 4:00pm Place: The Harlem Knitting Circle/The George Bruce Branch Library Admission: Bring A Dish! PLEASE COME DRESSED FOR HIGH TEA! PLEASE RSVP AT HKC125THST@AOL.COM

Studio Talk with artists of Collective Voices

Support Women Artists Now Day (SWAN Day): Saturday, March 29, 2008: 4 – 6 pm. This SATURDAY March 29, 2008, Canvas Paper and Stone Gallery will observe Support Women Artists Now Day (SWAN Day) with a Studio Talk by the artists of Collective Voices. This exhibition, co-sponsored by Reconstruct Art and Canvas Paper and Stone Gallery… [Read more…]

The Scoop: Happy Birthday, Harlem!

Photo Credit : Illustration by Doreen Lam for the Columbia Spectator Harlem is turning 350! The vice president of the Harlem Preservation Foundation gives an enlightening history about the not-so-well-known Dutch connection of the neighborhood. (ColSpectator) Maya Angelou is ‘excited’ about turning 80. The momentous event is being celebrated with a new illustrated book this… [Read more…]

African Diaspora Cine Club

FREE screenings and discussions of films from Africa and the African Diaspora every last Friday of the month Teachers College, Columbia University 525 West 120th Street – Room 179 Grace Dodge Train 1 to 116th street – walk uptown four blocks Photo ID required to enter the building  

Report Card on New York Hospitals and Uninsured

A survey by the Public Policy and Education Fund of New York analyzes how 97 of the largest hospitals in the state are complying with a 2007 law intended to protect uninsured New Yorkers from high hospital bills. The survey found that many hospitals were voluntarily offering greater financial assistance than the law requires, however… [Read more…]

Narmer’s Nook

UFT in a Race To Avert a School Revolt [The New York Sun] Battle Erupts Over Insurance Plan for MDs [The New York Sun] Tuberculosis Cases in Manhattan Up in 2007 [The New York Sun] LeBron James’ ‘Vogue’ cover called racially insensitive [USATODAY.com]

Narmer’s Nook

Author Struggles to Stay Removed from Slave Trade[ NPR] Breaking the Gridlock on Congestion Pricing [Gotham Gazette] After deportation, illegals are determined to return [USATODAY.com] NY Public Library “Trades Naming Rights” to Greedy Hedge Fund Billionaire for Big Bucks [AlterNet] SMALL-TIME BUSTS YIELD BIG RESULTS [New York Post] Foster Kids Stay In Poor Areas [Daily… [Read more…]

celebrating the arts by people of color

© julien de bock  Dear Uptown Flavor, I’m excited to share with you of note – a weekly e-publication celebrating the arts, culture, and history of our distinct, yet, intersecting diasporas. It is a space where art meets activism, empowerment, and social responsibility. For example, featured in this week’s issue are events in New York… [Read more…]

What’s Up With Ellington on the Park?

Last summer we brought you news about the Ellington on the Park. A UF reader asked about the lottery selection process: I’m wondering whether anybody has more information about the affordable housing lottery for the Ellington on the Park co-ops at 147th & Bradhurst. I was called in for a preliminary interview, but really don’t… [Read more…]

What’s Up with Sugarhill Java & Tea

News from a UF reader came across our desks that Sugarhill Java & Tea had closed yesterday on Easter Sunday. I for one am quite saddened by this news. It seems their website is already down. Is there anyone else who can confirm the status of Sugarhill Java & Tea out there? If this news is indeed… [Read more…]

Why are the Mets in the Civil Rights Game?

Why are the Mets in the Civil Rights Game? The Mets have the honor of playing the Chicago White Sox in the 2008 Civil Rights Game on March 29th. My question is simple: Why the Mets? “The intent of the game is to embrace baseball’s history of African-American players, as well as to generate interest… [Read more…]

Rebirth! 2008 – Homage to Black Cinema

Rebirth! 2008: “Homage to Black Cinema” is an evening of independent film, art, music and culture inspired by the young influential African Americans that gave birth to the Harlem Renaissance, as well as a celebration of this cultural revival that continues to appear in the New York City community today. This elegant evening will appeal… [Read more…]

Harlem Art Crawl

Harlem’s First Art Crawl-Sunday, April 13 from Noon to 5PM Harlem has long been a cultural capital of America; now it’s the place to find different, distinct and cutting edge art by artists breaking new ground — experimental, mainstream, masters, emerging — its all here! Canvas Paper and Stone Gallery is proud to be co-organizer… [Read more…]

Spring Fling!

Photo Credit: P.Yoruba on Flickr.com Posts on U.F. will be slow (to non-existent) over the course of the next week. Spring represents rejuvenation and we’ll be rejuvin’ until April. Have a fabulous Easter/Spring break.

Sexual Healing: What’s Going On?

The Abyssinian Baptist Church HIV/AIDS and Health Ministries will host an informative and enlightening forum Sexual Healing, What’s Going On? A Seminar on Sex in the 21st Century on Saturday, March 29, 2008 from 11AM-3PM at Nubian Heritage/ Boma Coffee & Tea which is conveniently located at 2037 5th Avenue on the corner of 126th… [Read more…]

The Scoop: Good Friday Edition

(Photo Credit: China Daily) Claudia Schiffer gets her modeling on in New York’s “rejuvenated district”, Harlem. (ChinaDaily) A successful club owner and a “flapper” are at the center of this Harlem Renaissance-era, interracial love story full of “Blues, booze, black magic, guns and smokin’ lesbians” in a new theatrical production Prove it on Me. (GayWired.com)… [Read more…]

Seeds of Renewal

Spring Celebration in Morningside Park

Narmer’s Nook

Paterson Warns Against Tax Hike [The New York Sun] Principals May Gain Option To Jettison Bureaucrats [The New York Sun ] Unified Response Is Sought For Flood Plan for the City [The New York Sun ] Immigration Chief Preps Candidates for New Test [The New York Sun ] Medicaid Soars, Covering 1/3 Of New Yorkers… [Read more…]