BBC Follow Up on Gentrification

In case you had the chance to listen to the BBC Radio 4 report on Harlem’s gentrification, you might be interested to know that the BBC did a follow story on the phenomenon of gentrification in general which is taking place from the U.K to the U.S. There was some debate between host Laurie Taylor… [Read more…]

Money is a Terrible Thing to Waste

Artist Donates $1 Million to Harlem Arts Center

Artist LeRoy Neiman has donated $1 million to create a permanent home for a Harlem community arts center. Neiman is best known for his colorful and energetic paintings of sporting events and portraits of such luminaries as Muhammad Ali, The Beatles, Louis Armstrong and Frank Sinatra. He plans to attend the ribbon cutting for the… [Read more…]

Summer in the City: Parks Events

Saturday, June 21 Bottle Biology 11:00 a.m. Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx 1st Annual Juneteenth Emancipation Day 11:00 a.m. Pleasant Village Community Garden, Manhattan Family Day 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Roger Morris Park, Manhattan Make Music NY 12:00 p.m. Citywide Sunday, June 22 HorseShoe Hunt 10:00 a.m. Pelham Bay Park, Bronx Scandia Symphony Concerts 2:00… [Read more…]

Hip Hop X-posed

Confessions of a BET Producer: Hip Hop Xposed – Saturday, June 28th when: 1:00 PM – 10:00 PM host: NY Hip Hop Meetup where: THE HIP HOP CHURCH (GREATER “HOOD” MEMORIAL A.M.E. ZION CHURCH) 160 W. 146TH STREET NEW YORK, NY (map) dress code: Casual, appropriate for church environment crowd: Conscious Old School Hip Hop Fans… [Read more…]

Ads Build AIDS Awareness in Harlem

By Djenny Passe-Rodriguez The side of a building on 125th Street and Broadway has become a focal point of AIDS awareness in Harlem. Until March, two huge billboards on the building combined to declare, “We’re not taking it lying down!” – the tagline of an ad campaign by The Women’s Institute at Gay Men’s Health… [Read more…]

Friends of Hamilton Grange Decide to End Fight

According to an A.P. report, the Friends of Hamilton Grange have decided to drop their suit protesting the direction of the 206 year home. The neighborhood group agreed Tuesday to drop its court fight complaining that the Federalist-style home was going to face the wrong direction. A National Park Service lawyer has said delaying attaching… [Read more…]

Make Music New York at St. Nicholas Park

Make Music New York is NYC’s largest music event, with 850 free concerts on streets, sidewalks and parks, all on the first day of summer. Make Music New York takes place all day on the 135th Street Plaza (135th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue in the Park) this Saturday from 12pm-8pm. Musician line-up is below.… [Read more…]

Narmer’s Newstand

600,000 in City May Qualify for Food Stamps [The New York Sun] Protesters Target School Budget Cuts [The New York Sun] Utah company cancels plans to sell Obama sock monkey doll [The Daily Voice] Citizenship Backlog Could Thwart Would-Be Voters [ The New York Sun] Taco Bell, Wendy’s starting to use tomatoes again [DailyMe.com] Black… [Read more…]