Harlemwood Film Festival

Quotables: Harlem Air Shaft

As someone who lives in an apartment with my living room facing an air shaft, I can truly appreciate the sage words of Duke Ellington: Ellington has described the inspiration for this work in vivid terms. “You get the full essence of Harlem in an air shaft,” he explained. “You hear fights, you smell dinner,… [Read more…]

Hot Tamales: The perfect street food

While I don’t get over to Chowhound as much as I used to, I will occasionally still poke my head in there to see what the ‘hounds are yapping about. Back in April, one ‘hound conducted a research project on tamales. That’s right, tamales. Those meat filled packets wrapped in dried corn husks. However, according… [Read more…]

Emerging Designers in Harlem

Last month a number of emerging designers were featured at the Magic Johnson Theater on 125th Street. Among the designers that showed off their creativity were owners of several fabulous specialty boutiques that have cropped up around the neighborhood. Here is just a sample of the designers that were featured in The New York Times.… [Read more…]

Harlem Book Fair Call for Volunteers

The Harlem Book Fair will run the weekend of July 18th-20th. If you able to volunteer please indicate the date, time and your first and second chose to where you would like to work. For more information log on to www.qbr.com. PLEASE NOTE THE GROUP MEETING WILL BE HELD ON 6/27/08 @ 6:30, THE LOCATION… [Read more…]

East 120th Street Homes

East 120th Street Homes [Official website] Via: Curbed