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

Urb Alt Festival 2008

Jazzmobile’s Summerfest 2008

Weekend Guide

Looking for something to do this weekend? The weekend guide is back!!! After a longer than expected hiatus we have put together a list of some of the hottest events taking place in Harlem this weekend. For a list of events in the local parks click here. You can always use the pull down menu… [Read more…]

Newsweek Video | Martin, Malcolm, Barack

Professor R. L’Heureux Lewis – Dumi Eyi di yiye of City College discusses the impact of Obama’s candidacy in Harlem.Lewis is also the author of the blog Uptownnotes.com more about “Newsweek Video | Martin, Malcolm, Barack“, posted with vodpod

Narmer’s Newstand

34 Arrested for Selling Crack Cocaine [The New York Sun ] Some See Gaps as School Aims To Be Diversity Model [The New York Sun] Upper East Side Residents Fear Crime Is On the Rise [The New York Sun] Subpoena blitz puts heat on Al [ New York Post] Charges will be dropped in Sean… [Read more…]

Weekend Subway Guide

1 Uptown trains skip 103rd, 110th, 116th and 125th streets. 2 Trains run local between 96th and Chambers streets. Manhattan-bound trains run express from Gun Hill Road to East 180th Street. Brooklyn-bound trains skip Bergen Street, Grand Army Plaza and Eastern Parkway from 11 p.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Saturday, and again from 11 p.m.… [Read more…]

Faith & Film: Abyssinian Screens “Redemption”

Abyssinian’s Directed Paths Film Ministry will screen “Redemption” starring Jamie Foxx, as Stanly “Tookie” Williams (co-founder of the Crips Gang) on Saturday, June 21st @ 11 am. The film will be followed by an in-depth discussion about gang violence, incarceration, black identity, and redemption. For more info, contact Gregory Jones gsj963@gmail.com.

A Weekend in Washington Heights

Washington Heights, by ardenstreet via Flickr New York Times Travel Reporter, Seth Kugal, takes us on a weekend tour of Washington Heights. He highlights a number of popular places to eat and gives his audience a break down of Dominican culture. You can view the video on the New York Times video page. View Video… [Read more…]

The Glaring Gaze of Gentrification

Shopping at El Mundo, by gregbrophy via Flickr Victim of Columbia’s expansion or the city cracking down on building code violations, the latest Harlem institution (of sorts) to be shuttered is El Mundo on Broadway and 134th. Photos and back story over on Curbed.

What Ever Happened to the Femcees?

Now that VH1 Ego Trip’s Miss Rap Supreme has ended, you might be suffering from femcee withdrawal symptoms. Reminiscing of the days when Yo-Yo used to rock the mic, Lauryn used to kill them softly, and Queen Latifah rapped instead of sang Jazz Torch songs? Thanks to The Hip Hop Culture Center, this summer females… [Read more…]

Slipped Under the Radar

Here are a few items that slipped under my radar recently: Avalon Morningside Apartments being advertised as luxury rentals on the Upper West Side adjacent to Morningside Park. Just happened to see an ad above one of the web pages and curiosity got the best of me. Yet, another Starbucks to open on 125th Street… [Read more…]

Summer Stage this Weekend

Saturday, June 21st 7:00 p.m.: Poetry meets music: Kokayi, Lemon, La Bruja, Will Power, Jlove Calderon KOKAYI is a multi-talented musician, poet, and MC. His unusual musicality and his show-stopping freestyle skills breathe fresh air into hip hop. Working steadily with his band Opus Akoben and jazz artist Steve Coleman, Kokayi has toured the world… [Read more…]

The Tyrone Birkett Group at The River Room

Friday June 20th at the River Room of Harlem at 7:30pm The River Room of Harlem is a beautiful restaurant and we will be presenting some new gospel jazz from the upcoming CD. Nice view of the Hudson River and the G.W. Bridge, good food, and a music charge of only $5.00! Your read that… [Read more…]

JazzMobile Celebrates 45th Summer Festival

JAZZMOBILE 45th SUMMER FESTIVAL June 21 – September 14, 2008 Kicks Off Saturday, June 21, 1pm, Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building Plaza, 125th Street & & 7th Avenue For Complete Schedule: www.jazzmobile.org TICKETS: FREE! Except September 11-13 Tribute Concerts at Harlem Stage Gatehouse

New Health Care Facilities Coming to Harlem

via the New York Sun May 2010 is the scheduled date of completion for a new addition at Harlem Hospital Center, which also will undergo a major modernization. The project includes the 180,000-square-foot addition and a renovation of 110,000 square feet, and is estimated to cost $159 million. The expansion and modernization will increase the… [Read more…]

Help the Friends of Baldwin’s Harlem

Help the Friends of “Baldwin’s Harlem” get enough signatures to co-name our streets. A petition for Harlem citizens will be presented to the community board, to approve the co-naming of 128th St. bet. 5th Ave. and Madison Ave. James Baldwin Place and the co-naming of 135th St. and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd. to James… [Read more…]

ANSWER Film Showing: The Great Debaters

ANSWER Film Showing: The Great Debaters This Friday, June 20, 7pm Every few years it seems that we get a great film that tells the lost history of African Americans. The Great Debaters is one such film. Over the holidays I had the chance to see these wonderful piece of cinematic history with my family.… [Read more…]

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…]

BBC on Harlem’s Gentrification

…and not to be left out of the conversation, the BBC’s Radio 4 does an in-depth report on gentrification in Harlem. Listen here: Thinking Allowed U.F. recent discussions about gentrification: Flaws and All [UF] Much Ado About Gentrification [UF] Ed. Note: If you have problems downloading this mp3 you can sign up for the Thinking… [Read more…]

139 th St. & Malcolm X Blvd.

139 th St. & Malcolm X Blvd., originally uploaded by NARMER. Whoa! How long has that Subway been there? Who’s the owner? I remember a former “Apprentice,” Stacie J, owned a shop on 125th Street.

bookmark: Playing in the Light with Zoe Wicomb

Set in a beautifully rendered 1990s Cape Town, Zoe Wicomb’s celebrated novel revolves around Marion Campbell, who runs a travel agency but hates traveling, and who, in post-apartheid society, must negotiate the complexities of a knotty relationship with Brenda, her first black employee. Playing in the Light is as powerful in its depiction of Marion’s… [Read more…]

Much Ado About Gentrification

On ‘Mixed Feelings’ When the NY Times article came out I really didn’t feel the need to pay it any more attention than quick scan. I personally thought it was a rehash of the last one. However, for some reason when our editor posted it up with some related articles and blog links it honestly… [Read more…]

Tony Wrap: In The Heights Takes 4 Awards Home

While I have friends (actors, of course) who have annual Tony parties, I rarely if ever watch the awards since I don’t get down to Broadway to see the choices often enough. This year I did take the time to peek in on the awards to see how our uptown contenders were doing. While In… [Read more…]

Narmer’s Newstand

For the Homebound Elderly, Fewer Knocks on the Door [NYTimes.com] Evangelical Flock Strays From The Republican Fold [Free Internet Press] Stunning numbers around Taser Use [ New York Post] Rev. Al Soaks up Boycott Bucks [New York Post] New Cheap Prescription Plan [ New York Post] City Will Close Five Miles of Manhattan Road to… [Read more…]

Naming the Future of Harlem

Midori and Friends

Hosted by MAGGIE RODRIGUEZ Co-Anchor CBS News’ The Early Show Saturday | June 21, 2008 | 3-4:30 pm El Museo del Barrio 1230 Fifth Ave (entrance on 104th St.) Manhattan, NY For directions visit: www.elmuseo.org Watch as 160 children and adults from Midori & Friends programs light up the stage,performing music from Afro-Brazilian, western classical,… [Read more…]

Uptown Mixer

Party with a Purpose

A Fundraiser sponsored by Morgan State Alumni Liquid Lyrics: Words Over Manhattan – An intimate night of poetry and spoken word. Saturday, June 21, 2008 7-10pm. Rio Gallery II 583 Riverside Drive (135th Street) – 7th Floor, Harlem, New York 10031. Admission – $10 via

A Tribute to Fleet Militant

A Revolutionary Tribute to Fleet Militant aka Moyosore Sehubo Akojenu presentation by Omowale Adewale Performances by M1 of dead prez, Final OutLaW, Ryan Perfect, Umi & more…plus special guest Immortal Technique 8PM Sunday June 22nd, 2008 @ the Bronx Museum $15 in advance & $20 @ the door. Purchase tickets @ Paypal http://www.kickgame.com/FleetflyerPage.html & G.A.ME… [Read more…]