Harlem Week – July Schedule

It’s that time of year again.  Harlem Week! For the past 34 years, Harlem Week has taken over the streets of uptown to give you a chance to meet the neighbors and neighborhood businesses.  Check out their new website at: www.harlemweek.com Wednesday, July 16th 5:30 PM Gracie Mansion HARLEM WEEK 2008 Reception and Awards Presentations… [Read more…]

Handball Court Summer Series Schedule

WHITE PARK (106th Street between Lexington and Third Avenues) SATURDAY NIGHTS – AT SUNSET (approx 8:15PM) ¡¡¡ BRING YOUR OWN SEAT OR CUSHION !!! For information: http://www.prdream.com/wordpress/?cat=5

Target Sponsors Free Sundays at the Studio Museum in Harlem

Sunday is the day that Harlem truly comes alive, and the day that many make time to visit The Studio Museum in Harlem. The program, which will offer free Museum admission every Sunday between 12 and 6 PM, reflects a shared commitment to engage the community and offer a vital cultural experience to all. In… [Read more…]

Spanish Harlem Rose: Paula Garces

Growing up in Spanish Harlem in the mid-80s was scary and dangerous, according to actress Paula Garcés. As an escape from the daily drama of her neighborhood, she took up acting, finding her big break with a role in Dangerous Minds starring Michelle Pfeiffer, in 1995. Despite getting pregnant at the age of 19, Garcés continued… [Read more…]

All the World’s a Stage for Kehinde Wiley

July 17-October 26, 2008 The World Stage: Africa, Lagos ~ Dakar is Kehinde Wiley’s (b. 1977) first solo exhibition at The Studio Museum in Harlem and features ten new paintings from his multinational “The World Stage” series. Wiley is known for his stylized paintings of young, urban African-American men in poses borrowed from eighteenth- and… [Read more…]

Free Cartooning Workshop at The Harlem Book Fair

Jerry Craft will give a free cartooning workshop this Saturday at the Thurgood Marshall Academy in New York City. The workshop, at 200 W. 135th St., runs from 3:15 to 4:15. Craft, who’s also appearing this Saturday afternoon at the Harlem Book Fair on 135th St., does the “Mama’s Boyz” comic for King Features Weekly… [Read more…]

Beverley Anderson Manley at The Harlem Book Fair

Photo credit: Mikeyspice69 via flickr.com Jamaican talk show host and author, Beverley Anderson-Manley, will make a guest appearance in this year’s 10th anniversary staging of the Harlem Book Fair at the Schomburg Centre for Research in Black Culture in New York, USA, between July 18 and 20. Mrs. Anderson-Manley, ex-wife of late Jamaican Prime Minister… [Read more…]

Justice or Harmony? An “Urban Dialogue”

Art to Uplift ~ Sunday, July 20 @ 7 pm

Narmer’s Newstand

Vintage Black Cinema Postage Stamps Commemorate Culture [WSJ] Stripper, 80, still taking her clothes off [CNN.com] New York Extends Benefits for Jobless [ NYTimes.com] Next Crisis May Be in the Cards [New York Post] Crucial Data on Graduates Is Elusive [NYTimes.com] Could the simple necessity of public housing shape a financially stronger future? [City Limits]… [Read more…]

East River Park – Dance Out!

Wednesday, July 16th – 7 p.m. East River Park: Dance Out! Opening Night:  Dans le Jardin, Contigo & Transports Exceptionnels Dans le Jardin, an improvised dance created and performed by the Netherlands-based choreographer Michael Schumacher, is set to live music performed by cellist and composer Alex Waterman. Using the park as a backdrop and inspiration… [Read more…]

East River Park Events

Affordable Housing PSA

Considering all the backlash about affordable housing and gentrification in Harlem, this PSA is quite….interesting. I’ll let you fill in the blanks with the missing adjectives in the comments section. via: HarlemWorld more about “Affordable Housing PSA“, posted with vodpod

Free Films in the Park

Wed, July 16, 2008 Rooftop Films & Historic Harlem Parks Present NY Non-Fiction Uptown 1st Edition Documentaries made by real New Yorkers, about real New Yorkers. *Venue: Marcus Garvey Park *Address: The Amphitheater Behind Pelham Fritz Recreation Center, Mt. Morris Park West at 122nd St., Harlem *Directions: 2,3 to 125th Street. | Map *8:00: Live… [Read more…]