Tuesday, July 29th, Friday, August 1st & Saturday, August 2nd at 8pm in Marcus Garvey Park: The Classical Theatre of Harlem is interpreting a huge Broadway hit: Ain’t Supposed To Die A Natural Death Peopled by junkies, pimps, drag queens, sweatshops workers, crooked cops, prisoners, lovers, and dreamers, Melvin Van Peebles’ Ain’t Supposed To Die… [Read more…]
July 29, 2008 by D. Bell
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Música Thursday, Jul 31 Willie Colón East River Park El Malo de la Salsa makes a rare live appearance, and we can’t miss it. Putting politics aside, tonight he’ll do that he knows best, get everyone dancing with his iconic classic beats. Plus, did we mention that this event is free? Thursday, Jul 31 Irresistible… [Read more…]
July 29, 2008 by D. Bell
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Friday, August 1, 2008 6 to 10pm FREE ADMISSION!! Location: The Andrew Freedman Home 1125 Grand Concourse @ McClellan Street (across the street from the Bronx Museum) Rain Venue: The Bronx Museum of the Arts 1040 Grand Concourse @ 165th Street
July 29, 2008 by D. Bell
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Rat spotted in Upper West Side Duane Reade Store Window [7Online] Add to our glossary: “Harlemize” [NYT] Gentrification takes shape in many forms [NYO] Another Fare Hike in the wake of Rising Fuel Costs [HalttheHike] Yet, MTA Clerks paid to staff idle stations [NYDN] see also, Newsday West Harlem Art Fund (WHAF) Goes Green with… [Read more…]
July 29, 2008 by D. Bell
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Whenever I think of Harlem, I think of the tag line of the Apollo Theater: “Where stars are born and legends are made.” The home going ceremony for Dr. Barbara Ann Teer was legendary. The New York Times reports: Before the encomiums and songs and reminiscences and invocations at Riverside Church in Manhattan, there was… [Read more…]
NewFilmmakers presents some urban realities. Date: Tuesday 29 July 2008 Time: 7:20pm-8:20pm Location: Anthology Film Archives 32 Second Ave. (at 2nd St.), New York Admission: $5 “Life Sentence” is a personal look at the impact of long-term imprisonment and the adjustment back into society. While providing positive opportunities for other formerly incarcerated people, these six… [Read more…]
July 29, 2008 by D. Bell
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In case you didn’t catch yesterday’s NPR “News and Notes,” the topic was gentrification and the “end to white flight.” As you know, we’ve been having these conversations over here on U.F. since we first hit the scene. Interestingly enough, I recently sent an email to “News and Notes” offering to talk about this topic,… [Read more…]
July 29, 2008 by D. Bell
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CNN reports that Harlemite, George Carlin, “Gets the Last Laugh on Death.” His final album, “It’s Bad for Ya” was released today. His daughter Kelly notes that it is a return to his playful goofiness. But, in other ways Carlin is still around: …thanks to his daughter and brother, Patrick, who spent a weekend earlier… [Read more…]
July 29, 2008 by D. Bell
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Whew, what’s the temperature outside, because it’s getting hot in here! We will be taking a little time to cool down around here during the month of August. That means that posts will be lighter, more erratic (more so than usual), or simply non-existent. If you would like to be a guest blogger during the… [Read more…]
July 29, 2008 by seeker4truth
Harlemite Master Astro-Numerologist, Lloyd Strayhorn, hits the online airwaves Friday, August 1st from 6 P.M. – 7 P.M. Listeners can digitally experience numerology essentials from his bestseller book Numbers and You in an interactive and live format. Strayhorn, a practicing metaphysician of 25+ years, got his start from the former Tree of Life located at… [Read more…]
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July 29, 2008 by D. Bell
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