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The Scoop: Weekend Extra, Extra Edition

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Walking the avenues, streets, and boulevards of the city for close to a century [NYT] Curator decides to downsize, uptown [NYDN] Car Washes paying workers only $3-$4 a hour [NYT] Gov. Paterson’s wicked sense of humor catches ‘em off guard [NYT] President of Georgia attended Columbia [NYT] Sign of the times as Riverton defaults on… [Read more…]

Dr. Billy Taylor Tribute

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This week the National Jazz Museum in Harlem focuses yet again on the career and music of the magnificent Dr. Billy Taylor, a jazz ambassador and educator bar none, who embodies the best of the jazz tradition and exhibits the history of jazz piano every occasion he performs. See below for details of this special… [Read more…]

Rahsaan Patterson

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Rahsaan Patterson will return to his hometown, New York City, for the City Parks Concert Series on August 21st at Marcus Garvey Park. With his current CD Wines and Spirits receiving critical and fan acclaim and his second single, “Feels Good,” continuing to climb the charts with a bullet, Rahsaan is bringing his international listening… [Read more…]

Audubon Park and Terrace Walking Tour

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AUDUBON PARK AND AUDUBON TERRACE MUSEUM COMPLEX Audubon Park and the Audubon Terrace Museum Complex were named for naturalist John James Audubon who had his home on a 30-acre tract of land that extended from 155th Street to 158th Street Amsterdam Avenue to the Hudson River in the Washington Heights community of Manhattan. The Audubon… [Read more…]

African Diaspora Summer Film Series: Zoned In

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