ASPCA Block Party in Harlem

Coffee and Comedy in East Harlem

Uptown Wine Tasting at Nectar

April Events at the Schomburg

APRIL 16 Thursday 7 p.m. PANEL DISCUSSION & PERFORMANCE Where are the Black Swans? Join the Dance Theatre of Harlem and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for a free public program in honor of Dance Theatre of Harlem’s 40th Anniversary. The panel is offered in conjunction with the multi-media exhibition entitled Dance… [Read more…]

NARMER’S NEWSSTAND

Life of Crime, and Time Behind Bars, Inspire a Drug Dealer to Turn Author [NYT] How Likely Are You to Help a Stranger? [CR] Black Voters Waver on Support for Paterson [NYT] Taking a Page, and a Pen, From Makers of Medicines [NYT] Bizarre tax laws hit crack heads, pro-athletes [CNN] Surviving After the Boom… [Read more…]

Nana Camille Yarbrough at Hue-Man

Author of CORNROWS at Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe Saturday, April 18, 2009 2PM Hue-Man Bookstore & Café 2319 Frederick Douglas Blvd. (Between 124th and 125th Streets) New York, NY 10027

Food For Thought Film Fest.

Food For Thought Film Festival FreeNYC Event Flyer Date: Saturday, April 11th & Saturday, April 18th Time: 1:00pm – 8:30pm Location: Action Center to End World Hunger (6 River Terrace, Battery Park) Cost: Free Naniola Productions in partnership with Action Center to End World Hunger and Columbia University Medical Center Office of Government and Community… [Read more…]

Satisfy your thurst at Pollen Nation

Block Clean Up

Friends Of Landon C. Dais host a block clean up in Harlem “100 Days of Change”

ABC Exclusive Interview with Cast of Harlem Heights

So, as you know the BET reality show “Harlem Heights” is all anyone is talking about these days. Last Monday ABC was in Harlem and did an exclusive interview with the cast inside of Brooke’s apartment. Check it out here. ABC News: Exclusive Interview with Cast of Harlem Heights

Rent Control: Housing, Gentrification, Community

Saturday, April 18th, 3:00pm (Free) Rent Control: Housing, Gentrification, Community @ St. Marks Church (Parish Hall), 131 E. 10th St. at 2nd Ave. Out of the Global City and the Rent Control: NYC Documented and Imagined (In Association with the Left Forum) co-present: Some Place Like Home Dir. Kelly Anderson, 2009, 40 min. Deborah Tillman,… [Read more…]

Narmer’s Newsstand

Be Counted in 2010, New Yorkers Are Told [NYT] Manhattan DA charges man with attempt to steal a Harlem home[TOPIX] Liquor Authority Bureau Is Raided in State Inquiry [NYT] Fidel Castro Meets With Members Of The Congressional Black Caucus [TOPIX] U.S. Food Safety No Longer Improving, Data Show [NYT] Hours and days cut even as… [Read more…]

Note from the Editor: Happy Holy Days

Happy Holy Days: Many of you will be on vacation this week so I hope you use your time off to visit local businesses and landmarks that you normally don’t have the free time to enjoy.  We have recently featured newish businesses that include Mojo, Swing, Il Caffe Latte, Harlem Flo, Late Pass Books, and… [Read more…]

Book Signing at Harlem Vintage

Join Co-Presidents Kirsten Poe-Hill and Renee Warren This Saturday at Harlem Vintatge celebrating their new book, You Buy the Peanut Butter, I’ll Get the Bread. Saturday, April 11, 2009 4PM-7PM Harlem Vintage 2235 Frederick Douglas Boulevard (at 120th Street) New York, NY 10027 Best friends, business partners and two remarkable women share their secrets to starting… [Read more…]

The Scoop: Good Friday Weekly Wrap

Eli Broad Invest $2.5 million in two charter schools [CR] Standoff holds up deal on Riverton Complex [CR] The cast of BET’s Harlem Heights share their favorite spots in the nabe [WS] Obama Chicken debate continues [CR] Jellybean guess wins woman $25,000 that she’ll use for downpayment [DN] State Liquor Board has Harlem Offices Raided… [Read more…]

Easter Festival

This year’s popular Easter Festival is scheduled to take place at the 135th Street Plaza in St. Nicholas Park on Saturday, April 11th from 2pm to 4pm. Join The Friends as we usher in Spring with Easter egg decorating, an Easter egg hunt, arts and crafts, cupcake decorating, and a special appearance by the Easter Bunny! We… [Read more…]

Friday Night Cuban Music in East Harlem

More Mojo!

Back in January we brought you a First Look at Harlem’s new hot spot, Mojo on 119th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue.  Last week the bar/restaurant finally opened full-swing.  Now with a full menu of Mediterranean-inspired dishes and varied list of premium drinks and a top-notch staff, Mojo seems to have even more charm and appeal.  (So… [Read more…]

Easter Weekend Family Portraits

Narmer’s Newsstand

NY Considers Joining Powerball[GOTHAMIST] State Law to Cap Public Defenders’ Caseloads, but Only in the City [NYT] White America wants a Thank you from Black America[AFROMERICA] Harlem Building Boom Is A “Grand Letdown”[GOTHAMIST] ‘Survey’ Calls Attack Bloomberg Rival [NYT] 20% of U.S. preschoolers are obese[USA] With Polls Still Shrinking, Dems May Squeeze Paterson Out[GOTHAMIST] Governor… [Read more…]

Swing: A Concept Store

A breath of fresh air has blown into Harlem this spring. Swing is a lifestyle boutique that specializes in one of a kind items that range from children’s clothes to home decor.  Situated on the corner of Seventh Avenue and 118th,  known more for beauty supply stores and bodegas than upscale boutiques, Swing is an… [Read more…]

Tea and Things of that Kind Struggles to Open

Despite the premature closing of both Sugarhill Java and Tea Lounge and The Harlem Tea Room, a new tea room is hoping to open on 137th and  Seventh Avenue by Mother’s Day. Mother and son team Laila and Na’im Najieb have been planning their tea room, Tea and Things of That Kind, since 2006. The Najiebs have… [Read more…]

Sing Harlem Sing!

Click on image for details Sing Harlem Sing!, a new autobiographical musical by Vy Higginsen about her groundbreaking career as a disc jockey, will play Harlem’s Dempsey Theatre, April 17-May 10. The production will be directed by Ken Wydro, with choreography by Michael Rice.

Apollo Honors Music Legends June 8th

  The Apollo Theater will celebrate its 75th anniversary by inducting music impresario Quincy Jones and R&B artist Patti LaBelle into its Hall of Fame. The June 8 anniversary gala concert will benefit the landmark Harlem theater. The Apollo also will present its arts and humanitarian award to Bill Cosby and his wife, Camille. Previous… [Read more…]

Fashion Exchange

For more information: info@landondais.com

An Evening of Poetry and Prose

AN EVENING OF POETRY & PROSE Sponsored by Tau Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Tuesday, April 14, 2009 6:30-8:30pm CREOLE RESTAURANT 2167 3rd Avenue (@118th Street) New York, NY 10035 212-876-8838 Purchase of food and drinks is strongly encouraged Open Mic Spots Available To sign-up, contact Kim Singleton at kims7e@yahoo.com or 917-549-5659 Brought… [Read more…]

The Lost Tribes of New York – Harlem

A short animated documentary from London Squared Productions. Urban Anthropologists, Andy and Carolyn London interview people on the streets of Harlem.  Click link below to view. The Lost Tribes of New York City from Carolyn London on Vimeo.

Rally for Health on Saturday

Organized by New Yorkers for Change. Co-Sponsored by Brooklyn for Barack, Harlem 4Change, Healthcare Equality Project, Health Care for All New York, The Institute for Puerto Rican and Hispanic Elderly, Metro New York Health Care for All Campaign, NYC for Change, Park River Independent Democrats, Raising Women’s Voices for the Health Care We Need, Rekindling Reform,… [Read more…]

Assemblyman Supports Effort to Save PS 194

Yesterday, the New York City Department of Education (DOE) announced that it would be backing down from its controversial plan to phase out P.S. 194, the Countee Cullen Literacy Academy, in Harlem. The original plan proposed to phase out the school over the next few years to make room for a Charter School. The new… [Read more…]

Despite the Weather Star Fest is a Go!

INWOOD STAR FEST is a GO for TONIGHT! Believe it or not, the *astronomer’s forecast for tonight’s STAR FEST is improving hourly and we are proceeding with the program.  We may dodge a few clouds but chances are good participants will be able to see the moon and Saturn with its rings and perhaps more. Even if we’re only… [Read more…]

Outrage over Obama Fried Chicken Places

  Remember we posted this picture on St. Patrick’s Day? Well, the photo started circulating around the Internet and quite a few folks are pretty heated about the renaming of two local chicken joints. Councilman Charles Barron threatens to demonstrate in front the Brooklyn location if they don’t change the sign back. Read more after… [Read more…]

April St. Nick’s Dog Run Coffee Bark

The April St. Nick’s Dog Run Coffee Bark will take place next Saturday, April 4th from 9am-11am. Come to the Dog Run and celebrate Spring with free coffee and donuts. Socialize with fellow dog owners and discuss issues concerning St. Nicholas Park and St. Nick’s Dog Run. The St. Nick’s Dog Run is located in… [Read more…]

Narmer’s Newsstand

Protect Congo Gorillas and the Planet: Celebrate Earth Month at The Bronx Zoo [MP] A Rare Embrace of Food Stamps by Bloomberg[CR] When Tattoos Hurt Job Prospects [CR] Natalie Cole needs a kidney and “Larry King” viewers offer theirs [DV] Yankee Stadium Bleachers Will Be a Whole New Beast[GOTHAMIST] History of a Harlem Storefront[CURBED] As… [Read more…]

Growing Any Business in 90 Days

UFT Wins Battle to Keep Two Harlem Schools Open

  I suspect that this battle over Harlem schools isn’t over yet and that there will be a war on the horizon if these two public schools can’t pull their test scores up — fast! The parents’ reaction to the DOE’s decision is quite strong.  Many want the school closed if it is a failing… [Read more…]

Yankee Doodle Dandy!

Excerpted from Journal News It won’t be ready for the Yankees’ home opener on April 16, but Metro-North Railroad plans to open its station at Yankee Stadium about a month later, on May 23, the railroad announced yesterday. The station is part of sweeping construction activity in the Bronx neighborhood that includes a new Yankee… [Read more…]

That Stinks! Smokers watch their cash go up in smoke

As of yesterday cigarettes in New York City have topped out at $10.00 a pack. A federal tax is now $1.01 per pack, more than double the previous tax. That brings the government fees to $5.26 a pack — more than half the cost said cigarette pack.  New York City has steadily been increasing the… [Read more…]

Striving for a better life: Harlem Organization helps jobseekers get a fresh start

Strive, is an advocacy group located in East Harlem that is dedicated to  helping job seekers get a fresh start. Financed by New York State and contributions from private foundations, Strive has been flooded in recent months with people seeking jobs. “Strive offers something of an employment makeover: interview etiquette is taught, and do-rags and… [Read more…]

April Events @ East Harlem Cafe

Profile: Harlem Designer Nicole Romano

Harlem is home to art curators, a world-renown chef, famous actors, talented musicians, and fashion designers. Nicole Romano is a Harlem-based fashion and jewelry designer whose work has been featured on “Sex and the City”. Nicole Romano will be showcasing her designs in a Pop-Up Shop at The Plaza through the month of April. For… [Read more…]