Friday Freestyle Flavor: Empire State of Mind

The 6th Annual Inwood Hill Haunted Forest and House

The 6th Annual Inwood Hill Haunted Forest and House Date: Saturday, October 31st Time: 5:00pm – 10:00pm Location: Inwood Hill Park (218th St. & Indian Rd.) Cost: Free Check out NYC’s only natural forest on the scariest evening of all. Halloween. “The Inwood Hill Nature Center is converted into our Haunted House. Visitors will first… [Read more…]

Narmer’s Newsstand

 Story of Americans with Native and black ancestry stirs deep emotions [INDIANCOUNTRYTODAY] Newark Mayor Backed Bloomberg, Then Got Funds [NYT] Brother of Afghan Leader Is Said to Be on C.I.A. Payroll [NYT] Harlem development site asking $58 million [ LINK] Basonas Construction Corp Starts to Revitalize the Cristo Rey High School [PR] Mayor Deprives Rival… [Read more…]

Roy DeCarava, 89; Celebrated N.Y. photographer

Photographer acclaimed for haunting Harlem images Roy DeCarava, 89, whose intimate, often melancholy black-and-white images of Harlem life made him one of the most respected photographers of his century, died Oct. 27 in New York. His family declined to provide the cause of death. Mr. DeCarava spent most of his career working near his birthplace… [Read more…]