Damon Wayons’ New Hat

I remember when I was living in Nashville: one afternoon the restaurant I was managing was inundated with a whole slew of older women, all of whom were wearing red hats. Most of them were dressed in purple as well. These women, I quickly discovered, were a part of the Red Hat Society. Much like… [Read more…]

Pam Grier’s Foxy Life

Pam Grier makes an appearance Wednesday, May 5, at Gospel Uptown to promote her new book, Foxy: My Life in Three Acts, A Memoir. The event, which takes place from 12 noon until 3 PM, will give fans a chance to meet the original Foxy Brown herself, as well as pick up a signed copy of… [Read more…]

A Book Lover’s Delight

FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2009 Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe Workshop: 5:30 * Book Lovers’ Meet & Greet at 7:00 (complete with wine & cheese, gift bags, and important people from the world of media and publishing) ** Author, highly accomplished entrepreneur, and nationally respected bookseller, MARVA ALLEN shares the inside scoop on the retail side of… [Read more…]

Publisher Emeritus of AmNews Dies

From the New York Association of Black Journalists – Thanks Robin. While enjoying the end of another successful awards ceremony, we learned that Wilbert Tatum, publisher emeritus of the NY Amsterdam News, passed away last night while vacationing with his wife Susan in Croatia.  Bill was last year’s NYABJ Lifetime Achievement Award winner in print… [Read more…]

Women and Money

Black Enterprise Consumer Affairs Editor Sheiresa McCrae is looking for potential story subjects for a special “Women and Money” package for an upcoming issue of Black Enterprise magazine. Specifically, she is seeking: 1. A widow in her 60s or older 2. A divorcee in her 50s If you or someone you know fits the description… [Read more…]

THE OPEN BOOK

Super Moms: Essence Wants You!

Wanted: Phenomenal Working Moms ESSENCE is on the lookout for African-American working moms who manage to balance having a great career with taking wonderful care of their family and themselves! These super-moms need to be willing to share their secrets to success: Do they enlist her older kids to help younger siblings with homework? Do… [Read more…]

Urban Fiction: From the Streets to the Library

Urban fiction’s journey from street vendors to library shelves and six-figure book deals is a case of culture bubbling from the bottom up. That is especially true in New York, where the genre, like hip-hop music, was developed by, for and about people in southeast Queens and other mostly black neighborhoods that have struggled with… [Read more…]

Voice’s Choices – Best of NYC 2008

Best Thing to Come Out of Harlem’s Gentrification Nectar The little corner of South Harlem between 110th and 125th streets has been in the eye of the luxury-condo storm, with million-dollar one-bedrooms going up practically next-door to the projects. The subsequent disparities in income and skin color make for brittle relationships between new and old…… [Read more…]

Urban Go Green Expo

For more information visit: www.urbangogreen.com or www.myspace.com/urbangogreen

Nick Denton Declares the End of the Golden Age of the Blog

Gawker Media is under the gun and firing 19 people. Nick Denton said that in anticipation of a coming ad slump, he is firing 19 of the company’s 133 editorial staff, suspending bonus payments at the start of next year and bringing in a new managing editor, Gabriel Snyder, who was the West Coast editor… [Read more…]

Friday Freestyle Flavor: Boris Kodjoe

Boris Kodjoe in UPTOWN Magazine

Diddy on the Cover of Uptown Magazine

From Harlem to Cannes is how he is promoted on the current cover of Uptown Magazine. Harlem bred Sean “Diddy” Combs celebrates the 10th year of marketing Sean Jean, his award-winning fashion line. It couldn’t have happened at a better time since Combs is also reveling in the success of several pet projects that include… [Read more…]

Today’s Child

Today’s Child Magazine will launch their 4th annual cover model search: Today’s Child Magazine’s National Cover Model Search Powered by: Just for Me! ™:“Where Little Stars Are Made!” Enter your little one today for the opportunity to be Today’s Child Magazine’s next cover model. All Children ages 8 and under welcome! Check out Inside Today’s… [Read more…]

Surprise! Will You Marry Me?

For two years running, we’ve helped men create surprise marriage proposals in ESSENCE magazine. Millions logged on to Essence.com to view the proposals and vote for their favorite couple—awarding the duo with a once-in-a-lifetime experience: a fabulous all-expenses-paid wedding and honeymoon. Now you and your beloved could be among our next set of winners. Tell… [Read more…]

Friday Freestyle Flavor: Of Note

I’m pleased to introduce our readers to an online magazine where art meets activism, of note. of note was created by Grace Aneiza Ali, the arts editor for UPTOWNflavor. The chic weekly online magazine offers a listing of socially-conscious, arts-related cultural events throughout the New York metropolitan area. What makes it unique is that of… [Read more…]

UpSouth Youth Literary Contest

Subway Tour of New York

Those wacky writers over at Time Out New York (TONY) have done it again. They are doing a 491 part series on different stops on the subway featuring a different stop each day. They started the series with 17 locations, five in the Bronx. I’m sure we will be seeing several of our favorite locations… [Read more…]

Dare to be a Goddess Contest

Book signing with Abiola Abrams, author of Dare Time: Saturday, June 14, 2008 2:00 p.m. Location: Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe DARE TO BE A GODDESS Girls Day Out! Featuring Abiola Abrams, author of Dare. Renee Flagler author of Miss- Guided. Come out for a delightful afternoon and DARE to be a goddess! UPTOWNflavor Contest: Tell… [Read more…]

Amy DuBois Barnett at C.D.s

Saturday, May 10 3-6pm Carol’s Daughter Flagship Store 24 West 125th Street (btwn Lenox & 5th Ave)

May Coffee Bark sponsored by New York Tails

The May Coffee Bark at St. Nick’s Dog Run will be next Saturday, May 3rd from 9-11am. This month’s Coffee Bark is sponsored by New York Tails Magazine – the magazine for the People and Pets of New York City. The magazine is full of exciting articles about being a pet owner in NYC. Check… [Read more…]

T&W Fellowships

Teachers & Writers Collaborative (T&W) announces the second T&W Fellowships, which will be awarded for 2008–2009 to two early-career writers. The T&W Fellowships are made possible by the generous support of the EDWARD AND SALLY VAN LIER FUND in The New York Community Trust. Teachers & Writers Collaborative: T&W provides and advocates for literary arts… [Read more…]

The Lives They Lived – Ernest C. Withers – Photography

Ernest C. Withers | b. 1922 The Eye on the PrizeBy HANK KLIBANOFF Published: December 30, 2007 Ernest C. Withers had not been a Memphis police officer very long when he saw the limits of his power. In 1948, he became one of the first nine black police officers hired by the city. They were… [Read more…]

SUSAN L. TAYLOR TO LEAVE ESSENCE

SUSAN L. TAYLOR TO LEAVE ESSENCE: Editorial Director steps down after nearly 17 years at magazine. (December 27, 2007)*Susan L. Taylor, the current editorial director of Essence magazine, will leave the publication next month to focus more attention on building her Essence Cares mentoring program, reports Richard Prince’s Journal-isms column. EURweb.com – SUSAN L. TAYLOR… [Read more…]

A Link To City Planning’s 125th Street Rezoning Plan

We’ve had a lot of posts about the the 125th Street Rezoning Plan. Below is a link to the plan’s official website, so you can see what has everyone talking. Department of City Planning’s 125th Street Rezoning Plan

TONY’s Cheap Eats

Keeping with tradition, TONY has also released its Cheap Eats issue. Representing uptown: Koronet Pizzeria Folding a slice of thin-crust NYC pizza is a rite of passage. Folding a jumbo-size wedge of Koronet’s specialty, which droops comically over the paper plate’s edge, is a triumph over physics—and, at $3, a steal of a full meal.… [Read more…]

’07 Cheap Eats

The ’07 New York Magazine list of Cheap Eats has been released. With the closing of many neighborhood favorites you are probably wondering how uptown fared. Have a looksee: Fishers of Men 121 W. 125th St., nr. Lenox Ave.; 212-678-4268 This is the only place in town—and probably the planet—where you can get a Papaya… [Read more…]

The Ultimate Bachelor Pad in Harlem

PSSST! WE HEAR…“Esquire” magazine plans to bring its next version of the “Ultimate Bachelor Pad” to Harlem. Sources say that a full-floor penthouse apartment at the nearly completed 111 Central Park North will be tricked out by numerous decorators. The last “Esquire” apartment to be showcased in Manhattan was in the 90th floor penthouse of… [Read more…]

Essence Seeks Shopoholics

ESSENCE magazine (the premiere lifestyle magazine for African American women) is reporting on Black women’s financial fears and how to overcome them. If you’re a woman who lives in fear of never feeling good enough until you buy the next trend, please email wwilson@essence.com as soon as possible to be included in this story. Your… [Read more…]

Music Publishing Seminar

David vs. Goliath Foundation for the Arts Present Making Your Publishing Work For You: Can You Be Successful In a Business That You Know Nothing About? A Distinguished Panel of Record Execs Define: What Is Music Publishing? Music Sampling – What is Copyright Infringement? What Are The Standard Writers Publisher Royalty Share? When: Tuesday, March… [Read more…]

Harriette Cole Edges out the Competition

Harriette Cole, who is probably best known for her syndicated advice column “Sense & Sensitivity” and her array of books on etiquette, has been named the Creative Editor of Ebony Magazine. Cole, a Harlem resident, started her career as a runway model before embarking on the field of publishing. She has been a lifestyle and… [Read more…]

Call for Writers: Chicken Soup is Good for the Soul

The publishers of Chicken Soup for the Soul published an African American version headed by a sister named Lisa Nichols. When asked why Chicken Soup For the African American Soul had mostly women’s stories, she said “brothers aren’t sending theirs in”. For every 300 stories by sisters she got 1 story by brothers. Lisa has… [Read more…]

Join Children’s PressLine

If you’re between the ages of 8 and 18 and want your opinion to be heard, you can be a reporter or editor for Children’s PressLine! Free and open to all children who live in the New York City area, we hold new member trainings three times each year. Once you attend a training, you… [Read more…]

Harlem, A Travel & Leisure Destination

Although UPTOWNflavor has highlighted many of the businesses mentioned in the attached article, it seems that Travel & Leisure magazine has also taken notice of all that Harlem has to offer; At least in the retail sense. Click here to view the article [pdf file] Courtesy of the Friends of St. Nicholas Park Click on… [Read more…]

Self-Publishing Symposium

New York, New York – The Second Annual Self-Publishing Symposium is set to be held at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture New York, New York – The Second Annual Self-Publishing Symposium is set to be held at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Harlem, New York on Sunday, March 25, 2007. Last… [Read more…]

Street Lit Edges A Place in the Mainstream

You see them all the time on 125th Street. Tables covered with books that have been dubbed “street lit.” The writers follow the tradition of authors like Donald Goines and Iceberg Slim who documented the culture of tough urban streets. Adding to the genre is a high school drop out who goes by the pen… [Read more…]

Profiling: The Urban Agenda

Vital Stats: Brett Wright, 37, of Nu America Agency Company: New York City advertising,marketing and promotion agency focusing on the urban market 2006 Projected Sales: $7 million Life-Changing Leap: The decision to leave his comfortable job as a music industry exec to start his own business was a heavy one for Wright, who at the… [Read more…]

Page Six

We usually don’t like to focus on stories like this but this one was so bizarre that we just couldn’t resist. Ripped from “Page Six” of the New York Post: September 29, 2006 — MAYBE he finds it easier to write in prison. The former editor-in-chief of The Source magazine, David Blanks, has been arrested… [Read more…]