Tape Revival: At What Point is it Rape?

The first question that came into my head after watching Knife Edge Production’s remount of Stephen Belber’s Tape, was “Why this play? Why now?” Even as the query formed in my mind, I had already arrived upon the answer. Here is a play produced by actors, to give themselves meaty roles that would showcase them… [Read more…]

El Gato Teatro Makes Her Home in Harlem

El Gato Teatro, a dance theater collective led by Harlem resident, Gabriella Barnstone premiered its latest work Nuevo Laredo at Dixon Place last week. El Gato Teatro fuses dance, theater, text, music, and sheer entertainment to create powerful works of art and magic. The production features stunning mask work, sharp design, and a sound track… [Read more…]

Review of The Killing Room by Daniel Keene

Darkly comical and creepy, Australian playwright, Daniel Keene pays a visit to the end of the world and finds that the ancient themes of blood feud, brotherly competition, and greed still dominate. In the opening scene, a scraggly man in a dingy brown nightgown sits up on his hospital gurney and asks, “How can you… [Read more…]

History Hike

Enjoy an exciting and informative hike as the parks department discusses the history of New York City’s oldest bridge, reservoir, and water tower as well as the natural history and wildlife of northern Manhattan. Date: March 12, 2011 Start time: 12:00 pm Contact phone: (212) 304-3401 Location: West 174 Street and Amsterdam Avenue (in Highbridge… [Read more…]

The Dominican Republic Has Fashion Glitz & Glam

By Stephanie Felix and Gigi LaBelle The upper echelon of Latin and Hispanic fashion were in rare form this past Valentine’s Day, when the Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Tourism hosted a private press conference and cocktail reception at New York City’s Latin Quarter promoting the 3rd Annual República Dominica Fashion Week (RDFW). The event will… [Read more…]

Driving Miss Daisy Actors Fund Special Performance

By: J.J. El-Far The Broadway company of “Driving Miss Daisy” has announced that their Special Benefit Performance for The Actors Fund will be dedicated to the memory of Vanessa Redgrave’s siblings, Lynn and Corin Redgrave. The benefit performance is scheduled for Monday, February 7 at 8pm. All proceeds will go to The Actors Fund. “With… [Read more…]

Lincoln Center celebrates the Apollo

Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of New York’s Iconic Apollo Theater Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 8:30 Target Free Thursdays David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center Known as the “soul of American culture,” the Apollo Theater, a Harlem institution, celebrates its incredible anniversary with a return visit to Lincoln Center, kicking off a nationwide museum tour… [Read more…]

Harlem restaurants feature their signature dishes at Macy’s

As part of Harlem Week and the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce campaign “Support your local business,” five of Harlem’s favorite restaurants will show off their signature dishes at  The Cellar in Macy’s Herald Square. The restaurants are also offering special promotions like free glasses of wine or 10% discounts to their uptown establishments. This… [Read more…]

That Picnic Place

Sweltering summer temperatures make the thought of cooking in your already overheated apartment or sweating over a sizzling hot grill pure torture. But you must eat, right?  So why not have a picnic?  You might argue that picnics are too much work between having to go food shopping, then packing the basket, and finally lugging… [Read more…]

1 Love All Borough Block Party

Perhaps you have seen the signage and buses along 8th Avenue announcing the arrival of the World Basketball Festival taking place August 12-15. We’ll be doing another post about this event in the coming week, but perhaps you’ll want to venture downtown this weekend for the launch.

Harlem graces Gracie Mansion

Harlem’s best and brightest arrived looking cool and collected in their summer finery despite a month-long hot and humid heatwave, to celebrate the 36th Annual Harlem Week. This year’s annual lawn party commemorated the life and legacy of Percy Sutton.

Where to watch the fireworks on the Fourth

For the second year in a row the annual Macy’s fireworks display will be over the Hudson River. Last year, uptowners made their way to the newly opened West Harlem Piers with hopes of catching a glimpse of the fireworks without having to fight the crowds downtown. No such luck. Due to low clouds and… [Read more…]

Uptown The new novel by Virginia DeBerry…

Uptown The new novel by Virginia DeBerry & Donna Grant Tuesday, April 6 7PM Border’s Books and Music 461 Park Avenue (at 57th Street) New York, NY 10022 RSVP: info@thatblackgirlsite.com

First of spring: Weekend events

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Saturday, 1 to 5:30 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m., New York’s Latino communities are explored with “From the Motherlands to El Barrio: New York’s Latino Immigrant Experience.” Highlights include “Holding Up the Sky,” a Mayan creation story by the Coatlicue Theater Company; Afro-Puerto Rican bomba and plena music… [Read more…]

Experience: Uptown

The only thing that could have made the concept of ‘Uptown’ better is if it was performed uptown. ‘Uptown’ is a modern ballet choreographed by Matthew Rushing, an 18 year veteran of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater. The Alvin Ailey website describes ‘Uptown’ as taking “a vibrant tour through the Harlem Renaissance era in all… [Read more…]

East 100th Street

    We’re not sure how we missed this story last month, but thanks to the ever fabulous Fly blog, we found it! The Howard Greenberg Gallery on East 57th Street, recreates a sequence of pictures chosen by the curator John Szarkowski for the 1970 Museum of Modern Art exhibition of Bruce Davidson’s “East 100th Street”… [Read more…]

Seasonal Work: UPS

UPS Seasonal Driver Helpers: Thanksgiving – Christmas! (Days – No Driving Required) Work in Your Own Neighborhood! Earn Extra Cash for the Holidays! No Driving Required! Get paid for a great workout! Home every night! Weekends off! Driver picks you up near your home and drops you off at same location at end of day!… [Read more…]

FELA!

October will welcome a number of highly anticipated musical theatre transfers to Broadway.  Following an acclaimed Off-Broadway engagement at 37 Arts, Fela! arrives at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Oct. 19. The work explores the extravagant, decadent and rebellious world of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti using his pioneering music (a blend of jazz, funk and… [Read more…]

Artwork by Emory Douglas

Art in Review Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times A mural recreating newspaper art by Emory Douglas, the official revolutionary artist of the Black Panthers in the 1960s and ’70s. EMORY DOUGLAS ‘Black Panther’ The New Museum 235 Bowery, at Prince Street Lower East Side Through Oct. 18 via Artwork by Emory Douglas, Adam Shecter,… [Read more…]

Summer Streets

This weekend starts Summer Streets (not to be confused with Play Streets.)  Major thoroughfares will be closed to traffic and open to pedestrian friendly activities. Here is more about Summer Streets. Summer Streets will take place for three consecutive Saturdays in August (August 8, 15, 22) from 7:00 am – 1:00 pm. The route will… [Read more…]

Museum and Gallery Listings

NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: ‘HARLEM, 1970-2009: PHOTOGRAPHS BY CAMILO JOSÉ VERGARA,’ through July 12. From the time he arrived in the United States from Chile as a college student in 1965, the photographer Camilo José Vergara has been haunting, and haunted by, American cities. Some — Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York — he has revisited… [Read more…]

Uptown Activities For Children

NYC KIDSFEST (Saturday) This annual celebration gathers arts and crafts, storytellers and children’s theater, musical and dance groups all under one roof: the open sky. This year the highlights include “The Adventures of Rubbish in the Hood,” the New Perspectives Theater Company’s retelling of the Robin Hood tale, set in Harlem; Father Goose, the Jamaican… [Read more…]

Bike ride with NY’s First Lady

On Friday, June 19th, there will be bike ride from Battery park to Harlem in commemorating the 400th anniversary of the Dutch discovery of the Hudson River.  A local historian will provide a brief explanation of the Dutch influence on NYC, including how Harlem was named. Reportedly attending this bike ride will be New York… [Read more…]

African Burial Ground

The National Park Service invites members of the public to three Open Houses to share their ideas and expectations for the future of the African Burial Ground National Monument.  A General Management Plan (GMP) is being drafted to recommend how this how this sacred site in downtown Manhattan may educate and inspire people all over the world… [Read more…]

Op-Ed: Oh No We Can’t

Why The CAN DO Act Promotes Psychiatric Racism and Why It Must Be Stopped Since at least the days of physician Samuel A. Cartwright, who in 1851 claimed that slaves suffered from a mental disease called “drapetomania,” an uncontrollable urge to run away from their masters, Black people have been labeled as crazy for fighting… [Read more…]

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…]

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…]

Call for Artists: Reel Sisters of the Diaspora

Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series is seeking films directed, written or produced by women of color. Reel Sisters 2009 will present ´Honoring Our Roots and Family Ties,¡ to celebrate the important role film has played in preserving our personal history and heritage. Filmmakers will have their original works viewed at a… [Read more…]

MTA Fare Increases

The Straphangers Network sent the following information about the proposed fare hike. It’s crunch time for safe, decent and affordable transit. If you are disgusted by the proposals to raise fares and slash service, the Straphangers Campaign urges you to speak at this Wednesday night’s MTA hearing. Transit officials are proposing $2.50 base fare,  $103… [Read more…]

THE OPEN BOOK

Kwanzaa at the African Burial Ground

Kwanzaa December 30, 2008 Celebrate Kwanzaa on Dec. 30 with the National Park Service (NPS). Kwanzaa is a week long African American holiday observed from Dec. 26 through Jan. 1. The name Kwanzaa is derived from the phrase, “matunda ya kwana,” which means “first fruits” in Swahili. The holiday was created in 1966 by Dr.… [Read more…]

Kwanzaa Fest 2008

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Public Programs/Education presents in association with Community Works, New Heritage Theatre Group and the Marketplace coordinated by The Harlem Arts Alliance. Kwanzaa Fest 2008! Sunday, December 28, 2008 Milstein Hall of Ocean Life, first floor 12pm Marketplace opens 1-5pm Main Stage Performances Tickets: Suggested price $15 or less For further… [Read more…]

New Memorial for 20th Annual World AIDS Day

Over the weekend I wrote a post reflecting on the AIDS quilt that used to make tours around the country before being unfurled on the National Mall in Washington, DC.  Today, The Daily News informs us that a permanent memorial has been dedicated in Hudson River Park. “I can sail without wind, I can row without… [Read more…]

Magic Johnson at the 92nd Street Y

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U.F. Feature: American Buffalo on Broadway

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Caribbean Art Fair

Booksigning with Amy DuBois Barnett

Get Yours! How To Have Everything You Ever Dreamed Of & More! Featured in ESSENCE Magazine, CNN, BET, Good Morning America… Book Signing, Networking & Wine Tasting! Getting Yours In Life, Love & Money is an event that will allow women to openly discuss and dialog with each other about: where we are in regards… [Read more…]

Job Fair on Oct. 15th

In this tough economy you might be looking to make a lateral move, increase your current salary, or land a second job.  Come prepared to wow top tier employers on Wednesday. Distribute your resume and get face-to-face time with potential employers. Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 p.m. Metropolitan Pavilion North and South Pavilions 125 West… [Read more…]

Monk at 91 Piano Marathon

Monk at 91 Piano Marathon Date: Friday, October 10th Time: 5:00pm – 9:00pm Location: Winter Garden at the World Financial Center (220 Vesey St at West St) Cost: Free “Characterized by his improvisational style and elaborate compositions, Thelonious Monk was one of the most prolific innovators of jazz and a herald of bebop. This mini-marathon,… [Read more…]

MNN Moves on up to the Eastside of Harlem

  Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) is notorious for offering cutting edge programming that is both entertaining and often educational. Last year, we wrote about MNN’s plan to expand their facilities to a firehouse in East Harlem. MNN has since posted renderings of the satellite facility that will offer the following services: Live Broadcast & production… [Read more…]