Category: Culture
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Holiday Lights
Join the 125th Street BID at the Harlem Holiday Lights festival! November 15th. 6:00 PM As Seen In East Harlem Educate to Liberate Harlem Restaurant Week https://www.harlemrestaurantweek.com/
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Estey Piano Company and the 3rd Avenue Bridge
An Ebay posting of the 3rd Avenue Bridge in stereoscope: And while it’s hard to see in the photo above, there are horse-drawn wagons on the right, and pedestrians on the left, all waiting for the perpendicular center span to repivot back to allow passage for terrestrial forms of transportation (clearly a boat of some…
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The Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival Returns
12th Annual International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival November 9 – 13, 2022 Prices Vary | Various Locations The 12th Annual International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival (IPRHFF) is back from November 9 – 13, 2022 with an exhilarating roster of films, shorts, animation, and panel discussions with industry influencers and thought leaders. The five-day…
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How ‘Chainy’ is Harlem?
An interesting map that looks at how much of a chain a given restaurant is. The national dataset shows which communities have independent restaurants and which ones are saturated by chains. In Manhattan, the ‘chainiest’ neighborhood I noticed was around 34th Street: By comparison, Harlem has chains but they aren’t the dominant kind of restaurant:…
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Elks Lounge
A series of images for sale on Ebay from June 1945 and a Harlem Blues nightclub named: Elks Rendezvous. The club was located at 133 and Lenox Ave, and featured distinctive ‘target’ tables. The Smithsonian’s collection in Washington DC includes a table knocker from the Elks Rendezvous in the Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum…
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Wakanda Forever
To celebrate the new “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” film that opens on November 11th, Marvel has hired Vince Ballentine to create a Harlem Black Panther mural. https://6abc.com/black-panther-wakanda-forever-nyc-mural/12412839/ The mural took almost five days to complete and highlights “Shuri,” Black Panther’s sister and one of the most impactful characters in the Marvel Universe. The mural is…
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LGA + Harlem
Travelers to LGA’s Terminal B have likely noticed the massive mosaic wall with stylized clouds and New York icons sprinkled about. Artist Laura Owens has created a playful checklist of the important and ephemeral New York sites for visitors and natives to smile and nod at. Everything from the eternal (the pizza slice): to the…
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An HNBA Conversation With The Safe Injection Site On East 126th St.
Make sure to join the Tuesday, November 8th, HNBA monthly meeting at 7:00 PM. We’ve invited the Executive Director of OnPoint – the organization that runs the safe injection site on East 126th Street near Lexington. This injection site has been in operation for almost a year, and this is your chance to learn what they do, who…
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Harlem Brew Fest
HARLEM . BREW. CULTURE. Where It All Started • Harlem, NYC November 2017. Harlem Brew Fest was the first festival in the world to connect all brewers, artists, chefs and DJs in celebration of Black Brewing culture and featured: Sankofa Beer, Black Frog Brewery, Island to Island Beer, 1947 Beer, Harlem Brewing and Rams &…
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(100) Faces of Harlem
Make sure to head over to Morningside Park, and stroll along it on the sidewalk next to Morningside Avenue. Along this sidewalk (mounted on the park fence) is a gorgeous photo project that centers on portraying Harlem residents in public and domestic spaces. The exhibition focuses on the beauty of everyday people. Some photos (like…
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Participate in a climate vision for Harlem
Are you concerned about climate change? How it affects Harlem? You can participate in a local project called Pathways to Earthseed. A local climate organizer, Dominique Thomas is currently collecting responses for a survey around the experiences of Black Harlem residents. You can find the survey here. Her project is supported by the Climate Justice Design Fellowship through…
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Castro Visits Harlem (Again)
This photograph was taken on this date in 1995 when Fidel Castro returned to Harlem and spoke at the Abyssinian Baptist Church. The photo shows Castro in his characteristic green military uniform, gesturing at the podium. This Reuters photo has additional information/context on the back: The photograph was up for sale on Ebay. Trunk or…
