Category: Culture
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View of Harlem Plains, 1814
For sale on Ebay. Pups on Parade! (October 29) If your pup has a costume, head on over to Jackie Robinson Park for a pup Halloween costume party: (Hopefully, your best friend won’t be as beleaguered as the pup in the photo, above.)
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Drag
Vice.com has a great piece on a collection of photos from Halrem’s 1980’s drag scene. The photographs were taken in 1984 by Mariette Pathy Allen who traveled to Harlem to photograph one night at a house ball. By 1984, Mariette was married with two children, doing small photography jobs for publications while also documenting the…
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Above the Rim
Above the Rim is a 1994 film co-written and directed by Jeff Pollack in his directorial debut. The Harlem/basketball movie featured Duane Martin, Tupac Shakur, Leon Robinson, and Marlon Wayans. The screenplay was based on a story by Benny Medina and focuses on city basketball and the fraught life choices presented to a young Harlem…
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Inside All Saints
As the Catholic church and school, All Saints is transformed into the home of Capital Prep, we took a peek in and got a few photos of the work in progress. The original wood doors and vestibule remains – if coated in plaster dust. Further inside the vastness of the nave is emphasized by the…
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Natu Camara at MGP
Natu Camara brings her energetic and very unique blend of West African rock and soul to Marcus Garvey Park on October 16, 3-7pm. Her blend of rock, soul, and singer-songwriter tunes are infused with rhythms from Guinea, Mali and West Africa more generally. The stories she tells are personal ones that invite listeners into her…
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Join The HNBA October Meeting, Tonight at 7pm
We’ll be discussing the future of HDFCs with Joshua Clennon, the Metro North viaduct replacement, and the 2nd Avenue Subway with MTA. All welcome. Topic: HNBA MeetingTime: Oct 11, 2022, 7:00 PM Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86007913627?pwd=YkhWa2JDaERvUnBEWVh1SS9IVktMZz09 Lenox Ave. Prepares for Halloween Join MMPCIA on Saturday, October 22nd in beautifying and decorating the central median on Lenox…
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Harlem’s Museum of Civil Rights
The National Urban League has chosen Jennifer Scott to be the founding executive director and lead curator of The Urban Civil Rights Museum being built on West 125th Street between ACP and Lenox. The new museum will center the Urban League’s Empowerment Center in Harlem and house the NUL’s headquarters along with 170 units of…
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Horses on Harlem River Drive
Two stereoscopic views looking northward on Harlem Speedway (Harlem River Drive) from around 181st Street. The bottom image captures the finale to a race (note the man lying on the rockface to the left). The top image shows just how wide the Speadway was. In both images, note the domed building on a bluff, in…
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Claire Oliver Gallery Fall Exhibit
Claire Oliver Gallery is currently exhibiting: When You See Them, You See Me, the debut solo exhibition by artist Robert Peterson. Featuring 13 life-scale oil on canvas figurative paintings. Peterson aims to capture time through his art, highlighting Black family life as joyous, loving, and balanced. “This exhibition is extremely personal to me as it…
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International Marxist University
As seen on the streets of Harlem: And much more! And, Further East, On Park Avenue
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Party on Park CANCELLED (Due to Rain)
🙁 Free Holistic Services at The East 126 Safe Injection Site
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Ballot Initiatives Coming in November’s Election
Next month, New York City voters will have four proposals to decide on: a statewide proposal that would boost spending in Albany on future environment-related projects creating a “statement of values” for NYC’s government creating a NYC racial equity office defining how the cost of living is calculated in NYC If approved, the four ballot…
