Category: Culture
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Passing
If you haven’t read Nella Larson’s novel Passing, it is highly recommended. If you’re not likely to read the novel, make sure to check out the new Netflix iteration of Passing, streamed in gorgeous, retro, black and white. Passing takes place in the 1920s and the director wanted to make the history of the Harlem Renaissance…
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Rally to Support Harlem’s Children
And Their Right to Attend Schools Free of Drug Activity – Saturday at 11:00 Mayor De Blasio placed the nations first opioid injection site directly across from a Harlem Pre-School with no community involvement. The block where this injection site has been located is already completely oversaturatated with men and women in methadone treatment, and…
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David Richard Gallery
If you’re curious about art and interested in visiting a consistently good gallery, head over to the David Richard Gallery at 211 E 121st St, New York, NY 10035 (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues). The gallery leans to hard-edge abstraction painting but never ceases to surprise. https://davidrichardgallery.com/ And, while they currently occupy 2 floors, plans…
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Studio Museum of Harlem Raises
The Studio Museum in Harlem on West 125th Street, across from the Adam Clayton Powell state office building, is currently a hole in the ground. For over a year now, the site of the museum has been silent as fundraising has been going on behind the scenes. And, that fundraising, has been extremely successful. Raising…
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Art in Our Midst
The artist Allison Saar was commissioned to enliven the 125th Street Metro-North platform in 2018 and her subtle glasswork has delighted me since. The stained glass that encompasses the waiting rooms on the platform, harkens back to the jazz scene in Harlem. Even the title of the piece “copacetic” – a Jazz term from the…
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ACP
Today is Adam Clayton Powell Jr.’s birthday and I wanted to share two of my favorite photos of him: This first one is from the 1930’s at Colby where he studied. The contrast between the sharp image on the right, and the ‘brushed’ image on the left is fascinating. This second image comes from 1968…
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Car-Free New York
The United States has 74,002 census tracts. Only 351 of those had 75% or more carfree households. A whopping 312 of the 351 carfree census tracts were in New York The distribution is as follows for 75% or more carfree households Other U.S. cities had only a scattering of tracts where carfree levels were as…
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Fashion on ACP
Edwing D’Angelo’s atelier on Adam Clayton Powell is unlike any other storefront in Harlem. His custom-made clothing (one of a kind and made for you and your event) is complemented by ready-to-wear items showing in his windows.
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Marcus Garvey Park Tree Lighting
December 8th, at 6:00 PM. 124th Street and 5th Avenue. Join the Marcus Garvey Park Alliance in the lighting of the holiday tree. Under the Stoops Along 5th Avenue, between 129/128th Streets, there are 3 brownstones in a row that still have grills that allow light into the under-the-stoop space. As a result, you can…
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Holiday Lights on The Harlem Meer
Celebrate the season at our Annual Holiday Lighting in Central Park. Meet Santa and friends, sing carols on the Plaza, watch an ice-carving demonstration and take part in other seasonal festivities. The event concludes with lighting a flotilla of trees on the Harlem Meer. In the meantime, check out our seasonal recipes and activities below…
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Church at 129/Madison
If you’ve wondered what is going to happen to the church, school, and rectory at 129/Madison, October’s Land Use meeting for CB11 revealed some of the plans: Essentially the church and school have been leased to a charter school, and the rectory will be converted into a rental building. Capital Prep will take over the…
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NYC Kids Rise
The NYC Kids RISE Save for College Program provides families, schools, and communities with a way to work together to invest in and save for their children’s futures. It is a scholarship and savings program designed to make college and career training more accessible and achievable for public school students. It enables all of us…
