Category: Culture
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Charlie Parker Jazz Festival
The Charlie Parker festival continues after the Sylvia Cuenca Organ Group performance in The Harlem Rose Garden in Marcus Garvey Park. Friday August 25, 5:30-6:30 Sylvia Cuenca Organ Group Drummer Sylvia Cuenca has performed around the world with many jazz greats, including four years with Joe Henderson, and 17 years with Clark Terry’s quintet and big band,…
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Memorial Walk
The East Harlem Committee For Good Government and Progressives Educating New Yorkers, Inc. are currently preparing a memorial booklet to commemorate the lives of our beloved community members who lost their lives to suicide. To make this initiative a success, they are seeking sponsors interested in supporting this meaningful cause. If you would like to…
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Little Harlem
Matches for sale on Ebay, HERE. Summer of Soul / Harlem Festival of Culture Hello Friend! My name is Musa Jackson and as a child, I was one of the original Harlemites who attended the historic Harlem Cultural Festival of ‘69 and also starred in the Oscar winning documentary Summer of Soul. Harlem Festival of Culture (HFC,) a…
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Memorial Walk
The East Harlem Committee For Good Government and Progressives Educating New Yorkers, Inc. are currently preparing a memorial booklet to commemorate the lives of our beloved community members who lost their lives to suicide. To make this initiative a success, they are seeking sponsors interested in supporting this meaningful cause. If you would like to…
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Events Sponsored By Senator Cleare
Our State Senator from Harlem is sponsoring a number of events between now and October:
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Harlem Club
The Austrian painter Hans Bohler met the African American sculptor Selma Burke when she was studying in Vienna in the mid 1930’s. In 1936, he moved with her to live in New York where he was introduced to a number of the artistic figures in the Harlem Renaissance. Bohler frequented Jack Carter’s – a mixed…
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Summer Reading Circle
As Seen In Harlem Sisters’ Restaurant. Meet Judicial Candidates
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Black Women Who Write
Apply to join Obsidian: A Black Womanist Writers Collective Application deadline: July 31, 2023 OlaRonke Akinmowo, creator and director of the Free Black Women’s Library, invites all New York City–based Black women, femme, and nonbinary established and emerging writers to apply to join Obsidian: A Black Womanist Writers Collective. This one-year commitment (September 2023–September 2024)…
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East Harlem Drive-In
East River Plaza’s Rooftop Theater and Drive-In series is expanding. Visit East River Plaza every 3rd Sunday of each month through September for their Sunday Cinema! They may be a bit delayed (thanks to the rain), but come join your neighbors this weekend for “Spider Man: Into the Spider Verse.” The fun starts at 6pm – music,…
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Ballroom and Language
Harlem’s role in the 1970’s ballroom scene and many other earlier iterations of trans expression, is well known. What may not be as well known are the linguistic contributions that originated in this musical/fashion/identity/dance scene. Slang words like “shade” — to speak ill of something or someone –- or “werk,” as in “werk it,” or…
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Green Thumb Turns 45
Did you know this year is GreenThumb’s 45th Anniversary? GreenThumb is celebrating 45 years of support for the city’s robust network of community gardens. These gardens have come a long way in 45 years—from turning empty lots into open space in the midst of the city’s worst financial crisis to the thriving spaces New York sees today.…
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Boriken Open Streets
The Boriken Neighborhood Health Center will be hosting Open Streets every Friday from July 7th- Sept. 15th. During these events, we will close the street on 123rd Street between Third and Second Avenue from 10am-4pm. Our mission with Open Streets is to provide resources to our community while strengthening ties with local organizations. At our events, we…
