Category: Culture
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Backpack Giveaway and Clean-Up Day
The 25th Precinct Neighborhood Coordination Officers, the Youth Coordination Officers, and Community Council are hosting a Bookbag Giveaway on Friday, September 4th, 3:00 – 8:00 PM at the PS155 Playground at 331 East 118th Street: A huge thank you to our Council Member, Diana Ayala and all the other sponsors for making this possible. Clean-Up…
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Harlem Lodge No. 457
The important role of clubs in Black New York in the early 20th century cannot be overstated. While class and color discrimination did impact membership and participation, Black Harlemites relied on clubs for networking – professional and personal. The masons played a significant role in Black Harlem in the 1920’s The New-York Historical Society has…
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The Silent March
In the 1970’s a back-hoe operator noticed scores and scores of film canisters and reels poking out of the soil where he was digging a new septic system: The wet, dirty, and frozen film reels represented a trove of silent era films that the world had not seen for generations. Dawson City in Canada’s far…
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Tiny Gallery Opening – Odetta Gallery
A fascinating gallery has an exhibit on view: Of tiny sculptures in a miniature display – Odetta Petite: ODETTA, in response to the current paradigm, is excited to introduce a new exhibition space, ODETTA Petite. Replicating the gallery’s original Bushwick venue, Ellen Hackl Fagan and Seth Callander have created a scaled-down space to enable its artists to return to gallery exhibitions. The new space…
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Storefront Academy and the 40’s
The Storefront Academy The storied Storefront Academy https://www.storefrontacademycs.org/ has changed to a Charter School and is now struggling to come online in the COVID-19 era. The Children’s Storefront was a tuition-free private school in Harlem, founded in 1966 by the poet Ned O’Gorman. It was the subject of a 1988 documentary film, The Children’s Storefront, nominated for an Academy Award for Best…
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Wish Tree: Imagine Peace
If you had the chance to walk by 5th Avenue at 126th Street, you might have caught this fantastic community art project: The beautifully tended tree pits nearby, and the messages of hope that made up the project were really magical: A few of the wishes, left by our neighbors, are shown below:
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Fred R. Moore
The Fred R. Moore School between 5th and Madison, and 130th and 131st, is restrained mid-century gem of New York City’s public architecture. This school and the associated playground take up a whole city block: https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M133 When you walk on Madison between 131st and 130th, just inside the playground’s gates, you’ll see a wonderful bas…
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The Godfather of Harlem
I confess I’ve never watched The Godfather of Harlem but I’ve been so taken by this dual versions of their ad: And, when Park Avenue was pretty empty on a weekend morning I thought I’d capture the two images.
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Howell Binkley
One of our Harlem Neighbors has passed. Howell Binkley died from lung cancer. Howell was a two-time Tony award-winning lighting designer, most notably for his work on Hamilton. From Playbill: Two-time Tony winner Howell Binkley, one of Broadway’s most prominent contemporary lighting designers, passed away August 14, 2020, at the age of 64. The cause was lung…
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HARLEM WEEK 2020
FROM SUNDAY, AUGUST 16 TO SUNDAY, AUGUST 23 What originally started as a one-day tribute to one of the most culturally rich neighborhoods in the world has now become a month-long celebration enjoying its 46th year. Recognizing this year, 2020 is unlike we have ever seen HARLEM WEEK this year will take place from August…