Category: Food
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Community Advisory Board Members With a History of Addiction, Sought
The Department of Health and Mental Hygene would like to get community members with lived experience of drug use to join a Community Advisory Board. Here’s their pitch: I hope this email finds you well. My name is Roxana from the New York City Health Department of Health’s Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Use Prevention,…
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Shakespeare Coming to Marcus Garvey Park
The Classical Theatre of Harlem announced casting for its upcoming production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night at Marcus Garvey Park – July 5-29. The play will be free to the public and reservations can be made starting today. Continuing CTH’s mission to place diversity at the forefront of their performances, this interpretation of Twelfth Night will engage with the…
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Poop and Harlem’s Hidden COVID Numbers
In September 2020, New York began to sample and test wastewater at New York City’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) wastewater plants for COVID-19. If you recall an earlier post on wastewater and New York – https://hnba.nyc/where-does-my-sewage-go/ – you may remember that virtually all of Harlem’s wastewater (basically anything that goes down your drain or…
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No Conscription!
In the early years of World War 1, leftists in the US tried to keep the United States out of the war in Europe. Over a 100 years ago, a rally was held in the Harlem Casino – between 1st and 2nd Avenues and 126 and 127th Streets. This location, where the abandoned MTA bus…
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Brother Sister Sol
The Brotherhood Sister Sol is poised to open on 143rd Street after a journey to get a new building to house this youth-focused community center. Bro-Sis’s new building is shaped like a torch and its fragmented facade contrasts strongly with the surrounding buildings – intending to speak to the enlightenment of young people CBS has…
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Dog Run Volunteers Needed
JOIN US ONSUNDAY, MAY 1 @ 9 AM – 1 PM for our Spring Cleaning event. Tasks will include spreading mulch, raking, weeding, and painting. These cleanup events are not just an opportunity to tidy up and beautify our park, it’s an opportunity to get to know your neighbors. As usual, we will provide hand, sanitizer, face masks and gloves, and there…
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Ramadan Has Begun
Ramadan has begun. The month of Ramadan is a month of fasting, not a holiday, and therefore it is customary to greet people by saying “رَمَضان كَريم” (“Ramadan Kareem”) or “رَمَضان مُبارَك” (“Ramadan Mubarak,” Have a blessed Ramadan). Ida B. Wells Doll Ida B. Wells, the Black journalist who wrote extensively on the racial terror…
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Dessert
In a pair of recent Eater articles, Harlem restaurants got shout outs for superlative conclusions to any meal or evening. Field Trip and Settepani are both highlighted. Read the reviews (below) to learn why you need to sample these local jewels. https://ny.eater.com/maps/best-tiramisu-nyc https://ny.eater.com/maps/best-desserts-nyc The Lindy Hop Went to Scandinavia Listen to the story of the…
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Petition for a Better Harlem and Sample Free Food
Jordan Pie Cafe on 116th and Madison is now offering an expanded full menu of vegan food. They are so generous to host a community event for all neighbors to sample their food. Come out on Friday, 3 – 5:00 PM to sign petitions for a Harlem tax abatement, reduce the overconcentration of drug treatment…
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New Supermarket Opening
A new supermarket – Lidl – will open tomorrow at 8 AM. The first 100 customers will get gift cards ranging from $5-$100. The German discount grocer, which spent more than $5 million renovating the old Best Market thatclosed in that space in early 2021, will offer private label items (many organic and gluten-free), produce,…
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Harlem Street Scenes
The National Archives has outtakes from METROPOLIS 1939 with scenes from central Harlem, Harlem River Houses, and the building of the Queensbridge Houses. The incredible vitality of the Harlem scene (Harlem was much more densely populated then – due to racially restrictive housing policies and practices) comes across clearly in this film. Ginjan Featured in…
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Officer Wilbert Mora Saves 5 Lives Through Organ Donation
USA Today Reports: A New York City Police officer, who died following a shoot out in Harlem, has saved five lives after donating his organs. Officer Wilbert Mora, 27, donated his heart, liver, two kidneys, and pancreas to five patients in need of life-saving organ transplants, according to a statement from LiveOnNY. Three individuals lived…
