Posted in CULTURE, HARLEM on Monday, November30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Honoring Harlem physician Muriel Petioni at Trinidad and Tobago GAYAP’s fund-raiser
Jared Mccallister
Sunday, November 29th 2009, 4:00 AM
Trinidad and Tobago GAYAP organization will honor famed Harlem physician Muriel Petioni at its Holiday Fete de Noel Dinner Dance on Saturday in the Bronx, said group president Audra Armorer.
The annual fund-raiser, which benefits children and families in [...]
Posted in HARLEM, HARLEM SPORTS, SUNSET NOTICE, tagged National Action Network, New York City on Saturday, November28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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NYCW SUGAR RAY ROBINSON LEGACY PROJECT
November 26, 2009
Passage of Abdul El-Amin – Funeral Service
Dear Family,
It is with deep sadness that we inform you of the passing of our dear Brother Abdul El-Amin ((née Ronald Simone) this past Monday, November 23rd. Abdul [...]
Posted in HARLEM, HARLEM HAPPENINGS, HARLEM SPORTS on Friday, November27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sugar Ray’s Harlem, Back in the Day
By COREY KILGANNON
When Sugar Ray Robinson ruled the ring as a champion welterweight and middleweight in the 1940s and ’50s, the most important member of his team of corner men was neither his trainer nor his cut man.
It was, perhaps, Roger, his personal barber, to whom responsibility fell [...]
Posted in ANNOUNCEMENTS, Afro-American, GENERAL, HARLEM on Friday, November20, 2009 | Comments Off
Report… Segregation and Subprime LoansA new report from the Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy at New York University found black individuals in more segregated urban areas across the country are more likely to receive subprime loans than those same borrowers in less segregated areas. For New York City, the report found those [...]
Posted in ANNOUNCEMENTS, COMMUNITY, HARLEM, LAW ENFORCEMENT on Thursday, November19, 2009 | Comments Off
NYPD On Track To New Stop-And-Frisk Record
By: NY1 News
Despite aggressive criticism of the stop-and-frisk policy, new statistics show the New York Police Department is on track to stop a record number of people this year.
Police say nearly 138,000 people were stopped and questioned in the third quarter of this year, or 15 percent more from [...]
Posted in CHURCH, COMMUNITY, HARLEM, tagged HARLEM on Friday, November13, 2009 | Comments Off
Columbia Daily Spectator
Friday 13 November 2009 03:29am EST.Finding inspiration in Harlem’s gospel music
by Rebecca Pattiz
Every Sunday, tourists—sometimes busloads of them—flock to Harlem’s churches. They are coming less to commune with God than to get a chance to hear the area’s famous gospel choirs sing their hearts out—gospel music is at its core religious music, [...]
Posted in ANNOUNCEMENTS, EAST HARLEM, HARLEM, SHOPPING on Friday, November13, 2009 | Comments Off
Costco Opens in Harlem
Target, Marshalls to Follow
ARUN KRISTIAN DAS
MYFOXNY.COM
MYFOXNY.COM – Manhattanites and other New Yorkers have a new destination for their warehouse club shopping needs — Costco in Harlem. The 500,000-square-foot East River Plaza shopping center opened Thursday morning.
Costco occupies 110,000 square feet on the first floor. Target, Marshalls, PetSmart, and Old Navy are all [...]
Posted in Afro-American, EVENTS, HARLEM, UPTOWNFLAVOR, URBAN NEWS on Saturday, October31, 2009 | Comments Off
Black Solidarity Day: What does it mean?
By Ben Serrano
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Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009
Updated: Thursday, October 29, 2009
In terms of the world of prejudice and racism, much [...]
Posted in ANNOUNCEMENTS, HARLEM, SPANISH HARLEM on Saturday, October31, 2009 | Comments Off
Cars Will be towed on 1st and 5th Avenue’s for the NYC Marathon. Read E-mail for further information.
On Sunday, November 1st, the NYC Marathon will close many streets and bridges in the city. 1st and 5th Avenue’s will be closed to vehicle and pedestrian traffic during the Marathon. If, you need to cross east or [...]
Posted in HARLEM, SUNSET NOTICE, tagged HARLEM, HARLEMWORLD, PHOTOGRAPHY, UPTOWNFLAVOR on Friday, October30, 2009 | Comments Off
Photographer acclaimed for haunting Harlem images
By Matt SchudelWashington Post Staff WriterFriday, October 30, 2009
Roy DeCarava, 89, whose intimate, often melancholy black-and-white images of Harlem life made him one of the most respected photographers of his century, died Oct. 27 in New York. His family declined to provide the cause of death.
Mr. DeCarava spent most of [...]
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