Percy Sutton Funeral at Riverside Church «

Percy Sutton Funeral at Riverside Church
Percy Sutton will be funeralized at the Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Drive, New York, Harlem, on Wednesday, January 6, at 11 a.m. The Sutton family has confirmed that they have asked Rev. Al Sharpton to deliver the eulogy. The service will be open to the public.
For more information regarding the [...]

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Finding inspiration in Harlem’s gospel music

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, [...]

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Traitor Among Us

Traitor Among Us | Room Eight
Traitor Among Usposted by Mary Alice MillerMon, 11/09/2009 – 2:56pm
All weekend, I have been mulling over whether I should post this. As someone who tries not to allow myself to be easily manipulated, I had to make sure I was not being goaded into reacting instead of responding. I [...]

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Property trials: A Citarella story

Property trials: A Citarella story
by Lindsey Ward
Though Citarella was evicted in June, managers say the store isn’t leaving anytime soon.
And one block away from the upscale supermarket’s Harlem location, the stench of live chickens and cracked eggs continues to create a fitting background for its fenced-in lot at 126th Street and Amsterdam, which was left [...]

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Roy DeCarava, 89; Celebrated N.Y. photographer

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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NY PIX Morning News Blog – WPIX-TV

The ViVa (Viaduct Valley) Harlem Restaurant Owners Association launches a new program today called “Get Paid to Play.”
Free car service from select areas of Manhattan, and for New Jersey and outer boroughs free gasoline, free tolls and free parking, when you wine and dine (minimum of $40 per person) at the ViVa restaurants – Covo [...]

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The Rangel-Paterson Strategy

The Rangel-Paterson Strategy
By Elizabeth Benjamin

Jacob Gershman floated a fascinating trial balloon late Friday that involved a mid-term resignation by embattled Rep. Charlie Rangel in order to provide an exit strategy for another equally embattled former Harlem Democrat, Gov. David Paterson.
So far, I have spoken to two different Democrats who, as far [...]

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The Rebirth, and the Beat, Goes On

Local Stop | HarlemThe Rebirth, and the Beat, Goes OnBy SARAH MASLIN NIR
At times, central Harlem seems to be an urban scene straight out of central casting: Step off the No. 2 or 3 train at the 116th Street stop one evening, and the air is filled with the snap-snap of double Dutch jump ropes [...]

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Cozy Screenings at St. Nicholas Park in Harlem

A Movie on Monday Outdoors, With RoomBy C. J. HUGHES
It was a warm Monday night. The sky had darkened to a sufficient shade of gray. The blankets were out and people had taken their seats. Then the screen lighted up with a familiar movie from three decades ago. Only this wasn’t Bryant Park, and it [...]

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Sharpton to Endorse Thompson for Mayor

Sharpton to Endorse Thompson for Mayor – City Room Blog – NYTimes.com
City Room – Blogging From the Five BoroughsJuly 17, 2009, 4:57 pmSharpton to Endorse Thompson for MayorBy David W. Chen
It wasn’t a matter of if, but of when.
As he has indicated for months, the Rev. Al Sharpton plans to endorse City Comptroller William C. [...]

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