The Blacks At Maysles Cinema In Harlem

Wednesday, June 3 -Thursday, June 11th 7:30pm

The Black List: Volume One and Two

Dir. Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Written by Elvis Mitchell, 2008, 90 min.

As a new chapter begins in this country, The Black List offers a dynamic perspective from achievers of color.This series of inspired and inspiring observations on African American life in the 21st century forms a roll call of some of the most compelling politicians, writers, thinkers and performers ever to tackle their fields of endeavor.

Sotomayor Harlem Smart

Politics

Conservative groups know they want to oppose Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor — but exactly how that campaign will be conducted is a major unanswered question that is splitting the Republican right.

The early fissure among opponents to Sotomayor, the New York federal appeals judge nominated by President Barack Obama on Tuesday, is over whether to push for a filibuster.

“The Republicans have got to take a stand on this one,” said Pat Robertson, founder of the Christian Coalition and a proponent of a filibuster. “If they don’t, they can kiss their chances of ever getting back into power away,” he added.

Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry, an anti-abortion rights activist, is urging members to block a Senate vote on Sotomayor.

‘The Cat Who Went To Heaven’ Contest

Contest

It’s On A First Come, First Serve Basis!

Culture Project is giving away 2 total pairs of VIP seat tickets for the June 3rd show, and then two runner ups will receive free copies of the exclusive ‘The Cat Who Went To Heaven’ recording.

To win the VIP tickets or the CD’s go to HWPropShop!

Deadline: Sunday, May 31st, 2009

The project is in partnership with the Culture Project.

Community Prep High School 4th Annual Art Show

Health

Community Prep High School,

COMMUNITY PREP HIGH SCHOOL FOURTH ANNUAL ART SHOW

In Conjunction with El Museo del Barrio’s Education Department

“Hope and Change”

Art by youth in transition from detention facilities back to the community

OPENING: June 10th, 2009 | 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Gallery 2075

2075 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd. (7th Ave)

between W. 123rd and W. 124th Streets in Manhattan.

*Exhibition runs through June 12th, 2009*

Hope and Change features artwork created by students at Community Prep High School, a school program operated by CASES (The Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services) and New York City’s Department of Education.

Harlem Gal Pal ID’d In Harvard Murder

News

A young Harlem woman who won a scholarship to Harvard was identified yesterday by sources at the university as the girlfriend of the New York City man accused of killing a drug dealer at a campus dorm.

Brittany Smith, 22, has left the Harvard residence hall where the gun used to kill pot dealer Justin Cosby last week had been stashed and is now in hiding until she graduates next week, sources said.

An aspiring lawyer who majored in sociology and minored in African-American studies, Smith “is a very kind, intelligent girl,” a fellow student said.

“She is enormously grounded, and everyone is surprised that she is caught up in this.”

N Harlem Closes!

News

The economy takes another retail store. We’ve just found out that one of Harlem’s premiere fashion venues has closed, NHarlem after 4-5 years in it’ location on 116th Street (between Lenox Avenue and 7th Avenues).

N Harlem was on of the first venues in Harlem to offer upscale apparel from Nicole Miller, Sephora and other high end products.

They will be missed.

What have you heard?

In The Spirit Of Harlem World Style By Adidas

Media

It’s the house party to end all house parties and you’re invited. From sport to street styles, we’ve been outfitting the world in 3 stripes for decades.

Now it’s time to celebrate 60 Years of Soles and Stripes and we’re doing it like only adidas Originals can. All our friends are here including Run DMC, Russell Simmons, David Beckham, Katy Perry, Kevin Garnett, Missy Elliott, and Mark Gonzales.

All the celebrities, athletes, and kids who have helped make us who we are today. And with everybody under one roof, things are going off .
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Harlem’s Tuskegee Airmen Embrace Their Past

History

When Julius Freeman, 82, parks one of his vintage cars at an automobile show, he turns it into a kind of personal mobile museum, laying out his favorite memorabilia on the hood. In the center, he lines up the traces of his career as a Tuskegee airman: medals; citations; a three-foot-long photograph of his comrades, rows of black faces under military caps.

HW Pick: I Wish, Angie Stone (video)

Music

Angie Stone Wish I Didn’t Miss You…

…(C) 2002 J Records LLC

City Island Festival Call For One-Act Plays

Hi Everybody,

Hey if you or anyone you know has a one-act play they’d like to submit to City Island’s One-Act Play Festival, please feel free to do pass on this notice below. And they’re also looking for directors for some of the plays…

We are currently looking for directors and submissions for the City Island Theater Group’s Festival of One-Act plays in the Fall.

If you have an original One-Act/Scene you would like to submit or if you are interested in directing a One-Act/Scene, please contact information@cityislandtheatergroup.com

Submissions must be received by Saturday, June 20^th.

Frankie Manning (video)

Obit

Frankie Manning dancing at a club in Harlem and New York City in the 1980′s…interview clips. He talks about the Count Basie Vs Chick Webb Lindy Hoppers battle at the Savoy.

Things change, and things stay the same.

Harlem, Get Ready For Digital TV

TV

As you may know, the DTV deadline has changed to June 2009, but some stations are already all-digital so Get Ready for Digital TV today, baby!

Come along with famous do-it-yourselfers from PBS Norm Abram and Kevin OConnor of THIS OLD HOUSE as they visit several homes in a Boston (not Harlem) suburb to prepare the homeowners for digital TV. Receive helpful how-to tips for getting ready for DTV in your home.

Or visit http://www.pbs.org/dtv for more DTV tips and information.

Here’s a link to youtube.com viewer comments.