Poetry Workshop with Quincy Troupe

Workshop

Check out the workshop with award-winning poet and distinguished author, Quincy Troupe, he will conduct a poetry workshop beginning October 27th.

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It’s a wise traveler who goes to E.Harlem

Travel

Not many people, taking a weekend break in that manic, maddening metropolis that makes up Manhattan, ever make it quite so far north as Spanish Harlem. Huddled in the northeast corner of the isle, abutting the Harlem River and en route to the infamous Bronx, that’s not to say it hasn’t featured prominently in collective consciousness.

“There is a rose in Spanish Harlem,” sang Ben E. King, The Mamas and the Papas and Aretha Franklin.

“Maria Maria . . . growing up in Spanish Harlem,” crooned Santana.

“Then we rode that Black Mariah, through the streets of Spanish Harlem,” penned Paul Simon.

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Cleveland Mayor Cross Dressing

Politics

In this video the Mayor of Cleveland host on a video show discuss the Mayor Cleveland leaked photos of him cross dressing:

We thought it was interesting story, does what people do in their private life have a bearing over what they do in their public life?

BloomGore Energized by Cool Roofs

Energy

“NYC Cool Roofs” Program Mobilizes Volunteers to Coat Rooftops with Reflective, White Coating

Cool Roofs can Reduce Roof Temperatures by 60 Degrees and Indoor Temperatures by 10 to 20 Degrees

Program will help the City Achieve PlanNYC Goal of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 30 Percent by 2030

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and former Vice President and founder of the Alliance for Climate Protection Al Gore today launched an NYC Service initiative, “NYC Cool Roofs,” to mobilize volunteers to coat the rooftops of participating buildings with reflective, white coating to reduce cooling costs, energy usage and greenhouse emissions. 

Russian Tycoon to buy NJ Nets?

Sports

Billionaire oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov, Russia’s richest man well-known as a sports fan, could become the first foreign owner of a major US basketball team after making a bid for the New Jersey Nets.

Literature Awards in Harlem

Books

I spent my Thursday night in fine company, with the many authors and editors honored at the African American Literary Awards Show (AALAS). The Awards Show was hosted at Harlem Stage’s Gatehouse, a venue particularly suited for the occasion. The Gatehouse has been privy to many a historic moment since its construction in 1890, due in great part to its central location in the Harlem community on Convent Ave at 135th Street near the City College of New York, and witnessed yet another last night.

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HW Quick Links: Alicia, Bre, Cameron…

Gossip:

Alicia Keys goes south of the border

Harlem top model Bre spends time with the Po po

Harlem soap star Cameron Mathison heads for the Hills

Fashion:

Anissa’s Fashion Week in review

Ms. Fashion Week gets picky

You’re invited to Pitches For Breakfast

Tomorrow Precision Plus Communications, Inc will launch the Pitches For Breakfast series. Don’t miss this phenominal event! Buy your ticket today! You are invited to the following event: Pitches For Breakfast Date: Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 9:00 AM (ET) Location: Dwyer Cultural Center 258 St. Nicholas Avenue Entrance on 123rd Street New York, 10027

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Jim Jones Album Release party

Music

This Sunday Sept 27th New York City’s Capo Returns

…Jim Jones single Release Party 4

“Fast Money/Fast Cars” @Suzie Wong

547 W 27th Street (Close to 11th Avenue)

Financial Literacy Workshop Series

Business

Institute for Urban and Minority Education

Teachers College, Columbia University

Cordially invites you to its new

Financial Literacy Workshop Series

Kick Off Event

Come meet financial planning expert and Harlem resident

Ms. Pamela Kuma

World Financial Group

as she launches  her free workshop series for the Harlem community

Tuesday, September 29^th 2009

6:30pm-8:30pm

Edmund W. Gordon Campus

Teachers College, Columbia University

The Conversation with Hill Harper (video)

Books

Hill Harper new book ‘The Conversation: How Black Men and Women Can Build Loving, Trusting Relationships’…

Do you think you are part of the problem or solution in your relationship? Why?

Freedom CD Release Party in E. Harlem

Event

Internationally acclaimed artists Set to Perform in East Harlem For Freedom CD Release Party

Yomo Toro, Roy Brown, Zon del Barrio, Siete Nueve & The Welfare Poets take a musical stand for the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners