Harlem Waterfront Renaissance

Event

Walking While Working Out?

Health/Work

Writer Belinda Luscombe spends a week on the Steelcase Walkstation: a treadmill-desk combo that lets you exercise and work simultaneously.

This trend illustrate how more activities are being crammed into ever diminishing timeframes, how convenience is king…

Andrew Morrison in Harlem

Business

“One of Andrew’s ideas generated $18,000 for me within six weeks. I suggest you work with him before your competitor does!” – Tonja Oates, CPA

World AIDS Day with Sonia Sanchez

Almost three decades after the emergence of the AIDS virus, African Americans are now the most afflicted segment of the American population. Indeed, while African Americans account for approximately 12% of the American population, they account, as of 2006, for 50% of the 1.1 million reported cases of people living with HIV infection.

On Tuesday, December 1 at 7pm, a special World AIDS Day event blending poetry, performance and conversation will shine a spotlight on this alarming trend. The evening’s presentation is the latest installment of “The NEXT New York Conversation,” WNYC’s Jerome L. Greene Performance Space’s signature dialogue series sponsored by HSBC, “The World’s Local Bank.” Tickets are $20, and the event will also be available as a live video webcast at www.wnyc.org/thegreenespace.

Oprah Winfrey calling it Quits

Oprah Winfrey will announce on Friday that her popular daytime talk show, “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” will end its run in 2011, Tim Bennett, the President of Harpo, announced in a letter released to ABC affiliates on Thursday.

“Tomorrow, Oprah will announce live on ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ that she has decided to end what is arguably one of the most popular, influential and enduring programs in television history,” he wrote in the letter, obtained by Access Hollywood. ” The sun will set on the ‘Oprah’ show as its 25th season draws to a close on September 9, 2011.”

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Disney’s ‘Princess’ a hit at stores

Princess Tiana

Weeks before the theatrical release of Disney’s upcoming animated feature The Princess and the Frog, the excitement for film-inspired merchandise is already building in a big way as anticipation for the film intensifies. Since its launch just a few weeks ago, retailers report that the merchandise has already begun out-selling other Disney Princess items by double digit percentages.

More than 45,000 dolls have sold in less than a month with 17,000 selling last week alone. At one major retailer, The Princess and the Frog bedding has sold nearly triple the amount of regular Disney Princess bedding. At Disney Store locations nationwide and DisneyStore.com, the Princess Tiana role-play dresses are selling above all other Disney Princess characters.

Salters Scene: Hearts of Gold 13th Annual Fall Fundraising Gala

Debra Koenigsberger and Laura Harten

The Hearts of Gold 13^th Annual Fall Fundraising Gala “It’s a Love Thing” took place at the Metropolitan Pavilion on Thursday November 12^th. Hearts of Gold is a not-for-profit organization that is dedicated to enhancing the lives of homeless mothers and their children.

Hire a Coach…Get Results!

Business

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Why not let an experienced, accomplished former Ivy League MBA Admissions officer and successful career coach* help you manage the plethora of critical components that go into making your b-school applications more compelling than those of the competition? Since I know how high the stakes are, and what it takes to succeed, I can help you clarify your career goals, refine your aim, and shoot for the stars.

Disney Gets Buttilicous?

Can someone explain to me what is going on in Disney’s new movie The Princess and the Frog – when the male characters butt grows after embracing one of the female characters in the movie (see photo)?

What does it have to do with the movie plot?

Are there racial undertones to the scene?

Is Disney up to its old tricks?

I hate to say it when I haven’t seen the movie, but what is Disney thinking?

Mammogram Guideline Controversy

Health

Debate continues over a new guideline which suggests that most women in Harlem and a round the nation should not receive mammograms until after turning 50. Dr. Jon LaPook reports and Dr. Jennifer Ashton provides analysis for CBS.

From the doctors HW spoke with, they suggested that all women should continue to take the mammogram tests on a yearly basis starting at the age of 40 until more information is provided.

What do you think?

Harlem: Music, Fashion, Home Decore

The Harlem Holiday Trunk Show will be on Saturday, November 21st from 12pm – 6pm at Casa Frela Art Gallery in Harlem (47 West 119th Street bet. Lenox and 5th Ave) and will feature 10 designers within the landscape of an art installation by the gallery.  While a DJ spins at the event, attendees will enjoy a one-stop shopping experience of high quality, hand-crafted fashion and home decor products.

Casa Frela is an art gallery within a beautifully renovated brownstone located in Harlem’s Mount Morris Park Historic Landmark District.  Guests will partake in a dynamic installation of art, music and fashion and home decor by emerging artists of various mediums.

* Date/Time:  Saturday, November 21st, 12pm – 6pm
* Amenities:  FREE Admission, complementary beverages and DJ

Participating Designers Include:
Designs by Alicia P
The Good Witch Closet
Literati Salon
Memory Lane by Toya
Swing Harlem
Tahajo
TruButter
Una
Unusual G.E.N.E.S.

For More info>>>http://www.memorylanebytoya.com/Memory_Lane_by_Toya/Welcome.html

UK ‘Couples Retreat’ Poster Racist?

UK Version

A racially-tinged advertising decision has gone awry for the movie “Couples Retreat.”

Marketers of the Vince Vaughn comedy, which stars four couples in a tropical paradise, removed black actors Faizon Love and Kali Hawk from the promotional poster used in the United Kingdom after the U.S. version used all four couples.