Monthly Archives: December 2010

HW Jobs: Data Collector Positions

From: Darryl T. Downing

Consultant Title:       Data Collector (6 positions)
Organization:           Fund for Public Health in New York, Inc.
Position Reports to:    NYC CPPW-Obesity Evaluator Continue reading

Luis Camnitzer At El Museo del Barrio

El Museo del Barrio is proud to announce that Luis Camnitzer, a traveling exhibition exploring five decades of work by the conceptual artist and writer Luis Camnitzer organized by Daros Latinamerica, Zurich, will be on view February 2 – May 29, 2011. Continue reading

Harlem Dowling Celebrates The Holidays

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas and Harlem Dowling West Side Center for Children and Family Services…… has been busy celebrating the true meaning of the holiday with various events and activities in and around the uptown community. Continue reading

Nat King Cole’s Christmas Song (video)

Music video by Nat King Cole performing The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire). He was one of the first black Americans to host a television variety show, and has maintained worldwide popularity since his death. Continue reading

State Senator Perkins Annual Kwanzaa Celebration

State Senator Perkins & Sojourner Truth Democratic Club’s Annual Kwanzaa Celebration at Wadleigh School for Performing Arts.

Admission: bring a child

Wed., Dec., 29, 2010, 2 pm – 6 pm Continue reading

Keri Hilson Tastemaker Event Aloft Harlem (video)!

Tis a few nights before Christmas, and there were plenty of reasons to eat, drink, and be merry on Monday night (Dec. 20) at Billboard.com‘s first ever live Tastemakers event. In celebration of Aloft Harlem’s grand opening of the brand-spanking new property played host to a special performance by Keri Hilson. Continue reading

aloft Harlem Opens Dec. 27th, 2010

The aloft Harlem is the new twist in travel. aloft Harlem says they are excited to join the historic Harlem community as they open its doors on Dec 27th, 2010 and being the first hotel to open in nearly 43 years in Harlem. Continue reading

Happy Holidays HW Family!!!!

Ice, Ice, Baby: Chanel Fall/Winter 2010/2011

We’re so, so about the Chanel Fall Winter 2010/2011 by Karl Lagerfeld at the Paris Fashion Week – he seems to have lost his inner urban child. The collection is both amazing and too much inspired by Grizzly Adams in Alaska. Continue reading

Nas, Maria, & Melba Honor HIV/AIDS Affected Families

AIDS activist and event host Maria Davis, rapper Nas and restaurateur Melba Wilson attend the 2nd annual holiday dinner at Melba’s 125 on December 22, 2010 in Harlem. The event served Christmas dinner to families affected by HIV/AIDS. Continue reading

Metro-North Harlem Holiday Schedule Changes

Metro-North Railroad is adding eight extra trains today from Grand Central Terminal to Harlem-125th Street southwestern Connecticut to ease an expected surge of passengers traveling home for the holiday. Continue reading

HW Pick: James Brown Live At The Apollo 1968

Live At The Apollo is a live album by James Brown and The Famous Flames, singing it’s A Man’s World medley at the Apollo in 1968 with Lost Someone and Bewildered recorded at the Apollo Theater in Harlem.  Continue reading