Monthly Archives: July 2011

The Macy’s Chefs A-Go-Go Food Truck To Go Go to Harlem Week With Chef Samuelsson

“Macy’s Chefs A-Go-Go,” a national food truck tour showcasing the Macy’s Culinary Council is rolling into New York for Harlem Week on July 31st at 126th Street and Riverside Drive!
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P.A’L.A.N.T.E, Empowering Harlem’s Needy And Underserved


By Marc “The Raz” Rasbury

The People Against Landlord Abuse & Tenant Exploitation, PALANTE Harlem, is a Harlem-based grass root organization whose sole mission is to reduce poverty and be an advocate for the safe housing conditions for the residents of Northern Manhattan. Continue reading

Great Career Opportunities At The New York City Housing Authority

The New York City Housing Authority is pleased to share two exciting career opportunities with you:
1) Local 79 (Laborers) will soon be accepting applications for their apprenticeship program and
2) applications are now being accepted for the NYCHA Resident Training Academy Continue reading

Mets Greats Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling Swing With Habitat for Humanity


From Harlem to Hollywood Habitat for Humanity has been building families dreams across the nation. Mets greats Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling, Habitat Executive Director Josh Lockwood … Continue reading

The Raz: The End is Near, Now…….

By Marc “The Raz” Rasbury

For nearly four months, Football fans had to endure the ever changing outlooks stemming from various media outlets regarding the status of the NFL Lookout situation. Continue reading

Soccer Comes Alive at the Harlem Tavern

As a huge sports fan, sports writer and blogger, I only had a casual interest in the FIFA Women’s World Cup Final Sunday afternoon.  I would gather that, a week ago, few people would have guessed they would be sitting down to watch the event, including myself.  Continue reading

Granderson Asked “Where are the Black Fans?”

Recently, an article for the Star-Telegram (Dallas/Fort Worth) featured a discussion with Yankees centerfielder Curtis Granderson. The outfielder talked about a small game he and some teammates play where they try to count the number of African-American fans sitting in the stands at ballparks around Major League Baseball. While it may have been done jokingly at first, he noted that as it went on, the game posed a serious question: where are the black fans? Continue reading

We Act And Imagenation Outdoor Film Festival In Harlem

Raw Sewage Dumped Into Hudson River After Four-Alarm Fire At Harlem Treatment Plant

A fire at a sewage treatment plant in Harlem shut down the Henry Hudson Parkway Wednesday afternoon, snarling traffic on the West Side from lower Manhattan past the George Washington Bridge all afternoon and well past the normal rush hour. Continue reading

Harlem World Magazine Youth Interns Discuss Violence In Harlem Before Harlem PAL’s Open-Forum Discussion

With multiple shootings happening in Harlem over the last few weeks, Harlem World Magazine CEO and Founder Danny Tisdale discussed Harlem violenceContinue reading

Harlem Children’s Zone And Reed Space T-shirt Design Contest

East Harlem resident Jeffrey Staples  owner of Reed Space is hosting its first ever t-shirt design contest featuring students from the Harlem Children’s Zone. Starting after July 20th, public viewers can vote on their favorite student design here on thereedspace.com. The design with the most votes will then be printed and available for purchase in-store and online at Reed Space, and the winning student will receive profits as a grand prize. Continue reading

Join The West Harlem CSA Farmer Meet & Greet Potluck Dinner

We’ve had a great season thus far with many new members and a wonderful bounty from Windflower Farm. We will be holding our Farmer Meet & Greet Potluck dinner to meet Ted, the Core Group and all the CSA members. We hope you will join us! Continue reading