Robert DeNiro’s New Cop Show “The 2-2″ Filmed In Harlem (update)

The 2-2 CBS tv show is filming in Harlem around 127th Street and Morningside Avenue and Manhattan Avenue and West 119th  141st-145th and Convent Ave, Broadway and 169th, and Amsterdam and 146th-147 street,  in New York City.

Nick Ashford Goes Home at Abyssinian Baptist Church In Harlem (photos)

On August 29, 2011, the line for the Nick Ashford goes home at Abyssinian Baptist Church on 147th Street in Harlem, NY started around 4pm for the 6 pm service.

Join Literacy Partners for The Grand Opening of PUSH Resource Center in Harlem

On International Literacy Day, September 8, 2011, join Literacy Partners staff and volunteers, local political figures, members of the community and current students at the opening event for Partners United in Strengthening Harlem (PUSH), our new comprehensive resource center located in Harlem. 

Wycliffe Gordon’s Oscar Micheaux Score and HAA’s Kim George (update)

Join HW Radio Podcast with host Danny Tisdale as he speaks to Wycliffe Gordon’s about his new score for Oscar Micheaux‘s 1920 movie Within Our Gates commissioned by the JazzMobile.

Also, Danny speaks to Kim George, assistant director of  the Harlem Arts Alliance (HAA) about the upcoming member meeting on Monday, September 5th, 2011 at 10 am at Riverside Church in Harlem.

Listen live at the HW Radio Podcast link here.

Hamilton House Grange National Memorial, 1872

Alexander Hamilton was born and raised in the West Indies and came to New York in 1772 at age 17 to study at King’s College (now Columbia University).

Deaf Dumb Asylum, 1872, Washington Heights

This is Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Washington Heights, 162nd Street and Twelfth Avenue, in Harlem, New York City.

Colored Orphan Asylum, Harlem, NY, 1872 (Original Halftone Print)

If you were black and orphaned in New York in the 1800s, there was nowhere to go but the cruel streets.

Ashford & Simpson – Is It Still Good To Ya (video and lyrics)

Walter’s World: Cecilia Marta Dance Company

By Walter Rutledge

Cecilia Marta Dance Company performed as part of the City Parks Foundation Summer Stage dance series on July 30^th at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park and on August 13^th at Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem.

HW Movie: ‘Underworld: Awakening’ (video)

I love this “Lycan” brand. This time, Selene escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans…

Diddy’s Next Project Is A Book All About Backs… Titled “Culo”

Somebody’s definitely still got J. Lo on the brain… We know he’s never denied being a freak, but this kinda takes the cakes to put it mildly. Harlem’s Diddy’s next project is completely devoted to booty:

Interscope Chairman Jimmy Iovine has collaborated with Sean “Diddy” Combs to create a pop culture book called “Culo,” …

Check Out The Hurricane Evacuation Shelters In Harlem

Hurricane Irene evacuation centers in Harlem are being set up. For the latest information on the storm and where evacuations are ordered, check here.

All evacuation centers in Harlem are marked by red dots on this PDF map (look in the upper left hand corner).