Recapping the opening of Nike and Foot Locker's giant NBA outpost Uptown.
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There was ballroom dancing, violin music and a rousing rendition of 'The Yellow Rose of Texas'. It wasn't just any day at Mount Carmel Holy Rosary School, the school honored Elliot Bottom, one of the schools many friends who have helped bring the parochial school back from closure. Today enrollment is up and school officials say the new music and dance space / storage room brings a new chance to focus on arts as part of the education experience. Bottom says 'he was hooked' on helping the school after visiting during a business trip. He says the dedication of staff and students made up his mind. The schools other friends includes the legendary eatery Rao's located nearby. |
“No excuses! What did I say? That’s right. No excuses!” That’s the message -- and response -- for healthier living; issued by Baby Boy star and celebrity fitness & wellness coach AJ Johnson, who challenged nearly 700 adults and children of all ages to make physical activity a priority at Explore the Flavor of Health. The free event, held at the Harlem Armory on Saturday, was designed to educate and empower African American and Hispanic New Yorkers to make better eating and lifestyle choices. >>
William F. Ryan Community Health Center
to Offer No-Cost Adult and Pediatric Flu Shots
Thursday, November 29
WHEN:
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2007, While supplies last between 4 P.M. – 6 P.M. only
WHAT:
To help combat the threat of flu this winter season, the Ryan Center will offer adult and children’s flu shots at NO COST, on a first-come, first-served basis and while supplies last on Thursday, November 29 between 4 and 6 P.M.
WHERE:
The William F. Ryan Community Health Center, 110 West 97th Street, (between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues)
Contacts:
Ryan Watson / Sid Dinsay, Dan Klores Communications, (212) 981-5264 / (212) 981-5166
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Gifts Affair | 2214 Frederick Douglas Blvd | New York | NY | 10026
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You've probably seen the men of the Doe Fund around town, in their blue uniforms cleaning up with their blue buckets. It's part of the Ready, Willing and Able job training program for newly released prisoners. "I kind of stumbled, and I'm trying to pick myself back up, like everyone else is here," said participant Charlie Lebron. I'm just grateful to be alive – to have a breath of life and just being able to help people," said participant Michael Jones. On Thursday, the program's aspiring chefs prepared a meal for Harlem residents. On hand to help carve the turkey was Mayor Michael Bloomberg. "There's the old story about you give somebody a fish, they eat once; you give them a fishing pole and skills, they can feed their families for their rest of their lives. This is giving them those skills,” said the mayor. "Everybody gave up on us, but the mayor never gave up on us – that's a good thing," said participant Robert Johnson. I additon to cooking, these men learn other job skills. Most of them are also working to get clean and sober from drugs and alcohol. "The gratitude I had was remembering where I came from,” said participant Joseph Edmondson. “Usually my response to that was to keep that phone, sell that phone to get more drugs.” For these men, gratitude isn't just a slogan for Thanksgiving, but something they say they bring into their lives everyday to lead healthy, productive lives.
The Hot 8 Brass Band in workshop and discussion with Harlem high-school students, hosted by Larry Blumenfeld and presented by the National Jazz Museum in Harlem in collaboration with the Finding Our Folk Tour. On Tuesday, November 27th from 1pm-3pm, the Hot 8 spends time with the students of the Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts in Harlem as part of the ongoing cultural and educational programming of The National Jazz Museum of Harlem. They'll perform both traditional and original repertoire for students, explain the fundamentals of New Orleans brass-band styles, and talk about the realities of post-Katrina life and art.
Jazz (Plume Contemporary Fiction) by Toni Morrison
Push by Sapphire
Harlem Girl Lost by Treasure E. Blue
Sylvia's Family Soul Food Cookbook : From Hemingway, South Carolina, To Harlem by Sylvia Woods
Harlem Really Cooks: The Nouvelle Soul Food Of Harlem by Sandra Lawrence
Harlem Style : Designing for the New Urban Aesthetic by Star Jones, Jorge S. Arango, Roderick N. Shade, Peter Madero
Harlem: Lost and Found by Michael Henry Adams, Paul Rocheleau
Showtime at the Apollo : The Story of Harlems World Famous Theater by Ted Fox
The Harlem Hellfighters : When Pride Met Courage by Walter Dean Myers
Manhattanville: Old Heart of West Harlem (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)) by Eric K. Washington
