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St. Luke’s Hospital Buildings To Become Apartments

Last month, Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital (formerly just St. Luke’s) sold off five large, turn-of-the-century buildings in Morningside Heights to Delshah Capital for $111.5 million. Now, the firm has filed plans to convert the elaborate old structures to apartments.Continue reading

ER’s Gloria Reuben And The Good Wife’s Chris Henry Coffey Star In Theater Of War In Harlem

Join a dramatic reading of Ajax and Philoctetes, ancient Greek plays about war, followed by a panel and town-hall style discussion including Gloria Reuben and Chris Henry Coffey at Teachers College.Continue reading

“Harlem in the Hamptons” Celebrates Drs. Kenneth & Mamie Clark And The Northside Center for Child Development

The Harlem Cultural Archives will recognize the numerous accomplishments of Drs. Kenneth B. & Mamie Phipps Clark (pictured) and the 70^th Anniversary of the Northside Center for Child Development at their annual “Harlem in the Hamptons” event on August 13, 2016, noon-5 p.m.Continue reading

Growing Your Business with Columbia Community Business Program (video)

Applications are now open for Columbia Community Business Program it's going back to school for your business, not to mention it's free.Continue reading

NYC SAFE Disposal Event In West Harlem

Safely dispose of electronics and other potentially harmful household products like batteries, paint, pesticides and medicine. Continue reading

From Africa With Love, Dr. Adeyeye Is Coming To Harlem

The Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba, Dr. Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, will make a monumental historic visit to Harlem, NY in the United States of America in June where he will visit several states with his entourage. Continue reading

Join The Summer Teachers and Scholars Institute At Columbia In Harlem

Columbia University's Institute for Research in African-American Studies (IRAAS) will convene a one-week Summer Teachers and Scholars Institute (STSI), focusing particularly on the history, cultures, and institutions of African-descended peoples in New York City. Continue reading

Four Leaders To Be Honored By Teachers College In Harlem

At its 2016 Convocation ceremonies taking place between May 16 - 18, Teachers College, Columbia University will present its Medal for Distinguished Service to four leaders pursuing social justice in a variety of fields.Continue reading

The Fifth Annual Food & Drink Boulevard in Harlem

On June 8, 2016 from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m., the Frederick Douglass Boulevard Alliance will hold its fifth annual Food & Drink Boulevard event, an evening of food, cocktails, music and entertainment along Harlem’s Restaurant Row on Frederick Douglass Boulevard from 110th to 124th Streets.Continue reading

Double Discovery Center Graduation At Columbia

This week, on Thursday, May 12th at 6 p.m., more than 150 New York City students from underserved communities will graduate the Double Discovery Center (DCC) at Columbia University. Continue reading

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Arthur Mitchell Honored By Columbia University In Harlem

Columbia University will confer the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters on the legendary dance pioneer and social activist Arthur Mitchell this month, the Arthur Mitchell Project announced today.Continue reading

Harlem African Studies Force John Henrik Clarke (video)

Dr. John Henrik Clarke, born John Henry Clark, January 1, 1915 – July 12, 1998, was a Harlemite, Pan-Africanist writer, historian, professor, and a pioneer in the creation of Africana studies and professional institutions in academia starting in the late 1960s.Continue reading

‘Mules And Men’ By Harlem’s Zora Neale Hurston

Mules and Men by Columbia University graduate and Harlem Renaissance story teller Zora Neale Hurston is a treasury of black America's folklore as collected by a famous storyteller and anthropologist who grew up hearing the songs and sermons, sayings and tall tales that have formed an oral history of the South since the time of slavery.Continue reading

Just Food Conference Serves It Up At Columbia In Harlem

By Lil Nickelson On Sunday, March 13^th, 2016 Just Food held its annual conference at Teachers College, on the campus of Columbia University at the Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy. Continue reading

First Black Girls Movement Conference Coming To Harlem

Essence Magazine reports that in today’s racially tense climate, sometimes there’s nothing better than having a safe space to hold open and honest conversations. Continue reading