As We Celebrate Juneteenth, We Reflect On A Black Lives Matter Harlem Mural One Year Later
Juneteenth marks one year since the Harlem community announced it would install its own Black Lives Matter street mural.Continue reading
Harlem’s Tren’ness Woods-Black And Others Talk Virtually On “Rebuilding Stronger”
Join Spectrum Reach on Thursday, June 17, 2021, at 2 pm for Rebuilding Stronger: Key insights to take your business from surviving to thriving a conversation.Continue reading
Tren’ness Woods-Black And Others Help NYC’s Immigrant-And Minority-Owned Small Businesses Recover
In recent months, CUF has shined a light on the disproportionate damage done by the pandemic to the city’s immigrant- and minority-owned small businesses, while elevating solutions to help cushion the blow and ensure an inclusive recovery.Continue reading
The Harlem EatUp’s Harlem Serves Up! Fundraiser 2020
Chefs and restaurateurs including Mashama Bailey, Aliyyah Baylor, Adrienne Cheatham, Nina Compton, Charles Gabriel, Carla Hall, Kwame Onwuachi, Melba Wilson, Tren’ness Woods-Black, Skai Young and Raymond Zamanta Mohan, among others.Continue reading
Harlem’s Tren’ness Woods-Black And Others Offer Ideas To Boost Minority And Immigrant-Owned Businesses In Crisis
Yesterday marked the beginning of the gradual reopening of New York City’s economy, but there is much policymakers will need to do in the weeks and months ahead to ensure that the city’s economic recovery is inclusive and equitable. Continue reading
Tren’ness Woods-Black, Nikoa Evans Hendrick And Beth Shapiro Deliver Citymeals On Wheels (Update)
On Tuesday, November 7, 2017, Tren’ness Woods-Black (Sylvia’s Restaurant), Nikoa Evans Hendrick (Partner, Sexy Taco Dirty Cash) and Beth Shapiro (Executive Director, Citymeals on Wheels) delivered wonderful specially prepared meals to the homebound elderly neighbors in Harlem.Continue reading
Dining With Miss Lil: Whole Foods Market Harlem Opens In Grand Style
By Lil Nickelson
On Friday July 21st, 2017, the 40,000-square-foot Whole Foods Market Harlem opened in grand style. Continue reading
62 Chefs Gather For A Great Day In Harlem
Harlem EatUp! and Citi organized the photo last week with 62 chefs, both local to Harlem and those with restaurants in lower Manhattan came together to pay homage to the 1958 photo, “A Great Day in Harlem.” Citi was inspired to create this moment to celebrate their participation in the HarlemEatUp! Continue reading
Sietu’s World: Silvia Woods Family At Crain’s 2016 Family Business Summit
On Tuesday, October 25, 2016, the family members Kenneth Woods and Tren'ness Woods-Black from Harlem's Sylvia's restaurant were on the panel at the Crain's focused on Family Business at the Sheraton New York Times Square.Continue reading
Up Close with CC Minton: Award-Winning Seven Brown Expands Harlem Skin & Laser Clinic
Award-winning and internationally licensed esthetician Seven Brown hosted an opening reception of her new venture Harlem Skin & Laser Clinic (HSLC), on Thursday, April 23, 2015. The full-service skin and laser center is the first of its kind above 96th street (east or west side of Manhattan) that services men and women of different ethnicity.
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Sylvia’s Tren’ness Woods-Black Talks Harlem’s Vibrant Future
At midafternoon on a cold late-winter day, Tren'ness Woods-Black is perched at a table at Sylvia's in Harlem, eating cornbread and sipping hot tea, and insisting that I order a sweet tea. ("Welcome to soul," she says.)Continue reading
