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Dining With Miss Lil: The PFBL Scholarship Fund, Inc. 2018 Awards Ceremony

By Lil Nickelson On Sunday, August 19^th, 2018 at 1:30 pm, the Pelham Fritz Basketball League (“PFBL”) Scholarship Fund, Inc. held their annual awards ceremony.Continue reading

Dining With Miss Lil: LaToya Ruby Frazier’s Artworks On Display At GBE In Harlem

LaToya Ruby Frazier’s Artworks on Display at GBE in Harlem Since becoming a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 2015, LaToya Ruby Frazier has been the subject of numerous solo presentations of her work in recent exhibitions in Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY, Seattle, WA, Boston, MA and Pittsburgh, PA to name a few. Continue reading

Dining With Miss Lil: Chef José Andrés Is Helping Puerto Rico Hurricane Survivors

By Lil Nickelson Washington, DC’s only true hero, Chef José Andrés, has once again jumped into action in response to a natural disaster. Continue reading

Food Bank For NYC And Forbes Discuss Fight Against NYC Hunger

By Lil Nickelson On Thursday, September 7th, 2017 Food Bank For New York City and Forbes, in partnership with NationSwell held a moderated panel discussion focused on what’s next in the fight against hunger.Continue reading

Dining With Miss Lil: The 2017 Pelham Fritz Basketball League Scholars

By Lil Nickelson On Sunday, August 6^th, 2017 The Pelham Fritz Basketball League (“PFBL”) Scholarship Fund, Inc. held their annual awards ceremony in the 2^nd floor art gallery at the Harlem State Office Building in conjunction with NYS Assembly woman Inez Dickens.Continue reading

Dining With Miss Lil: Whole Foods Market Harlem Opens In Grand Style

By Lil Nickelson On Friday July 21^st, 2017, the 40,000-square-foot Whole Foods Market Harlem opened in grand style. Continue reading

Dining With Miss Lil: Restoring The Beauty To Harlem’s Parks

By Lil Nickelson Harlem is home to some of NYC’s most beautiful parks. Last month on Monday, June 19^th, 2017 the NYC Parks Department held a waterfall restoration ceremony at Morningside Park at 112^th Street and Manhattan Avenue in Harlem, NY. Continue reading

Dining With Miss Lil: Mumbai Masala Indian Grill is a Great Place to Eat

By Lil Nickelson and photographs by Rudy Collins Mumbai Masala Indian Grill opened on June 1 st and the décor and atmosphere sets the tone for a new dining experience in the Hamilton Heights section of Harlem.Continue reading

Dining With Miss Lil At The 3rd Annual Harlem EatUp! Festival 2017 (Photographs)

By Lil Nickelson The 3rd annual Harlem’ Festival took place from May 15th through May 21st throughout various venues in the village of Harlem. On Tuesday, May 16th Prudential Insurance sponsored a five-course meal at Ginny’s Supper Club in the lower level of Red Rooster Harlem. Continue reading

Lil Nickelson Talks Harlem Food On The Danny Tisdale Show (Audio)

Listen to Danny Tisdale and Harlem World Magazine senior food writer Lil Nickelson talk food on The Danny Tisdale Show.Continue reading

Dining With Miss Lil: NYCWFF’s Midnight in Harlem

By Lil Nickelson New York City Wine and Food Festival (NYCWFF) 2016 saved the best for last on Saturday night of October 15th, 2016; namely the sold-out Midnight Jazz Breakfast that was held at The Cecil and Minton’s restaurants in Harlem from 11:30 pm until 1:30 am. Continue reading

The Garifuna People in New York City

By Lil Nickelson On October 8^th 2016 a Saturday evening, my friend Cherlyn Davis invited me to attend a dance performance with her at Symphony Space on the upper West side that one of her fellow shareholders Felix Gamboa, in her Esplanade Gardens building had invited her to attend. Continue reading

Dining With Miss Lil: The BIG Chocolate Show 2016

The BIG Chocolate Show came to NYC and it was a chocolicious treat; I do declare. The BIG Chocolate Show was held the second weekend in October 2016; press preview day was on Friday, October 7^th and it was open to the public on Saturday, October 8^th and Sunday, October 9^th. 2016.Continue reading

Join HW’s Lil Nickelson At The Ninth Annual Let Us Eat Local Tasting Benefit 2016

On November 1, 2016, Just Food, a non-profit organization that empowers and supports community leaders working to bring fresh, local food to underserved neighborhoods, will host its ninth annual Let Us Eat Local Tasting Benefit.Continue reading

A Reflection On Harlem’s Historical Parks

By Lil Nickelson Harlem contains four (4) parks within its borders: Marcus Garvey Park on the east side, Morningside Park and St. Nicholas Park in its interior and Jackie Robinson Park in West Harlem. Continue reading