NYCEDC And The Mayor’s Office Announce Plan For VR/AR Lab

New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) today announced plans for a City-supported Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality (VR/AR) lab for creators from Harlem to Hollis. PHOTOGRAPHY Marcus Samuelsson Hosts “Community Conversation” At Harlem’s Red Rooster by Glenn Hunter.

AfroPoP TV Series Beats The Drum For PAN

Season eight of AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange—the nation’s only documentary series about life, art and culture across the African Diaspora—continues with the electrifying story of the steel drum, or pan. Premiering on Monday, January 25, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on WORLD Channel, directors Jérôme Guiot and Thierry Teston’s high-energy Pan! PHOTOGRAPHY Marcus…

New York City And Paris Launch Business Exchange

The Harlem and France relationship is deep, from the Harlem Hellfighters fighting for France in WWII, Pastry Chef Moha Orchid at Jolie Patisserie, to Chef Alain Eoche, of Chéri at the French Bistro on Lenox Avenue and in 1815, Joseph Bonaparte, Napoleon Bonaparte’s brother, moving in to the Claremont Inn in West Harlem. PHOTOGRAPHY Marcus Samuelsson Hosts “Community Conversation” At Harlem’s…

Lynda Ireland, Former President & CEO, NY & NJ MSDC, Has Died

Lynda Ireland, the former president and CEO of the New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council (The Council) and considered one of the nation’s leading advocates  in M/WBE business development, died at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital of New Brunswick, NJ at age 67 on March 27 following a long illness. PHOTOGRAPHY Marcus…

Kenya, Africa’s Next Frontier

Chatting to fashion insiders here feels, in many ways, the same as anywhere else around the world. Nairobi’s power bloggers have moved to Instagram; local designers are troubled by cheap counterfeits; and the same laundry list of global celebrities reigns supreme from Mombasa to Lake Victoria. PHOTOGRAPHY Marcus Samuelsson Hosts “Community Conversation” At Harlem’s Red…

Tourism Conference With HAA & The GHCC at Schomburg

Tourism is the top growth industry in New York City… Harlem Arts Alliance in concert with The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce jointly convene a Harlem Tourism Conference on Monday June 2, 2014, 5:30pm, at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard at West 135th Street in Harlem. PHOTOGRAPHY Marcus Samuelsson…

Sen. Espaillat Rips Sell By GHCC

Greater Harlem Housing Development Corporation owns this slice on West 135th Street in central Harlem. PHOTOGRAPHY Marcus Samuelsson Hosts “Community Conversation” At Harlem’s Red Rooster by Glenn Hunter.

Coumo Announces “Bridge” Loans

Short-Term Loans Now Available Through Participating Lenders Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the launch of the Bridge to Success loan program, now available through participating lenders committing at least $20 million to expand access to short-term bridge loans for Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBEs). PHOTOGRAPHY Marcus Samuelsson Hosts “Community Conversation” At Harlem’s Red…