Talk to Your Family About Diabetes and Healthy Vision
The subject of diabetes seems to be everywhere these days—in the news, on social media, even on talk shows.
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Police Investigating Alleged Central Park Rape
Police are investigating an alleged rape in Central Park around Morningside Heights, law enforcement sources said.
125th Street With Tolley’s, Cars, And People, 1910
Looking west across 125th Street towards Adam Clayton Powell Blvd., (aka 7th Avenue) with tolley’s, cars, and people, in central Harlem, around 1910.
Arva Rice, Head Of NY Urban League At MPAC’s Rally
Harlem resident Arva Rice, president and CEO of the New York Urban League will headline MPAC’s Community Rally in Queens on Friday, November 15, 2013.
‘Forbid the Thief’ A New Poem
By Carol Lazarus (written on Sept. 15th 2013) Do not be distracted. Forbid the thief from entering in.
Pinehurst, aka Koch’s New Mount St. Vincent’s Hotel
Occasionally one comes across mention of “Koch’s New Mount St. Vincent’s Hotel,” a quasi-rural roadhouse that opened in the vicinity of Hamilton Heights around 1883 or 1884, after the old Mount St. Vincent’s Hotel in Central Park burned down (in 1881) and before the new one opened (in 1884). This operated at least until the…
Central Park Conservatory At 105th Street, 1900
Some time back we came across a trove of 1890s photographs showing the wide wooden steps leading down from Mount St. Vincent’s Hotel (or McGown’s Pass Tavern) to the Conservatory Gardens. We can’t find them anymore, but this 1900 wintertime picture is also useful.
HW Pick: The Lonely Guy
When Barack Obama arrived in Washington almost five years ago, the universal assumption was that the young president—who had, after all, won office by exploiting every connective tool of the national social and electoral network—would run his White House in sharp contrast to the bunkered, hunkered-down George W. Bush.
Duke Ellington Trio, 1966 (video)
The performance by Duke “The Duke” Ellington Trio in 1966, after rocking Harlem for decades, during this timeline Ellington was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Music, in 1965, but was turned down. Then 67 years old, he reacted: “Fate is being kind to me.
EmblemHealth Neighborhood Care November 2013 Events
Get you pen out to write down the free November 2013 events at EmblemHealth Neighborhood Care. Each event is open to the public and is being held at 215 West 125th Street in Harlem.
The 22nd Annual David A. Walker Memorial Double Dutch Holiday Classic
Tickets are on sale now for the 22nd Annual David A. Walker Memorial Double Dutch Holiday Classic, Sunday, December 8th 1pm-4pm at the World Famous Apollo Theater.
Rally to Support After School and Early Childhood Education
On Thursday morning, more than 500 children from city after-school programs rallied outside City Hall to urge the Mayor not to cut 47,000 children from child care and after-school programs.
Walter’s World: Martha Graham Dance Company
The 85th season of the Martha Graham Dance Company opened with the grandeur and élan the world has come to expect from this modern dance pioneer.
Disney’s First Black Princess
Belle. Ariel. Jasmine. Chances are, you know these names as just a few of Disney’s magical princesses from such classic tales as Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, and Aladdin.
Walter’s World: Weekend Picks Jazz, Dance and Cabaret
By Walter Rutledge This is going to be one beautiful autumn New York weekend. So why not take a ferry ride to hear and experience jazz, or see cutting edge dance downtown, then grab a late night bite cabaret style uptown. Here are a few of the many events happening around town and in our…