Rudy’s World: Harlem RBI Kids Hit Homers With NY Yankees

Photographs by Rudy Collins Harlem youth from Harlem RBI joined Major League Baseball Commissioner Robert Manfred, Yankee greats Bucky Dent, Mickey Rivers, Cecil Fielder, Roy White and many others at Yankee Stadium to raise funds for Harlem RBI’s A Field of Dreams in the Bronx,  on Wednesday, August 5th, 2015. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up…

Greenmarket Food Scrap Collections Drop-Offs In Harlem

Starting in 2011, GrowNYC has grown the “scrappy” Food Scrap program to 40 Greenmarket locations in all five boroughs, in partnership with the NYC Sanitation and community composters. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes, I would like to receive emails from Harlem World Magazine. (You can…

Council Member Levine Responds To In Northern Manhattan

Harlem Council Member Levine responds to locate at least one dispensary in the Northern Manhattan area (Harlem, Inwood, Washington Heights, etc.,): Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes, I would like to receive emails from Harlem World Magazine. (You can unsubscribe anytime)Constant Contact Use. Please…

Thelma Golden Added To The Obama Foundation Board

The State Journal reports that Barack Obama Foundation building President Barack Obama’s future library is adding the versatile Thelma Golden to its board. She’s the director and chief curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes, I would like…

Harlem’s Riant Theatre Honors Liesl Tommy And Peter Anthony Andrews

The Riant Theatre will kick off the  Strawberry One-Act Festival with a launch party and reception  presenting Pioneer of the Arts Awards honoring  Liesl Tommy, Obie winning director from South Africa, and Peter Anthony Andrews, the first African American TV network entertainment vice president, on Sunday, July 26 at the Poet’s Den Theatre, 309 East…

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett July 16 1862 – March 25 1931

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931) was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, and an early leader in the civil rights movement. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes, I would like to receive emails from Harlem World Magazine. (You…

Black Ivy Alumni League 2015 Fundraising Gala (video)

We just posted a qoute from Neslon Mandella who said “The key is working together,” today we received an announcement proving that point from the Black Ivy Alumni League, Columbia Business School 4A, Cornell CBAA, Yale Black Alumni Association YBAA, and Princeton ABPA who are uniting for a blowout celebrity fundraising gala. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up…

Happy 88th Birthday To Our Mayor, David Dinkins!

Join us to celebrate on Saturday, July 11th from 9-11am at the kick-off event of the Free Summer Reading and Tennis Clinics at the David Dinkins Tennis Club (DDTC) in Fred Johnson Park @ 150th St & Seventh Ave. There will be cake and singing! Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s)…

Harlem’s ‘One Righteous Man’ By Arthur Browne

An early reader of this portrait of Samuel Jesse Battle harkened back to the Old Testament, verse three of Psalm 106: “Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!” Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes, I would like to receive…

Apollo’s Behind The Scenes: Women in Hip Hop In Harlem

By Morgan A. Grain | Photographs by Trotfilms Audience members witnessed something similar to a music, dance and arts reunion between college gal pals—most of the panelists had previously worked or collaborated together at least once—at the Behind the Scenes: Women in Hip Hop career panel presented by the Apollo Theater Education Program. Become a Harlem…

Harlem Tennis & Birthday Salute To Mayor Dinkins

Mayor Dinkins is excited about sharing the program kick-off birthday celebration with friends and families on July 11th. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes, I would like to receive emails from Harlem World Magazine. (You can unsubscribe anytime)Constant Contact Use. Please leave this field blank.By…

Community Board 12 Manhattan Jobs Fair UpTown

Need/looking for a Job? Need help with making a resume?  Employers with job openings will be onsite, as well as resources to prepare you for job interview/resume skills. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes, I would like to receive emails from Harlem World Magazine.…

Harlem’s Harry Lawrence ‘Wagner’ Freeman, 1869 — 1954

Harry Lawrence Freeman (October 9, 1869, Cleveland, Ohio — March 21, 1954, Harlem, New York) was a United States opera composer, conductor, impresario and teacher. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes, I would like to receive emails from Harlem World Magazine. (You can unsubscribe…

Touro College of Pharmacy in Harlem Graduates 4th Class

In an auditorium packed with family, friends and well-wishers, 92 graduating students of the fourth class of the Touro College of Pharmacy (TCOP) received their PharmD (Doctor of Pharmacy) degrees last week at commencement ceremonies held at Columbia University’s Roone Arledge Auditorium. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World…