By Lil Nickelson
Early on the morning of August 15th, 2024, crowds of interested people converged on the Alhambra Ballroom located on the Southeast corner of 126th Street at 2116 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd.
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Dining With Miss Lil: At Heinz & Chef Marcus Samuelsson’s Kitchen Takeover
By Lil Nickelson
What would you do if you got the opportunity to take over the kitchen of and collaborate with one of America’s top chefs like Chef Marcus Samuelsson at Ginny’s Supper Club in Harlem.
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Lil’s World: Three Wise Black Men Came To Brotherhood Sister Sol In Harlem
By Lil Nickelson
For more than 25 years, The Brotherhood Sister Sol (“BroSis”) has focused on doing the work that has been changing the lives of Black and Latinx youth since 1995.
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With Miss Lil: Wells Fargo Bank Opens A 2nd Branch In Harlem
By Lil Nickelson
On Wednesday, September 18th, 2019 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (“Wells Fargo”) opened its second branch office in Harlem at 286 Lenox Avenue in between 125th and 124th Street, in the ground floor space that the Lenox Lounge used to occupy. Continue reading
Dining With Miss Lil: Harlem EatUp, Humana And Melba’s Host Healthy Eats for Seniors
By Lil Nickelson
Harlem EatUp Foundation (“Harlem EatUp”), Humana (“Humana”) and Melba’s Restaurant (“Melba’s”) joined forces on Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 to present a two-hour private cooking demonstration of healthy dishes to Harlem seniors.Continue reading
Dining With Miss Lil: Dream With Your Eyez Open Presents Vision Board Workshops In Harlem
By Lil Nickelson
Monique Caines-Talley is Harlem born and raised and she’s a woman who always dreamed about owning her own business someday.
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Dining With Miss Lil: Women in the Black’s Annual Who’s The Boss Business Conference
By Lil Nickelson
If you own a small business then you need to mark your 2020 calendars right now; block out the second Saturday in June 2020 so that you can attend Women In The Black, New York Inc (“WITB”) annual women business conference in ten months. Continue reading
Dining With Miss Lil: The Harlem EatUp! Luminary Award Dinner At Ginny’s Supper Club
By Lil Nickelson
The Luminary Award Dinner for the 5th Annual Harlem EatUp Festival was a memorable event held on Thursday, May 16th, 2019 at Ginny's Supper Club in the lower level of Red Rooster Harlem.Continue reading
Dining With Miss Lil: Harlem-based NY Urban League’s 54th Annual Awards Gala 2019
By Lil Nickelson and photographs by Rudy Collins
The New York Urban League (“NYUL") has been helping New Yorkers gain access to equal opportunity in employment, education, financial and technological literacy and more for over 90 years. Continue reading
Dining With Miss Lil: Great American Hat Show 2019 Is Afrikon Forever
By Lil Nickelson and photographs by Rudy Collins
Every year for the last seven years Harriet Rosebud Hats puts on the Great American Hat Show to showcase Harriet Rosebud’s hat creations and each year she picks a different theme.Continue reading
Dining With Miss Lil: God’s Love We Deliver By Helping Those With Need
By Lil Nickelson
Since 1985 God’s Love We Deliver have prepared and delivered food to people who are too sick to shop or cook for themselves free of charge without regard to the person’s income throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester and Nassau Counties and Hudson County, NJ.Continue reading
Dining With Miss Lil: Marcus Samuelsson’s Black History Month Dinner Series
By Lil Nickelson
Chef/ restauranteur Marcus Samuelsson wanted to celebrate Black History Month in 2019 in a different way than he has in the past. Continue reading
Dining With Miss Lil: Fine Greek Cuisine At Elysian Fields Café In The Village Of Harlem
By Lil Nickelson
Elysian Fields Café has been open for about two months serving up a taste of the Mediterranean through rustic Greek cuisine in the village of Harlem at 1207 Amsterdam Avenue in between 119th and 120th Streets. Continue reading
Columbia Community Scholars Dialogue On Wellness With Harlem World’s Lil Nickelson And Others
On Wednesday, November 7th, 2018, the Columbia (University) Community Scholars Lil Nickelson and Vivian Williams-Kurutz discussed issues surrounding health and wellness in the Harlem community and beyond.Continue reading
Dining With Miss Lil: Time I Spent At 2018 NYCWFF (Photographs)
By Lil Nickelson
This year was my most interesting year at the New York City Wine & Food Festival (NYCWFF).
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