National Black Theatre Presents Carnaval

THE FINDING AID: BLACK WOMEN ARCHIVISTS

American Beatboxer Film Screening - World Premiere!

Tuesday, May 21 * 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Malcolm X Boulevard @ 135th Street
Langston Hughes Auditorium

The Finding Aid: Black Women at the Intersection of Art and Archiving is an interactive, multi-media dialogue that explores the intersection of experimental art practices and community-based archiving. This event is based on the idea of a finding aid. A finding aid is a document used in archives for accessibility and discovery. We will transform a finding aid from an archival inventory/guide into an artistic archival experience. Our goal for this event is for people to leave knowing what an archive and archivist is or can be, and feeling empowered to begin their own archival/artistic practice and engage with existing archives.

HCDC Entrepreneur Development Month Workshop Series
Harlem Business Alliance Presents "Business Partnerships: Creating Better Alliances and Avoiding Litigation" Workshop 5-22-13

 Doin' It In The Park: Pick-Up Basketball, NYC

May 22 - May 28 @ 7:30 pm
The Maysles Cinema
343 Malcolm X Boulevard / Lenox Avenue
(between 127th and 128th Streets)

  • Wednesday, May 22nd following the 7:30pm screening there is a Q&A with key characters Jack Ryan, Niki Avery, and Milani Malik, moderated by SLAM Magazine Editor-in-Chief Ben Osborne.

  • Thursday, May 23rd and Saturday, May 25th following the 7:30pm screenings there will be Q&As with directors Bobbito Garcia and Kevin Couliau.

  • Friday, May 24th following the 7:30pm screening there will be a Q&A with co-director Kevin Couliau and photographer Charlie Samuels and Pete Kuhns, moderated by author/historian Claude Johnson of Black Fives.

  • Sunday, May 26th following the 7:30pm screening there will be a Q&A with Co-director Kevin Couliau and Executive Producer Nick Quested of Goldcrest Films.

  • Tuesday, May 28th following the 7:30pm screening there will be a Q&A with directors Bobbito Garcia and Kevin Couliau, moderated by author/filmmaker Raquel Cepeda.

Doin’ It In The Park: Pick-Up Basketball, NYC explores the history, culture and social impact of New York’s summer b-ball scene, the worldwide “Mecca” of the sport. In New York City, pick-up is not just a sport. It is a way of life. There are 700+ outdoor courts, and an estimated 500,000 players, the most loyal of which approach the game as a religion, and the playground as their church. “You can play high school or college for four years. You can play Pro for a decade. You can play pick-up . . . for life.” Doin’ It In The Park lovingly uncovers this movement through the voices of playground legends, NBA athletes, and most importantly the common person, or 99%, who look forward to experiencing the energy of the game at their local schoolyard. Co-directors Bobbito Garcia and Kevin Couliau visited 180 courts throughout NYC’s five boroughs to create their debut documentary. They traveled to a majority of the locations by bicycle, carrying cameras and a ball in their backpacks. The film’s title refers as much to the subject matter as it does to the method of filmmaking, providing an unprecedented perspective on inner-city America’s most popular, and accessible, free recreation.

The 3 Islands & Puerto Rican Day Parade Photo Exhibition
EMERGENCY Town Hall Meeting: Major Changes Coming Soon to 125th Street

The Best Cake in the World: What Manuscript Cookbooks Tell Us that Printed Cookbooks Don't

The 2013 Annual Friends of the Rare Book Room Lecture: The Best Cake in the World: What Manuscript Cookbooks Tell Us that Printed Cookbooks Don't

May 23rd from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Light refreshments at 5:30 p.m
The New York Academy of Medicine
1216 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street

Speaker(s): Stephen Schmidt. From roughly 1600 to 1900, many women (and a few men) in the English-speaking world compiled personal recipe collections in bound notebooks. These manuscript cookbooks contain a wealth of information absent from most printed cookbooks: where and from whom the recipes were collected; nonstandard but possibly common ways of substituting expensive or rare ingredients or circumventing tricky or time-consuming techniques; the type of cooking vessel or the size, shape, and number of baking pans used in the preparation of recipes; the management of the fire or oven; the contexts in which dishes were served and the ways in which they were presented at table. Sometimes manuscript cookbooks can also tell us which dishes were truly popular and regularly eaten in a period, although in the past, as today, many more recipes were collected than were actually ever made. This talk will disucss the pleasure and profit to be gained from studying manuscript cookbooks and will also touch on the complicated relationship between these documents and printed cookbooks. Examples of manuscript recipe books and related printed cookbooks from NYAM's rare book collection will be on display for attendees to see. Special reception for current Friends of the Rare Book Room immediately following the lecture.

Saturday Night Lights
Salsa Dura @ Camaradas

Around the Block from El Museo Walking Tours

Around the Block from El Museo Walking Tour

Saturdays, May 25 - August 24, 2013
From 11:30 am to 1:30 pm
Departs from El Museo's Lobby
1230 Fifth Avenue @ 104th Street

Join El Museo del Barrio for a walking tour of the neighborhood around El Museo. We'll explore El Barrio’s vibrant public art, beautiful community gardens, rich cultural organizations, and diverse store fronts that have shaped East Harlem into the unique neighborhood it is today. The tour begins with El Museo del Barrio and its history and will continue on to include the Modesto Flores Community Garden, the Spirit of East Harlem mural, Justo Botanica, Graffiti Hall of Fame, and much more. Tickets available for $15 online or at El Museo del Barrio. Space is limited; pre-purchase recommended. Tours meet in the lobby at El Museo del Barrio and leave promptly at 11:30am. PLEASE NOTE: In the event of inclement weather, a guided tour of our galleries will be offered in lieu of the Around the Block from El Museo tour. Admission: $15.00, pre-purchase recommended.

Sublime Soul
Miles Ahead @ Camaradas
NYC Candidates Forum: Arts & Public Policy
Greening the Gap final planning report
Vigil and Community Speak out for Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera!
Lozada Low-Down @ Camaradas
Mayoral Forum on Public Health
The People's Film Festival 2013

Call Me Crazy: Diary of a Mad Social Worker

East Harlem- HADA  Film Festival
NEW HARLEM EAST MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION Operation Clean Up, 
Saturday June 1st 9am - 1pm
La Casa Azul Bookstore Turns 1
East Harlem Family Day

"B&W: Two Photographers -- Opening Reception, Friday, May 17, 6pm - 8pm

Artist Talk: Saturday, June 1, 3PM
Gallery Hours: Friday, Saturday, 3PM – 6PM and by appointment
MediaNoche @ 1355 Park Avenue
Entrance on 102nd Street

 
Carlton Holmes @ Manna House Workshops
The Art of Lyrics @ Camaradas

The Literary Society presents The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis

Monday, June 3rd * 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Malcolm X Boulevard @ 135th Street
Langston Hughes Auditorium

The Literary Society continues the tradition of African-American literary societies formed in the 1880's to encourage reading and education in African-American communities. Founded in Harlem in 1982, The Literary Society, a book discussion group of 50 members, meets monthly to discuss books reflecting the political and artistic experience by authors of African descent. The public is invited to join The Literary Society at the Schomburg Center for a discussion of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis.

Free Teen Relationship Abuse Conference
East Harlem Mayoral Forum
East Harlem Preservation 2013 Annual Fundraiser
East Harlem Pride Mixer
Planners Network Conference 2013:  Beyond Resilience: Actions for a Just Metropolis
FILM CLUB Presents: A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde
28th Anniversary 116th Street Festival
3rd Annual East Harlem Children's Book Festival!

153rd Annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade

National Puerto Rican Day Parade

Sunday, June 9th @ 11:00 a.m.
Fifth Avenue |44th Street - 79th Street

VOICES: A Celebration of Our people and Our stories in Art

35th Annual Museum Mile Festival!

35th Annual Museum Mile Festival!

Tuesday, June 11 * 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Fifth Avenue * From 82 - 105th Streets

Grab your familia and join us for the 35th Annual Museum Mile Festival! This year El Museo will feature outdoor art-making activities, dance and music performances, and the opening of El Museo’s Bienal 2013: HERE IS WHERE WE JUMP. A full line up of activities and performances is coming soon! The Museum Mile Festival began as initiative to grow museum audiences in the area, and to increase support for the arts during the fiscal crisis of the 1970s. Museum Mile was formed as a consortium by the museums that share the Fifth Avenue address and the first festival, held in June of 1978, was an instant success. Not only did it expose New Yorkers and NYC visitors to an incredible collection of New York’s artistic riches, it also brought together disparate New Yorkers. From El Barrio and the Upper East Side to the winding streets of the Village and the clustered neighborhoods of the outer-boroughs, people came to celebrate their shared pride in their city. The Museum Mile Festival promotes public awareness through increased visibility, accessibility and attendance at all the museums, and continues to bring many New Yorkers to upper Fifth Avenue for the first time.

Dwight School Athletic Center
Power of Aging Well Health Festival 2013
The National Black Theatre: Institute for Action Arts

 2013 Teer Spirit Awards
Manna House Workshops SummerTAM
Young Bucks Summer 2013
Translating the Nuyorcian Experience
Weekly Assembly Continues at Our Lady
Queen of Angels Roman Catholic Church
PADLOCKS NOTWITHSTANDING
   
 
Photos by Angelo Rivera, Photographer
 
EVERY SUNDAY MORNING @ 10:30 AM
East 113th Street (Second / Third Avenues)

Since February 2007, parishioners from Our Lady Queen of Angels Roman Catholic Church in El Barrio have protested the closing of their spiritual "home" by the Archdiocese of New York by holding a Sunday morning mass each week. Join Carmen Villegas and other worshippers to support their efforts to reopen a beloved 121-year-old parish that has served thousands East Harlem residents.