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Special Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Invite From NYC Parks Service’s Larry Scott Blackman (Update)

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Dear Friends,

The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service is a part of United We Serve, the President’s national call to service initiative. It calls for Americans from all walks of life to work together to provide solutions to our most pressing national problems. Continue reading

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Find Harlem’s S. Epatha Merkerson On TV One

S. Epatha Merkerson

African Americans make up about 12 percent of the U.S. population, but are almost one-third of all missing person cases reported each year. Continue reading

Pols, tenants battle to keep rents affordable

Hundreds of upper Manhattan tenants could be in danger of losing their homes if the Texas-based venture capital firm that now controls 10 buildings moves ahead with their sale as planned. Continue reading

A Dialogue with Dominican Artists

NoMAA Artists’ Salon: A Dialogue with Dominican Artists
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Funeral For Olga Mendez Set For Monday

A funeral will be held Monday for former New York state Sen. Olga Mendez. She was the first Puerto Rican woman elected to a state legislature in the mainland United States.

Mendez died Wednesday at her East Harlem home. She was 84. She had been diagnosed with cancer.

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Jamie Foxx: ‘I got booed at the Apollo’ In Harlem

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People Jamie FoxxIs there anything Jamie Foxx can’t conquer? His first try at the Apollo, apparently.

The singer/actor/comedian says the first time he tried his stand-up act on the famed stage, he was roundly booed.

Foxx gave up the goods on himself as the New York City theater celebrated its 75th anniversary this week. He says it wasn’t about his act — the audience heard “He’s from L.A.” and just started booing.

And he says they were quite animated about it: “They booed me in opera,” he jokes, and then began singing a “boo” riff.

Foxx didn’t get booed offstage at Monday night’s celebration, but says it still remains his favorite memory of the place.

From AP

Old stores Die in Harlem

Bobby RobinsonAssemblage from Bobby’s Happy House

On Saturday morning, Bobby’s Happy House, a music store in Harlem that opened in 1946, was in a state of chaos.

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