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Harlem Cultural Center Ready to Open

Posted on November 27, 2012 by | 2 Comments

MIST Harlem, a long-planned cultural center at 40 West 116th St., will open to the public on Wednesday, according to its owners. Continue reading →

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This Week At Marcus Garvey Park In Harlem (6-12, 2012)

Posted on August 6, 2012 by | Leave a comment
There are tons of great events happening this week at the Marcus Garvey Park, so we listed them below for you to make it easy. Continue reading →

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New Delay in Opening African Art Museum

Posted on May 17, 2012 by | Leave a comment

For the fifth time in three years, the Museum for African Art has been forced to delay opening its new home at 110th Street and Fifth Avenue, in East Harlem, as it continues to work to raise the money to finish the project. Continue reading →

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Winners of the Richard Rodgers Amphitheater Grant at Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem

Posted on April 23, 2012 by | 2 Comments

City Parks Foundation and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation are pleased to announce the winners of the Richard Rodgers Amphitheater performing arts grant… Continue reading →

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Museum for African Art In Harlem Hosts 1st Annual Fall Benefit Honoring Leaders in African Art & Philanthropy

Posted on September 19, 2011 by | Leave a comment

First Annual Fall Benefit & Silent Auction to Honor Charles Benenson (1913-2004), Founding Trustee, and Mannie Jackson, Chairman of the Harlem Globetrotters

On Thursday, October 6, 2011, the Museum for African Art will host its first fall benefit and silent auction at their future home, located at 1280 Fifth Avenue at 110th Street on Manhattan’s Museum Mile in New York. Continue reading →

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Celebrate Museum Mile With El Museo del Barrio In Harlem

Posted on June 13, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Celebrate Museum Mile with us as we take over la calle with music, art-making, dance, and performance art! One day a year, nine of the country’s finest museums that call Fifth Avenue home open their doors from 6pm – 9pm for free to New Yorkers and visitors for a mile-long block party and visual art celebration. This traffic-free, music- and art-filled celebration fills Museum Mile from 82nd to 105th street.

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Museum For African Art In Harlem Gets $3 M

Posted on March 9, 2011 by | 1 Comment

Elsie McCabe Thompson, president, the Museum for African Art, today announced that the Museum has received a major contribution of $3 million from the Ford Foundation. Continue reading →

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Senegalese artist Viyé Diba At Columbia

Posted on January 6, 2011 by | Leave a comment

In a lecture titled Environment and Object: Exploring Urban Topographies, prominent Senegalese artist Viyé Diba discusses his recent work, created using found objects and materials from African cities, including Dakar, where the artist lives. The lecture, which will be followed by a Q&A with the audience, is the first in a new series that explores contemporary African cities as unique built environments, examining their social, physical, and emotional contours.

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Inside The Museum for African Art In Harlem

Posted on September 16, 2010 by | Leave a comment

While the Museum for African Art in Harlem practices its patience downstairs, 1280 Fifth Avenue, the museum-topping new development from architect Robert A.M. Stern, has already hit the market. Continue reading →

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Museum of African Art in Harlem Waiting Game

Posted on September 8, 2010 by | Leave a comment

The Robert A.M. Stern-designed Museum of African Art, the museum topped by condos at 1280 Fifth Avenue and 110th Street, was scheduled to open in April 2011. Continue reading →

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