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The 2017-2018 Essential Harlem, Washington Heights & Inwood Guides are here!  Snag your copy before their gone from NiLu, local news racks or CLICK HERE to view online. Special thanks to our partners: #cultural #guide #essential #event #Harlem #local #Uptown #culture #NewYork #experienceharlem #experience #NYC #shoplocal #harlemnyc #harlemites #NY

Wednesdays get a bad rep. We’re making Hump Day a little more bearable with 50% off all wines by the bottle. #cultural #guide #essential #event #Harlem #local #Uptown #culture #NewYork #experienceharlem #experience #NYC #shoplocal #harlemnyc #harlemites #NY

By Miles Marshall Lewis This Friday, Whole Foods Harlem turns two weeks old. Rather than rush to a snap judgment over the upscale supermarket’s arrival uptown, I chose to let its presence sink in for a bit before deciding how I really felt. Unpacking my thoughts like a recyclable grocery bag isn’t so easy, because the reality of a 125th Street Whole Foods is complicated. Some feel it’s a doomsday harbinger of things to come, re: rising property rates and further gentrificatio

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The Soul Train Tribute — arguably the hottest Jam in the park for six consecutive years — celebrates the soundtrack of American social movements with a tribute to Freedom Songs from the Soul Train Era! With Music spun by DJ Stormin’ Norman of Sundae Sermon, this tribute will feature music from Soul Train artists: James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and others interpreted by an all-star cast of independent artists including: Aiyana Smash,

By Miles Marshall Lewis Poet Kevin Young, latest director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, titled Pulitzer-winning author Colson Whitehead’s first book, 1999’s The Intuitionist. The association with Whitehead (stemming from college-buddy days at Harvard) was the first I’d ever heard of Kevin Young, but certainly wouldn’t be the last. With 11 books of his own spanning the past 19 years— including Most Way Home, the Jean-Michel Basquiat-influenced To Repel

By Darryl Robertson Manhattan is one of the most affluent, densely populated hotspots in the world, known more for its financial-world prestige and its cultural cachet than its homegrown hip-hop culture. The most significant New York City-native rappers arguably originate from Brooklyn or Queens. But while there are way less MCs hailing from the neighborhood of Harlem than other NYC boroughs, Uptown has birthed its fair share of gifted wordsmiths over the years. With that, we

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In Get Out, a speculative thriller from the mind of Jordan Peele, a young African-American man visits his white girlfriend’s family estate, and becomes ensnared in the more sinister real reason for the invitation. Music: Hip-hop, House and Soul by DJ Brittofied. Live Band: V Ferg presents Creative Public Offering. #cultural #guide #essential #event #Harlem #local #Uptown #culture #NewYork #experienceharlem #experience #NYC #shoplocal #harlemnyc #harlemites #NY

A very generous anonymous donor has committed to match every contribution made this week to the BGCHarlem Summer Camp Fund $2 to $1  A gift of $50 buys not just one day of summer fun, but three! Help Harlem’s kids have a safe and enriching summer. Make your gift TODAY!DONATE NOW #cultural #guide #essential #event #Harlem #local #Uptown #culture #NewYork #experienceharlem #experience #NYC #shoplocal #harlemnyc #harlemites #NY

Razor Bar 2254 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10037 646‐726‐4933 Facebook: @RazorBarHarlem Every great day for a guy begins with a fresh haircut! Let him feel invincible after a trip to Harlem’s newest barbershop; Razor Bar. Frederick Benjamin shop.frederickbenjamin.com 646‐417‐8128 Keep the confidence going with Frederick Benjamin grooming products; specifically designed tolet him keep the closest shave, free of razor bumps. NiLu Gift Shop shopnilu.com 191 Lenox Avenue New York, N

—By Miles Marshall Lewis. Follow MML on Snapchat, Instagram and Twitter at @furthermucker. A staple of the season since 2005, the Apollo Spring Gala stands as one of Harlem’s hottest tickets. A fundraising benefit for the Apollo Theater, the night always begins with a scintillating set of live performances on its legendary stage and ends with a tented spectacle of dance, high fashion and high spirits stretching ’til midnight. (Tonight’s 12th annual gala features superstars Sh

A CELEBRATION AND RENEWAL OF GREAT 20th CENTURY DANCE Interpreted and created by legendary modern dance artists with the DVP company and neighborhood seniors In collaboration with Summer on the Hudson and the Prospect Park Alliance CHOREOGRAPHERS Ellen Graff George Faison Naomi Goldberg Haas Stuart Hodes Marnie Thomas Wood Elizabeth Keen Ramona Candy GUEST ARTISTS Alice Teirstein Laura Glenn Chet Walker Shirley Black-Brown Myna Majors Rita Carrington SAT, JUNE 17  |  6 pm & 7

Join MMPCIA for The 27th Annual Neighborhood House Tour Sunday, June 11th, from 11 AM to 4 PM Our theme this year is Living Legacy! The Mount Morris Park area is known for its close knit community and historic brownstones that bring you back in time. This year’s tour will feature some of the people that are the roots of the Mount Morris Park Historic District.  They will invite you inside their homes: from cutting edge contemporaries and creative updates to classic elegance t

From Executive Producers Riley S. Wilson (Orange Bright) and Lisa Cortés (Precious) comes a live-action sci-fi/drama web series about a claircognizant (all-knowing) little Black girl living and growing up in a rapidly changing Harlem. A finalist for the 2016 Sundance Institute YouTube New Voices Lab, Little Apple is a modern-day coming of age story about a rapidly developing little girl finding her voice and fighting against complicity. Starring 10-year-old actress, Milan Wi

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Give us free, you say? Well, you got it. All summer long. The truth is the rent is too damn high and so is everything else. Take in the beauty and rich legacy of historic Harlem with Experience Harlem. We’ve done the legwork and put together a comprehensive guide for alla Uptown massive so you don’t have to; We’ve identified more than 33 events for the family; O.G.s, new jacks, music buffs, film lovers, sexy people and everyone else who loves this vibrant social and community

Uptown is heating up and the little ones don’t have to miss out on the fun! Our Ultimate Guide to Summer for Kids has all of Harlem’s best programs for fun, education and a life-changing summer. Harlem YMCA ymcanyc.org/harlem 180 W 135th St, New York, NY 10030 212-912-2100 Having programs for youth ranging from Kindercamp to Teen Camp, Harlem YMCA’s eight-week summer program (July 3rd–August 25th) offers everything from basketball and swimming to a traditional summer experien

Our heartfelt thanks to our generous sponsors, Sweet Hospitality Group, Harlem Community Development Corporation, Williams Capital Group, our Co-Chairs Michelle Fizer-Peterson and Julie Rose, our hard working Benefit Committee, our Board of Directors, and our patrons for their generosity. Special thanks to our beverage sponsors Blackwell Rum and Ozwell,   and our in-kind supporters Island Outpost, Crude Food, Aloft Harlem, and Miss Lily’s. Events such as Jump & Wave enable us