Uptown Notes

Cornel West and Carl Dix tangle at CCNY on Tuesday night.

This Sunday, in Harlem, find out and discuss the direction for the new Black Left.

So yesterday I was all existential on twitter, which I rarely do, so today I’ll mesh them on my blog. I’m declaring this weekend “wellness weekend” because I was passed three events happening in NYC that stimulate the psychological, spiritual, mental, and physical. Most are free or low cost. Check them out!

On April 11th, V Day will be celebrated in Harlem with performances of the Vagina Monologues at 6 and 8pm at the Maysles Institute. The recent headlines have put domestic violence, sex and race on the national radar, though most of the conversations have been too shallow and misdirected for my liking (that’s for a different post). The Vagina Monologues is a uniquely powerful performance and movement to not only stop violence against women but also resurrect love for womanhood in a world where misogyny is the norm. Please SUPPORT!!!!

Check out a free screening of G-trification a short film by Karra Duncan today (2/26) at 5:30pm at the Harlem School of the Arts during the Harlem International Film Festival. It’s a short, potent, and poignant commentary on transformation uptown.

Check out the article by Jason Fink in AM New York (as one of my friends politely or rudely called [...]

Want to share your jubilation, pains, anxiety with others? No, not a group therapy session! Find out where to watch the election results uptown. Courtesy of Uptown Flavor.

This weekend, October 17th-19th City College hosts the first CUNY Social Forum. Come out and have your voice heard and develop plans to make CUNY the university system that it was meant to be.

At about 1 in the morning I strolled along the main artery of Harlem, 125th street. As I walked from [...]