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To all single and fabulous women of Harlem, you’re invited to a film screening

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Feb 9, 2011 @ 14:49


By HarlemGal
Listen up, all you amazing and single HarlemGals. Yes, you! You’re invited to a “girls night out!” HarlemCondoLife.com would like to invite you to a free film screening of Jumping the Broom starring Julie Bowen, Paula Patton, Meagan Good, Angela Bassett, Mike Epps, and more, this coming Monday (February 14th) at the Magic Johnson Theater. Jumping the Broom is about “a collision of worlds when two African-American families from divergent socioeconomic backgrounds get together one weekend in Martha’s Vineyard for a wedding.”

In addition to the free film screening, there is an after party for all the awesome women who get to attend the free film screening in Harlem. The after party will include complementary hair styling and make-up application from Empire Beauty School and giveaways from SendHerFlowers.com, Complete Body and Spa, and 8 Minute Dating.

Here’s the details on getting your ticket. Please note, tickets are available on a first come first serve basis!

What: Girls’ Night Out screening of JUMPING THE BROOM
Where: Magic Johnson Theater in Harlem (124th and Frederick Douglass)
When: Monday, Febraury 14th
How: Click on this link to download and print out screening passes! Special instructions are located on the link.

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Harlem businesses come together to ‘Kiss and Tell’

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Feb 8, 2011 @ 7:30
By HarlemGal
Tonight, several Harlem businesses, such as Harlem Flo, The Winery, Make My Cake, Tonnie’s Minis, Aloft Hotel and Yatenga, are gathering together to “Kiss & Tell.” Well, not exactly that, but sort of! These Harlem businesses will be on hand Tuesday evening, starting at 6 p.m., to offer gift advice for Valentine’s Day. According to Harlem Flo’s Facebook site, the February 8th event will “feature unique and creative gifts items that you can purchase for your loved ones for V-day and there after.”

So if you need something for your cupid or yourself, head on over to Harlem Flo, second location at 2276 Frederick Douglass Blvd., at West 122nd Street.

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Apollo Theater Exhibit starts February 8th at MCNY

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Feb 7, 2011 @ 7:30
By HarlemGal
This week the Museum of the City of New York kicks off their three-month exhibition about our beloved Apollo Theater. Starting February 8 through May 1, 2011 , see  Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment at MCNY, located  in Spanish Harlem at 1220 Fifth Avenue at East 103rd. The traveling Smithsonian exhibit traces the evolution of the Apollo-from its origins as a segregated burlesque hall to its starring role at the epicenter of African-American entertainment and American popular culture.

To learn more about the exhibit, click here.

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Free flu shots offered in Harlem January 31

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Jan 28, 2011 @ 7:00
By HarlemGal
If you need a flu shot and would like one for FREE, read on! Free flu shots will be given by faculty pharmacists from the Touro College of Pharmacy, located in Harlem at 2090 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. From noon to 2 PM, student volunteers will assist with the screening process to adults 18 and older on Monday, January 31.

The flu shots will be administered in partnership with Project VIVA, a research study conducted by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies (CUES) of The New York Academy of Medicine. Touro College of Pharmacy opened its doors in Harlem in September of 2008.

DATE: Monday, January 31, 2011
TIME: Noon – 2:00 p.m.
PLACE: Touro College of Pharmacy
2090 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd., 6th floor
(Between 124th and 125th Streets)
Harlem, N.Y.

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HarlemGal Inc remembers Haiti Earthquake

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Jan 12, 2011 @ 0:31
By HarlemGal
I came across this powerful message below on one of my friend’s Facebook page. It’s moving, powerful and speaks for itself. It must be passed on. Let’s remember what happened one year ago today in Haiti.

At 4:53 p.m. on January 12th, 2010, more than one-quarter of a million people lost their lives in the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that sent 33 aftershocks ranging in magnitude from 4.2 to 5.9 and left more than 3 million people in need of emergency aid. Please stop what you’re doing at 5pm on Wednesday, January 12th, 2011 to remember those who perished in last year’s devastating earthquake, and to pray for those still in desperate need of help.
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Too many people have forgotten about the earthquake  in Haiti and the many lost in this tragedy. Awareness can change all of that. Invite your friends by clicking here and posting this to your profile…

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HGTV casting call: Design team wants to transform your home

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Jan 6, 2011 @ 12:44


By HarlemGal
A New York-based production company, working for HGTV, is looking for energetic and vibrant homeowners (singles, families, couples) in the New York Tri-State area who want their homes transformed, but not sure how to make it happen. If you think your home qualifies and the TV show is a good fit, send an email to designteamcasting@gmail.com with the following information:
 
Your name, address and contact info (please include e-mail address and cell phone number)

List of rooms to be styled, photos are a big plus!
Photos of yourself & the members of your household

Favorite style you’d like to see (or do you want to be surprised?)
Your real design budget
 
The top-secret TV show (they won’t tell us the name) will be shooting between January and April 2011.

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Harlem’s Frederick Douglass Boulevard is a finalist in Curbed Cup

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Dec 30, 2010 @ 17:20
By HarlemGal
Pardon my lateness regarding this post. I have been on holiday…(still am) and have fallen behind on my blog posting. Any how, I have received several messages about our awesome neighborhood/community, ie the surrounding area of FDB, being chosen as a finalist in Curbed.com’s New York City neighborhood of the year for 2010. That is wonderful news. However, it’s quite not good enough. We need to win it! If you believe our community should win, click here to vote. My understanding is the poll is open until January 1, 2011!

I cast my vote! Did you?

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Vote for Frederick Douglass Blvd in annual Curbed.com neighborhood poll

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Dec 17, 2010 @ 10:56
By HarlemGal
Frederick Douglass Blvd has been nominated to compete as best neighborhood of the year. It’s competing against Hunters Point in Queens. The Curbed Cup is collecting votes today! Go here to vote!

Go FDB!

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Paul McCartney performs at Harlem’s famous Apollo Theater to a celebrity packed crowd

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Dec 14, 2010 @ 0:12
By HarlemGal
Monday night was supposed to be a quiet evening relaxing without the computer. Yeah right. The evening ended up being quite the opposite. I got sucked into the real-time online coverage of Paul McCartney playing at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, December 13 – mainly on twitter. I am a huge Paul/George/John/Ringo fan so it was easy for me to drop everything.

There were a variety of tweets that came in throughout the evening giving you a sense of what was happening. Deepak Chopra seemed to have the first photo make it out of the Apollo. Then followed by Martha Stewart.

While there were several twitters telling their followers in real-time what songs McCartney was performing at the Apollo, the Examiner.com was quick – and the first to provide the complete set list right after the event was over, along with photos and a post on which celebrities attended the event.

In the end, the Examiner was topped by a subscriber on YouTube, who soon posted live audio from the event right at 11 PM on December 13, which I have posted here. Hurry up and listen to it soon …who knows how long it will last!

According to several online reports, McCartney called the Apollo Theater “the holy grail” and a place he has “dreamed of playing for many a year.” What a nice touch and respectable acknowledgement to the Apollo by McCartney. That is rock royalty at its best!

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Meet muralist “Franco the Great” and his contribution to Harlem

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Dec 10, 2010 @ 0:14
By HarlemGal
The Uptowner has shed light on the muralist who “paints winter scenes and other holiday-themed decor on storefronts across Harlem,” during the holiday season and specifically on 125th Street.  Meet Franco Gaskin, who calls himself “Franco the Great” or as others call him “Franco the Magnificent.” Watch this video! It will explain why Gaskin earns both titles!

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