Harlem is NYC’s iconic African American neighborhood. It is famous for Jazz, Lindy Hop Swing dancing, Rhythm and Blues, great food and fun nights.
A lot of history was made here. The Harlem Renaissance produced legendary artists in the 1920s and 30s.
Spanish Harlem is “El Barrio” East Harlem.
Latin Culture in Harlem
Harlem Stage Examines the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s & 70s as the Harlem Renaissance 3.0 Begins
October 14, 2022 – May 20, 2023
HARLEM STAGE
Manhattanville, West Harlem,
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INTRODUCTION Fri-Sat, October 14-15, 2022
FILM Friday, November 11, 2022
POETRY Fri-Sat, January 27-28, 2023
MUSIC Fri-Sat, February 24-25, 2023
THEATER Fri-Sat, March 24-25, 2023
DANCE Thu-Sat, April 13-15, 2023
THEN AND NOW CONFERENCE
Thu-Sat, May 18-20, 2023
NYC’s African American Day Parade 2022 Celebrates in Harlem
Sunday, September 18, 2022
ADAM CLAYTON POWELL JR BLVD
Harlem, Manhattan
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Harlem Week 2022 is a Great Black Arts Festival
August 12-21, 2022
HARLEM
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The Harlem Juneteenth Kingfest Parade & Street Fair are Back!
Saturday, June 18, 2022
MASJID MALCOM SHABAZZ
Harlem
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September 2022
The 53rd NYC African American Day Parade 2022 marches on Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd (Seventh Avenue) between 111th St and 137th St in Harlem on Sunday, September 18, 2022 at 1pm. The Pre-Parade Show is on Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd & 125th St from 11am – 1pm. The Pre-Parade Children’s Community Literacy Event is fun for kids with a free book giveaway on Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd at 127th St from 9am – 1pm. Free. 🌍🇺🇸
Harlem NYC
This is about Central Harlem from 110th St (Central Park) to 155th St between Morningside/St Nicholas and Fifth Avenue.
- The main African American street is 125th St, anchored by the Apollo Theater. 125th is a long sidewalk market.
- The main West African street is 116th St west of Malcolm X/Lenox Blvd. It’s anchored by the Malcolm Shabazz Harlem Market.
- The main Latin street is 116th St east of Malcolm X/Lenox Blvd.
Art
Studio Museum studiomuseum.org
Dance
Film
Maysles Documentary Center maysles.org
Music
Abyssinian Baptist Church abyssinian.org
Libraries
Markets
Malcolm Shabazz Harlem Market is a great West African market.
Festivals
African American Day Parade (Sep 2021)
Harlem International Film Festival (May 2021)
Harlem Week (Aug 2021)
Parks
Marcus Garvey Park
Morningside Park
St Nicholas Park
Restaurants
Red Rooster is Chef Marcus Samuelsson’s restaurant and home of Ginny’s Supper Club. redroosterharlem.com
Sylvia’s sylviasrestaurant.com
Cultural Venues
Apollo Theater
The Apollo Theater is a legendary African American theater. It is the heart and soul…
Ginny’s Supper Club
Ginny’s Supper Club is a Jazz cellar at the Red Rooster in Harlem. The food…
Minton’s Playhouse
Minton’s Playhouse is a historic Harlem jazz club where Bebop modern Jazz was born in…
National Jazz Museum in Harlem
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem preserves and promotes Jazz. It’s a small museum with…
Schomburg Center For Research in Black Culture
The Arthur Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is a New York Public Library…
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Harlem is Home
Harlem is not just Manhattan’s African neighborhood, it is a major center of African American culture in the United States.
The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s was an intellectual flowering of African American thought and culture that remains significant today.
Bebop jazz or modern jazz, and swing dancing come from Harlem. Latin Jazz comes from East Harlem, but the Latin musicians were sneaking out at night to listen to Jazz in Harlem, so Latin Jazz has Harlem in it too.
The neighborhood is dealing with gentrification like all New York City neighborhoods, but at its core, Harlem is a community. It’s the only neighborhood in Manhattan where if you are laying on the ground, someone will come ask if you are okay. Everywhere else people will just step over your body. Harlem is special.
“There is a rose in Black and Spanish Harlem”
Ben E. King and then Aretha Franklin by Jerry Lieber (1960)
If home is where the heart is, Harlem is home.