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Our biggest Day!
11:00 AM to 6:00 PM
N.Y. City Health Fair & Expo
Health Exams, Education, Information, Health Testing, Material Distribution, Holistic Medicine, Oral Health, Acupuncture, Healthy Eating, Q & A for the entire family. Hospitals featured for the day are: Harlem Hospital, Mt. Sinai Hospital, St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital, Ralph Lauren Cancer Center, Hospital of Podiatric Medicine, Columbia Medical Center and many more.
W. 135th St. between 5th Ave. & Malcolm X VBlvd.
In the Lenox Terrace Cove we feature:
“The Harlem Health Village”
For Info on exhibits & co-sponsorship call (212) 862-8477 or visit www.harlemhealthyliving.com
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
The Upper Manhattan Auto Show
Saluting the future of our environment.
With Hybrid, Fuel Efficient Cars, Motorcycles as well as the latest models, vintage and collectibles
Howard Bennett Playground
on W. 135th St. (Btwn. 5th Ave. & Malcolm X Blvd.)
to participate please call 646-251-1885 or visit www.harlemweek.com
11:00 AM to 6:00 PM
“The N.Y. City Children’s Festival” (Part 2)
“Back to School” (See Part I on Sat.)
With a special focus on the health of our children and their families
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
The Harlem Honeys & Bears (Part 2)
NYC Children & Youth Enjoy a Day of Swimming, Water Exercise, Demonstrations & Health Information.
The most perfect form of exercise available. For Info see Part 1.
“A Celebration of R&B, Rock, Hip Hop, Gospel and Jazz The Core of “Our Musical Roots”
The 2 Main Stages go from 2:00PM until 7:00PM:
Stage I: St. Nicholas Stage – Hip Hop & R & B
Theme: “Creating Unity, In Our Communities”
On W. 135th St. (Btwn. Frederick Douglass Blvd. & St. Nicholas Ave.)
Kiss-FM & Hot 97, Hip Hop & R&B performers pay tribute to 25 years of the greatness of DJ Red Alert on radio and Video Music Box, founder Ralph McDaniels. Featured performers include KRS-One and others.
Stage II: 5th Ave. Stage – Rock, Gospel & Soul
Theme: “Harlem Rocks”
On W. 135th St. (Btwn. 5th Ave. & Malcolm X Blvd.)
With special tribute from RXP-FM
and the Black Rock Coalition to the
musical greatness and history of the legendary Jimi Hendrix
YMCA Stage
Theme: “Open Line” Radio Talk Show Recorded Live
Also featuring Various Community Based
performances of dance/fashion/poetry/music
On W. 135th St. (Btwn Malcolm X & A. C. Powell Jr. Blvds.)
11:00AM to 8:00PM
International Vendors, Exhibits,
Foods, Art, Fun & Games
W. 135th St. (Btwn. Fifth and St. Nicholas Aves.) Free to the general public
Rain Date: Sunday, August 24th
Saturday, 23rd
8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
1st (Annual) Harlem: 5K
“Health Walk-A-Thon”
Congressman Charles B. Rangel along with The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce, The New York Road Runners, NY City Department of Parks & Recreation and NYC & Company in concert with our local hospitals and colleges, invite you, your family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, and fellow New Yorkers to join with us in our mission to promote the health of our communities, to combat obesity & diabetes and to support Organ Donation by taking a health walk with your loved ones through Historic Harlem. We will visit three (3) of Harlem’s Great Parks, beginning at Morningside Park, going to St Nicholas Park, ending at Jackie Robinson Park.
Please register to walk and as you do, also please make any
additional comfortable contribution to support our Health Initiative.
For info on the initiative, registration and contributions visit: www.harlemhealthyliving.com
or call (212) 862- 8477
Rain or Shine
6:00 PM
“Stomping at the Savoy”
Swing, Latin & Jazz Outdoor Dance
NYC Department of Parks and Recreation and the Harlem Jazz & Music Festival in conjunction with HARLEM WEEK invite all New Yorkers to “swing” at a Jazz /Latin Outdoor Dance Under the Stars with a live performance by the National Jazz Museum in Harlem Big Band featuring the Legendary Christian McBride.
At Jackie Robinson Park, 151st St. & Bradhurst Ave.
For info Visit www.nycgovparks.org
Wednesday, 27th
At 5:30 PM & At 7:30 PM
“The Joints Are Jumpin’”
At nine (9) of Upper Manhattan’s most
outstanding Night Clubs, Restaurants and Cultural Centers featuring various genre’s of live entertainment (Jazz, R&B, Latin, Blues, etc. and sampling
of foods and beverages. This year honoring the Harlem musical legacies of: Jimmy “Preacher” Robins and Irene Reid
By Invitation Only |