August 19, 2017

Harlem Week: Summer in the City

Saturday, Aug. 19, 12 Noon - 5pm
NY City “Children’s Festival” (Day I) Featuring parade, exhibits, games, arts & crafts, live music, dance, free health testing and sports clinics
135th St. (bet. Malcolm X & Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvds.)
11AM – 2PM

Harlem Honeys and BearsSenior citizen’s swimming demonstrations
For the whole family
Hansborough Recreation Center
W. 135th St. (bet. Malcolm X Blvd. & Fifth Ave.

12:00 Noon – 5PM
HARLEM WEEK HIGHER EDUCATION FAIR
Highlighting SUNY, CUNY, Community Colleges, Technical & Trade Schools, and showcasing Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Over 50 colleges, universities and public and private institutions of higher learning will provide information on admissions, scholarships and financial aid.
West 135th Street (between Malcolm X and A. C. Powell, Jr., Blvds.)

12:00PM-3:00PM
“Dancing In The Streets”135th Street & St. Nicholas Ave. Stage

3:00PM-4:00PM
The Fabulous Fashion Flava ShowFeaturing the best in Urban Fashions
135th Street & St. Nicholas Ave. Stage
4:00PM – 6:00PM
HMF “Uptown Saturday Concert”
11:00AM – 5:00PM
International Vendors VillageFeaturing Arts & Crafts, Music, Clothing, Jewelry, Hats, Sculptures, Foods, Job Recruitment, Product Sampling, and Corporate Exhibits
From W. 135th Street Malcolm X. Blvd to Frederick Douglas Blvd.

7:00PM
HARLEM WEEK/Imagenation Outdoor Film Festival
Featured Film: “I Am Not Your Negro”
Director Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished – a radical narration about race in America, using the writer’s original words. He draws upon James Baldwin’s notes on the lives and assassinations of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. to explore and bring a fresh and radical perspective to the current racial narrative in America.
On The Great Lawn of St. Nicholas Park
W. 135th St. & St. Nicholas Ave.