{"id":2516,"date":"2009-08-02T23:57:27","date_gmt":"2009-08-03T03:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=2516"},"modified":"2010-09-03T18:32:30","modified_gmt":"2010-09-03T22:32:30","slug":"harlem-week-2009-historic-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=2516","title":{"rendered":"HARLEM WEEK 2009: &#8220;Historic Celebrations&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By NativeNewYorker<\/p>\n<p>August in NYC means HARLEM WEEK, a unique celebration of the history, culture and creativity of the Harlem community. This year marks the 35<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of HARLEM WEEK which started as a one day celebration in 1974 and has grown to a month long extravaganza that showcases Harlem\u2019s past, present and future.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The official kick-off was last Sunday at Grant\u2019s Tomb: &#8220;A Great Day in Harlem&#8221;\u00a0featured\u00a0dance, theatre, gospel, jazz, fashion and R &amp; B.\u00a0 An amazing array of events are scheduled for the next four weeks including seminars on <a href=\"http:\/\/harlemweek.com\/key_events\/nyc_awards.htm\" target=\"_blank\">economic development<\/a>, special events for <a href=\"http:\/\/harlemweek.com\/key_events\/elders_jubilee.htm\" target=\"_self\">seniors<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/harlemweek.com\/key_events\/childrens_festival.htm\" target=\"_blank\">children<\/a>, a <a href=\"http:\/\/harlemweek.com\/key_events\/health_fair.htm\" target=\"_blank\">health fair<\/a>, an art tour and many, many more.\u00a0 Check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/harlemweek.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">HARLEM WEEK website <\/a>for the full schedule.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2524\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2524\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2524\" title=\"hwlogo08\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/hwlogo08.gif?w=150\" alt=\"HarlemWeekLogo\" width=\"150\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/hwlogo08.gif 442w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/hwlogo08-300x292.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2524\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HarlemWeekLogo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My favorite event last year was \u201cUptown Saturday Night\u201d, a day long outdoor festival along West 135th Street with traditional and exotic foods, handmade crafts, local artists and vendors and a series of live performances featuring both national headliners and emerging talent.\u00a0 Don\u2019t miss this year\u2019s event:<\/p>\n<p>AUGUST 15th \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/harlemweek.com\/key_events\/uptown_saturday_nite.htm\" target=\"_blank\">UPTOWN SATURDAY NITE<\/a>\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11:00 AM \u2013 8:00 PM\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>West 135th St. from Malcolm X Blvd to St. Nicholas Avenue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By NativeNewYorker August in NYC means HARLEM WEEK, a unique celebration of the history, culture&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":832535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[124718155],"tags":[18032336,124718158,8941968],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2516"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8298,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516\/revisions\/8298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/832535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}