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SVU on 121, originally uploaded by Uptownflavor Photos. Law and Order SVU will be filming on 121st Street and Morningside on March 22, 2010. I am a L&O fanatic so I might actually try to catch of glimpse of my favorite TV stars in person. Filed under: Television

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Saturday, 1 to 5:30 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m., New York’s Latino communities are explored with “From the Motherlands to El Barrio: New York’s Latino Immigrant Experience.” Highlights include “Holding Up the Sky,” a Mayan creation story by the Coatlicue Theater Company; Afro-Puerto Rican bomba and plena music [...]

Mayor: Tax sugary drinks [NYP] Scandal-tainted Rep. Charles Rangel returns home to warm welcome from supporters [DN] New poll: African Americans need less time to sleep [SUNTIMES] The fall of the Harlem Club [INDEPENDENT] Trying Times for Father of New York’s Governor [NYT] ‘Drowning in Alzheimer’s’: Minorities struggle with dementia Risk not considered genetic but linked to conditions such [...]

Friday Freestyle Flavor:Lauryn Hill-Everything is Everything Filed under: Uncategorized, Video Tagged: music video

By Uptownflavor Photos. A building on the corner of 144th Street and Lenox Avenue suffered a partial roof collapse over the stormy weekend. The building housed a bodega, nail shop, and Jamaican restaurant on the lower level. The upper level was unoccupied and had for a rent sign in the window. Other businesses on the block, [...]

First the good news, Tea and Things of that Kind has opened!  I’m not sure how long they have been open and they are a bit inconspicuous, but they are indeed open for business.  You can visit them at 137th and Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. Heading west one avenue over, Charles’ Country Pan Fried has scaled back [...]

I know it has been a while since I have posted a note to the readers of Uptownflavor. Heck, it has been a while since I have posted anything to Uptownflavor.  Just know that we are down but not out. A few set backs and time constraints have taken hold, but we are still here [...]

Police Announce Parade Crackdown [CR] Counting Prisoners: The Population Politics of the Census [NYC] Appeal notice filed in closely-watched Harlem ILSA case [REALDEAL] Inside a Divided Upper East Side Public School: Whites in the front door, blacks in the back door[VOICE] Advocates Believe New York May Be Next to Legalize Medical Marijuana [[WNYC] Allies Turning on Paterson, State Police Official [...]

Shot under ViVa in Harlem Filed under: Freestyle, Video

Written by: Joseph Riley Land Kicking off the Spring 2010 season of Uptown Nights at Harlem Stage will be none other than Grammy award winner Van Hunt. Hunt, who’s been laying low since he left Capitol Records for Blue Note in 2008, has recently resurfaced – making a great impression on BET’s Mo’Nique Show – with a self-released collection, Use [...]