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Ivan Brown Realty, which Ivan Brown formed and several 
other former Dear Realty agents joined after the closing of Dear
Realty, will host an open house at their newly renovated headquarters.
The new office is across the street from Dear's former Penn-Branch Shopping
Center location and tucked beside the Exxon station at Pennsylvania and
Branch Avenues. The previous owners abandoned Brown's new building years ago, creating an eyesore needing expensive repairs. "We are glad to be a part of the revitalization of Pennsylvania Avenue east of the Sousa Bridge," says Brown. At the open house, Brown and associates will provide:
Brown will serve light refreshments, and hold a drawing for the exquisite coffee table book, Harlem Style: Designing for the New Urban Aesthetic. The open house is Saturday, June 7 from noon to 5 p.m. at 3211 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE. |
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Win dinner for two at Wazuri or a copy of the new exquisite coffee table book Jubilee: The Emergence of African-American Culture - - just for being a print subscriber or no-cost on-line subscriber. (The information you provide us is for the sole use of Port of Harlem magazine. We will not sell or distribute it to any other party.) 
Wazuri, 1836 18th Street, N.W. in Washington, D.C., serves wonderfully displayed food that tastes magnificent and represents the places Africans came from, sailed to or eventually called home. Jubilee: The Emergence of African-American Culture. With vibrant pictures, sketches, and photographs - - and in-depth text, author Howard Dodson chronicles North American slavery and its enormous impact on United States history. Dodson is Director of Harlem's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. To win, simply do one of the following before midnight Thursday, June 19, 2003 (Juneteenth):
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On June 5, The Indiana University Board of Trustees unanimously approved the 
appointment of Dr. Adam W. Herbert as the 17th president of the university.
Herbert will begin his tenure on Aug. 1. Herbert, a longtime leader in the Florida higher education system. Currently, he is Florida's Commissioner on the Education Commission of States and is a member of the Florida Federal Judicial Nominating Commission. He chaired the transition team for Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in 1998 and was co-chair of Gov. Bush's Reading Priority Transition Team for Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in 2002-03. The University's main campus is in Bloomington, Indiana with seven additional campuses across the state. Home of the Hoosiers, the Big 10 university's famous alumni include Tavis Smiley. |
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Ted Toatley
of Gallerie La Taj is retiring after 21 years of providing the
finest in African and African American art. He is holding a Retirement
Sale at their Olde Town Alexandria location, 1010 King
Street.
Friday, June 6 ...........Noon – 7:00 pm Saturday, June 7 ......10:00 am – 8:00 pm Sunday, June 8 .........Noon – 5:00 pm Live Auction: Tuesday, June 10.. ...Preview: 5:00 pm / Auction: 7:00 pm To view items, visit the gallery website. For additional information contact Myrtis Bedolla, Creative Artisans at 301/681-4575. While
in Alexandria, visit Angie's Doll
Boutique
1114 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314, 703-683-2807
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Peggy Cooper-Cafriz, DC School Board Chairperson, will join host Lillian Cooper-Wiggins, Mary Baird-Currie, and Port of Harlem publisher Wayne Young on From the Desk of Lil, a half-hour new analysis program, during the weeks of June 9 and June 16. Cooper-Cafritz answers questions about her support of vouchers and other vital issues. The show airs in Washington, D.C. on Comcast 5 and StarPower 10, Sundays at 2 pm. and repeated Wednesdays at 10 pm. Don't miss it! |
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Memorial Day 2003: There were no clouds in the sky, the temperature was in the mid 70s and 7,089 fans filled the 6,139 seat U.S. Steel Yards in downtown Gary. The city, just south of Chicago, has the largest percentage of Black residents among American cities with 100,000 or more people. Even after the Gary South Shore Railcats lost 8-4 in the 11th ending to the Schaumburg Flyers, the standing room only crowd didn't mind. It was simply a great day for a city still bouncing back from the loss of industrial jobs, and White and now Black middle-class flight to surrounding communities and to other regions of the world. One of the nation's largest Black-owned construction companies, Powers and Sons, built the stadium. Garry Templton, former National League All-Star Player, who is also an African-American, is the team manager. Local inventors in the team include two African-Americans including Gary native and Pittsburgh Pirates manager Lloyd McClendon. |
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Black Enterprise named Barden Companies, Inc. it's Company of the Year. Barden owns the only Black-owned casino in Las Vegas, NV - - Fitzgerald's Casino. The company also owns Fitzgerald's in Black Hawk, CO and Tunica, MS. In Gary, IN, the company owns Majestic Star Casino. |
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The NAACP Washington, DC Branch presents A History of Gospel Music featuring The Voices of Zion Saturday, June 14 at 7p. Coyoba African Dance Theatre and the 19th Street Baptist Church Male Chorus and Rejoice will accompany The Voices. Admission ranges from $2 to $10. Zion Baptist Church, 4850 Blagden Avenue, NW will host the event. Call 202-667-1700 for more information. |
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The Studio Theatre is the final stop on the national tour of Lackawanna Blues. Tony and Obie Award-winning actor Ruben Santiago- Hudson wrote and performs the presentation, which showcases Santiago-Hudson's memories of his youth in Lackawanna, New York. In the production, he brings to life more than 20 characters — oddballs, drifters and one incredible woman — boardinghouse proprietor Rachel "Nanny" Crosby, the woman who raised him. Santiago-Hudson was born in 1956 to a young Puerto Rican/African-American couple unprepared for the duties of parenthood. They left him with Crosby so she may raise him. Nanny and her boarders nurtured, influenced, entertained and reared Santiago-Hudson, instilling in him a sense of self-worth, morality and the love of storytelling. She showed him how to find the value in even the most defeated of those around him. With music, narrative and song, Santiago-Hudson breathes life into them. While technically a one-man show, Santiago-Hudson is joined on stage by blues master Bill Simms, Jr.. While he obtained his formal musical education at Ohio State University, his degree in the blues comes from working with many legendary musicians including Muddy Waters, Freddie King, Howlin' Wolf and Jerry Butler. Lackawana Blues runs June 6 – 22, 2003 in the Milton at The Studio Theatre, 1333 P Street, NW (Northeast corner of 14th and P Streets) in Washington, D.C. |
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Essence has chosen Port of Harlem on-line subscriber Janice Ferebee, for the "Street Warrior" Essence award. Ferebee is one of four individuals from around the USA to receive the award. The Essence Award show airs on Friday, June 27th on FOX. "I am sooooooo excited and feel so blessed. Thanks for all of your support and prayers," she told Port of Harlem. Ferebee runs a program, Go It Goin' On for our young women. "I designed the program to educate, empower and encourage girls to live better lives," she says. She is also the writer of two books, both are available at Toast and Strawberries in the nation's capitol. |
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The Field Museum of Chicago is exhibiting ancient Egyptian artifacts from the British Museum collection through August 10. |
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Lindsey Johnson, President of L. Johnson Promotions, Ltd., announced that his company will sponsor its first Greater New York Area Black Memorabilia and Collectible Show Saturday, October 25, 2003. The Crowne Plaza Meadowlands Hotel Exhibit Center in Secaucus, New Jersey will hold the event. Johnson organizes the annual Gaithersburg Antique and Collectible Show, and Greater Washington, D.C. Area Black Memorabilia and Collectible Show. |
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Port of Harlem magazine just completed two promotional events in Gary at Lake Street Gallery and S&C Snacks at the Adam Benjamin Transportation Center. McKenya Dilworth told the (Gary Daily) Post-Tribune, "I'm addicted to this magazine." Dilworth has been picking up her copy at S&C Snacks. The magazine also completed a promotional event in Washington, DC at the 39th Annual Senior Citizens Day and Service Expo. Port of Harlem magazine, in cooperation with P.O.V., will again host a film screening before its national premier on PBS's P.O.V. series. The publication will show Flag Wars, scheduled to air Tuesday, June 17 at 10pm (check local listings) - - - three days after Flag Day. There is no admission cost for the advanced screening. Us Helping Us (AIDS/HIV Social Service Agency), 811 L Street, SE, is the home of the second screening Friday, June 6, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.. Café Erico (West African Restaurant) (the home of Griot Cinema), 1344 U Street, NW, will host the last screening Tuesday, June 10 from 7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. |
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