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For the first time in years the BID selected a new vendor to
string the holiday lights over W.
181st Street.
Walk down W. 181st Street and it might seem like business as usual, but look closely and you’ll notice changes that could signal a renaissance for the heart of Washington Heights.
After greeting innumerable sick children and their parents during a 28-year career at what is now Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, Eva Vasquez retired on Thu., Nov. 11. PHOTO: Mike Fitelson
The blues are coming to Northern Manhattan.
And rather than wail, you’ll be expected to dance along.
Seniors enjoy Thanksgiving at ARC XVI Ft. Washington
Senior Center
last year. Donating to the senior center is one way locals can help the needy
this holiday season.
As the temperature begins to steadily decrease and we begin to dust off winter coats and snow boots, the start of the holiday season looms close by.
After a year-long makeover, Indian Road Playground adjacent to Inwood Hill Park reopened Sun., Nov. 14 with a new Native American theme. Several of the activities were removed after complaints from Native Americans who found them at best unrepresentative of the local Lenape traditions and at worse offensive.
Police say a 34-year-old woman was robbed of her credit cards on Indian Road at W. 218th Street by two perpetrators who simulated having a firearm on Wed., Nov. 10 around 6:30 p.m. According to other reports the woman was with her 17-month-old child in Inwood Hill Park at the time and that her assailants were teenage boys.
The Saint Spyridon Philoptochos Society will hold its annual bazaar at the Saint Spyridon Church Hall located at 124 Wadsworth Ave. between W. 179th and W. 180th Streets from Nov. 19 to 21. The hours will be Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Enjoy many bargains on boutique items, costume jewelry, housewares, gift items, delicious Greek homemade pastries and more with coffee. Proceeds from the bazaar will support the society’s philanthropic work.
Purporting to be “The Best in the Heights!” Hebrew Tabernacle Congregation’s annual rummage sale is scheduled for Sunday and Monday, Nov. 21 and 22 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 551 Fort Washington Ave. at W. 185th Street.
by Gloria Pazmiño
City Council Member Robert Jackson, who chairs the Council’s education committee, is urging Mayor Bloomberg and Deputy Mayor for Education Dennis Walcott to withdraw Cathleen Black’s nomination for the position of New York City schools chancellor.
by Luis Miranda
Ten years. A decade. How happy we are that the Manhattan Times – which began as a personal dream with the collaboration of David Keisman and Roberto Ramirez – has become, little by little, a community institution. Week after week, in Spanish and English, the community receives a recap of what’s happening in the neighborhood. The stories are chosen carefully. They are published bilingually – with our respect for the reader. The pictures and design are tasteful and artistic.
The creamy sweetness of Avena, known as oatmeal around the
world, takes a different shape with a Latin American twist: sip for comfort.
For some it’s the childhood memories that return with the first sip. For others it’s how it warms the body before a chilly commute. Whatever the reason, avena is the drink of choice this morning at Nelly’s Bakery located on the corner of W. 160th Street and Amsterdam Avenue.
Actors John Daggett and Nadia Bowers in
conversation at dusk, when it’s no longer clear who is the “dog” and who is the
“wolf.”
There is a time of the day, just before darkness sets in, when visibility becomes difficult. Colors fade, outlines become indistinguishable, features and mannerisms are cloaked in obscurity, and all the normal clues we rely on become murky.
by Rita Calderon
Thanksgiving is coming! As usual, my mind draws up an internal list of all I have to be thankful for, alongside the list of daily complaints. Normally it’s a joy to cook, but I won’t be at the stove this year due to a torn tendon in my finger. Normally a joy to see my family, this year the long drive, worrying about my finger on the wheel, will be a burden on my precious energy. So here I am again, with grace and griping each tugging my sleeves for attention. My solution, following my cat’s lead, is to sit and ruminate about my life in general.
A Brazilian steakhouse is set to open around the historic Seaman-Drake Arch on Broadway and W. 217th Street.
Those wishing to look beyond the restaurants and lounges along the Dyckman Street corridor for their next night out might want to start looking north, far north.
November 8 – November 13
We began the week with coverage of A Night with Junot Diáz, a benefit for CoSMO Clinic, which took place on November 6 at Columbia University Medical Center. Those of us in attendance were treated to an all-encompassing talk on healthcare in the U.S., Dominican politics, literature and so much more. In addition to a reading of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot shared many insights into the writing of the book and gave us previews into what else he has in the works.
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