NEW THIS MORNING

New York City mayoral hopeful Adolfo Carrión helped a major developer win approval for an apartment and retail space project while serving as Bronx Borough President in exchange for providing an architect to make renovations to Carrión's home, the News reports: http://nydn.us/13nFBbF   The New York City Council voted overwhelmingly to pass two bills that would restrict the city's cooperation with federal authorities on deporting immigrants, with Bloomberg expected to sign both bills into law, The New York Times writes: http://nyti.ms/13odvgk   Donovan Richards, the former chief of staff to former City Councilman James Sanders, was officially declared victorious in the special election to fill Sanders' seat, with additional paper ballots bringing his victory margin to 80 votes, the News reports: http://nydn.us/YAOAAz

Fw: Harlem Heritage Tours Offers a Tour of Literary Harlem

Harlem Heritage Tours offers A Tour of Literary Harlem to compliment the Harlem Book Fair experience. Dear Book Lovers & Words People, The weekend of July 19 marks the 15th anniversary of the Harlem Book Fair and we are asking you to join us for a most signature event. Along with our outdoor celebration of books, authors, and exhibitors, our author main stage, indoor author panel discussions, readings and workshops will offer surprising and engaging entertainment for every type of booklover.  Under the banner of  New Voices, New Vision, we will celebrate theater, books to film, e-book authors and e-book workshops (I know you like to turn that page but trust when I say e-readers are seductive and here to stay. I have 5 two-hundred page books by my bed waiting to be read! How many do you have???) We can talk about it at the Harlem Book Fair. Leading up to the book fair are the Friday night Wheatley Book Awards at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Featuring the music of Atiba Wilson and the Befo Quotet,  and the Harlem Book Fair Poets of the Dispossessed, the Grammy Awards will have nothing on this event. You can preview our awards nominees now (or nominate your own) at the Wheatley Awards Nominations page. Here is your link to your reservation to the 2013 Wheatley Book Awards Program. Reserve seats now or forever hold your peace (I had to look that one up.) Does it sound like I am having fun? Does it sound like I am excited by the 15th Anniversary celebration of the Harlem Book Fair? I am. And check out our hotel discounts from Aloft Harlem and Marriott Hotel partners! Books, Film, Theater, E-Books, Music, Poetry, Food, and Awards? File this one under Too Good to Miss. Here is your link to your HBF 2013 Exhibitor Application. A whole bunch of somebodies are going to want to buy your book! Please set your calendars and pass the Word! Words People, this is our event and we are going to fill the house! See you in July!   Max Rodriguez Founder, Harlem Book Fair Cruise the historic streets of the Black capital of the world and see over 40 historic locations associated with Harlem's history. Special attention will be paid to sights pertaining to literary Harlem such as the Amsterdam Newspaper Office, the Langston Hughes House, Niggerarti Manor, Strivers Row, Dark Tower and the former residence of Rudolph Fisher. This multimedia experience takes you to actual sights and locations and presents applicable archival footage, rare prints and recordings at the sights where history happened. Tours should be more than guides speaking for history; the  Harlem Book Fair Multimedia Bus Tour allows history to speak for itself. Working with community partners, such as the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and the Apollo Theater, Harlem Heritage Tours has developed a series of multimedia bus/walking tours that present archival video and sound at the very sight where history happened, adding a human touch while bringing the past to life. We hope you will add this piece of history to your Harlem Book Fair weekend!  WHERE TO STAY. Will Your Harlem Book Fair Weekend be a Harlem experience or a New York City experience? Enjoy either with a Harlem Book Fair Hospitality discount provided by our HBF Hospitality Partners! Visit www.harlembookfair.com to explore your options and reserve a room! Or click below!     HARLEM BOOK FAIR COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Fw: BeFORE it's too late...

Final weeks of Fore & Spring 2013 Exhibitions + Projects Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Studio Museum | E-Newsletter | February 27, 2013  studiomuseum.org/event-calendar Final weeks of Fore! If you have not seen our Fall/Winter 2012–13 exhibition yet, now is the time! Fore is on view through March 10. The Artist's Voice: West Coast Vernacular Thursday, March 7, 2013, 7pm Franklin Sirmans, Head Curator of Contemporary Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art moderates a conversation with Fore artists Sadie Barnette, Noah Davis and Brenna Youngblood. The conversation will focus on the artists' processes, participation in Fore and the influence west coast culture has had on their work.   Tickets are limited. Click here to reserve seats. Hands On: Books & Authors, Kids! With Special Guest Jacqueline Woodson, author of Show Way! Sunday, March 3, 2013, 2pm Enjoy an interactive storytelling experience as Jacqueline Woodson reads from her picture book, Show Way, a story inspired by her own family history. Enjoy a hands-on art project after story time, and have your book signed by the author! To RSVP, please visit www.studiomuseum.org/event-calendar   Fore is made possible thanks to Leadership Support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Major support provided by Jacques and Natasha Gelman Trust and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.  Additional support is provided by the Ed Bradley Family Foundation. The Artist's Voice is made possible, in part, by MetLife Foundation and an endowment established by the Ron Carter Family in memory of Studio Museum in Harlem Trustee, Janet Carter. Family Programs are funded, in part, by Council Member Inez E. Dickens, 9th Council District, Speaker Christine Quinn and the New York City Council. Images: (left, from top to bottom) Fore (installation view). Photo: Adam Reich / Franklin Sirmans. Courtesy the Menil Collection. Photo: George Hixson; Brenna Youngblood, Buffalo Burger, 2012. Courtesy the artist and Honor Fraser, Los Angeles/ Jacqueline Woodson, author of Show Way. Courtesy the author. (right, from top to bottom): Abigail DeVille, Haarlem Tower of Babel, 2013. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Adam Reich/ Fred Wilson, Local Color (installation view), 1993. Courtesy the artist. The Studio Museum in Harlem; Gift of the Artist,  09.5.1/ Sadie Barnette, Untitled (Boombox), 2012. Courtesy the artist   Upcoming at the Studio Museum Target Free Sundays: March 3, 2013 1pm: Gallery Tour: Fore Enjoy an interactive and informative tour of Fore with a knowledgeable museum educator. The tour will have something for everyone: adults, families and kids of all ages are welcome! Target Free Sundays: March 10, 2013 1pm: Gallery Tour: Fore Explore Fore on its closing day! 2pm: Hands On: Line, Texture and Collage Join this workshop to construct monochromatic textured collages inspired by Fore artist Yashua Klos. Create your work of art using a variety of paper, shapes, pencil and markers. Wednesday, March 13, 2013 11am: Lil' Studio: Torn Paper Assemblage Parents with little ones ages 2.5 to 4 are invited to the Studio Museum to enjoy art-making and other activities that encourage creative time and bonding. Lil' Studio is free, refreshments will be provided. Pre-registration is required.   Spring 2013 Exhibitions + Projects Opening March 28, 2013 David Hartt: Stray Light Fred Wilson: Local Color Mendi + Keith Obadike: American Cypher Ayé Aton: Space-Time Continuum Assembly Required: Selections From the Permanent Collection Brothers and Sisters Harlem Postcards Spring 2013: Alex Da Corte, Ugo Rondinone, Jumoke Sanwo, Letha Wilson On view through June 30, 2013 Gordon Parks: A Harlem Family 1967 Harlem Postcards Tenth Anniversary Things We Love This Week Assistant Curator Lauren Haynes interviewed by NBC New York on Gordon Parks: A Harlem Family 1967 Huffington Post Arts's "30 Black Artists Under 40 You Should Know" Ralph Lemon's new book, Come home Charley Patton The upcoming Black Collectivities Conference at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and the Block Museum, Northwestern University Copyright © 2013 The Studio Museum in Harlem, All rights reserved. You've expressed an interest in The Studio Museum in Harlem. Our mailing address is: The Studio Museum in Harlem 144 West 125th Street New York, NY 10027 Add us to your address book

Fw: REMINDER...Two very important African American History screenings not to be missed - Wed. Feb 27th and Thurs. Feb 28th at 7:00pm

Two very important African American History screenings not to be missed   RSVP and order tickets via eventbrite.com   Date:  Wednesday, February 27th Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm    Venue: MAYSLES CINEMA 343 Lenox Avenue New York, NY 10027    http://yhblackhistoryfilmscreening.eventbrite.com   Y.U.N.G. Harlem      RSVP and order tickets via eventbrite.com   Date:  Thursday, February 28th Time: 7:00pm     Venue: MLK Labor Center (Auditorium) 310 West 43rd Street (bet. 8th and 9th avenues)       Shades of Truth Event Brite   Shades of Truth Theatre     YoungMissCEOs, Inc 145 West 135th Street New York, New York 10030 646-359-9985   JOIN YMCs' MAILING LIST      Review our archived newsletters   Forward this email YoungMissCEOs, Inc | 145 West 135th Street | New York | NY | 10030

NEW THIS MORNING

NEW THIS MORNING: * Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind apologized for wearing blackface and an afro wig at a party celebrating the Jewish holiday of Purim after initially dismissing criticism of the costume, The New York Daily News writes: http://nydn.us/YTfRge The Bloomberg administration has employed a new legal strategy intended to curb the number of civil rights lawsuits against New York City by contesting weaker cases in court rather than offering settlements to avoid trial, The New York Times writes: http://nyti.ms/V4bzpC Two months after issuing an audit excoriating the Bloomberg administration for allowing overbilling in a contract with Hewlett Packard, New York City Comptroller John Liu awarded the company a $550,000 no-bid contract for printing services, The New York Post writes: http://bit.ly/127nE1w A state Senate committee will take up a bill that would legalize Mixed Martial Arts fighting, reigniting a perennial debate in Albany where Assembly Democrats have typically blocked professional MMA fighting due to moral objections, the Times-Union reports: http://bit.ly/13dhYlY

TALKING POINTS

TALKING POINTS: Politicians and experts weigh in on how to amend the new state gun legislation in New York. Share your own opinions by leaving an online comment or posting a response via Twitter: http://bit.ly/Yuotep

Fw: POP ROSA PARKS COMMEMORATION! TOMORROW!

THE PEOPLES ORGANIZATION FOR PROGRESS PO BOX 22505 NEWARK, NJ 07101 973 801 0001 www.njpop.org CONTACT: LAWRENCE HAMM February 19, 2013   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   ROSA PARKS LEGACY APPRECIATED AT IRVINGTON TERMINAL!   On Sunday, February 24th, the People's Organization for Progress and the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) will host a memorial rally to observe the centennial birth anniversary of Civil Rights legend Rosa Parks. This gathering will take place at 2pm at the Irvington Bus Terminal's memorial plaque dedicated to Parks. The Irvington Bus Terminal, operated by NJ TRANSIT, is located at 1085 Clinton Avenue in downtown Irvington. The terminal is at the intersection of Springfield Avenue and Clinton Avenue in the heart of the Irvington business district. The Rosa Parks Memorial plaque is located on the Clinton Avenue side of the terminal. The plaque was installed several years ago at the behest of the NJ chapter of COMTO. Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913. She passed away October 24, 2005. The event will spotlight how Parks' incredible act of defiance daring to face arrest to protest segregated busing in Montgomery, Alabama back on December 1, 1955, not only sparked the epic Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the end of segregated busing in Alabama, but the beginning of the end of segregated public transportation in the whole country. "Let us appreciate that would Rosa Parks did, she did at considerable to her own life," said Lawrence Hamm, founding chairman for the People's Organization for Progress. "On top of facing arrest, she could have been beaten, raped and killed, but with her legendary courage and grace, she did it anyway and we have a whole lot more dignity now as result," he finished emphatically. For more information, please call 973 801 0001…   # -- --