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The vibrancy and rich range of activity of a community planning for itself and being planned by others will list the organizations and institutions large and small seeking to redefine its material, cultural, economic and intellectual worth.

Linked to the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council mainwebsite www.lmcc.net , this section will promote and market the events of LMCC's partners in Harlem; our Up-town based constituents; and those of other presenters or stakeholders in the community.

For further information about upcoming events, contact Dorothy Desir



 



a salon-type discussion revolving around the challenges faced by
small community-based businesses in Harlem as its Second Renaissance unfolds

AUGUST 23RD from 5 to 7PM at VICTORY BARBERSHOP 2550 Seventh Avenue
(between 147th & 148th Streets)

 



Affordable and public housing coupled with ethnic tension is gradually becoming an issue as high and
popular culture are making their way to an area of the City that is assertively re-defining itself as
an important cultural nexus of Manhattan.

OCTOBER 24TH 2001 from 6:30PM to 8:30PM at ST. CECILIA'S CHURCH
(106th between Park Ave. & Lexington)

 


The first and only true Renaissance of Harlem occurred in the 1930's. Its legacy is largely
the culture of African Americans. However the schism brought on by a changing economy is
affecting perceptions of the valuable contributions made by that community. Collective
intellectual property in the public domain and the rhythms that define place and formulate memory
provide communities with a sense of place - but how does a community re-negotiate the transient,
and ephemeral currency that is culture attributing it with economic value so that it may be
perceived as capital? Can cultural capital procure the same tenancy in communities as ownership
of its material remnants (land, real estate)?

NOVEMBER 11th 2001 from 3PM to 5PM at THE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM


Regardless of our orientation, all societies exhibit cultural norms and aesthetic sensibilities in
many ways. They range from formal site of presentation like museums and theaters to clothing,
cuisine, and daily greetings. Often the localized movement of people is accompanied by lack of
knowledge, familiarity, ignorance or indifference to the day-to-day habits of new sites of residency.
Unresolved cultural differences and the lack of civility contribute to the daily deterioration of the
quality of life of a community, and dismantle the possibility of civic dialogue that cultural workers,
policy makers and other members of a community attempt to create. As we move towards globalized
economies, creating global ethics, a common set of personal actions, principles and norms must evolve
in each global village found. How and in what forums do the excavated boundaries of local societies
contribute to the formation of larger international norms and affect systems of global governance?

DECEMBER 9TH 2001 from 4PM to 6PM at PAULA COOPER/OUSMANE GUEYE GALLERY
   
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