That positive force continues as Harlem Week celebrates its 50th anniversary with a host of conferences, sporting and cultural events.
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The festivities of Harlem Week 50 continue through August 18. Upcoming highlights include: August 10, Harlem 5K Run & Walk and Children’s Run, 8–11 a.m.; A Great Day in Harlem, 12 noon–7 p.m. at Grant’s Tomb ; August 12, Youth Conference and Hackathon, 10 a.m.–3 p.m.; August 14, NYC Jobs and Career Day at CCNY ; August 17, NYC Children’s Festival, 12 noon–5 p.m. at Howard Bennett Playground ; Summer in the City , featuring vocalist Eric Bent; Alex Trebek Children’s Spelling Bee, 2–4 p.m.
Marcus Garvey Park goes Latin with NY State Senator Cordell Cleare’s 2nd Annual Afro-Latino Jazz Festival on August 9, 3 p.m.–7 p.m. Headliners will include trumpeter Steven Oquendo, who puts his spin on salsa and mambo classics in the Afro-Latin tradition, and performances by the Son Del Monte Band. One of the summer’s most anticipated joys is the annual Great Jazz on the Great Hill, in partnership with the Jazzmobile and Central Park Conservancy , on August 10 this year from 4–7 p.m.
Memories and sounds of smoky, fiery nights at the storied St. Nick’s Pub will return on August 12 as Berta Indeed presents “A St. Nick’s Jam Session Live in Harlem” at Marcus Garvey Park, 2 p.m.–6 p.m. The core group will feature Patience Higgins & the Sugar Hill Quartet .
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