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A love letter to Bud Powell, a Harlem Week tribute to Maxwell and the late Richard Smallwood, and a brand-new Brooklyn Jazz Festival. Our Jazz Notes columnist has the roundup. #JazzNotes #HarlemWeek2026
Spotlight: Bud Powell documentary, Harlem Week, Brooklyn Jazz FestThis week's Jazz Notes highlights a documentary about pianist Bud Powell, one of bebop's greatest architects.amsterdamnews.com"It starts with the player relationship." New Liberty head coach Chris DeMarco on rebuilding a title contender with a very talented, very banged-up roster. #NYLiberty #WNBA
Can the aspirational Liberty recapture their championship potential?The core of the New York Liberty team that won the WNBA championship two seasons ago remain the cornerstones of the franchise.amsterdamnews.comAmNews Executive Editor Madison Gray joined HARLEM WEEK Second Vice Chair Tamiko Evans on PIX 11 News to talk HARLEM WEEK 2026. Watch: https://bit.ly/4xltnjA #HarlemWeek2026 #Harlem #NYC
POPSICLE, the inaugural Harlem Fashion Show, kicked off HARLEM WEEK 2026 at Jackie Robinson Park — spotlighting Black designers, entrepreneurs, and HBCU models. Full story: https://bit.ly/4g8dNSo 📸 Nafissatou Yattassaye, Autumn Wynn #HarlemWeek2026 #POPSICLE #BlackFashion
"There could be a little Black girl out there somewhere who could see me...and think, that's possible." A New Yorker's shot at the new Women's Pro Baseball League. #WPBL #WomensBaseball
It’s batter up for Stephanie Everett, the New Yorker aiming to play pro baseballStephanie Everett is excited by the launch of the Women’s Professional Baseball League (WPBL), which begins play on August 1.amsterdamnews.comBlack activist groups across the Americas launch a new networking hub in Bogota to coordinate anti-racist organizing amid a widening global pushback. #BlackLiberation #Colombia
Global Black activists meet in Colombia to establish multinational anti-racist platformGlobal Black activists held urgent meetings this month to counter rising, worldwide threats to Black rights.amsterdamnews.com"Ballet is not one thing." Misty Copeland's guest-curated Joyce Ballet Festival opens August 4 with a genuinely global, genuinely diverse lineup. #MistyCopeland #Ballet
Misty Copeland curates Joyce Ballet Festival, August 4–16Trailblazing Black ballerina Misty Copeland is curating the amazing two-week Joyce Ballet Festival 2026, from August 4–16.amsterdamnews.comFrom Sylvia's to a viral tanghulu stand, Harlem Summer Nights is proving some of the city's best Friday nights happen off the ticketed-festival circuit. #HarlemSummerNights #AmNewsFood
Harlem Summer Nights! Food. Music. Community. A Vibe!Experience Harlem Summer Nights with amazing food, live music, and vibrant community gatherings.amsterdamnews.comHarlem Week enters its 52nd year under new leadership for the first time since co-founder Lloyd Williams's death last August. "Harlem does not feel a noticeable difference" is the goal, says new first vice chair L. Ade Williams. #HarlemWeek2026 #Harlem
New HARLEM WEEK leadership carries new baton, poised to create new legacyThe new executive leadership of Harlem Week was announced in March, highlighting new leaders who have learned from the previous generation.amsterdamnews.comHARLEM WEEK 2026 starts today! First up: NYC Summer Streets, 7 a.m.–3 p.m., 109th & Park to 125th & ACP Jr Blvd. Bike, walk, skate, dance on car-free streets. Full schedule: https://bit.ly/4yT6fuc #HarlemWeek2026 #Harlem #NY
The Popsicle Streetwear Fashion Show turns Jackie Robinson Park into a runway Saturday for 10 Black designers and 35+ #HBCU models. Free and open to all. See more here: https://bit.ly/4pN3Aho #HarlemWeek2026 #BlackFashion
Edgar Berlanga answers his critics with a seventh-round TKO of Steven Butler at Madison Square Garden. #Boxing #EdgarBerlanga
Edgar Berlanga gets back on track with a TKO win at the GardenBrooklyn's Edgar Berlanga returned to the ring Sunday at MSG's Theater, seeking redemption after his July KO loss to Hamzah Sheeraz.amsterdamnews.comHARLEM WEEK 2026's first week is stacked — Summer Streets (Aug. 1), Imagination Film Festival (Aug. 3), National Night Out (Aug. 4), Climate Change Conference (Aug. 5). Full calendar: https://bit.ly/4vXEFcs #HarlemWeek2026 #Harlem #NYC
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"No family should be left to learn that a loved one entered the city's custody alive, only to be told hours later that he had died." A 29-year-old's death in DOC custody demands answers. #Rikers #CriminalJustice
Death of NYC man in city custody in Bronx courthouse frustrates reform advocatesCity custody death at Bronx courthouse has reform advocates calling for accountability and systemic improvements.amsterdamnews.comNewport Jazz Festival returns this weekend with Miles Davis and Coltrane centennial tributes, Herbie Hancock, and Thundercat. Our guide to who to see. #NewportJazz
Newport Jazz 2026: Highlights and whom to seeThe Newport Jazz Festival returns to Fort Adams State Park in Rhode Island this weekend from July 31–August 2.amsterdamnews.com"People are afraid of failing, but failure is not doing anything at all." A Harlem-rooted debut novelist on grief, magic, and Black Girl Magic made literal. #BlackNewYorkers #Harlem
How one writer used her lived experience to elevate Harlem and tell her family’s storySparked by a lack of Black NYC representation in books, Candice Miller-Brathwaite turned a surgery recovery into her first novel.amsterdamnews.comApply for our upcoming Fall Internship Program! Go to amsterdamnews.com/internships.
"The road to a reliably 9-0 map runs through Memphis." A federal panel lets Tennessee's redrawn, majority-Black-splitting congressional map stand. #VotingRights #Redistricting
Federal judges allow new Tennessee congressional map that splits majority-Black district in MemphisFederal judges approve Tennessee congressional map that splits majority-Black district in Memphis.amsterdamnews.comHarlem Week 2026 kicks off youth programming with a hackathon, a teen-led Youth Conference, and the Alex Trebek Children's Spelling Bee. See more: https://bit.ly/4xc3gey #HarlemWeek2026