The Harlem duo Cam’ron and Ma$e are elevating their sports show to new heights. The duo has unveiled a lucrative 8-figure contract that brings their show, “It Is What It Is,” to the sports betting platform Underdog Fantasy. Their partnership is slated to span eighteen months. Headlined by the two seasoned rappers and University of…
Join the anti-poverty non-profit Expecting Relief onFriday, Aug. 25th, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at 2832 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11207, for a school supply distribution! Your child must be present to receive school supplies.
NYC Council Member Sandy Nurse is sponsoring a school supply and backpack giveaway on Sunday, Aug. 27th, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Highland Park (Lower Playground) located at Jackie Robinson Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11208. Sign up to attend at tinyurl.com/backpackD37.
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield and the Family Health Centers at NYU Langone will be providing back-to-school supplies like backpacks and school materials at a fair on Wednesday, August 30, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at Martin Luther Playground, 2nd Ave. and 55th St, Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The event will also provide health screenings and information, assistance from Empire
BlueCross BlueShield team with applications for health plan eligibility recertification, special entertainment for kids, demonstrations, and an adult activity area.
Also, on Wednesday, Aug. 30th, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., the New Lots Library will host a back-to-school event with free crafts, snacks, community resources and giveaways. Children will receive free backpacks and books. There will also be a science show at 3:30 p.m. This event will take place at 665 New Lots Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11207.
Seeing a movie in New York City isn’t the cheapest activity, but a one-day-only offer will bring a major discount to cinemas across the boroughs.
Sunday, August 27, marks National Cinema Day, and with that, thousands of theaters nationwide will be participating in a $4 ticket sale. More than 3,000 theaters are participating, including chains like AMC and Regal, along with more local, independent theaters. The ticket price will be consistent for all formats and screenings. $8 for a Barbenheimer double feature isn’t bad!
Visit nationalcinemaday.org for showtimes and to pre-book $4 tickets for Sunday, August 27. It’s looking like a rainy weekend, so you may want to have some indoor plans on the books.
New York State’s Office of General Services will host a surplus vehicle and equipment auction on Thursday, Nov. 2, at 9:30 a.m. at the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities – Staten Island, 930 Willowbrook Road, Staten Island.
For information about specific items up for auction, and terms of sale, visit ogs.ny.gov/nysstore or email state.surplus@ogs.ny.gov, or call 518-457-6335.
Minority Enterprise Development Week (MED Week) will take place beginning on October 10th at the Town of Hempstead Pavilion, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York 11550.
MED Week offers a venue for minority-owned firms to access information, tools, and resources to grow their businesses both domestically and internationally through networking events, workshops, and forums. The events that compose MED Week are meant to raise awareness among minority business owners and the larger business community and support these businesses in their efforts to grow to scale.
The Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce, Inc. is asking those interested in participating in MED Week to register in advance so that they can get all updates for MED Week 2023.
Economy Candy may be the happiest place in Lower Manhattan, but adding the goods to ice cream is next level.
To celebrate the end of summer,Creamline, the farm-sourced restaurant operating in partnership with Upstate New York’s Ronnybrook Farm, is debuting a milkshake collaboration with the iconic Economy Candy. The third such partnership between the downtown businesses, this milkshake will be available exclusively from Thursday, August 24 through Monday, September 4.
The Creamline Frizzles Milkshake is a Ronnybrook Farm vanilla milkshake with both crushed Skittles and pieces of freeze dried Skittles, so you can literally taste the rainbow with every sip. The milkshake will be $10 and is in honor of Economy Candy’s second location (the first expansion in 85 years!) in Chelsea Market, where Creamline is located.
Creamline and Economy’s Candy’s first-ever collab was this past March, when a Junior Mints shake helped celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. For Independence Day, the two iconic brands created a red and blue Pop Rocks milkshake for in-mouth fireworks.
When they’re not serving candy collabs, Creamline always offers burgers, chicken sandwiches (including the fan-favorite honey butter fried chicken sandwich), grilled cheese, milkshakes, and more. Standard milkshake flavors include vanilla, chocolate fudge, strawberry, two cookies and cream and peanut butter. All shakes are topped with house-made whipped cream.
Members of the United Panther Movement (UPM) brought a U-Haul truck full of food to Trenton, New Jersey, on Saturday, Aug. 14th. The event was an opportunity to serve poor people in New Jersey, UPM chair Zulu Sharod said.
“We were invited by the Black Lives Matter New Jersey (BLMNJ),” Sharod explained in a note to the AmNews. “They have no connections with the Global Network. They are a poor organization serving a poor, neglected, and often exploited constituency the Democrats or Republicans consider scum of the earth. Every year BLMNJ hosts this community event with no help from politicians or monopoly corporations. They are a donation-based organization.”
“The purpose of the United Panther Movement (UPM), its intent and impact was as an ancillary unit. Our job was to assist them. We did this as a way to build a foundational unity across the state of New Jersey with organic and grassroots organizations serving the people mind, body and soul. Panther Power!”
For more information about UPM, contact Zulu Sharod at zulusharod9@gmail.com