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Harlem Summer Nights, formerly known at the Uptown Night Market, is moving to Fridays. A popular Harlem food festival has a new name—and schedule. The former Uptown Night Market is now known as Harlem Summer Nights, hosting more than 50 vendors every Friday night starting on July 10 and running through August 21 from 5pm to 10pm. Like its previous incarnation, the market will st...

Grant's Tomb is the setting for live jazz every Wednesday this summer starting July 8. Harlem is home to many free outdoor jazz concerts every summer, but there's one that stands out: Jazzmobile's Summerfest series at Grant's Tomb and Marcus Garvey Park. And it kicks off this week. The venerable Harlem-based jazz organization begins its season of outdoor concerts with a perfoman...

The George Washington Bridge tower lights now shine nightly. It's official—the George Washington Bridge's towers now shine every night. The Port Authority of NY/NJ announced on Monday that the towers would be lit nightly starting this week, just in time for the country's 250th birthday. The agency finished installing new energy-efficient LED lights last year as part of its $2 bi...

You already know about NYC's free outdoor pools, but what about the one uptown oasis not on the city's list? Yes, we're talking about the outdoor pool at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park. Operating on a separate schedule from city pools, this state-run pool was slated to open on July 4, but due to the heat wave opened early on Wednesday, July 1 with temporary expanded hours (u...

The Richard Rodgers Amphitheater in Marcus Garvey Park. The Classical Theatre of Harlem returns this month to the amphitheater in Marcus Garvey Park with a free outdoor production of Shakespeare's "Othello." The play—directed by Carl Cofield and featuring choreography by Tiffany Rea-Fisher—tells the tragic tale of the North African general Othello who is tricked into suspecting ...