An Ending as a New Beginning, Day 12
Post-Production and Promotion, Day 12 Today is the last day of our Summer Arts Academy and our last day we’ll…
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Crunchtime, Day 11
Media, Music, Murals, and Dance, Day 11 Today, we took filming outside. We spent the morning outside of the Harlem…
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Showtime: Stars Align, Day 10
Media — Lights, Cameras, Action, Day 10 We had a lot on our plate today. The full crew of instructors,…
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Mott Haven Muraling with YUCA Arts & TatsCru
Join YUCA Arts, students, neighbors, and graffiti legends Tats Cru and Crash in creating the “Make Space for the Arts”…
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Picture Perfect, Day 9
Murals and Dance — Video Prep Day, Day 9 As the director of the music video we are filming tomorrow,…
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Raise Your Voice, Day 8
Music and Media — Field Trip to the Recording Studio, Day 8 Today our instructors Randy and Christine took our…
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Turn up the Value – Song Lyrics
Enjoy the lyrics for the “Turn Up the Value” song written by our Harlem Hub students during the 2018 Summer…
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A preferred genre of our School Media students is producing music videos for their favorite pop songs. This Youtube playlist…
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Colorful Choreography, Day 7
Dance and Murals, Day 7 Today was more of an organizing day where we reviewed our progress and planned what…
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I’m Invaluable Too, Day 6
Media and Music (and Murals, oh my!), Day 6 Another start to a wonderful day! Marissa and Uhey began this…
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Lights, Camera, Action, Day 5
Murals and Dance, Day 5 The kids showed up today and found a film crew from A&E Networks already set…
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Hoopin’ it since ’94
You might wonder how Thrive Sports has been organizing 3-on-3 basketball tournaments for 24 years, when it only launched officially…
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Draw up a Storyboard, Day 4
Media and Music, Day 4 Today we got into the thick of things with Media instructor Ms. Christine asking us…
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School Mentors Featured in NYC Service PSA
New York City’s new PSA promoting the need for more high school mentors features two of Thrive’s pioneering School Mentors:…
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Express Yourself, Day 3
Murals and Dance, Day 3 This morning started with dance class, and Flexx again got our blood pumping. He reiterated…
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Jedi Mind Tricks, Day 2
Media and Dance, Day 2 This morning, Christine guided our media class and we brainstormed more ideas for the music…
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Turn Up the Value, Day 1
Media and Murals, Day 1 Today is our very first day at the Harlem Hub Summer Arts Academy, and I’m…
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Introducing Valerie Freedom & The Sapling
I’m Valerie Freedom, author of The Sapling. My story begins in the Lower East Side as a teeny, tiny seed…
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