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By Brown, Ann
Publication: Black Enterprise
Date: Sunday, July 1 2001

When you scream for ice cream, try two new flavors from Ben & Jerry's: Apple Crumble, an apple, cinnamon streusel, and caramel combo and Island Paradise, a mix of pineapple, passion fruit swirl, and coconut. A portion of the sales from these ice cream delights will benefit the Tom Joyner

Foundation, a nonprofit organization that aids students at HBCUs (historically black colleges and universities). * Harlem heats up on July 14 with the Louis Armstrong 100th Birthday Blowout! Celebration at Aaron Davis Hall at City College (West 135 St. and Convent Ave.; 212-650-7289). The free event will feature performances of Armstrong's music by various local and national artists. There'll also be a BBQ feast to nibble. Festivities start at 7 p.m. * Renowned playwright Charlayne Woodard brings her autobiographical one-woman play In Real Life, to Los Angeles' Mark Taper Forum (135 N. Grand Ave.; 213-628-2772). The play runs from July 29 to September 16. Tickets range from $30 to $44. * Visit all the African American hot spots and cultural highlights in San Francisco with the new "Soul in the City" self-guided tour. Get a free brochure online (www .destinationsf.com) or receive all 10 brochures about the city's ethnic diversity for a $5.60 shipping and handling fee by calling 415-283-0177.

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