News for Harlem and the Harlems of the World
by Ryan Yablonski Master Sculptor Eddie Dixon was born in 1950, the son of a California African-American military family. His mother ignited his artistic spark by gifting him sculpting clay at a young age. When there was no clay available, he would carve sticks of butter at the kitchen table. Dixon claims that his remarkable […]
by Daniel Rose The horrendous video scenes of the brutal assaults suffered by Tyre Nichols – recorded by the body cameras of his assailants – may appall and even traumatize viewers. Harrowing as they are, they must be seen by those who constructively ponder American criminal justice enforcement today and who advocate pragmatically effective, real-world
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Interview by Apostolos Basiakouras One of the hottest names in the Latin-Afro house music scene today is undoubtedly Sparrow & Barbossa. I had the opportunity to meet Brian Coletta in Miami and it was the perfect timing to have this talk. Apostolos Basiakouras: Please introduce yourselves to the people who don’t know you. Brian Coletta:
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga, and New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS) Commissioner Kevin D. Kim today announced a joint initiative to bring financial counseling to jobseekers across New York City. The expansion of DCWP’s one-on-one financial
NEW YORK, NY – (January 19, 2023) – See Me As I Am: Lincoln Center’s Year-Long Celebration of Terence Blanchard launches in March 2023, the first cross-campus exploration of a single artist. Following a long and deep relationship with Jazz at Lincoln Center, and building off of 2021’s historic staging of Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up
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South Street Seaport Museum announces that the January selection of the Seaport Museum Book Club is Rats: Observations on the History & Habitat of the City’s Most Unwanted Inhabitants by Robert Sullivan. This maritime-themed book club is presented in partnership with McNally Jackson Books. Literary selections will be announced one month in advance, and both Seaport
ULY 27, 2018 – The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem yesterday acquired several important manuscripts related to the landmark work The Autobiography of Malcolm X – manuscripts that will now be available to the public for the first time. The internationally-renowned New York Public Library research center acquired the items at auction, including: All
APRIL 12, 2017- The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at The New York Public Library, today announced acquisition of the personal archive of literary icon and social critic, James Baldwin. The archive includes 30 linear feet of handwritten letters and manuscripts; handwritten and typed drafts of essays, novels, and short stories; unpublished and
Here’s what to ask when saving for the unexpected. Finances are different for everyone, and so are the life events we all go through. An emergency fund is your financial line of defense against life’s lemons. Although there are many financial rules of thumb, there is no “normal” way to handle your emergency fund. The
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NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today released New York City’s balanced $102.7 billion Preliminary Budget for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24). The budget reflects the mayor’s ongoing commitment to promoting an equitable recovery by making investments in affordable housing, keeping city streets clean, ensuring the safety of communities, and promoting a greener,
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