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New monthly giving initiative invites supporters to sustain 25 years of free theatre, arts education, and economic impact in Harlem Harlem, NY — The Classical Theatre of Harlem (CTH) announces the launch of its new fundraising campaign, “$25 for 250”, a monthly giving initiative designed to support and grow the organization’s free, community-centered programming. For more than 25 years, CTH […]

HARLEM STAGE ANNOUNCES  E-MOVES FESTIVAL 2026! Apr 20 – Apr 27, 2026 New York, NY – Harlem Stage is proud to announce its E-Moves Festival 2026. For more than 25 years, E-Moves has convened the world’s leading choreographers, dancers, dance companies, and artists of the Global Majority in an exploration of movement and message. Founded

Rev. Dr. Charles Butler is a native of Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Butler is employed by Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement, Inc. (HCCI) as the Vice President of the Equitable Development Department since 2003. He has assisted over 3500 individuals and families to become first-time homeowners. He has created and established the Small Business Workshop Initiative

Each month, we profile one or more Jazz Foundation of America musician clients, in order to give you, our generous supporters, an inside look at the myriad of issues our musician community faces. We are grateful to the musicians who grant us permission to share their story with you. RC is a 79-year-old pianist/composer residing

 By Daniel Rose Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been awarded by a huge outpouring of our voters the leadership of a uniquely complex urban metropolis, and the challenges he faces today in guiding it constructively are profound.   The municipal government’s current precarious financial position — due largely to improvidence of Mayor Mamdani’s immediately-preceding mayoral administrations of

Here in New York, there is no shortage of opportunities for seniors looking for ways to spend their time. But so many of those opportunities come at steep, inaccessible fees. Council Lifetime Learning is different. Council Lifetime Learning (also known as CLL) engages older adults through a variety of interesting and stimulating classes, mostly focusing

By Derrel Johnson From the outside, Democracy Prep Charter High School senior Kahlil Gordon looks like the average teen. He wakes up five days a week to go to school. On weekends, he works a part-time job at his deceased great-grandmother’s famous Harlem soul food eatery, Sylvia’s Restaurant. But what Gordon does after school during

By Vildana Bijedic I have been to Tanzania before. Years ago, I came chasing altitude, climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro and watching the sun rise from Uhuru Peak, measuring success in steps, oxygen and endurance. This time, when I landed, what struck me was not scale, but stillness. There was no sense of arrival as achievement. No

By Derrel Johnson The Harlem Times spoke exclusively with actress Wunmi Mosaku, who plays Annie in the movie Sinners, and Miles Caton, who plays Sammie in the same film, about working with Michael B. Jordan, Ryan Coogler, and others. What were your first thoughts when you read the script, and what attracted you to the