News for Harlem and the Harlems of the World
In honor of the poet laureate of Harlem, 2014 marked the 29th annual award ceremony and 40th year of the Langston Hughes Festival, hosted by the City College of New York (CCNY) in Harlem. Each year the award goes to a Black writer whose work has lasting impact and is in line with the democratic, […]
Walter Mosley, Recipient of the 2014 Langston Hughes Medal Read More »
Hinton Battle Hinton Battle is one of the most prolific entertainers of our generation. Mr. Battle is a Broadway performer, three-time Tony Award winner, multi-award recipient, singer, television actor, producer, director, stage and cinematic choreographer, and now the founder of two dance schools. Upon arriving to the interview, I was met warmly by Mr. Battle
PlayDate; Creative Artists of Broadway Read More »
Many people think they have an understanding of Marie Dionne Warrick. Surprisingly, this second most-charted female vocalist of all time, with 69 singles in the Billboard Hot 100, consistently recreates herself as a performer and business woman. An amazing vocalist, whose career has spanned for more than four decades, Dionne Warwick takes her artistry to
A WOMAN FOR ALL SEASONS Read More »
Title: It’s Only a Play AUTHOR TERRENCE McNALLY DIRECTOR JACK O’BRIEN CAST F. MURRAY ABRAHAM MATTHEW BRODERICK STOCKARD CHANNING MEGAN MULLALLY RUPERT GRINT NATHAN LANE MICAH STOCK An updated revival, IT’S ONLY A PLAY has a stellar cast of Broadway veterans portraying a mishmash of unconventional personalities. The troupe of self-absorbed, zany characters and
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It’s impossible to be in more than one place at any given time. That is a law of reality as we know it. However sound or music has the power to unleash a psycho-chemical reaction in the mind, or perhaps the soul of the listener giving one the ability to transport themselves from their immediate
How The Blues Transcends Time and Space Read More »
The Gods have finally spoken! As if coming down from their perch, they came in limos, they came in Rolls, some had a cane, and others even rolled up in a wheelchair – but they ALL rolled up at Hudson Studios for the 23rd Annual Jazz Loft Party held by the Jazz Foundation of America
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The empty auditorium slowly filled with an eclectic mix of people that extended across the usual racial, generational, and social confines that bind society into neat divisions. As the National Museum of American History’s amphitheater became packed with jazz aficionados, members of the State Department, and multiple living legends, the imperceptible buzz of white noise
In Harlem’s historic Sugar Hill district there is a wealth of black history housed in a quaint corner brownstone at 419A Convent Avenue. There you will find the renowned Essie Green Galleries, home to artworks by African American artists, such as Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden, Lois Mailou Jones, and Norman Lewis. Sherman Edmiston is President
Harlem’s Own Essie Green Galleries: Black Master Works within Reach Read More »