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Breaking Through Mainstream with Fashion’s Harlem Row

By Shea Zaphir Fashion Pioneer Lois K. Alexander believed in her destiny and she believed in revealing the truth of America’s history of fashion that includes endless designers of color. As an educated seamstress with a masters degree during the civil rights movement, Lois understood firsthand what it was like to be on the frontlines

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RIVERBANK STATE PARK: A NEIGHBORHOOD WONDERLAND

By Theresa Racine What a difference 20 years makes! Originally planned for construction in a predominately white and upper-middle class neighborhood, the North River Sewage Treatment Plant eventually found its’ home in West Harlem.  The Plant stretches eight blocks along the Hudson River from 137th street to 145th street.   In 1985, concerned over the odors

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The Bold and Beautiful

By Shea Zephir  |  @sheazephir As the old school Hip-Hop beats of Slick Rick played on the stereo courtesy of female DJ C. Devon the intimate atmosphere bellowed young fashionistas, writers, photographers and fans of Kimberly Goldson for the private launch of her Fall/Winter 2013 collection.  Ambitious, vibrant, and back on the fore front of

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Rome Neal’s Banana Puddin’ Jazz 10th Anniversary Benefit & Concert    

Ahoy Mates! This is the Captain speaking! On April 7, 2003, a young man embarked on mission to present the Arts of Music & Theatre to the New York/tri-state masses. Award winning actor/director/jazz producer/vocalist, Rome Neal, after going out to many jazz clubs, doing research in order to develop his Thelonious Monk character in Laurence Holder’s

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