News for Harlem and the Harlems of the World
by Keith “The Captain” Gamble Ahoy Mates!!! This is the Captain speaking! I sincerely hope that your July started as wonderfully joyous as mine! On July 1st, your Captain was blessed to attend a masterclass in comic excellence! The one and only comedy icon Eddie Griffin graced the stage on Broadway at the Sony Hall […]
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by Ryan Yablonski The USS Indianapolis was stuck by two torpedoes on July 30th, 1945, fifteen minutes after midnight. This was just three days after it had delivered the components and the scientists that would make the atomic bomb drop on Iwa Jima possible. Strange cosmic tides seem to have swept the ship as it
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One To World Honors Global Leaders and Fulbright Scholars at Annual One To World Fulbright Awards Dinner in NYC on May 24 by Kristin Rubisch One To World, an international education organization based in New York City, honored an extraordinary group of individuals who have furthered Senator J. William Fulbright’s vision of peace through international
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by Lynn Hinkle Roberts Carlton Philpot, a retired U.S. Navy Commander living in Kansas City’s northland, was inducted into the Fort Leavenworth Hall of Fame on May 10th, along with the late Major General Raymond Burton, Commander of the Fourth Infantry Battalion in WWII. The Hall of Fame honors “outstanding military and civilian leaders of
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Marlene Walters, age 56, passed away after a brief battlewith cancer on Sunday June 26, 2022. She is survived by hertwo sons, Johnathan and Jordan Blassingame who made upthe entirety of her world. Marlene was born in Jamaica,West Indies, and moved to New Jersey in 1976. Sheattended St. Joseph’s Grammar School and the Academy ofthe
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Harlem’s Hidden Treasure, Now an Official Historic Landmark by Keith “The Captain” Gamble Ahoy Mates! This is The CAPTAIN speaking! Well, it’s been a long time — I mean a long time — since we’ve been here at HARLEMUSIC! I’m so pleased to be back to give you the 411 about the comings and goings-on
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by Daniel Rose An anxious American public, frightened over growing threats to their children by dangerous weapons in the hands of menacing irresponsibles, are demanding governmental protection. History tells us that in America (as opposed to most other nations) such furor after a disaster soon dies down, with nothing specific being done; and gun control
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by Ryan Yablonski The legacy of USS Indianapolis, on the surface, is a Jaws style Hollywood horror movie. After the ship was struck by torpedoes launched from a Japanese submarine in the twilight hours of WWII, the remaining 900 sailors were left to survive in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Like a recurring dream,
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by Jan Gloor In 1989, the Harlem Educational Activities Fund (HEAF) was started in a small quaint office to teach kids chess. Many of these students came from our own communities, many coming from underprivileged backgrounds. After two years, the program produced the first African-American International Grandmaster, Maurice Ashley. As HEAF grew, the organization began
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Artist, Philip Smallwood, defines the state of art, race, and progress. by Marlie Messena Ask the average American about their favorite artist and you may get a bashful look and an embarrassed mumble. What about a household name in the art world? Likely Picasso, possibly Monet or Michelangelo. The more cosmopolitan may be enthused to