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Third Annual Harlem EatUp! Celebrates Food & Culture of Harlem

Harlem Times Staff — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 10:05:13 +0000

The Third Annual Harlem EatUp! took place from Tuesday, May 16 to Sunday, May 21. The event, created by restaurateur, author and executive chef Marcus Samuelsson and Karlitz and Company Rresident and Founder, Herb Karlitz. At Harlem EatUp!’s signature event called “The Harlem Stroll,” for a modest fee, guests were able to sample dishes like […]

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College Career Day Lets Students Announce College Choices at Apollo Theater

Harlem Times Staff — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 06:00:21 +0000

(Harlem, New York) By Derrel Jazz Johnson On Thursday, May 11th, 2017, 255 high school seniors announced their college choices at the world famous Apollo Theater. Students announced choices such as New York University (my alma mater!), Ivy League schools like Columbia, Cornell and Princeton universities, HBCUs like Howard University, SUNY and CUNY schools, and […]

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Harlem Times Talks About Women Experience

Harlem Times Staff — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 01:35:53 +0000

Harlem Times spoke exclusively with women who attended the Women’s March on Washington. Here is what they shared. Anahi Angelone, owner of Corner Social and Angel of Harlem organized a group called Harlem Heelz to make the trip. “We organized it. Tren’ness Woods-Black (owner of Sylvia’s Restaurant), Nikoa Evans-Hendricks, and myself. We organized buses to […]

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Keith Thurman Defeats Danny Garcia in Front of Star-Studded Crowd

Harlem Times Staff — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 06:27:26 +0000

The freezing temperatures of the first Saturday in March didn’t keep boxing fans from packing into Barclays Center to watch Keith Thurman hand Danny Garcia the first loss of his career while also winning the WBC Welterweight Title and raising his record to a perfect 28-0.Boxing and entertainment royalty like Sugar Ray Leonard, 50 Cent, […]

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Ice Cube & Allen Iverson Launch Basketball League

Harlem Times Staff — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 06:46:16 +0000

By: Derrel Jazz Johnson Hip-Hop legend, actor and producer Ice Cube was joined by NBA legend and former NBA MVP Allen Iverson in New York City Wednesday to launch the BIG3, a brand-new three-on- three basketball league that launches this summer. Entertainment executive Jeff Kwatinetz, Ice Cube’s business partner in this venture, and former NBA […]

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Oso is Expanding Harlem’s Palate

Harlem Times Staff — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 23:31:18 +0000

By: Derrel Jazz Johnson When good friends and Fordham University graduates Nodar Mosiashvili and Matthew Trebek thought about opening a restaurant, Harlem was their only choice. Though Central Harlem was considered, the pair settled on the Hamilton Heights section of West Harlem to open Oso. Oso is a restaurant that was inspired by trips Matthew […]

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Veteran Law Enforcement Officer Aims to Save Black Lives

Harlem Times Staff — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 00:51:54 +0000

By Derrel Jazz Johnson In recent memory, images and stories of unarmed black men getting executed by law enforcement has flooded newspaper headlines and television news shows. Far too many times, these incidents begin with simple traffic stops that quickly escalate, leaving a victim or victims. The Harlem Times spoke exclusively with Eddie Chapman, a highly […]

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