Harlem World Magazine

Salters Scene: P&G Orgullosa Launches “Nuevas Latinas Living Fabulosa”

By Udo Salters

On Wednesday March 25^th Golden Globe winner Gina Rodriguez joined other Latinas for the Nuevas Latinas Living Fabulosa, a forum to spotlight Latina trendsetters and their stories of confidence, strength and success.Continue reading

2 Diet Programs Get Top Marks For Long-Term Weight Loss

Trying to lose weight can be a lonely experience. That's why many people turn to commercial weight-loss programs. But not all are created equal: A new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine finds that Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig are the most effective programs for long-term weight loss. Continue reading

Restore, Rejuvenate and Wind Down During This Urban Yoga Escape

Want a jumpstart into spring: something that will rejuvenate your mind and body? Consider joining award winning author and one of Harlem World Magazine’s life, wellness and health contributors, Yolande Brener on Friday, April 17^th, 2015 for an urban yoga escape experience followed by beverage and food samples at a hot local Harlem spot.Continue reading

‘Pitch Black’ Focus On Black Scripted Series To Black TV and Web series

With television networks having recently grasped that the most loyal viewers—Blacks—want to see themselves on scripted series, the nation’s primary presenter of Black historical and contemporary stories on public television is making the case that these audiences are also clamoring for more diverse nonfiction TV and Web content. Continue reading

Sign Up For The Summer Senior Employment Program in Harlem

West Harlem Development Corporation announces its third-annual Summer Seniors Employment Program, which employs Community District 9 residents who are 55-years-old or older. Continue reading

Exclusive: Harlem Girl Monifah Premieres ‘One Moment’ (Video)

R&B Diva Monifa raised in East Harlem released her new music single video today "One Moment", from her upcoming 2015 independent album “Invincible”.Continue reading

Salters Scene: DJ Jon Quick’s 6th Annual Beauty and the Beat

By Udo Salters Ending Women History Month. DJ Jon Quick's 6th Annual Beauty and the Beat Heroines of Excellence Awards took place on March 27^that Suite 36 in midtown Manhattan. Continue reading

NYC Teens Learn From The Pros At One Hundred Black Men

More than two dozen New York City teens in the Junior One Hundred/Pathways To Success Program gathered at Pace University on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 Noon to hear from an esteemed group of panelists.Continue reading

Langston Hughes History of Jazz An Illustrated Children’s Book, 1955

Prolific poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist Langston Hughes is considered one of the fathers of jazz poetry, a literary art form that emerged in the 1920s and eventually became the foundation for modern hip-hop. Continue reading

Lynda Ireland, Former President & CEO, NY & NJ MSDC, Has Died

Lynda Ireland, the former president and CEO of the New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council (The Council) and considered one of the nation’s leading advocates in M/WBE business development, died at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital of New Brunswick, NJ at age 67 on March 27 following a long illness.Continue reading

Harlem’s Inez Dickens And Black Institute Unveil Business Report At City Hall

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Harlem City Council Inez Dickens, the Black Institute President Bertha Lewis, NYC Public Advocate Letitia James, U.S. Representative Yvette Clarke, Mount Neboh Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Johnnie M. Green Jr., Assemblyman Michael Blake; and other Council Members Kallos, Cumbo, and Eugene, minority business owners representing construction, financial services, and other sectors.Continue reading

Harlem’s Melba Moore Talks On Broadway Black Box (video)

More, more, more! Harlem diva Melba Moore sat down in March with host of Broadway Black Box, Andrew Shade at the Schomburg Center to talk about her journey in theatre, music, the book Black Broadway and of course more. Continue reading

Marcus Samuelsson: Spring Asparagus Tart Recipe

For the first time, last year, I bought a bunch of asparagus at the farmers’ market. Until that point, I had only bought asparagus from a grocery store, and it very well could have been December. I stashed the bundle in my shopping bag and walked home, unsure of how I’d prepare the vegetable.Continue reading

Harlem’s Leo Parede Is Missing, Have You Seen Him?

NYPD has issued a Silver Alert in regards to the disappearance of Leo Parede, a 73-year-old male who suffers from Alzheimer's, from the area of West 105th Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Harlem, New York. Continue reading

Car Theft In Central Harlem

On Thursday, April 2nd at 7:19 PM there was a theft of a car at 5th Avenue and Duke Ellington Circle in Central Harlem, New York.Continue reading