Watch Four Live Performances By Harlem’s Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday’s name has been in the news lately for some reasons that remind us of the tragedies she sang about and those she endured. First, there was the story of the rather appallingly tone-deaf PR firm who thought one of Holiday’s most well-known recordings, “Strange Fruit”—a song about lynching—would make a great name for their brand. Continue reading
Hip-Hop’s Past On Display in New Photo Exhibit
Sylvia’s Tren’ness Woods-Black Talks Harlem’s Vibrant Future
Mama C: Urban Warrior in the African Bush At Maysles In Harlem
The film explores Charlotte O'Neal's, aka Mama C's, decade's long project of coming to terms with who she is an African American raised in Kansas City, KS, the "jazz-capital of the world," who has lived most of her life in Africa, the place from where her ancestors were forced to make the "middle-passage."Continue reading
Bad News But Good News – The Renaissance Casino and Ballroom In Harlem
Apply To Rent In Luxury Harlem Building Near Central Park For $675 A Month
Live Stream: Funeral services for Dr. Yosef A. A. Ben- Jochannan
7-Eleven Replaces Local Businesses In East Harlem
Seitu’s World: Sharpton At The Sheraton Hotel In NYC (photos)
HW’s Danny Tisdale Talks Harlem EatUp, Books, Food… in Harlem (video)
HW Pick: Rhiannon Giddens At The Town Hall
Harlem Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito And NYC Council Members Kick off Participatory Budgeting
Today, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and New York City Council Members kicked off the voting period for New York City’s 2014-2015 participatory budgeting cycle — now the largest such process in the nation.Continue reading