Jill Marie Lawrence Reflects On Harlem’s Maya Angelou

It doesn’t get any better than, two diva’s in one photograph. Here’s Harlem fave and celebrity Jill Marie Lawrence and Harlem poet Dr. Maya Angelou in the back yard in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes, I would like to receive emails…

Firehouse, East Harlem, 1890’s, Updates (video)

A photograph of the Firehouse horses running to a fire from Engine Firehouse 53 station (somewhere) in East Harlem, New York, 1890’s. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes, I would like to receive emails from Harlem World Magazine. (You can unsubscribe anytime)Constant Contact Use.…

HW Pick: Moguldom Studios’ ‘TheSwirl’ Today!

Our friends at 135th St. Agency sends us info about Moguldom Studios kicking off their Summer 2014 with a series of groundbreaking and thought-provoking films including A Genius leaves The Hood, Gunland, The Swirl, Black Church, Inc., Bottoms Up and 72%. with their new executive producer and Harlem fave Barion Grant. Become a Harlem Insider!…

‘Harlem’ Cowboy Herb Jeffries Dies (video)

Herb Jeffries, the jazz singer and actor who performed with Duke Ellington and was known as the “Bronze Buckaroo” in a series of all-black 1930s Westerns, died of heart failure Sunday morning at a Los Angeles hospital. He was 100. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine…

EmblemHealth Leads NYC Initiative To Support Family Caregivers

EmblemHealth, the New York-based health insurance and wellness company with an EmblemHealth Neighborhood Care office in Harlem, is leading a broad coalition of New York City based organizations to support the needs of family caregivers. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes, I would like…

Souleo: Salt-N-Pepa Back Together Again As A Trio?

By Souleo Is Deidra “DJ Spinderella” Roper the “N” in Salt-N-Pepa? It was a question the DJ Spinderella posed to her fellow legendary hip-hop group members Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton on their VH1 reality show in 2007. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine…

Tourism Conference With HAA & The GHCC at Schomburg

Tourism is the top growth industry in New York City… Harlem Arts Alliance in concert with The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce jointly convene a Harlem Tourism Conference on Monday June 2, 2014, 5:30pm, at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard at West 135th Street in Harlem. Become a Harlem…

HW Pick: Russell Taylor’s New ‘War Of Hearts’ (video)

 “Russell Taylor, …a best-kept secret of NYC’s indie scene” – Ebony.com Pop-Soul Crooner and VH1’s latest “You Oughta Know Artist”, Russell Taylor announces the release of his upcoming third album, “War of Hearts”.  #WOH will be released on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, via all digital music retail outlets.  Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter…

“Transformers: Age of Extinction” Battle In Theaters Soon

From our friends at 135 St Agency the Transformers: Age of Extinction begins after an epic battle left a great city torn, but with the world saved.   Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes, I would like to receive emails from Harlem World Magazine. (You can…

#BringBackOurGirls Harlem March Today

A photograph Tweeted by Lyne and posted on Harlem Sketches from the #BringBackOurGirls Harlem march today in central Harlem, New York. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes, I would like to receive emails from Harlem World Magazine. (You can unsubscribe anytime)Constant Contact Use. Please…

HW Digital Marketing Campaign

The best way to increase sales and traffic for your event, product or service is by signing-up for the Harlem World Magazine Digital Advertising Package on HarlemWorldMag.com and our network (see details below). Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes, I would like to receive…

HW Pick: The Morning Side Park Garden Of The Month Campaign

The Friends of Morningside Park posted on Facebook the photo above and the words “116th Street ‪Harlem‬ entrance to ‪Morningside Park‬ ‪in Harlem deserves to be New York City Department of Parks & Recreation garden of the month!” Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes,…

Geese, Harlem, 1872-1887

The photograph is titled “Geese, Harlem, 1872-1887”, but there’s a bunch of interesting things going on in the photograph. In addition to the geese checking out the photographer, there are goats eating grass, rocks lined up for some reason, and the shadow of the on the photographer George Bradford Brainerd somewhere on an unpaved rocky…

NYPD Twitter Campaign Backfires

New York Police Department Tuesday were eating an extra helpings of humble pie after asking people to post images of themselves and NYPD officers on Twitter — only to face a deluge of pictures of alleged police brutality. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine Example: Yes,…

Harlem Businesses Can Learn a Lot From Kim’s Bikini Shots

By Ronn Torossian She may just be one of many pretty faces in her family’s ensemble cast reality show, but Kim Kardashian has once again found a way to stand out from the rest of her famous friends and relatives. Become a Harlem Insider! Sign-Up for our Newsletter *Select list(s) to subscribe toHarlem World Magazine…