HW Pick: Stream 8,000 Vintage Afropop Recordings Digitized (Video)
Like “New Harlem,” the New Africa is about Stability or cultural vitality: many nations seem as if they can only have one or the other.
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Gracie Mansion Conservancy Announces The Opening Of “New York 1942”
Today, in celebration of the 75th anniversary of Gracie Mansion serving as New York City’s Mayoral residence, the Gracie Mansion Conservancy announces a new exhibit, New York 1942, with images from Harem to Hollis.
The Poet Kevin Young New Director Of Schomburg Center
The poet and scholar Kevin Young has been named director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, a division of the New York Public Library and a leading repository for archival materials relating to African and African-American life, history and culture.
HW Pick: The Rise Of Sneaker Culture Gets Old Old School
From their modest origins in the mid-nineteenth century to high-end sneakers created in the past decade, sneakers have become a global obsession.
Marcus, Josephine, Coltrane, Monk … At Swann Galleries Auction
As we celebrate American history, the Swann Galleries offer us an opportunity to own it. On Thursday, March 27 Swann Galleries will offer a rich assortment of historical material related to the African experience in the Americas in their 19th annual auction of Printed & Manuscript African Americana.
Books: The Tastemaker, Carl Van Vechten and the Birth of Modern America
The Tastemaker explores the many lives of Carl Van Vechten, the most influential cultural impresario of the early twentieth century: a patron and dealmaker of the Harlem Renaissance, a photographer who captured the era’s icons, and a novelist who created some of the Jazz Age’s most salacious stories.
BCA Celebrates At 20th Anniversary Gala
Culinary Students and the Food Industry helped BCA Celebrate the 20th Anniversary Cultural Awareness Salute Gala in New York City at Guastavino’s Midtown.