Imani Jewelry Celebrates 30 Years
The title of Harlem Renaissance writer, Claude McKay’s best seller, “Home to Harlem” reflects the sentiment of Norma and Traci Lilly, owners of Imani Jewelry.
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Clergy Partnership Breakfast And CareGiving Discussion in Harlem
Join us at the Clergy Partnership Breakfast And CareGiving Discussion Emblem Healthcare event in Harlem on March 21st from 9 to 11 am, 2014.
Big Jim & the Small-Time Investors at the Faison Firehouse Theater
On Tuesday night (March 11) at 8pm, the Center for Contemporary Opera (CCO) will present a semi-staged performance of Eric Salzman’s cutting-edge opera, Big Jim & the Small-Time Investors, as part of their Development Series at Harlem’s Faison Firehouse Theater.
Safer Park Ave In Harlem, Council Looks at Transportation
This week, a slate of walking and biking improvements are on tap for East Harlem Community Board will host a public discussion with DOT, and the City Council transportation committee will hold an oversight hearing on transportation spending.
The Apollo Goes Global
Harlem’s legendary Apollo Theater may finally be realizing its potential. The storied music venue is transforming itself into a multidisciplinary performing-arts center with global reach that could rival such competitors as New York City Center and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
What’s New: Custom Fuel Pizza, WP Wine and Spirits, La Bodega 47 Social Club…
Custom Fuel Pizza, 2288 Frederick Douglas Avenue, Harlem, NY WP Wine and Spirits, 254 East 125th Street, Harlem, NY La Bodega 47 Social Club, 161 Lenox Avenue, New York, NY
Harlem Stage Announces Fourth Annual Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival And Schedule
When the Harlem Renaissance was in vogue at the dawn of the 20th Century, the jazz clubs around Jungle Alley, between Lenox and Seventh Avenue – The Savoy Ballroom, Small’s Paradise, Minton’s Playhouse, Clark Monroe’s Uptown House, The Ubangi Club, Park Palace, Connie’s Inn, and others – were the place to be.
The 55th Annual NCA 2014 Arts & Cultural Conference
Artist Inge Hardison Join the National Conference of Artists New York (NCA) in celebration of the NCA 55th Anniversary, at their Our Art – Our Legacy Conference in New York. The event kicks off on February 18 and runs thru the 23rd with events throughout the NYC area. Check out this year’s events that are free and…
Official Maserati Super Bowl Spot 2014 Ghibli – Strike (video)
Walk out of a shadow on Astor Row, quietly walk out of the dark from a Harlem park – and strike 125th Streets with the Maserat GhibiHarlem 2014.
Broadway and W. 115th St., Harlem, 1937
In this view north along the Broadway center mall, you can see the main gates of Columbia University on the right and Barnard College and Riverside Church on the left.
Walter’s World: Weekend Picks February 1, 2014 (video)
By Walter Rutledge This weekend there is high-flying dance all over the city. In chelsea Hip-Hop rules! And on the west side dance defies gravity and showcases the new and emerging. While free art classes and museum tours for young people take place in Harlem.
Walter’s World: Weekend Picks Saturday January 25, 2014 (with video)
By Walter Rutledge The snow and cold weather have not slowed down the red hot New York arts scene. This weekend there is dance in Chelsea and Midtown, and art in Harlem. While one of the most venerable talent shows begins it’s 80th year in the place, “Where Stars Are Born And Legends Are Made”. Here…
Harlem Development Continue Under de Blasio
Developers can relax — Mayor Bill de Blasio won’t turn Harlem and/or New York City into a communistic realm where no one can build a candy store without including “affordable” apartments.
Dreams for NYC Inspired by MLK
WNYC’s Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration goes uptown to the historic Apollo Theater Sunday, January 19, 2014.
Marva Trotter Louis, Harlem Model, 1936
Harlem’s Marva Trotter Louis, the Chicago stenographer turned model, singer and the first wife of boxing legend Joe Louis and had two children (daughter Jacqueline in 1943 and son Joseph Louis Barrow, Jr. in 1947).