Rodgers And Hammerstein Harlem, NY, 1940-50’s
Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960) met in a brownstone on West 119th Street while both attended Columbia University in West Harlem, New York.
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The First Ever Hack360 Hackathon At MIST Harlem
And the winner is! The We the winners of Hack360, the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC)-Silicon Harlem <SH> hackathon at MIST Harlem in New York, New York
Unveiling Visions: The Alchemy of the Black Imagination At The Schomburg
Unveiling Visions: The Alchemy of the Black Imagination is sure to satisfy the sci-fi/fantasy nerd in all of us.
Kiki Melendez At The 2015 Dominican Film Festival Spring Soirée (video)
By Albert Trotman Last month at the Vacca lounge in New York City, the Dominican Film Festival held it’s 2015 Spring Soirée.
Rains Pryor’s One Woman Show At The National Black Theater In Harlem
Rain Pryor’s one-woman autobiographical play will have its World Premiere at Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s National Black Theatre (NBT) in Harlem, running Tuesday, June 2, through Sunday, June 28.
The Dominican Film Festival Honors Kiki Melendez
The Dominican Film Festival in New York will host its Second Annual Spring Soiree on May 7th at Vacca Lounge in Washington Heights, New York.
Rain Pryor At The National Black Theater In Harlem
Rain Pryor’s (www.rainpryor.com) one-woman autobiographical play will have its World Premiere at Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s National Black Theatre (NBT) in Harlem, running Tuesday, June 2, through Sunday, June 28.
Harlem’s Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 1947 –
Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr. was born on April 16, 1947, in Harlem, New York, the only child of Cora Lillian, a department store price checker, and Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Sr., a transit police officer and jazz musician.
‘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.
Join Iron Man And Police Athletic League Kids In Harlem
Join John Osborn, President & CEO, BBDO NY & President of the Board for the Police Athletic League, JD Michaels, SVP, Director of Tactile Production and Creative Engineering, and BBDO NY and Bill Rosemann, Creative Director, Marvel Custom Solutions for this interactive session, where Police Athletic League kids will learn about diversity first hand, with the…
Will Smith To Produce Harlem Hellfighters
Will Smith has signed on to produce a film adaptation of the graphic novel ‘Harlem Hellfighters’.
Harlemite Richard “Moby” Melville Hall, 1965 –
Richard Melville Hall (born September 11, 1965), known by his stage name Moby, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, DJ and photographer. He is well known for his electronic music, vegan lifestyle, and support of animal rights.
Maxie Rosenbloom, ‘The Harlem Harlequin’
Max Everitt Rosenbloom, known as Slapsie Maxie (November 1, 1907 – March 6, 1976) lived in East Harlem as a young kid, was an American boxer, actor, and television personality.
Filming In Harlem, Cameron Diaz Does The ‘Annie’ Dance
She is playing one of the meanest characters in musical theater. And Cameron Diaz has added a new twist by bringing her own sexy style to the role of Miss Hannigan.
Walter’s World: Martha Graham Dance Company
The 85th season of the Martha Graham Dance Company opened with the grandeur and élan the world has come to expect from this modern dance pioneer.