Mae West’s Harlem State Of Mind, 1930’s (video)
Harlem has always been a combination of high and low, from the 1920’s to the 1930’s Mae West made a name for herself on the Vaudeville circuit with plays as a connoisseur of Harlem culture.
Harlem has always been a combination of high and low, from the 1920’s to the 1930’s Mae West made a name for herself on the Vaudeville circuit with plays as a connoisseur of Harlem culture.
In “The Conductor,” satirist playwright Ishmael Reed attacks the race-baiting and divisiveness that were widely seen in the recent, widely-reported San Francisco School Board Recall.
The New York Choral Society, is New York’s pioneering symphonic chorus that explores unique collaboration and dynamic repertory.
Gladys Mae West, née Brown; born October 27, 1930 -, is an American mathematician known for her contributions to the mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth.
Una Mae Carlisle, co-owner of Gee-Haw Stables (aka Mercedes’ Gee-Haw Riding Academy) was a Harlem jazz club at 160 West 132nd Street.
New York Opera Fest keeps rolling this week, this time with a completely new work. Starting on June 2, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. EDT, Opera Upper West is debuting Tom Cipullo’s “Glory Denied,” an opera about Colonel Floyd James Thompson, America’s longest surviving prisoner of war.
Celebrities and other luminaries will converge on Gotham Hall in Manhattan as award-winning actor Jeffrey Wright and acclaimed artist Carrie Mae Weems are honored by The Brotherhood/Sister Sol (Bro/Sis), a nationally recognized, Harlem-based nonprofit and youth development organization, as it heads into its 22nd year transforming young lives.
Want to take a last minute Harlem to Westchester staycation? Well, Empire City Casino is shining the spotlight on Aida Rodriguez, a comic who began her career as a model, and is best known for her appearance as a contestant on NBC’s Last Comic Standing.
Join us for a book signing and party for Ishmael Reed’s newest book, The Complete Muhammad Ali, a provocative and tantalizing biography of the legendary fighter, Wednesday night, September 9, 2015 at 6:30pm at the Harlem Arts Salon. $40 includes an autographed copy of the book.
French soldiers ride a pair of double-decker buses to West 123rd Street and Riverside Drive to visit the tomb of Ulysses S. Grant.
Trixie Smith, c.1885/1895 – September 21, 1943, was an American blues singer, recording artist, vaudeville entertainer, and actress who lived in Harlem.
The legendary Zelda Wynn Valdes (June 28, 1905 – September 26, 2001) was an African-American fashion designer and costumer.
Pod’s and Jerry’s, officially the Catagonia Club, was a cabaret and jazz club on 133rd Street in Harlem, New York from 1925-1948.
The Cotton Club was a New York City nightclub from 1923 to 1940. It was located on 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue (1923 to 1935), then briefly in midtown Theater District 1935-1940.
Owen Vincent Madden, December 18, 1891 – April 24, 1965, known as Owney Madden and nicknamed “The Killer”, was a leading underworld figure in Manhattan, most notable for his involvement in organized crime during Prohibition.