Souleo: Black Designers Absent From NYFW
As diversity becomes the buzzword across all industries, New York Fashion Week (NYFW) is no exception.
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Op-Ed: Democracy Depends On Exchanging Ideas. Do Leaders Listen?
By Michael McQuillan “Answer your mail.” Mentors taught this as the first rule of politics when I worked in the U.S. Senate for Missouri’s Stuart Symington in the Seventies.
Duke Ellington And The Harlem Renaissance, 1930’s
A photograph of the very elegant of Duke Ellington, in this charming signed image reads in his personal inscription, “to the Most Charming Miss Alice Dixon Best Wishes Duke Ellington”, 1930’s.
Invisible Life: The Close of A Chapter
Published in 1994, E. Lynn Harris’s Invisible Life was listed by the Los Angeles Times as one of the top 20 “classic works of gay literature.” The book’s success launched a prolific writing career for Harris, which garnered numerous awards and pushed 10 of his novels onto the New York Times Bestseller’s List. Harris died…
Top 5 Harlem Father’s Day Gift Ideas For Dad
Finding the perfect present for a Harlem Dad just got easier with our selection of the top five awesome—and affordable—gift ideas. 1 The Harlem World Magazine Harlem World’s Best t-shirt $20.
Harlem’s Vicki Sue Robinson 1954 – 2000 (video)
Vicki Sue Robinson (May 31, 1954 – April 27, 2000) was an American theatre and film actress and singer, closely associated with the disco era of late 1970s pop music; she is most famous for her 1976 hit, “Turn the Beat Around.”
Public Advocate Kicks off Black Gay Pride in Harlem
As gay pride celebrations kick off around the country (June is National Pride Month), Harlem held its own Pride kick-off, Monday night, at Hyacinth’s Haven. Sponsored by the city’s Public Advocate, Leticia James, this was her first Black gay Pride kick-off, which she hopes to make an annual event.
Comptroller Stringer Launches Online Tool For NYC’ers
The accessibility and affordability of low-cost checking accounts varies widely across banks from Harlem to Hollis according to a new report, “Take it to the Bank: A New Yorker’s Guide to Affordable Checking Options,” released today by New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer.
How Harlem Tried To Save The Caged Man In The Bronx Zoo
The black clergymen who had been summoned to Harlem’s Mount Olivet Baptist Church for an emergency meeting on the morning of Monday 10 September 1906, arrived in a state of outrage.
President Bill Clinton Officially Kicked-off The Inaugural Harlem EatUp! Festival
President Bill Clinton, Founder of the Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States, officially kicked-off the inaugural Harlem EatUp! Festival, Saturday May 16, 2015 in Morningside Park.
Interview: The Fashion in Pageantry, Style + Self-Awareness
By Kass Greeting Harlemites! We look to highlight the art of pageantry. Pageantry represents the social art form of the world’s most beautiful women competing for the top prize of being crowned “the fairest of them all” at the local, state, regional and global levels.
Bill de Blasio Points To New Changes In Rents From Harlem To Hollis
Mayor de Blasio is after some rent that’s too damn high. De Blasio will propose Tuesday the most sweeping expansion of tenant protections in decades for the city’s 1 million rent-regulated apartments.
Sponsored Love: Exclusive Audio Recordings of August Wilson’s American Century Cycle (video)
This amazing series is an exclusive presentation by Harlem World Magazine from May 3rd to June 21st, 2015 of audio recordings from August Wilson’s American Century Cycle in collaboration with The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at WNYC & WQXR.
Wine Tastings From France To Eastern Europe In Harlem
The Winery in Harlem has a great no expense series of wine tastings where you can experience the difference between a wine from France to Eastern Europe.
Harlem Ex-Rikers Guard, Served Time For Drugs And ‘Copstitute’
A disgraced former correction officer — convicted of smuggling drugs onto Rikers Island — claims in a sensational new book that he also pimped out a trio of female colleagues to inmates and jail bosses.