Amiri Baraka Archives - Harlem World Magazine

Woodie King, Jr., New Federal Theatre, Names Elizabeth Van Dyke Artistic Director

Woodie King Jr. Producing Director of New Federal Theatre (NFT), has appointed actress, director and producer Elizabeth Van Dyke as Artistic Director.Continue reading

Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s Harlem’s National Black Theatre Wins First Obie Award 2020

Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s National Black Theatre (NBT) was awarded the Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Production and Continued Advocacy on behalf of Black Artists during the 65th Annual Obie Award ceremony on Tuesday, marking its first Obie win. Continue reading

“Made In Harlem: Black Theater” At Maysles Cinema In Harlem

Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement documents the birth of a new theatre out of the Civil Rights activism of the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Continue reading

Larry Neal 80th Birthday Tribute In Harlem (Update)

A Tribute in memory of one of the Great Black Activist/Cultural Workers on his 80th Birthday in Harlem, NY.Continue reading

Harlem Cultural Archives: Camille Billops And Jim Hatch Archivists (video)

We love the recordings from the Harlem Cultural Archives, and here's another one. Camille Billops and Jim Hatch were professors at the City College of New York in Manhattan Community District 9 in Harlem, Camille in Art and Jim in English - when they ramped up their "Artists and Influences" oral history project. Continue reading

HW Pick: Premiere Of BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez In NY

The New York premiere of BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez.

“I want to tell people how I became this woman with razor blades between her teeth.”

Woodie King, Jr., New Federal Theatre, Names Elizabeth Van Dyke Artistic Director

Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s Harlem’s National Black Theatre Wins First Obie Award 2020

“Made In Harlem: Black Theater” At Maysles Cinema In Harlem

Larry Neal 80th Birthday Tribute In Harlem (Update)

Harlem Cultural Archives: Camille Billops And Jim Hatch Archivists (video)

HW Pick: Premiere Of BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez In NY

Summer of Music: Hustlers Convention At Maysles In Harlem (video)

Harlem’s Favorite King Does Baraka About Du Bois

Amiri Baraka Reads “The Revolutionary Theater,” 1965

Walter’s World: Tongues of Fire Choir