Apollo Theater Foundation Archives - Harlem World Magazine

Espaillat Announces More Than $400,000 In CARES Act Grant Funding To District Organizations

Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat announced more than $400,000 in federal grant funding through the CARES Act economic stabilization efforts to help support several cultural institutions located in New York’s 13th congressional district.Continue reading

Harlem’s Historic Victoria Theater Redevelopment Reaches A Construction Milestone

In Harlem, the long-planned Victoria Theater redevelopment continues to inch forward reports NY Curbed.Continue reading

Say It Loud For Harlem! 50th Year Anniversary At The Apollo In Harlem

With music direction by GRAMMY Award winner Christian McBride, this concert celebrates not only James Brown, but also the Black Pride music he inspired among African-American artists.Continue reading

Harlem Fave Richard Parsons Chair Of Rockefeller Foundation

Richard Parsons, the former board leader of Citigroup Inc. and Time Warner Inc., was named chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation, the century-old philanthropy that’s funded Nobel Prize-winning researchers, helped stave off pandemics and assisted communities ravaged by natural disasters.Continue reading

Bold Soul Sisters: A Revolution of Sound + Style

By Albert Trotman

On the famed Apollo Theater stage, Rochelle Fleming of First Choice, Nona Hendryx of La Belle, Ruth Pointer of The Pointer Sisters and Cathy Sledge of Sister Sledge all got together with moderator Christian John Wikane for a conversation about them and their music.Continue reading