The Jazz Museum in Harlem 104 East 126th Street New York, NY 10035 212 348-8300 http://www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org/ Jazz Museum Launches “Harlem Swings” Concerts Larry Ridley and the Jazz Legacy Ensemble Oct. 5, 2006 Melba Joyce and her Trio Oct. 19, 2006 The Jazz Museum in Harlem expands its free public programming uptown with a new bi-weekly… [Read more…]
September 19, 2006 by D. Bell
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On Thursday evening, Harlem Stage is sponsoring a public panel discussion in the new theater on the role of the arts in Harlem. The choreographer Bill T. Jones; the pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, the Rev. Calvin Butts III; and the architect Max Bond will engage in a conversation moderated by Leonard… [Read more…]
Heralded as one of the “most effective preachers in the English-speaking world” by Newsweek magazine, Reverend James Forbes the Senior Pastor of Riverside Church has announced that he will be stepping down from the pulpit next year. The Rev. Dr. James Alexander Forbes, Jr. became the first African-American to serve as Senior Minister of one… [Read more…]
Actor Robert Earl Jones, father of James Earl Jones, peacefully passed away two weeks ago at the age of 96. Most of us are familiar with his famous son, known as the voice of Verizon, but Robert Earl Jones was a famous actor in his own right long before his son’s successful career in the… [Read more…]
September 19, 2006 by D. Bell
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What else is happening in Harlem? Check out some posts from our friends in the blogosphere: Ralph Waldo Ellison’s Bldg. on the Market [Harlem Fur] Annual Anti-Gentrification Block Party [Curbed] Malcolm X Project [Gothamist] More filming taking place in Harlem [Bloop] The Rhapsody sales office is open for business [Bagel] Slide show recap of the… [Read more…]
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September 19, 2006 by D. Bell
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