Rebirth of a Soul

Tribute to a Harlem Legend: Joe Cuba

Salsa pioneer Joe Cuba, who was born the son of a Harlem candy-store owner and grew up to become the “Father of Latin Boogaloo,” died Sunday. He was 78.

Art Speak with Tsidii

Making Way for Condos

Photo: David Gonzalez/The New York Times The People’s Wall in Harlem, with a mural of black leaders painted on a long-vacant school on 147th Street, between Frederick Douglass Boulevard and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard. Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali flank the steps to the old Public School 90 building on West 147th Street, bringing quiet… [Read more…]