Apollo Theater

Springsteen Performs At The Apollo

AP | By KILEY ARMSTRONG | Posted 03.10.2012

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NEW YORK -- The power and the glory were unleashed in the heart of Harlem on Friday night as Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band took to the stage...

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Obama Sings; Republicans Get the Hook

James Marshall Crotty | Posted 03.21.2012

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If Obama's entertaining performance last night at the Apollo tells me anything, it's Amateur Night in Republican-land, and they are likely to be yanked off the stage come November by Sandman Sim's hook. Prove me wrong.

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WATCH: Obama Sings At Apollo Theater Fundraiser

The Huffington Post | Adam Goldberg | Posted 01.20.2012

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President Obama has a message to his donors: Let's stay together. While speaking Thursday night during a fundraiser at the historic Apollo Theater ...

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Original Broadway 'Dreamgirl' To Make Apollo Debut

Posted 01.12.2012

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Tony Award-winning actress Jennifer Holliday is set to make her Apollo debut on February 1 during the opening night of the theater's 78th season of Am...

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'Search For NYC's Most Inspiring Teacher' Begins Today

Posted 06.13.2011

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Know a great teacher? Here's your chance to honor that teacher at the Apollo. The Get Schooled Foundation, a nonprofit that aims to increase the ci...

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Jacquie "Tajah" Murdock, 80-Year-Old Apollo Dance Theater Legend and Style Icon, Still Dresses Up and Gets Down (PHOTOS)

Ari Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Her smile shone brightest when we sat out on her new balcony and talked about how dressing up makes her feel. She told us dressing up and playing with clothes, color, and accessories can be healing as you age.

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The Apollo Theater and How It Shaped American Entertainment: New Exhibit at Museum of the City of New York

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Long before there was television's American Idol, there was Amateur Night at the Apollo, and aspiring performers knew what the reward was.

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Can You Feel the Love?

Liz Neumark | Posted 05.25.2011

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After monthly food festivals featuring a seasonal harvest item, February -- the dead of winter month -- lends itself to our imagination... and for us, the crop is love.

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New Exhibit Focuses On History Of The Apollo Theater

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — New York City's Apollo Theater launched the careers of such legends as Ella Fitzgerald. It also was the site of memorial services for...

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McCartney To Play At Apollo Theater Next Month

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Paul McCartney will perform at New York's famed Apollo Theater next month – a first for the singing legend. The 68-year-old fo...

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Prince To Perform At Apollo Theater

AP | MESFIN FEKADU | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Iconic singer Prince says he's planning a tour to begin in December that will feature him, his band and other performers. The 52-yea...

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Aretha Franklin Repeats Dress Two Nights In A Row, Changes Wig (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Aretha Franklin's dress was apparently so nice she wore it twice. The legendary songstress walked the red carpet at the Tony Awards on Sunday night in...

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Apollo Theater Benefit Concert Honors Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson

Posted 05.25.2011

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Harlem's iconic Apollo Theater inducted Aretha Franklin and the late Michael Jackson into its Hall of Fame last night at the Apollo Benefit Concert an...

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Michael Jackson And Aretha Franklin To Enter Apollo Theater Hall Of Fame

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Michael Jackson and Aretha Franklin are being inducted into the Apollo Theater's hall of fame in New York City. The late King of Pop...

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New York, New York

Jonathan Tisch | Posted 05.25.2011

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The people who come to New York City are innately "a part of it," just like Sinatra said.

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Open House New York Offers Free Access to Architectural Wonders This Weekend

Jane Levere | Posted 05.25.2011

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Free access to places you can't easily visit: everything from the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel, the world's oldest subway tunnel, to a museum of models of the work of the architect Richard Meier.

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Harlem Memorializes Michael Jackson at Apollo Theater

Lauri Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Apollo Theater's memorial tribute to Michael Jackson might as well have been Mardi Gras in Harlem.

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The NYPD's Hispanic Politics

Len Levitt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hispanic, Apollo Theater, Latino, Al Sharpton, Rudy Guiliani, Nypd, New York News

Is it a coincidence that the Hispanic Society's president, Jeff Stella, has a plush job in the Intelligence Division, or that the Society's first vice president Daniel Coats has a coveted spot on Kelly's security detail?

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Michael's Magic

Hermene Hartman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Apollo Theater, Gary-Indiana, Michael Jackson Death, Motown, Jackie Wilson, Lisa Marie Presley, Thriller, Joseph Jackson, Quincy Jones, Stax Records, Berry Gordy, Jackson 5, Entertainment News

I came in contact with the Jackson 5 in 1971. Berry Gordy insisted that we take this new group -- these kids out of Gary. But Rev. Jackson didn't want these "kids" interfering with the main show.

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Michael Jackson Fans Gather Outside Apollo Theater

Chicago Tribune | DANIEL EDWARD ROSEN | | Posted 05.25.2011

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The crowd gathered outside the famed Apollo Theater on 125th Street in Harlem came to remember the "King of Pop" Friday, leaving flowers, gifts and ev...

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Michael Jackson's Connection To NYC

New York Times | Libby Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Although he is beloved here, Michael Jackson's life story has little connection to New York City: he spent his childhood in Gary, Ind., began recordin...

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'Housewife' Bethenny Frankel's Wardrobe Malfunction (NSFW PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Her show may be off the air till next year, but the "Real Housewives of New York" single lady and 'Skinny Girl' embodiment Bethenny Frankel is making ...

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Touring Harlem, Lost and Found

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Are you wistful for that old-time Harlem?

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Happy 110th, Duke!

Jane Levere | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harlem, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Maurice Hines, Apollo Theater, Pearl Bailey, Billy Strayhorn, Louis Bellson, Duke Ellington, Arena Stage, A Train, Paul Mercer Ellington, Mercedes Ellington, Entertainment News

To celebrate the 110th birthday of Duke Ellington last week, his namesake orchestra played in a subway station in Harlem and, even more appropriately, on a 1930's-vintage, green A train.

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Chris Rock's Call To Action: "I Bet If You Had AIDS You'd Find Time" To Volunteer

Radar Online | Posted 05.25.2011

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During an MTV/Clinton Global Initiative event called "Giving" at the Apollo Theater in Harlem Saturday night, the comic responded to one student's com...

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