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Harlem's Under The Radar Art Series Presents a Father's Day Exhibition

Akoshia Yoba | Posted 06.12.2013 | Black Voices
Read More: Tourism, Arts News, Harlem, Arts, Medicine and Art, Paul Deo, Integrative Medicine, Ms. B the Doodle Queen, Art Therapy, Black Voices News
Akoshia Yoba

Recognizing the age old connection between art and healing, curator and mixed media artist Barbara Russell aka Ms. B the Doodle Queen has collaborated with Harlem business owner Dr. Jeffrey Chow to present her Under the Radar art series.

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The Apollo Spring Gala Honors Chaka Khan

Dwight Brown | Posted 06.13.2013 | Black Voices
Read More: Slidepollajax, Michael Jackson, Harlem, Community Service, Charity, Entertainment, Mary J. Blige, Theater, Music, Aretha Franklin, Patti Labelle, Philanthropy, Education, Time Warner, Chaka Khan, Cosmetics, Fundraising, African Americans, Black Voices News
Dwight Brown

Khan follows in the footsteps of Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones and other world-renown musicians who have graced the stage of the 79 year-old theater and been inducted into its Hall of Fame.

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David Lohr

Hospital Patient Sexually Assaulted, Urinated On

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 06.03.2013 | Crime
Read More: Harlem, Criminal Sex Act, Nypd, Urine, Std, Tyrone Brown, Crime News, Crime, Hospital, Sexual Assault, Harlem Hospital, NY Crime, Bellevue Hospital, New York, Crime News

Police in New York say an apparently disturbed 49-year-old man molested and urinated on a patient at Harlem Hospital. Tyrone Brown was being treate...

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Harlem's First 'Green' Salon Opens

The Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 05.23.2013 | Black Voices
Read More: Simply Hair Harlem, Harlem, Simply Hair, Bv-Fashion-Beauty, Black Women Hair, Relaxed Hair, Green Hair Salon, Simply Hair Salon, Eco-Friendly Beauty Salon, Natural Hair, African American Hair, Eco-Friendly Beauty, Harlem Hair Salon, African American Hair Salon, Black Hair Salon, Black Voices News

Everyone is going green and Harlem is no exception. New York City's historically black neighborhood has just welcomed its first-ever eco-friendly beau...

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In Celebration of Burger Month: The Burger Deluxe

Brian Silverman | Posted 05.17.2013 | Taste
Read More: Diners, Harlem, Restaurants, Hamburgers, New York, Food, National Burger Month, Burgers, Taste News
Brian Silverman

Hello National Burger Month!

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Filmmakers Respond To Popular Web Series With New Campaign

Posted 05.21.2013 | Black Voices
Read More: Harlem, Michael K. Williams, ValDean Entertainment, ValDean Entertainment Al Thompson, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Dorian Missick, Web Series, Ryan Vigilant, Video, Al Thompson, Jamie Hector, Al Thompson Lenox Ave, Lenox Ave, Sunday Magazine, Slideshow, Black Voices News

After receiving an overwhelming response to their web series, “Lenox Avenue,” show creators Al Thompson and Brian Rolling have launched an Indiego...

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Up-Close Look at Group's Grassroots Effort to Reduce Homelessness

Jim Luce | Posted 05.02.2013 | New York
Read More: Omari Gay, Dress for Success, Children, Bronx, Faith, New York City, Socks 4 Tots, Coalition for Homelessness, Laura Cyrus, Laverne Rooks-Sparrow, Women, Harlem, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Jim Luce, Homelessness, Partnership for the Homeless, Social Responsibility, Orphans International Worldwide, Domestic Violence, New York News
Jim Luce

It is an understatement to call homelessness a growing problem. More accurately, it's a tragedy. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that an a...

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Baby Survives 8-Story Fall In NYC

AP | COLLEEN LONG and DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 03.14.2013 | New York
Read More: Harlem, Nyc, Steven Dominguez, David Bookstaver, Yaa Dwamena, Suicide, Cynthia Wachenheim, Keston Wachenheim, Baby Fall, New York City, New York News

NEW YORK -- A woman clutching her baby son in her arms plunged eight stories out of an apartment window to her death in an apparent suicide on Wednesd...

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NAACP and Harlem Pride on Yetta Kurland LIVE!

Yetta Kurland | Posted 05.04.2013 | Gay Voices
Read More: Lgbt, Nyc, Roy Paul, Harlem, Ny, Marvin Bing, Talk Radio, Harlem Pride, Scot X Esdaile, Robert West, Race, Wwrl, Yetta Kurland, Naacp, Carmen Neely, Video, Gay Voices News
Yetta Kurland

This week I spoke to Scot X Esdaile and Marvin Bing Jr. of the NAACP and journalist Roy Paul about the NYC Mayor's race, Bing's IMPACT Leader of the Month award, civil rights work today and more.

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It's Time To End the Harlem 'Fake'

Christopher Emdin | Posted 04.30.2013 | Black Voices
Read More: Harlem, Art, Morningside Heights, Harlem Shake, Urban Culture, Breakdancing, Dance, Black Culture, Black Voices News
Christopher Emdin

While many do not see the harm in the "new" Harlem Shake internet meme, here are five reasons why Harlem doesn't want you to shake.

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Celebrating Harlem's Rich Queer History

Robert West | Posted 04.29.2013 | Gay Voices
Read More: Harlem Pride Center, Harlem Gay History, Harlem Queer History, Harlem, Black History Month, Harlem Pride, Harlem LGBT Center, Harlem LGBTQ History, Harlem LGBT History, Gay Harlem, Queer Harlem, LGBT Harlem, LGBTQ Harlem, Gay Voices News
Robert West

Harlem's LGBT community has continued to play a vital role in the music, art, theater and literature scenes, and though responsible for producing some of the greatest artists and thinkers over the past century, it has remained a mystery to many.

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Share the Gift of Story on World Read Aloud Day

Pam Allyn | Posted 04.29.2013 | Impact
Read More: Manila, Harlem, Women's Empowerment, Social Justice, Education, Literacy, Illiteracy, Human Rights, Kibera, Community, Port-Au-Prince, Children's Rights, Reading, World Read Aloud Day, Reading Aloud, Impact News
Pam Allyn

Reading aloud delivers a deep comfort for a child. In stories, they find a safe place to return to, and tools to navigate life. Books provide a risk-free environment to grapple with the world's big questions.

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WATCH: Harlem Isn't Happy About The Harlem Shake

The Huffington Post | Christopher Mathias | Posted 02.20.2013 | New York
Read More: Viral-Dance-Videos, Harlem, Chris Mcguire, Video, Harlem Shake, Harlem Shake Meme, Schlepp Films, New York Around Town, NY Around Town, Harlem Reacts to the Harlem Shake, Meme, Internet Meme, New York News

Harlem isn't too happy about the "Harlem Shake." Filmmaker Chris McGuire decided it was time to ask the people who actually live in the Manhattan ...

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The Harlem Shake: A '00s Classic, Having Another Moment

Posted 02.12.2013 | Technology
Read More: Harlem, Rap Dances, Western Harlem Shake, Video, Harlem Shake Video, Harlem Shake, Brobible, Harlem Shake Med-Syd, Harlem Shake Canada, Can You Harlem Shake?, Technology News

By Andy Moore for BroBible.com The Harlem Shake has been around for almost 30 years, but you could say it reached peak popularity around 2001. That...

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Harlem Fine Arts Show: A Tribute to Our Past and a Celebration of Our Future

Dion Clarke | Posted 02.11.2013 | Arts
Read More: Harlem, Harlem-Fine-Arts-Show, Black History Month, Arts News
Dion Clarke

I wanted an event that served as a cultural reservoir of beautiful art that flows from our progressive black community. Not for me, but for the benefit of current and future generations to truly appreciate our rich artistic heritage.

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Ferris Bueller Does The Harlem Shake (VIDEO)

Shira Lazar | Posted 04.13.2013 | Technology
Read More: Harlem, Matthew Broderick, Pop Culture, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Shaytards, Music, Electronica, Movie, Video, Song, Star Wars, Top, Viral, Meme, Best, Ferris Bueller, Funny, Maker Studios, Shake, Crazy, Sourcefed, Parade, Cult, Stupid, Film, Mask, Original, Scene, Hilarious, Baauer, Youtube, Funniest, Dance, First, What's Trending, Technology News
Shira Lazar

It all started with this crazy video from music producer, Baauer. Then, everyone wanted to do it. And now, pop culture's favorite parade-crasher Ferris Bueller is jumping on the dance meme bandwagon, courtesy of What's Trending!

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Astoria Characters: The Music Man

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 02.26.2013 | New York
Read More: Trojans of New York, Astoria, George Phillips, Astoria Music, Bass, Nasa, Harlem, Aerospace, Violin, Guitar, City College of New York, Bouzouki, Piano, Video, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

George Phillips, a fire hydrant with Einstein's frizzled hair, is the owner of Astoria Music, but it's more fitting to call him a one-man band because ever since he took over the shop three decades ago, he's remained its one and only employee.

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Black Architects Say Columbia Shut Them Out Of New Campus

DNAinfo | Posted 12.19.2012 | New York
Read More: Architecture, Harlem, Black Architects, arch527, Columbia University Campus, Columbia University, New York News, Ny News, New York News

HARLEM — They've worked with world-famous architectural firms such as I.M. Pei & Partners and designed projects for the Durst Organization that cost...

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Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson

New In New York: 'Def Poetry Jam' Reunion Marks Unofficial Opening Of Harlem Cultural Center

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson | Posted 12.13.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: Harlem, Mist Harlem Def Poetry, Def Poetry Jam, Mist Def Poetry, Danny Simmons, Mist Opening, Harlem New York, New York Travel, Mist Harlem, Black Voices News

Harlem's renaissance hinged on the poetic musings of wordsmiths like Langston Hughes in the 1920s, much as its latest revival hinges on the poets Jess...

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A Self-Styled Native American, On The Streets Of Harlem

NARRATIVE.LY | Posted 12.11.2012 | New York
Read More: Harlem, Narratively, Native American, Harlem New York, Nyc Native American, New York Characters, New York News

Robert Banks' one-bedroom flat is lavishly decorated with Native American artwork--sculptures and dreamcatchers that the 71-year-old Georgia native cr...

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52 Reasons to Vote for Obama: #42, the Guy Can Sing

Bernard Whitman | Posted 12.29.2012 | Politics
Read More: White House, Michelle Obama, Mick Jagger, Dionne Warwick, Chain of Fools, Ellen Degeneres, Walk on By, Paul McCartney, Barack Obama, Aretha Franklin, Apollo Theater, Let's Stay Together, Harlem, Dougie, Al Green, Sweet Home Chicago, Hey Judem Blues, Elvis Costello, Singing, Detroit, Politics News
Bernard Whitman

By now, President Obama's few bars of the Al Green classic "Let's Stay Together," which he sang at a January 2012 fundraiser at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, are the stuff of presidential legend.

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WATCH: Harlem Has Some Good Advice For Obama

Posted 10.16.2012 | Comedy
Read More: Harlem, Obama Debate, Video, Black Voters, Elections 2012, W. Kamau Bell Obama, Obama, Obama Harlem, W. Kamau Bell, Totally Biased, Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell, Comedy News

President Obama is in the final stages of debate prep for round two on Tuesday, and "Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell" wants to help him out. Bell vi...

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Talkin' That Talk

Rick Ayers | Posted 12.09.2012 | Home
Read More: Harlem, Bilingual Students, Ana Celia Zentella, Racism, Preschool Vocabulary, Ginia Bellafante, Achievement Gap, Home News
Rick Ayers

Time and again it has been demonstrated that if students' own discourse and knowledge, their assets and strengths, are acknowledged and allowed inside the school door, they do wonderful and important learning.

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Glowing Puppets Take to the Harlem Streets

Carmel DeAmicis | Posted 12.03.2012 | New York
Read More: Harlem, NY Around Town, Morningside Park, Morningside Lights Parade, My Ny, Morningside Light Parade 2012, New York News
Carmel DeAmicis

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My Life Begins In Earnest

Stanley K. Sheinbaum | Posted 12.01.2012 | Books
Read More: Yokel Boy, Texas, Broadway, Harlem, New York City, Great Depression, Memoir, Books News
Stanley K. Sheinbaum

It's funny, you know, but as I look back on those Depression years, my day-to-day life, my child life, was still filled with excitement and adventures. We were never actually hungry and we had warm clothes and a place to live.

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