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Circle Rules Football -- The Road Ahead

Eugene Michael Santiago | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York


Eugene Michael Santiago

As a boy, Greg Manley grew up in Oakland California. As a young man Greg invented a sport in New York. That sport? Circle Rules Football. Almost three...

Spike Lee-Sponsored Michael Jackson Birthday Party Expecting Big Crowd In Prospect Park

AP | Posted 09.28.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — Director Spike Lee's Brooklyn public celebration of Michael Jackson's birthday has been moved amid predictions of a big crowd. The f...

The Sexy Androgyny of Prince and Purple Rain

Clarence Haynes | Posted 09.11.2009 | New York


Clarence Haynes

My suspicion: many women are thrilled by Prince because they readily see themselves in him, and vice versa, and the mutual love is visceral and real.

Global Beat Fusion: Talking Drums & Juju - King Sunny Adé in Brooklyn and More Africa

Derek Beres | Posted 08.14.2009 | Entertainment


Derek Beres

There is something to the idea that African music has an ancient soul. You don't need to travel back in time to hear it; you can find it now within these artists.