3 Harlem Legends And The Eyewear They Made Fashionable
There have been many Harlem legends who have made a massive difference to America and the world.Continue reading
Spike Lee Gets Under Our “American Skin,” In His New Film By Nate Parker
Spike Lee's new American Skin weaves a layered story in the tradition of Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men and Dog Day Afternoon, which follows a Black Iraqi War Vet.Continue reading
Gov. Andrew Cuomo Gets Emmy Award For Daily COVID Crisis Briefings
Great to hear that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's daily coronavirus briefings have earned him an International Emmy award.Continue reading
Harlem’s Teyana Taylor’s Spike Lee Inspired Phone Sex Operator In ‘1800-One-Night’ Video
For her last several music videos as director, Harlem lady Teyana Taylor has adopted the alias Spike Tey, a play on the stage name of famed Do The Right Thing director Spike Lee.Continue reading
Harlem-Based Black Public Media Marks 40th Anniversary With ’40 For 40 Media Game Changers’ List
Committed to the ongoing fight of speaking truth to power and amplifying voices of diversity across America for four decades, Black Public Media (BPM) is celebrating its 40th anniversary.Continue reading
Harlem Chef Marcus Samuelsson, Spike Lee, A-Rod And Others At Central Park’s OZY Fest
OZY Fest, NYC's music-ideas-food-comedy-politics festival, is heading to Central Park's Great Lawn (just south of Harlem) this summer, Saturday, July 20th, and Sunday, July 21st, 2019. Continue reading
Moikgantsi Kgama Talks Harlem SAVE A SEAT Campaign And More On The Danny Tisdale Show (Audio)
Join Harlemite Moikgantsi Kgama, founder and executive producer of ImageNation, as she talks about her new program SAVE A SEAT campaign, the Sol Cinema Cafe, indie film and more with host Danny Tisdale, on The Danny Tisdale Show.Continue reading
Harlem Grad Says Billionaire’s Student Loan Payoff Is Life-Changing And He’ll Pay It Forward
A Harlem college graduate says his life has been changed after learning billionaire tech mogul Robert F. Smith who graduated from Columbia University was picking up the tab for his student loan debt.Continue reading
Harlem’s Dapper Dan Reveals Plans To Take Gucci To Task Over Sambo Faced Sweaters
Bossip reports that if you’ve been paying attention to the news this week, Gucci, Prada, and Moncler have all been under fire for their use of historically racist imagery in recent designs.Continue reading
HW Pick: An Evening With Award Winning Director Spike Lee And His New Film “BlacKkKlansman”
It's the early 1970s, and Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) is the first African-American detective to serve in the Colorado Springs Police Department.
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Harlem Flavor At Gordon Parks Foundation 2018 Awards Dinner & Auction (Photographs)
Last week, The Gordon Parks Foundation hosted its star-studded Annual Awards Dinner and Auction celebrating Parks’ rich legacy and honoring those that continue to make an impact in the performing and visual arts and humanitarianism.Continue reading
What Tha! This Harlem Pizzeria Joint Will Deliver To L.A. – By Plane (Video)
Food & Wine writes that they never thought they’d live to see the day where you could be in Los Angeles, order pizza from New York, and have it delivered to your doorstep.Continue reading
Harlem Fave Spike Lee To Teach An Online Course On Filmmaking And More
Michelle Mitchenor The Fabulous Star Of Black Wall Street Harlem, Lethal Weapon, Chi-Raq
The smart, fabulous and Black Wall Street Harlem honoree, Michelle Mitchenor stars on the prime-time Fox series LETHAL WEAPON. Michelle plays detective Sonya Bailey opposite Damon Wayans Clayne Crawford, and Jordana Brewster.Continue reading
The Mayor’s One Film, One New York, Shows “Crooklyn” For Free In Harlem (Video)
The NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment launched a new program called “One Film, One New York,” which posed the question “What if everyone in New York City watched the same film at the same time?” Continue reading
