Hue Man Books Celebrate Black History Month 2012

Greetings!

2012 A Leap Year…a year of true, deep change…stand strong and make sure your vote counts…In this month of love, change and yes my birthday I ask that trust and community become a vital part of your personal commitment.

Look closely at our signings this month and you will not only see determination but progress and indeed true Solidarity emerging all around.  Maggie Anderson’s Year in Black, Carol Jenkin’s 1 Million Dollar Gift from A Black philanthropist to make sure her Grandfather’s Legacy lives on and lots of uncovered history of our people’s greatness.

Radio Personality and Author, Big Boy Isn’t Getting with the Celebrity Weight-Loss Program and Estelle Gets Personal

Harlem Arts Alliance Presents:  On the “A” w/Souleo

Fitness guru, Denise Austin and Ensure drinks nearly killed me. Okay, I am being dramatic. But I was diagnosed at the age of 13 as dangerously underweight after I subjected my already skinny body to a fitness/diet kick inspired by watching too many weight-loss infomercials.

Marc “The Raz” Rasbury: Their Legacies Were on the Lines

The NFL gave us one of the great sports days in quite some time this past Sunday.  The NFC Championship game went into overtime and the AFC title game at least should have.  

Walter’s World: Weekend Picks

By Walter Rutledge

This weekend is a great mix of downtown dance and uptown cinema. The diversity promises to explore different eras of the African American experience with candor and humor.

HW Nominations For the Best Five Films Ever Made in Harlem

While The 84th Academy Award nominations are telling you who and what talent to keep your eyes on for the upcoming Oscars on February 26th, at 7 pm on ABC. We here at Harlem World Magazine thought we would nominate our best five films ever made in Harlem, starting with the best first.

HW Pick: Harlem Gospel Choir And Lincoln Center Celebrate Black History Month

The world-famous Harlem Gospel Choir will have audiences on their feet, clapping and singing to their universal message of peace, hope, and joy.

Drew Barrymore and Fiance Will at Rao’s In Harlem

As the face of Covergirl Drew Barrymore has lots of nice things that she should be smiling about. And that’s exactly what she was doing during a fun date with her fiancé Will Kopelman in Harlem last night.

Harlem’s Azealia Banks Performs “212″ At House Karl Lagerfeld (video)

Azealia Banks is the rapper of right now, so it makes sense that Karl Lagerfeld would be into her. In celebration of his new line, Karl, he invited the Harlem rapper to perform at his house in Paris. 

Riz: Kiss The Ring (Wiz Khalifa, Rick Ross & Amber Rose Diss)

Harlem rapper Riz is creating some waves with the release of his new music video for the title track of his recently released mixtape, Kiss The Ring, which dropped in early December 2011.

HW Pick: Romare Bearden, Southern Recollections

Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections is a significant development in the wider understanding of the sources and inspiration behind much of Harlem man Bearden’s art.

The book focuses on a largely unstudied area of the artist’s work, his recollections and memories of his southern childhood that informed his art. The book draws together a significant and broad ranging collection of his work, produced throughout his career, including selections from his The Prevalence of Ritual series. Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections presents 90 works from the full span of the artist’s career, drawing on the Mint Museum and other public and private collections of Bearden’s work.

HW Pick: Lana Del Rey, Born To Die (video)

Lana Del Rey has been on everyone’s radar, be it good or bad or just plain undecided.

Harlem Hospital’s Dr. Janet Taylor and Divas, MPH’s “Be more. Do more. Live more” at Londels Supper Club

Join the ladies of Divas, MPH for our second annual New Year, New You women’s empowerment brunch in New York City. This year’s brunch is centered around our 2012 theme, “Be more. Do more. Live more.”, and the entire event has been designed to incite action, and healthy risk taking, towards reaching new heights in the coming year.

Our first class brunch will feature a scrumptious buffet with a menu of traditional, savory breakfast items including homestyle eggs, beef sausage, and homefries; as well as lunch favorites including a southern-style fried whiting and fresh garden salad.