Vote Baby Vote Today, Harlem, November 2, 2010!

The New York State General Election is today November 2, 2010.  Both Senate seats and a gubernatorial election are up to be voted on as well as many other races. The voter registration deadline is coming right up, read below for more information.

http://www.elections.state.ny.us/
If you are registered already, find out where to vote.
If you aren’t sure if you are registered or not, you can enter some basic personal information here to check.

HW Pick: TRON, Legacy – Derezzed Video

 

Scorpio – Harlem Celebrity Rise To Fame

Sean Combs, was born on November 4 1969 in Harlem New York, 1969 is born under the sign of Scorpio. He is an American rapper, record producer, actor, fashion designer, dancer, singer and entrepreneur.

Life’s Challenges – Born in the Harlem housing projects, Sean was raised by his parents Janice and Melvin Combs. At a young age, Sean’s father was found shot to death in his car outside of a Manhattan park.

GOP Chairman Steele Tries To Still Harlem

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is urging New York City voters to oust Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel.

Steele appeared at a campaign rally in Harlem on Tuesday with Rangel’s GOP opponent, Michel (MY’-kuhl) Faulkner which HW twittered about today.

Faulkner is a minister and former professional football player. Steele calls him a strong representative of the “new” Republican Party.

Schomburg Center Gets Angelou Work In Harlem

Maya Angelou’s paper trail includes a rambling, typewritten letter from James Baldwin, dated Nov. 20, 1970, addressed to “Dear, dear Sister” discussing everything from his new book to his feelings about death.

And one from Malcolm X, written on Jan. 15, 1965, assuring her, “You can communicate because you have plenty of (soul) and you always keep your feet firmly rooted on the ground.”

And a draft of her poem “On the Pulse of Morning,” which she recited at the 1993 inauguration of President Bill Clinton, showing Ms. Angelou’s changing the first line from “Rocks and Rivers and Trees” to the final, stark version: “A Rock, A River, A Tree.”

Harlem Rep. Charlie Rangel Without Lawyer

The scheduled Nov. 15 start of Rep. Charlie Rangel‘s ethics trial is now in jeopardy after the former Ways and Means Committee chairman no longer has a defense team.

The 80-year-old Harlem Democrat and lawyers for the Washington firm of Zuckerman Spaeder have parted ways, according to people inside and outside Congress familiar with the breakup, The Associated Press reported today.

Halloween Parade and Pumpkin Sail In Harlem

Sunday, October 24, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm (weather permitting; no rain date)

FREE! All ages.

As the event kicks off, enjoy spooky stories with actor and storyteller Dan Kitrosser, pumpkin crafts, and a pumpkin carving demonstration with professional food carver Hugh McMahon. Then walk alongside Frankenstein in the costume parade at 5:45 pm and watch New  York City’s largest pumpkin flotilla drift by on the Harlem Meer at twilight.

Walter’s World: Harlem Dance Works 2.0 Part Two (update)

By Walter Rutledge

An overflow crowd attended the second studio showing of Dance Theatre of Harlem 2.0 on Thursday October 21. This week an excerpt from a work in progress by Robert Garland was presented. Mr. Garland’s duet was set to four of the Goldberg Variations by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Misty Copeland (Soloist American Ballet Theatre) and Matthew Prescott performed the yet untitled duet. Garland was asked by Dance Theatre of Harlem Artistic Director Virginia Johnson to create a work classical in design.

You Play To Win The Game (INFL Mixtape)

This is a great music mix of NFL Jets, Giants, etc., coaches on how to play the game. You will love it.

Dining With Lil : What’s Your Fall Comforting Soup?

By Lil Nickelson

By the first Saturday in October fall had come upon us here in the Northeast.  As I closed my windows down to a small crack, and now I’m ready to start fixing some soups.  I like to start my fall days with a cup of warm soup and water for breakfast.

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Any Number of Preoccupations At The Studio Museum In Harlem

We love this work by Lynette Yiadom-Boakye who is a British painter having her  first solo museum exhibition. She was recently included in the Studio Museum’s exhibition Flow (2008)—reinvents portraiture as a conceptual endeavor, depicting fictional, timeless characters.

The Danny Tisdale Show, October 26th, 2 pm

Interviews with newsmakers and experts about current events and issues in Harlem.

Danny talks with Robin Miles about Ntozake Shange’s Some Sing, Some Cry, Yulinda Lewis-Kelly, Ogo Njoku and Iris Mendez discuss the Witness Project in Harlem and Cancer Awareness Month, board member Charles Hamilton updates us on the Harlem School of Arts, and Christopher Herz talks about his book The Last Block in Harlem and much more.