Boutique Store Closes And Owner Charged With Assault

Uptown Flavor posts that Rashida Ali has closed the Harlem branch of her shoe store, Bourgeoisie Shoes, after being charged with felony assault back in January. Originally thought to have “clawed” the face of a bouncer in a SoHo club where she and friends were celebrating in the VIP section, the bouncer is now claiming that Ali used a razor to slice his face. He suffered a severed artery and nerve damage.  Ali is being sued for $10 million dollars as a result of the bouncer’s injuries.

Harlem Street Swag On The Blvd

At Harlem World Magazine we have a passion for fashion and the folks at Trashness crazy swaggerish style know how to get it right.

HW Pick: Louis Vuitton Cruise Clothing

HW Pick: Louis Vuitton Cruise Clothing, posted with vodpod

HW Pick: Diddy’s Cassie’s CK One Commercial!

Cassie’s CK One Commercial!, posted with vodpod

UPTOWN Professional Debuts In March As Quarterly Magazine and Web Site

TargetMarketNews reports  that UPTOWN Magazine has announced the creation and launch of UPTOWN Professional, a quarterly career-focused magazine and Web site uptownpromag.com for the global urban professional. In addition to career aspirations, UPTOWN Professional will also cover related business lifestyle topics.

Advanced Screening Of ‘The Adjustment Bureau’ At Magic Johnson, See If Unseen Forces Manipulate Us…

Please join the Riverside Theatre in partnership with Grace Hill Media for an advanced screening…

Walter’s World: 2011 Harlem Fine Arts Show

By Walter Rutledge

A civilization is ultimately defined not by what it does, but by what it leaves behind. It defines a people, and since antiquity speaks to the one race- the human race. The 2011 Harlem Fine Arts Show will present the fifteenth annual exhibition Friday, February 25 to Sunday February 27 in the Assembly and South Halls of The Riverside Church, located at 490 Riverside Drive.

Mariah And Nick Spend $1.3 M On Nursery

Mariah Carey is spending a whopping $1.3 million on a luxury nursery for her unborn twins. The diva and her husband Nick Cannon are said to be converting an entire wing of their Beverly Hills mansion into an over-the-top luxe apartment for their bubss.

The Harlem Writers Guild: Sixty Years Of Literary Excellence

Evolving from an organization active in the 1940’s called the Committee for the Negro in the Arts, the Harlem Writers Guild was founded in 1950 by wordsmiths, scholars and activists Rosa Guy, John Oliver Killens, Dr. John Henrik Clarke, Willard Moore, and Walter Christmas.

The Black Arts Movement (BAM) In Harlem

The Black Arts Movement or BAM is the artistic branch of the Black Power movement. It was started in Harlem by writer and activist Amiri Baraka (born Everett LeRoi Jones). Time Magazine describes the Black Arts Movement as the “single most controversial moment in the history of African-American literature —

Hip-Hop History: Hassan Pore, Co-Director “Founding Fathers”

Tomorrow evening our “Under the Influence of ego trip Pt. 2” documentary film series kicks off with Founding Fathers, a fascinating history of park jam era DJs, emcees, and promoters in Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan and their roles in hip-hop and NYC sound system culture. Screening info:

Swann Galleries 16th Annual Auction Of Harlem Americana And More

On Thursday, March 10, Swann Galleries will conduct their 16th annual auction of Printed & Manuscript African Americana offering a wide range of compelling material related to the African-American experience, with sections devoted to slavery and abolition, the Civil War, civil rights, education, art, literature, music, sports, and more.