Monthly Archives: April 2011

More Jet Set Fabulousness In Harlem

The international jet set and the city’s multi-millionaires have always ventured uptown to the greatest village in the world, Harlem. Cedric Lecendre, Bilboquet’s general manager and the nephew of its owner, Continue reading

Happy Easter from Walter’s World

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In Photo: Roderick Tobin, Walter Rutledge, Samuel Quiller

Should Harlemites Campaign To Save ABC Soap Operas?

You might be a viewer.  And, very likely, your mother, grandmother and a neighbor peppered their conversations with names such as “Erica Kane“, “Jesse and Angie Hubbard“  or “Viki Buchanan/Niki Smith.” The names mentioned are not real-life people but fictional characters on the ABC daytime dramas, “All My Children” and “One Life To Live.”

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Dining With Miss Lil: How The Black Church Is Nourishing The Souls Of Harlem

Happy 2nd anniversary to my column and I want to thank God and my readers for this culinary journey.  During this holy time of the year I want to reflect on the pivotal role that the black church has played in establishing Harlem as the “Mecca” of black life in America.  It is around the time when the black church began its “dual role” of nourishing the spiritual and physical souls of Harlem.

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“Right Now” By Lack Of Flaws

A couple years ago, Harlem World interviewed up and coming rapper Lack of Flaws Lack of Flaws.  This is a follow up on him.  He has shown progress as he recently released his first single, Right Now Continue reading

Harlem’s Walker Just Read His First Book?

Harlem Rice High School and UConn’s star guard concedes that he’s only read one book cover-to-cover in his entire life… and yet somehow managed to complete college in three years

Earlier this month, Kemba Walker led the University of Connecticut Huskies to victory in the NCAA men’s basketball championship. Continue reading

Of The 1%, By The 1%, For The 1%

Americans have been watching protests against oppressive regimes that concentrate massive wealth in the hands of an elite few. Yet in our own democracy, 1 percent of the people take nearly a quarter of the nation’s income—an inequality even the wealthy will come to regret. Continue reading

WBLS Summer Series In Harlem

August 10th 2011
VaShawn Mitchell LIVE!
Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem
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Black Eyed Peas Starts Music Academy In NYC

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The Black Eyed Peas are opening a school where local teenagers will learn video and music production using professional-quality equipment. The six-time Grammy Award winners announced Tuesday that their Peapod Foundation together with the Adobe Foundation will open a Peapod … Continue reading

HW Lounge At Gran Piatto D’Oro April 26th (New Location Same Flavor)

Where Content Comes To life

Produced by Precision Plus Communications, Inc. and Harlem World Magazine, hw Lounge brings content to life for those with discretionary tastes. Continue reading

Walter’s World: Dance Theatre of Harlem- Harlem Dance Works 2.0 Week Three

By Walter Rutledge

If we think of dance in visual art terms the choreographer is the equivalent of a painter or the sculpture;

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Dirty Diddy Money In Dirty Jersey Deal

Reported earlier on Diddy taking his act to Jersey — for a hefty 75G. After no New York club would meet his extravagant demands to host an after-party for his “Dirty Diddy Money” show Friday, the rapper signed with Club 4 Sixty 6 in West Orange this week, sources said. Continue reading