Walter’s World: New Production at Faison Firehouse Theater

By Walter Rutledge

The Faison Firehouse Theater will present The Word, The Game, The Dance on Friday June 3 at 8pm.

HW Radio: Summer Makeovers And Film In Harlem

Newsmakers, Experts and Current Events in the World of Harlem.

Host Danny Tisdale speaks to Albert Maysles (pictured left) and Vee Bravo, Maysles Cinema, and Raphael Benavides, East Harlem Film Festival about “the renaissance” and the future of film in Harlem.

“Paid in Full” Harlem In The 1980′s (video)

Paid in Full is a 2002 American criminal drama film that was produced by Roc-A-Fella Films and directed by Charles Stone III.

HW Pick: Voice of Harlem “No Music”

HW Pick: Voice of Harlem “No Music”, posted with vodpod

City College Launches The New Haarlem Arts Theatre

The City College of New York (CCNY) and its Department of Theatre and Speech are launching the New Haarlem Arts Theatre (NHAT), a new professional theater company in residence at Aaron Davis Hall, which will produce its first season in the summer of 2011.

Mary J’s ‘My Life’ Perfume Of The Year

At Wednesday’s FiFi Awards, Mary J. Blige won big—taking home Breakthrough Fragrance Sales of the Year and Fragrance of the Year awards for her ‘My Life’ perfume with Carols’ Daughter in Harlem.

Studio Museum in Harlem Receives $1 Mil Grant

The Studio Museum in Harlem has announced the creation of The Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fund. Made possible by a three-year, $1,000,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Mellon Curatorial Fund will support the Museum’s landmark curatorial program. Studio Museum Director and Chief Curator Thelma Golden says, “This grant represents an exciting new chapter at the Museum, a profound investment that will stoke the framework of our entire institutional structure.

Harlem World Celebrates Memorial Day

Harlem World Magazine celebrates Memorial Day for the service of  men and women who have sacrificed their lives for our nation to be free. Personally, I celebrate my brother and father who came home from war, and shed a tear for those who did not. There’s a football saying that makes me think of our troops every time I here it, “they left everything on the field,” never more true than in a war.

Dining with Miss Lil: You Are What You Eat

By Lil Nickelson

One Saturday morning in March I picked up the March/April 2011 edition of Edible Manhattan, The Good Meat Issue on the Greenmarkets information table at the Isham Street Farmer’s Market (a year round market located up in the Inwood section of Manhattan).

Watch out, Tribeca. Here Comes East Harlem!

… we have the name of Harlem …. What is more famous: Robert de Niro or Harlem?

By Yolande Brener

As I entered the Poet’s Den Gallery, a chandelier glittered above my head while a white Persian cat ran to nuzzle my ankle. 

Gil Scott Heron Harlem Tribute

By Marc “The Raz” Rasbury

Last August 5th, with the Harlem’s Marcus Garvey Park serving as a background Gil Scott Heron gave one of his last NYC performances not too far from where grew up.

HW Pick: Lupe Fiasco ft. Trey Songz – Out of My Head

Lupe Fiasco ft. Trey Songz – Out of My Head, posted with vodpod