Table Manners That Still Matter In Harlem Or Anywhere

Okay, you’re invited to dinner with Voza Rivers at the Dwyer on 123rd Street. After never caring much about your etiquette at the table, your concerned about your dining technique. Now, you’re imagining one big soup slurp or your saying to yourself that a tooth pick is all it takes to turn some people off. So to stay on your toes, Harlem World Magazine is here to save the day with a quick—and necessary—table manners refresher course.

Anthony “Charlene” Hamilton To Headline First Apollo Theater Show In Harlem (video)

The Apollo Theater, in conjunction with Live Nation, today announced that celebrated singer-songwriter Anthony Hamilton will grace the Apollo stage for a special show on Friday, December 9^th at 8pm. The Grammy Award–winning artist, who has built a massive following with his soulful voice and hypnotic melodies, is no stranger to the Apollo Theater.

NYC Dept. of Health Launches “Pouring on the Pounds” Campaign (video)

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene this week launched the latest wave of its “Pouring on the Pounds” campaign. For two years and counting, the campaign continues to expose the shocking amounts of sugar in the most popular sweet drinks and the devastating health consequences associated with all the extra calories in soda, sweetened teas, sports drinks and more.

Harlem’s Carver Bancorp’s Fate Hangs On Shareholders

Judgment Day is Tuesday for Carver Bancorp, a fixture of the city’s business scene for 63 years and the nation’s largest bank founded and run by African-Americans.

Walter’s World: Camille A. Brown “Fun- Raiser”

By Walter Rutledge

On October 10, 2011, Camille A. Brown held her second annual fundraiser. The festival event could be more accurately described “fun-raiser”.

In addition to raising funds for her fledging company the evening honored two women who are still making vital contributions in dance; former dancer, turned singer and dance curator Danielle Gee and dance legend Carmen de Lavallade.

Norman Percevel Rockwell, Born In Harlem

Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was a 20th-century American painter and illustrator. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States, where Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine for more than four decades.

Katori Hall’s Journey From Harlem To The ‘Mountaintop’ (video)

At just 30 years old making her Broadway debut, playwright Katori Hall was not around to experience Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in real time, but she became immersed in his legacy growing up in Memphis where he spent the last days of his life.

Her new play Mountaintop with Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett pays tribute to Dr. King’s last public appearance at Mason Temple in Memphis where he delivered his historic “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech.

How To Wear A Scarf This Winter In Harlem (video)

The first known scarf in history according to Affordable Scarves was donned by ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti as a headdress in 1350 BC.

Since then, scarves have been used as sweat clothes, military rank indicators and now often for fashion purposes. Both men and women can look fashionable in scarves walking along 125th Street or Lexington Avenue, though mens scarf styles tend to be more understated and refined rather than bright and flowing.

Occupy Harlem: Protesters Demand NYPD Stop “Stop and Frisk,” And Professor Cornel West Gets Arrested (video)

On Friday October 21, hundreds of demonstrators marched to the NYPD’s 28th Precinct at 123rd Street and St.Nicholas Avenue in Harlem to protest the abuse of “stop and frisk” authorities by the police.

Hip-Hop Pioneers Come Together For Charity At Doug E. Fresh’s In Harlem (video)

A crew of hip-hop pioneers put down their microphones and picked up plates of chicken and fish for a good cause Wednesday in a Harlem restaurant owned by rap legend Doug E. Fresh.

NYPD Holds Gun Buyback Events In Harlem

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. and the New York City Police Department teamed up for a gun buyback program in Harlem Saturday.

They sponsored a “cash for guns” program at two Harlem churches.

Working handguns could be turned in for $200 bank cards.

HW Pick: ‘Fly Together,’ Red Cafe, Ft. Ryan Leslie, And Rick Ross (video)

Nice smooth sound, with the Harlem connection of Ryan Leslie, Red cafe, and Bad Boy mashing it all up. The icing on the cake is ‘The Boss’ Rick Ross, creating a nice edge to the mix. Okay, they sing about finding a “5 star chick” and being fly together, it’s not my style of lyrics for a love song, but I’m a sucker for the sound and the beat!