Posts Tagged as ‘New York’

July 8, 2008

The Inspired Shell Game

The longer I’m a live, the more I understand how connected we are. Here is a posting about the new clothing designs be Justine Potashnik, his designs are inspired by his trip to Indonesia (right), but it also reminds me of the 1960’s African Dashiki (left). Here’s the article

July 5, 2008

Spitzer ‘Girl’ Drops Lawsuit

The call girl involved in a scandal that brought down New York’s former governor has dropped a lawsuit claiming “Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis exploited her image and name on the Internet (I wonder if they ever met in Harlem?).

July 2, 2008

Actress Vickilyn Reynolds In Harlem

New York theatre actress-singer Vickilyn Reynolds will play the legendary Oscar winner Hattie McDaniel in Hattie. . .What I Need You to Know, which will be presented in association with 2008 Harlem Week at National Black Theater, Inc. in Harlem.

June 20, 2008

HW Pick: Surface Style Ring

You’ve been buffing and exfoliating all spring, but you’re still not satisfied. For a different kind of resurfacing, try the Andrea Corson surface style ring ($160).

June 16, 2008

‘In The Heights’ Wins A Tony

 

The cast of In the Heights (which takes place in North Harlem) with actor Lin-Manuel Miranda on their shoulders, celebrate winning Best Musical at the 62nd Annual Tony Awards in New York, June 15, 2008.

June 6, 2008

Hope & Pride In Barack Obama

New Yorkers in Harlem greeted Barack Obama’s capture of the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday night with hope, pride and a few crossed fingers…

June 4, 2008

RFK Still Resonates In NYC

 
By February 1966, Elsie Richardson had grown tired of joining public officials on tours of Bedford-Stuyvesant, each visit ending only in another promise to study the neighborhood’s struggles: poverty, education, unemployment and blighted housing.

June 4, 2008

Bloomberg Exploring Possibilities

As the end of his term nears, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and his senior advisers have been exploring strategies that would allow him to remain in political life, including undertaking a campaign to overturn the city’s term limits law or making a bid for governor, according to two people who have been briefed on the [...]

March 24, 2008

‘Internet Week’ digital fest to hit NY in June

 It might not be Austin’s South by Southwest Interactive, but New York City will be getting its own digital-culture festival.
Called Internet Week New York (OK, they could have picked a better name), it will span June 3 to 10 and encompass several existing events like Federated Media Publishing’s Conversational Marketing Summit, Advertising Age’s Advertising 2.0 [...]

March 12, 2008

NY Gov. Spitzer resigns amid sex scandal

Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned in disgrace…

January 7, 2008

Harlemites buoyed by Obama’s momentum

For Dorian Warren of Manhattan, the surprise wasn’t in Barack Obama’s victory in the Iowa caucus. It was in his own visceral reaction to the Illinois senator’s showing.