Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Harlem's Hell Rell Launching New Action Game
Dip Set rapper Hell Rell is venturing into the electronic gaming world with a new action game that thrusts the Harlem rapper into a variety of battle scenarios across New York.
NY Giants Embrace Harlem's Jim Jones Club Anthem
Jim Jones may have found another crew to roll with other than his Dipset collective.
The Harlem lyricist says he was so happy to hear that his new song "We Fly High" was embraced by the New York Giants that he decided to remix it for his hometown team.
Sunday, October 29, 2006
One New Culture District, Two Powerful Old Friends
Librado Romero/The New York Times; Keith Bedford for The New York Times
Patricia Cruz, left, executive director of Harlem Stage/Aaron Davis Hall Inc., in front of the Gatehouse, and Holly Block, director of the Bronx Museum of the Arts, outside the newly renovated museum.
Denzel in Harlem and on location in Thailand
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BANGKOK, Thailand - "Rambo" is preparing to return from retirement in Thailand early next year, and Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington will also come here next month to play a drug lord in the upcoming film "American Gangster," a Thai film official said Thursday.
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Harlem Playground honors Astronuat
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| A new space-themed playground in Harlem was dedicated yesterday to New York City astronaut Ronald McNair, who died in the Challenger disaster.
McNair, the second African-American to make a space flight, spent part of his childhood in East Harlem, where his father operated an auto body repair shop for three decades. The astronaut died along with six other crew members when the space shuttle exploded on Jan. 28, 1986. Out of the Kitchen, to Harlem and Into the Shopping Mall
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Lisa Price, the founder of Carol’s Daughter, displaying her cosmetics at her store in Harlem. Lisa Price was already a success by most measures before she met Steve Stoute, a marketing executive who teams up hip-hop stars like Jay-Z with brands like Reebok. Harlem LifeThe Life and Grind of ESSO
Tania León
Tania LeonFriday, October 27, 2006In mid-November, the music of the Cuban-born composer Tania Leon will be featured at The Gatehouse at Harlem Stage. Leon’s music sounds contemporary, but draws on her Afro-Cuban roots. To her, there’s nothing really new in anyone’s music; there are only new ways of using old musical ingredients. WNYC’s Sara Fishko spoke with her... for this edition of the Fishko Files. Friday, October 20, 2006Jackson Announces Plan to Help Small Businesses in East HarlemThe Rev. Jesse Jackson acknowledges that minorities have made lots of progress in the last few decades. But he is still frustrated by the slow pace. Skip to next paragraph
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson urged training in entrepreneurship. Searchmy advertisementMusic CdsBooks
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