We are ten days away from the opening of our first Up South International Book Festival 2006 and in high gear, promoting the event and attending to dozens of details. The dates are September 29, 30 and October 1, the last weekend of the month. We had planned to hold all events in a brand new venue, Harlem Stage, the Gatehouse an old city Waterworks facility that has been beautifully renovated.
The women executives in Chanel and Prada suits knew they were outclassed by the students from the Young Women's Leadership School in Harlem, who joined them at the Pierre Hotel yesterday — dressed in the kilts and knee socks of their school uniform — for the school's first fund-raising event.
According to longtime tenant activist Nellie Bailey, gentrification is rapidly turning Harlem into a place that is hostile to the black poor and working class.
No Friends
There's something about the versatility of Harlem rap cats -- from Murda Ma$e's love/hate affair with the game to Killa Cam's switched up flow and ballsy stance as the contender to Jay-Z's throne -- that makes their career progressions hugely entertaining, and Loon is no exception.
Tha Heights Lead Topps Advertising Campaign
For those who don't know, here it is. On August 14th, Topps launched their first advertising campaign for Bazooka Bubblegum. Tha Heights are the voice of the campaign. They can also be seen in all of the commercials. We've had a great response from people all over the world since the campaign started. If you check out our myspace friends and read some of the comments you can see that the Bazooka song is very popular. It has given Tha Heights an opportunity for everyone to hear what they are about. So for those who haven't had the opportunity to see the commercials or the music video, please go to www.bazookajoe.com and check it out. You can also check out our web site, that's still under construction, but you can hear the music @ www.thaheights.com AND go to our myspace page @ www.myspace.com/heightsboyz. We want to thank everyone for supporting us and if you know someone that knows someone that has some HOT tracks or maybe a HOTTTTT tv show they'd like the guys to star in, let me know. Thanks.
What does Chris Brown, Ludacris and Diddy have in common?
Chicken noodle soup used to be Campbell's pride, but now it's much more popular because of the Harlem, N.Y., song and dance craze Youtube.com recently made famous. Produced by 19-year-old Troy "DJ Webstar" Ryan and written by his friend, 16-year-old Bianca "Young B" Dupree, the song "Chicken Noodle Soup" seeped into New York's teen scene around Easter.
Another Harlem Story
In 1981, businessman Eugene Lang returned to elementary school P.S. 121 in the heart of Harlem to give the commencement speech to the class of graduating sixth-graders.
Webstar, the teen behind the hit single "Chicken Noodle Soup," is gearing up for the release of his debut album, Caught In The Web, on Tuesday (September 26). And on the same day of the release, he plans to throw a free block party in Harlem, New York to celebrate.
Jazz (Plume Contemporary Fiction) by Toni Morrison
Push by Sapphire
Harlem Girl Lost by Treasure E. Blue
Sylvia's Family Soul Food Cookbook : From Hemingway, South Carolina, To Harlem by Sylvia Woods
Harlem Really Cooks: The Nouvelle Soul Food Of Harlem by Sandra Lawrence
Harlem Style : Designing for the New Urban Aesthetic by Star Jones, Jorge S. Arango, Roderick N. Shade, Peter Madero
Harlem: Lost and Found by Michael Henry Adams, Paul Rocheleau
Showtime at the Apollo : The Story of Harlems World Famous Theater by Ted Fox
The Harlem Hellfighters : When Pride Met Courage by Walter Dean Myers
Manhattanville: Old Heart of West Harlem (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)) by Eric K. Washington
