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HW Pick: Femi Kuti At Summerstage in Central Park

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Join City Parks at Summerstage as they celebrate African Music this summer at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park with Femi Kuti & The Positive Force and their blended Funk, Jazz, and African Folk sounds they have created throughout their 27 year career to create a colorful and distinctive sound in the music world.  Continue reading

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HW Pick: New Film ‘Fast Food Or Fast Poison’ From Maysles Teen Producers Academy Students (video)

This is a pick from one of the many films directed, produced and edited by high school students Ilaini Maximo and Kahni Wilks from the six-week summer documentary intensive program at The First Annual Maysles Institute at the Teen Producers Academy in Harlem. Continue reading

HW Pick: Chick Corea Festival at Lincoln Center

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Jazz at Lincoln Center celebrates the career of pianist-composer Chick Corea.

Now in his seventies, the pianist-composer Chick Corea will be celebrated during JALC’s 25th Anniversary Season with a multi-venue festival. Continue reading

HW Pick: “Hands to the Sky,” Reaches High In Harlem (video)

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Positive feedback from more than 2,000 house music enthusiasts in Miami, New York, Baltimore and Boston who screened “Hands to the Sky,” a documentary exploring outdoor house music dance parties in 2012, inspired the producers to show fans even more love with a 2013 cut of the film.  Continue reading

HW Pick: Picking Up The Pieces By Paloma Faith Live On The Graham Norton Show (video)

“Picking Up The Pieces” by Paloma Faith hitting the streets on 20th May, is the first single taken from Paloma’s new album “Fall To Grace” which is available on 28th May, 2013. Continue reading

HW Pick: Olympus Has Fallen, Official Trailer (HD video)


When the White House (Secret Service Code: “Olympus”) is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. Continue reading

HW Pick: Hugh Masekela at The Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts

HUGH MASEKELARolling Stone calls Hugh Masekela, “one of the most thrilling live performers around.” Masekela is a pioneer in the world music and jazz scene.  Continue reading

HW Pick: Ralph Lauren Harlem Luxe Winslow Satchel

Get on the fashion fast-track to ladylike style with this softly structured satchel from Lauren RalpGet on the fashion fast-track in ladylike style with this butter soft structured satchel from American designer Ralph Lauren. Continue reading

HW Pick: Ingersoll Men’s Automatic Harlem Watch

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The Ingersoll Men’s Harlem watch is all black with a plated stainless steel bracelet and a rose gold plated stainless steel bezel. Continue reading

HW Pick: Tony Kushner, “How to Survive a Plague” And Harlem (video)

The video clip above is from Thursday’s edition of “Charlie Rose” on PBS, Pulitzer Prize winner (and Oscar nominee this year for “Lincoln”) Tony Kushner praised David France’s Oscar-nominated documentary How to Survive a Plague while discussing the legacy of his Angels in America. Continue reading