Tag Archives: Frank Sinatra

Duke Ellington’s Symphony in Black, Starring A 19-Year-old Billie Holiday (video)

Posted on May 19, 2013 by | 1 Comment

In September of 1935 Paramount Pictures released a nine-minute movie remarkable in several ways. Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life is one of the earliest cinematic explorations of African-American culture for a mass audience. Continue reading →

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SummerStage City Parks Foundation Gala 2013

Posted on May 9, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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City Parks Foundation (CPF) is pleased to announce the City Parks Foundation Gala presented at SummerStage in Central Park, an annual fundraising event that supports CPF’s free year-round arts, sports, education and community-building programs. Continue reading →

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Public Art In Harlem: Now! By Aaron Krach

Posted on February 8, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Krach_Aaron_Bus1Public Installation by Aaron Krach on through February, 2013 across Harlem

Can you make it here? Can you create, succeed, and support your family? Can you do of these things here in New York City in 2013? Or has the dream sung about by Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, and thousands of others been broken? Continue reading →

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Harlem Tenor Noah Stewart “race still matters” (video)

Posted on October 9, 2012 by | Leave a comment

It was a long way to the top for the first black artist to hit No.1 on the UK classical chart.

Noah Stewart was in London preparing for his Covent Garden debut when he got the news. “My manager called me and said, ‘Noah, you went number one.’ Continue reading →

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Harlem’s Sugar Ray Robinson’s Sweet Success

Posted on August 1, 2012 by | 1 Comment
On what would have been Sugar Ray Robinson’s 91st birthday, dignitaries and the sporting world gathered to unveil a ceremonial street sign in Harlem where the legendary boxer once owned a business. Continue reading →

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Harlem History: Sugar Ray Robinson

Posted on September 23, 2011 by | Leave a comment

The New York Times  published a piece on Sugar Ray Robinson and his glory days in Harlem.  And the UpTownFlavor ran this piece, so we thought it might be cool to look back over some Sugar Ray’s favorite places to hang out in Harlem. Continue reading →

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The Raz: How Sports Eased The Pain

Posted on September 11, 2011 by | Leave a comment

By Marc Rasbury  

There is not a person over the age of 15, who does not remember what they were doing around 8:45 am on the morning of September 11, 2001. That is when a large jumbo jet crashed into the World Trade Center Tower One. About 30 minutes later, a second plane crashed into Tower Two. In a thirty minute period, our lives were changed forever. Americans no longer felt that we were isolated from the hostile attacks that others around the world experienced on a daily basis.

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Walter’s World: An Evening With Ben Vereen

Posted on March 1, 2011 by | Leave a comment

By Walter Rutledge

February 18, 2011 marked the return of theatrical icon Ben Vereen to the New York stage. The one night only performance was presented to a sold out crowd at Time Square’s landmark theatrical venue Town Hall. An Evening with Ben Vereen was a resounding testament to both the man and his artistic legacy.

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James Hamilton Photographs Music Icons

Posted on November 10, 2010 by | Leave a comment

James Hamilton has a romantic eye. A slightly sullen yet bemused gaze suggesting a smart and casual affair between subject and lens in his new book You Should Have Heard Just What I Seen. Continue reading →

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Druglord ‘gangster’ fashion victim

Posted on June 7, 2010 by | 3 Comments

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The $1 million-a-day heroin empire of a notorious Harlem druglord was brought down by his flashy fur coat, the kingpin says.

In “Original Gangster,” Frank Lucas’ new autobiography that hits shelves this week, the once-untouchable drug dealer says he ordered the $100,000, floor-length chinchilla coat and matching $25,000 hat Continue reading →

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