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HW Pick: RIP Ed Koch

Posted on February 3, 2013 by | Leave a comment

image“How’m I doing?” Even if you didn’t grow up in New York in the late ’70s and ’80s, you’d probably recognize Ed Koch’s mayoral mantra—on TV talk shows, hosting Saturday Night Live, on book tours for his best-selling memoir, Mayor. Continue reading →

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New York City’s New Smart Phone Booths

Posted on November 20, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Gigaom.com reports that in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the humble phone booth took on renewed importance as cut-off New Yorkers used pay phones to connect with each other in an emergency. Continue reading →

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Abiah’s ‘So In Love With You’ Release Party (video)

Posted on October 17, 2012 by | 1 Comment

By Keith L. Forest

In these days where processed music, rehashed beats and manufactured tunes are the norm, it seems that authentic, live, instrumentally-mastered music is a thing of the past. Continue reading →

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Harlem’s Saxophonist Yosvany Terry at the Zinc Bar

Posted on July 11, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Harlem resident and renowned Afro-Cuban jazz saxophonist-composer Yosvany Terry is hailed as “a leading figure among the generation of Cuban artists presently enriching the international jazz scene” …. Continue reading →

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Gay pride, from Harlem to Houston

Posted on June 27, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Community

Thousands of marchers and a rainbow of floats filled the streets of New York and other U.S. cities Sunday as people celebrated gay pride, part of a full weekend of events marred by a shooting death Saturday at a street party in San Francisco. Continue reading →

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Happy B-day Richard Wright

Posted on September 5, 2009 by | Leave a comment

Books

wrightIt is an idyllic vision: the reposed writer crafting a revolutionary novel in Fort Greene Park. For Richard Wright (1908-1960), Brooklyn was a brief time of relative solace in an otherwise burdened life.

Struggling to support his family, summoning the courage to speak for his race while breaking free of ties to the Communist Party, Wright wrote with an honest self-awareness that made him “a master of the psychological suspense narrative.”

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Harlem’s MIHE Event Alerts!

Posted on January 18, 2008 by | Leave a comment

The ISB Radio show has been well received so far by those who have experienced it…LIVE! So, I want to remind you all that this and every Sunday, a live recording of ISB Radio takes place during the Indie Soul Brunch from 2pm to 3:15pm. ISB Radio exposes you to the new Soul Music artists while showing the historic connection to Soul Music of the past. Continue reading →

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