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Harlem Celebrates The 131st Birthday Of Ulysses S. Grant

Posted on April 29, 2013 by | Leave a comment
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Harlem’s Tomb

It was a bright day to celebrate the 131st birthday of the 18th President of the United  States, President Ulysses S. Grant at Grants Tomb on 121st Street and Riverside Drive. Continue reading →

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President Grant Birthday Commemoration in Harlem

Posted on April 17, 2013 by | Leave a comment

 

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Apollo Uptown Hall Announces Free Presidential Viewing Party at the Apollo Theater

Posted on September 27, 2012 by | 4 Comments

The Apollo Theater will present the second event in its newly launched Apollo Uptown Hall series with a FREE viewing party of the second presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney on Tuesday, October 16th at 7:30pm. Continue reading →

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HW Pick: Makeda By Robinson

Posted on February 20, 2012 by | Leave a comment

“In Robinson’s majestic prose and sweeping historical vision, the tongues of Virginia Woolf, Gabriel García Márquez, and Toni Morrison blend to remind us that we can renew our souls in the eyes of ancestors who return to us in whatever way our lives demand.”—Michael Eric Dyson, author of Know What I Mean?

“Rich and detailed . . . Makeda is a lively and irresistible story about family and the coming-of-age of an intelligent black man in twentieth-century America. At once tender, intellectually daring, and emotionally unsettling, Makeda joins that short list of great American novels.” —Kwame Dawes, award-winning author of She’s Gone Continue reading →

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The Apollo Theater At The Museum Of The City

Posted on February 7, 2011 by | 1 Comment

Tuesday, February 15 at 6:30 pm

Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment

Since its founding in 1934, the Apollo has been the marquee venue for African American musicians, comedians, dancers, and entertainers whose cultural influence reverberated across the nation, transcending spatial boundaries and racial borders. Continue reading →

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‘Music’ Theme for 125th Street Banners

Posted on June 14, 2010 by | 1 Comment

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The BID ON CULTURE Project, a partnership of the 125th Street Business Improvement District (BID) and the Harlem Arts Alliance (HAA), announced at a news conference on Thursday June 10, 2010 the winners of the 2010 Banner Design Competition for 125th Street, and showcased their award-winning designs.  Continue reading →

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