Tag Archives: Melvin Van Peebles

Comedian, Kim Coles Reveals Battle with Depression in One-Woman Show

Posted on January 31, 2013 by | Leave a comment

kim coles in HarlemHarlem Arts Alliance Presents: On the “A” w/Souleo

There was a time when the pain behind the laughter brought on by career and financial challenges became almost too much to bear for actress/comedian, Kim Coles. Continue reading →

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Stars Shine in Celebration Of Ruby Dee

Posted on November 15, 2012 by | 3 Comments
They arrived to pay tribute to an icon of the Harlem community on Wednesday, November 14, Ruby Dee‘s 90th Birthday at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture! Continue reading →

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Melvin Van Peebles Turns 80 and HARLEMWEEK Attracts Crowds

Posted on August 22, 2012 by | Leave a comment
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If you’re in the arts and thinking of calling yourself a renaissance man or woman you should review the career of Melvin Van Peebles. Continue reading →

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HW Nominations For the Best Five Films Ever Made in Harlem

Posted on February 26, 2012 by | 4 Comments
 

While The 84th Academy Award nominations are telling you who and what talent to keep your eyes on for the upcoming Oscars on February 26th, at 7 pm on ABC. We here at Harlem World Magazine thought we would nominate our best five films ever made in Harlem, starting with the best first. Continue reading →

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Salters Scene: Badasssss At The Apollo

Posted on April 4, 2009 by | Leave a comment

By Derrick Salters

Saturday night was the kick-off Mix and Mingle event for the Apollo’s Salon Series: An innovative month long program of contemporary performances beginning April 3rd.

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William Spaceman Patterson, Afua Richardson and Melvin Van Peebles

This wonderful night of discussion, performance and mingling was hosted by Derek Lee McPhatter, Harlem resident and co-author of the performance piece It Goes Unsaid.  The event began with an engaging conversation with three of the Salon Series artists: the legendary Melvin Van Peebles creator of Sweet Sweetback’s Badasssss Song, dynamic spoken-word artist Jessica Care Moore and electro-jazz cellist/composer Dana Leong.  Greg Tate, founding member of the Black Rock Coalition and staff writer at the Village Voice, did great job guiding the conversation as the moderator. Continue reading →

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Melvin Van Peebles At The Apollo

Posted on April 2, 2009 by | Leave a comment

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Step Out of the Box & Into the Artists’ Studio With The Apollo Salon Series It’s Badassssss!

melvin_posterFeaturing Works By Will Power, Jessica Care Moore, Dana Leong and Melvin Van Peebles

As a part of its 75th Anniversary, the world famous Apollo Theater is proud to host a brand new season of its edgiest series to date, the Apollo Salon Series. The Salon Series, the Apollo’s new-works performance series presented on the Apollo’s Soundstage, provides an intimate setting for audiences to connect with the artists and their work. Continue reading →

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Van Peebles’s Harlem Street

Posted on August 1, 2008 by | Leave a comment

Look out, “Hair.” Peace and love (not war) may rule in Central Park at the Delacorte Theater, but they’re not the only free musical game in town. The pimps and whores and crooked cops of Melvin Van Peebles’s “Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death” reign uptown in a lively Classical Theater of Harlem production at Marcus Garvey Park. (Presented by City Parks Theater, “Ain’t” moves to other locations in the coming weekends.)

Mr. Van Peebles’s show — he wrote the book, music and lyrics — tweaks the conventions of musical theater when it doesn’t dispense with them outright. A series of loosely strung together vignettes, it’s short on plot and traditional songs, but long on innovation. Continue reading →

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