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Ruby Dee, Ben Vereen, S. Epatha Merkerson And Others At The Museum of the Moving Image

Posted on January 17, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Ruby Dee Ben Vereen S. Epatha Merkerson And Others At The Museum of the Moving Image

Tongues Untied Speaks

Museum of the Moving Image is pleased to announce two special programs in Changing the Picture, an ongoing series of screenings and discussions sponsored by Time Warner, Inc. Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Ruby Dee (video)

Posted on November 15, 2012 by | 2 Comments

Rare video with Rudy Dee and Ossie Davis in 1963.

In celebration of Rudy Dee’s birthday we post this video from Purlie, a musical with a book by Dee’s legendary partner/husband Ossie Davis, Philip Rose, and Peter Udell, lyrics by Udell, and music by Gary Geld. 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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Stars Align to Fete Legendary Actress Ruby Dee at 90

Posted on November 8, 2012 by | 1 Comment

Excerpt from the New Film, Life’s Essentials with Ruby Dee,
to Premiere

Stars will align to fete legendary actress Ruby Dee on the occasion of her 90th birthday and the premiere of an excerpt of a new documentary about her life on Wednesday, November 14. Continue reading →

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HW Radio Pod Special on Harlem’s Rosa Guy

Posted on June 12, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Listen to the Special HW Radio Podcast show with host Danny Tisdale as we celebrate the life of Rosa Guy who passed last week. Join us as we speak with Betty Anne Jackson President of the Harlem Writers Guild. Ms. Guy was one of Harlem’s own, she was a mother, she produced plays, she was founder of the Harlem Writers Guild (founding members included Willard Moore, Walter Christmas, Maya Angelou, Dr. John Henrik Clarke, Paule Marshall, Audre Lorde, Alice Childress, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, and Douglas Turner Ward. ), and a NY Times Book Award winner.

Listen to the show: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/harlemworld/2012/06/12/hw-radio-pod-special-on-harlems-rosa-guy-1 Continue reading →

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National Black Theater Clears Financial Hurdles

Posted on June 7, 2012 by | Leave a comment

National Black Theater, a cultural fixture in Harlem that was in danger of losing its home, has resolved a series of financial disputes that had endangered its future. Continue reading →

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Harlem pastor: Killing of ex-Marine ‘racially charged’

Posted on April 24, 2012 by | Leave a comment

The Rev. Calvin O. Butts put his voice behind the family of slain White Plainsresident Kenneth Chamberlain on Sunday, calling the killing “yet another racially charged murder of an African-American man.” Continue reading →

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Harlem YMCA Wins American Dreamer Award

Posted on April 19, 2012 by | Leave a comment

The Harlem YMCA today announced that it is the winner of this year’s prestigious American Dreamer Award in the “Community Builder” category from the NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA). Continue reading →

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Getrude Hadley Jeannette, Founder of H.A.D.L.E.Y., Looks To The Future

Posted on October 21, 2011 by | 1 Comment

“…my students were Esther Rolle, Isabel Sanford and Rosalind Cash… and they all came from Harlem.”

It’s one of the last surviving black theater companies – and its founder wants nothing more than to see Harlem’s beloved H.A.D.L.E.Y. Players continue for a new generation of actors. Continue reading →

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Harlemites Pack NYUrban League 46th Awards Dinner

Posted on May 19, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Harlem was in the house with more than 340 guests came out last Thursday evening in support of the New York Urban League’s 46th Annual Frederick Douglass Awards dinner. Continue reading →

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