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The Danny Tisdale Show: Shootings, Closings …

Posted on August 1, 2012 by | 1 Comment

Join host Danny Tisdale on HW Radio Podcast as he talks about the upcoming tribute The Revolution Will Be Jazz, TOO! by Harlem producer by Mark Harris to Harlem’s Gil Scott-Heron at Paris Blues in Harlem fundraiser for his project with Malcolm Jamal-Warner, bassist/vocalist MeShell Ndegeocello. Plus: shootings in Harlem what can be done; Hue-man books closes this week, and St. Nick’s Pub maybe closing soon – what price Harlem history.

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Frustration Builds Over Closed St. Nick’s Pub

Posted on July 30, 2012 by | 1 Comment

Some remember St. Nick’s Pub as simply magical. Perhaps the jazz greats who played there, blowing, singing and sweating into the early hours of the morning, left something in the tattered walls and creaky floors of the little Harlem nightspot on St. Nicholas Avenue at 149th Street. Continue reading →

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Ishmael Osekre: What My Mama Told Me (video)

Posted on January 2, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Story by Yolande Brener

Ishmael Osekre arrived in New York with $30, no bank account and no idea how he would pay for his tuition at Columbia University.  Continue reading →

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NYC Company: This Is Harlem

Posted on February 4, 2009 by | Leave a comment

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harlem_flophouseHarlem might have started out as a simple Dutch farming village, but since its beginnings in 1658, the area has become a cultural focal point of the City. Sectioned into West, Central and East neighborhoods, Harlem’s lowest point touches 96th Street and runs up to about 155th, spanning the width of Upper Manhattan. A series of boom and bust cycles have brought in various ethnicities over the centuries, but the area is particularly rich with African-American historical significance. Continue reading →

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