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Walter’s World: Weekend Picks

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Harlem World Magazine | Leave a comment

By Walter Rutledge

The weekend offers opportunities to see dance, enjoy fine dining, or experience art with the kids. Continue reading →

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Tagged Aureole Restaurant, Baruch Performing Arts Center, Chef Charlie Palmer, David H. Koch Theater, DUEL, Hands On- Scratch, House of Joy, Kira Lynn Harris, Nagelberg Theater, Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor Dance Company, ReVue, Sidra Bell, Sidra Bell Dance NY, Studio Museum in Harlem, The Block, Walter Rutledge, Walter's World:

Walter’s World: Weekend Picks

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Harlem World Magazine | 1 Comment

By Walter Rutledge

This is the last weekend of February and Black History Month. There are still many events going on in Harlem that are not only free to the public, but are geared to the entire family. Continue reading →

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Tagged Amazing Grace, black history month, Dempsey Theater, dwyer cultural center, Joseph Daley, Kehinde Wiley, Kira Lynn Harris, Mama I Want To Sing: The Next Generation, Romare Bearden, Studio Museum in Harlem, TARGET FREE SUNDAY, The Block, The Studio Museum in Harlem, Uptown Tea Series, Walter Rutledge, Walter's World:, Wear, What, Who

Target Free Sundays at The Studio Museum in Harlem

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Harlem World Magazine | Leave a comment

Every Sunday, The Studio Museum in Harlem is open to the public for free, thanks to a generous sponsorship from Target. On February 12, check out the institution’s current exhibitions. The Bearden Project—in honor of Romare Bearden, the renowned artist who was involved in the museum’s founding—features an assortment of contemporary artists whose work he has influenced. The Block, Bearden’s 18-foot-long mural of a Harlem cityscape, is reinvented in an homage as The Block | Bellona by Kira Lynn Harris, while VideoStudio showcases two works: Parabolic Bike by Robin Rhode and Untitled (futon) by Rodney McMillian. Continue reading →

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Tagged Bearden, Bellona, Kira Lynn Harris, Robin Rhode, Rodney McMillian, Romare Bearden, Studio Museum in Harlem, The Block, VideoStudio

Walter Rutledge Talks About Romare Bearden On His 100th Birthday

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Harlem World Magazine | Leave a comment

Listen to Harlem World Magazine Radio Podcast host Danny Tisdale as he talks to HW senior arts and culture writer Walter Rutledge on on September 2, 2011, as they discuss the life and times of Romare Bearden on his 100th birthday.

Join Walter and Danny as they discuss Romare’s studio on 125th Street, his work from the Lenox Terrace apartment on his seminal piece The Block and what it was like for Walter to paint alongside the Harlem master.

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Tagged Danny Tisdale, Harlem World Magazine Radio Podcast, Romare Bearden, The Block

Walter’s World: On The Block Performance – Thank You

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Harlem World Magazine | Leave a comment

The July 7^th ArtCrawl Harlem fund raising performance of an excerpt from On The Block was a very special and rewarding evening. The excerpt entitled Intimate Strangers was the first sections choreographed for what would evolve into an eighty-minute one-act production. When Artistic Director Sheila Rohan and I embarked on the production for the Nanette Bearden Contemporary Dance Theatre, we decided to create a modern day story ballet. Continue reading →

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Tagged Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, ArtCrawl Harlem, Dudley Williams, Dyane Harvey, Faison Firehouse Theater, George Faison, Harlem, Hope Clarke, intimate Strangers, Jaqueline Orange, Lenox Avenue, Nanette Bearden, Nanette Bearden Contemporary Dance Theatre, On the Block, Romare Bearden, Sarita Allen, Sheila Rohan, Tad Schnugg, The Block, Walter Rutledge, Walter's World:

Walter’s World: Romare Bearden Work Comes to Life In Harlem

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Harlem World Magazine | 3 Comments

By Walter Rutledge

The Nanette Bearden Contemporary Dance Theatre will perform an excerpt of its full-length story ballet On The Block, on Thursday July 7, at 7pm in the Oberia Dempsey Center located at 127 West 127 Street in Harlem.

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Tagged Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, ArtCrawl Harlem, Centre National de la Danse, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Dudley Williams, Dyane Harvey, intimate Strangers, Lady In Satin, Martha Graham, Nanette Bearden, Nanette Bearden Contemporary Dance Theatre, On the Block, Romare Bearden, Sarita Allen, The Block, Walter Rutledge, Walter's World:

Walter’s World: Dance Company Brings Romare Bearden Collage to Life

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Harlem World Magazine | Leave a comment

By Walter Rutledge

The Nanette Bearden Contemporary Dance Theatre will perform excerpts from On The Block an evening length ballet based on the mural The Block by celebrated African American artist Romare Bearden. The performance will that place on July 7^th, 7:00pm at the Oberia Dempsey Center 127 W. 127th St. NY, NY 10027. Continue reading →

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Tagged ArtCrawl Harlem, Dudley Williams, Dyanne Harvey, Maysles Cimena, Nanette Bearden Contemporary Dance Theatre, On the Block, Romare Bearden, Sarita Allen, The Block, Walter Rutledge, Walter's World:

The Met portrays life in Harlem

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Harlem World Magazine | 1 Comment

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A tableau by artist Romare Bearden on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrates the life of a city block in Harlem where he spent part of his youth.

Along with the 18-foot-long (5.4 meter) collage called “The Block,” the exhibit that runs until Spring 2010 also includes pencil and marker sketches Bearden used to prepare it and photographs. Continue reading →

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Tagged Lisa Messinger, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Romare Bearden, The Block

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