Tag Archives: Village Voice

HW Pick: Apollo Music Cafe: Maya Azucena in Harlem

Maya Azucena

The Village Voice calls Brooklyn songstress Maya Azucena “the most impressive of the current hip-hop/soul/R&B diva crop.” Her four-octave, powerhouse pipes and ability to croon intimate, slow ballads and pounding hypno beats with equal finesse make her an in-demand performer. Continue reading

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Qoute of the Day: Harlem is the Mecca … everything…comes from Harlem.

“Harlem is the Mecca of New York City. Everything is so soulful; everything about Harlem is so dope. Everything about New York City that people know— Continue reading

Qoute Of The Day: “There’s another movement happening in Harlem.”

Harlem by way of New Orleans trumpeter Christian Scott has emerged as a great force in jazz. He was qouted in the Village Voice saying, “Once I got over here (in Harlem), I fell in love. There’s another movement happening in Harlem. Continue reading

Harlem’s AraabMuzik Between Old And New (video)

We excerpted this piece from a Village Voice article titled, “Live: AraabMuzik Bridges the Gap Between Old and New at East River Park.” Continue reading

Police I.D. Woman In Harlem River

Missing Persons

Police have identified the woman who fell through a hole in the fence into the Harlem River who died. The incident took place on Sunday, June 27 at a party at West 145th Street and Lenox Avenue. The woman on the left, wearing the green t-shirt, has been identified as the victim Anjelina Wills, 20 (the woman on the right has not been identified). Three other party attendees jumped in but could not reach her. Police were unable to rescue her as well. Continue reading

Score! Neil Rubler Makes Voice’s 10 Worst Landlords of ’10

This is one contest nobody wants to win. Neil Rubler, head of affordable-housing empire Vantage Properties, which controls about 130 apartment buildings in the five boroughs, and son-in-law to the Olnicks—the under-the-radar family that famously leased four rent-regulated apartments to Harlem congressman and Caribbean property magnate Charlie Rangel—has made the Village Voice‘s 2010 “New York’s Ten Worst Landlords.” Continue reading

Mad TV: Inside the Mayor’s NYC-TV Studio

Media

blommbergThis spring, a potential minor disaster loomed in the otherwise charmed life of Mike Bloomberg’s administration. A top official at NYC-TV was arrested and charged with siphoning tens of thousands of dollars out of his agency’s coffers and into his pocket.

The new city television network was created with much ado by Bloomberg, a media mogul and the station’s leading champion. The mayor has hailed its hip new shows, like Secrets of New York, which stars a glamorous model in a form-fitting black vinyl trench coat darting about the city. Continue reading