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At Harlem Stage, Bringing Downtown Dance Uptown

As Harlem Stage’s E-Moves dance series turns 25, Bill T. Jones and other major choreographers discuss its impact on Black…

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The Met Aims to Get Harlem Right, the Second Time Around

Notoriously, in the winter of 1969 the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened its first exhibition devoted to African American culture,…

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Once a Force in Harlem, the Oldest Black Church in New York Hangs On

Mother A.M.E. Zion Church recently received a $200,000 grant for preservation, but attendance has dwindled to a few dozen congregants…

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Where the Milkshakes Are Served With a Celebration of Black Culture

On a corner in Central Harlem, just blocks from the Apollo Theater and Marcus Garvey Park, stands Harlem Shake, a…

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Eboni K. Williams and Her ‘Harlem Jewel Box’

The broadcaster and author’s brief to her designer was simple: ‘Imagine if Josephine Baker lived in Harlem today. That’s what…

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How Dapper Dan, Harlem Haberdasher, Spends His Sundays

The style icon is a news obsessive, a reader, a salsa dancer and a churchgoer (he skips the sermons, though).

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