Fri, Feb 13, 2009, 4:33am
Play Your Cards Right
Fri, Feb 13, 2009, 4:31am
Historically, the streets of Harlem have been more associated with writers and musicians like Langston Hughes and Duke Ellington than directors like Spike Lee. But a new medium—film—is emerging as one of the neighborhood’s dominant art forms.
Fri, Feb 13, 2009, 4:28am
Soul-searching in the city can be difficult. Searching for soul can be even more difficult—soul food, that is. As a Southerner in New York, I often find myself craving real baked macaroni and cheese, fried chicken, and pulled pork barbecue.
Fri, Feb 13, 2009, 4:25am
So Valentine’s Day is upon you and you don’t have a sweetheart. But even if you lack the courage to wear your heart on your sleeve and overcome the thousands of excuses keeping you out of the game, you don’t have to be a curmudgeon about all of the love in the air this Feb. 14th.
Fri, Feb 13, 2009, 4:22am
Once home to NAACP members such as W.E.B. Du Bois and the famed prodigies of the Harlem Renaissance, Sugar Hill, the neighborhood between West 145th and 155th streets, continues to thrive on synergistic forces of artistic vision and flux.
Fri, Feb 13, 2009, 4:18am
It’s hard to mention Harlem—and the history of American music—without a discussion of the Apollo Theater. Since its construction in 1914, the Apollo has been the launching pad for some of the world’s greatest performers and a symbol of hope for stars in the making.
Fri, Feb 13, 2009, 3:43am
Wall-to-wall shelves of books line the spacious interior while jazz music and the murmur of voices from the adjoining café waft through the air.
Fri, Feb 13, 2009, 3:42am
I have a little bit of an obsession with the human form.
Fri, Feb 13, 2009, 3:36am
The telltale signs of Valentine’s Day have emerged on campus, like the heart-shaped candy now available at Ferris Booth and JJ’s Place, which have many Columbians wondering how they will survive yet another year of Cupid mania.
Fri, Feb 13, 2009, 3:34am
Whoever said diamonds are a girl’s best friend has never seen a girl hungry for dessert. Luckily, Kyotofu, a Japanese dessert bar in Hell’s Kitchen (705 Ninth Avenue between 48th and 49th streets), can appease any Valentine’s Day sweet tooth.
