Archive for August, 2008

Traitor — Starring Don Cheadle and Guy Pearce (In Theaters Now)

Traitor — Starring Don Cheadle and Guy Pearce (In Theaters Now)

Synopsis: Academy Award® nominee Don Cheadle (‘Hotel Rwanda,’ ‘Crash’) and Guy Pearce (‘Memento,’ ‘L.A. Confidential’) star in ‘Traitor,’ a taut international thriller set against a jigsaw puzzle of covert counter-espionage operations. ‘

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Club Body in Harlem

Martini Thursdays at Body in Harlem

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South Bronx Saturday @ The Gallery

South Bronx Saturday @ The Gallery

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West Indian American Day Carnival Parade — Labor Day in Brooklyn

West Indian American Day Carnival Parade — Labor Day in Brooklyn

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Kevin Powell Hosts Brooklyn’s Hottest Pre-Labor Day Party

Kevin Powell Hosts Brooklyn’s Hottest Pre-Labor Day Party

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Fela — Directed and Choreographed by Bill T. Jones

Fela — Directed and Choreographed
by Bill T. Jones

In this new musical, directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Bill T. Jones with a book by Jim Lewis and arrangements by Aaron Johnson and Antibalas, audiences are welcomed into the extravagant, decadent and rebellious world of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.

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East 14th — True Tales of a Reluctant Player

East 14th — True Tales of a Reluctant Player

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Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta — Photo Exhibition and Book

Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta — Photo Exhibition and Book

The Exhibit To correspond with the recent release of Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta, The powerHouse Arena is pleased to present an exhibition of work by the photographer Ed Kashi. In the form of “film strips,” ranging in sizes of up to 24 inches wide by 168 [...]

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A Look Back — Harlem 4 Obama Watch Party

A Look Back — Harlem 4 Obama Watch Party

In several locations throughout the city, large crowds cheered Barack Obama’s acceptance speech. New Yorkers from all boroughs gathered in the heart of Harlem Thursday night to watch Barack Obama accept the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. The group Harlem 4 Obama hosted a speech-watching party for some 200 supporters at the [...]

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SOUL SLAM: Michael Jackson vs. Prince (XII)

SOUL SLAM: Michael Jackson vs. Prince (XII)

SOUL SLAM centers around a battle between two of the most eclectic and innovative artists to date, Michael Jackson and Prince! From the inception of this concept back in 1999 the response for SOUL SLAM has been enormous. This event turns into a DJ battle with one DJ, DJ Spinna and an audience of hardcore [...]

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Martin Luther King Jr. — I Have a Dream Speech

Martin Luther King Jr. — I Have a Dream Speech

Today is the 45th Anniversary of the speech. The full speech is in the video below.

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Obama Supporters on McCain’s Vice President Selection

Obama Supporters on McCain’s Vice President Selection

This election will not be based on commercials or the airwaves, this will be a fight on the ground. Turnout. Turnout. Turnout. In an electorate that is split 50/50 this might be enough to put McCain over the top no matter how many Black folks register to vote. Gina McCauley, WhatAboutOurDaughters.com

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McCain’s Dangerous Choice — According to MoveOn.org

McCain’s Dangerous Choice — According to MoveOn.org

Today is John McCain’s 72nd birthday. If elected, he’d be the oldest president ever inaugurated. And after months of slamming Barack Obama for “inexperience,” here’s who John McCain has chosen to be one heartbeat away from the presidency: a right-wing religious conservative with no foreign policy experience, who until recently was mayor of a town [...]

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Props to John McCain for His VP Choice

Props to John McCain for His VP Choice

Yes, you read that right. I have to give props when they are due and John McCain definitely deserves them for selecting Sarah Palin as his running mate. I’ve talked to several Obama supporters and they’re all disappointed that their DNC bubble has burst. Most agree that his choice complicates things, but they feel that [...]

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Sen. John McCain Announces Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential Running Mate

Sen. John McCain Announces Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential Running Mate

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Barack Obama Accepts the Democratic Nomination for President of the United States

Barack Obama Accepts the Democratic Nomination for President of the United States

To Chairman Dean and my great friend Dick Durbin; and to all my fellow citizens of this great nation; With profound gratitude and great humility, I accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States.

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John Lewis at the DNC — We Still Have a Dream

John Lewis at the DNC — We Still Have a Dream

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Democratic National Convention Round Up — Day 4

Democratic National Convention
Round Up — Day 4

Obama Speech Has Special Meaning for Southern Delegates Barack Obama’s bid for the White House made Seanta Clark, a former Republican, switch parties and become a Democratic activist. A black delegate from South Carolina, Clark joined the Obama campaign in March of 2007, because she felt “Obama’s blood is my blood.” “Instead of being African [...]

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