Archive for April, 2009
Sing Harlem Sing
Sing Harlem Sing! is a musical written by Vy Higginsen and directed by Ken Wydro (creators of the long running musical Mama I Want To Sing!). The Musical tells the story of Higginsen’s groundbreaking career as New York’s first black female radio disc jockey. The score includes gospel, R&B and rock ‘n’ roll.
Evo Morales Comes to Harlem
Bolivian President Evo Morales is scheduled to speak at Salem United Methodist Church in Harlem when he visits the United Nations on April 22. On April 14, Morales and his supporters ended a five-day hunger strike in victory after Bolivia’s congress passed a law guaranteeing 14 congressional seats for Indigenous candidates and allowing expatriates the [...]
Obama Watch From Harlem–April 20, 2009
Obama Targets Credit-Card Fees Paranoid Right-Wingers See Obama’s Volunteer Service Project as Sinister Plot to ‘Re-Educate’ Americans Struggling to Keep His Senate Seat, Dodd Gets Help From Obama Obama defends boycott of UN racism meeting Obama Hangs Vouchers Out To Dry Obama defends greeting Hugo Chavez Gift to Obama rockets book’s sales UC Riverside scientist [...]
ORGANIC: Acoustic Diaries w/Chinahblac — Featuring PJ Morton, Jaguar Wright, YahZarah, and Planet Ubiquity
Once a month SOB’s, presents ORGANIC: Acoustic Diaries w/ CHINAHBLAC. Mature, intimate, raw, up close and personal, ORGANIC gives fans a side of their favorite artist(s) that they’ve never seen and a platform for these artists to reveal themselves in ways they may have never before all the while uplifting and teaching us all how [...]
Jennifer Hudson and Jennifer Holliday — On Stage Together
Jennifer Hudson shocked the concert audience a couple of days ago in Atlanta with surprise guest Jennifer Holliday. They performed And I’m Telling You (I’m Not Going) together. Holliday first made the song famous — and her signature tune — when she sang it eight times a week in the original 1981 Broadway production of [...]
Obsessed with Idris Elba, Beyonce Knowles and Ali Larter
Derek Charles (Idris Elba), a successful asset manager who has just received a huge promotion, is blissfully happy in his career and in his marriage to the beautiful Sharon (Beyonce Knowles). But when Lisa (Ali Larter), a temp worker, starts stalking Derek, all the things he’s worked so hard for are placed in jeopardy.
Unemployment Scam Alert
The New York State Department of Labor has announced that they have been made aware of an ongoing scam targeting unemployed immigrants. Scammers have been charging victims fees to file claims to collect unemployment insurance benefits. The Labor Department does not charge individuals to sign up for benefits either on-line or over the phone, and [...]
Obama Watch From Harlem–April 17, 2009
Bo Obama to star in children’s book Obama Vows To Rewrite, Simplify ‘Monstrous’ US Tax Code Tax Day: Tea Parties Galore & Obama’s 1040 Jindal to Cheney: Lay off Obama Obama Seeks High-Speed Rail System Across U.S. Race Bias in Obama Era Reaches Court That Seeks Colorblind U.S. Obama Takes Aim at Finances of Three [...]
Obama Watch From Harlem–April 15, 2009
President Obama Officially Recognizes Sexual Assault Awareness Month Obamas Host Their First Easter Egg Roll, With a Springy New Twist: Exercise Obama wants World Cup back in USA Obama Sees More Pain Now but Hope Later on Economy Vatican vetoes Barack Obama’s nominees for US ambassador DC students get up-close look at White House as [...]
