Harlem News

When looking for an apartment in the glorious city of New York, you'll probably hop on craigslist and search away.

Mark Carson was shot because he was gay. Straight people might be shocked, but the gay community says this is no surprise-hate crimes are rising.

National Jazz Museum in Harlem will present Jazz for Curious Listeners, Catching up with Christian tonight, May 21st from 7:00 - 8:30pm at the Metropolitan Community United Methodist Church .

Documentarian William Miles, whose films include 1981's I Remember Harlem and 1992's Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II , died May 12 in New York, reports the NY Times.

Traffic in southwest Connecticut could be a mess for as much as a week until service is restored to the commuter rail line affected by a derailment that injured scores of passengers, Gov.

National Jazz Museum in Harlem will present Jazz for Curious Listeners, Catching up with Christian on Tuesday, May 21st from 7:00 - 8:30pm at the Metropolitan Community United Methodist Church .

Officials described a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut, saying it's fortunate that no one was killed and that there weren't even more injuries.

The scene outside West 8th Street and Sixth Avenue by the Gray's Papaya restaurant.

Dance Theatre of Harlem , the groundbreaking and newly revitalized classical and contemporary ballet company, will open the 2013 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival season in the Ted Shawn Theatre June 19-23. Led by founding member and former principal dancer, Artistic Director Virginia Johnson , the company will present a range of classic and new ballet ... (more)

Growing up in New York, grabbing a slice of pizza was a simple and commonplace thing to do.

Young Jones and Turso, as seen in the school's 1965 yearbook, both waited tables in the cafeteria to defray the cost of tuition.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Harlem Shake, a neighborhood-oriented burger and milkshake joint embracing the Harlem of old, opens tomorrow, bringing high-quality, affordable fare to local residents and visitors alike.

Heather Quinlan, the director of the documentary "If These Knishes Could Talk," eats one of those silent knishes in Brighton Beach The New York City accent is a well known cliche from such films as "Midnight Cowboy," but in a new documentary called "If These Knishes Could Talk: The Story of the New York Accent," the reality of the famous speech of ... (more)

The Central Park Five, a new documentary film from award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns, tells the story of the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in New York City's Central Park in 1989.

The East Liberty area of Pittsburgh provided the foundation for the 2013 Lott Carey Spring Missions Conference.

Mark Augustyn explores an area of Alois Kronschlaeger's "Habitat" during ArtPrize at SiTE:LAB, 54 Jefferson SE, in Grand Rapids Monday, September 24, 2012.

Low-wage restaurant workers are campaigning for better pay in cities around the country.

Renowned jazz vocalist and recording artist Antoinette Montague will perform at The NY Baha'i Center in Manhattan tonight, May 14, at 8 PM and 9:30 PM.

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