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Watching the Memorial in Harlem

If they couldn't be at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, they wanted to be where it all began, in the heart of Harlem, less than a few steps from the Apollo Theatre where Michael Jackson and his brothers first burst onto the music scene.

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Wed Jul 08, 2009

New York Times

A Sign Recalled a Vanished Jazz Era in Harlem; Then the Sign Vanished, Too

The Big Apple was never more than a minor player among the many clubs that swung and bopped their way into the Harlem jazz scene in its heyday.

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Tue Jul 07, 2009

wcbstv.com

Jackson Fans Flock To Harlem For Memorial Viewing

It's the second love fest in one week on W. 125th Street in Harlem. Tuesday morning, Michael Jackson fans from all over New York, New Jersey and Connecticut trickled out to prepare for the 1 p.m. Jackson Memorial, which will be broadcasted on a giant, black blow-up video screen.

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Sun Jul 05, 2009

Houston Chronicle

Sonia Sotomayor's Puerto Rican food heritage

For Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, being Puerto Rican is wrapped up in the Caribbean island's exotic cuisine.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

New York Times

Vandals Sully an Ode to East Harlem

The walls of East Harlem can speak. Dozens of colorful murals line the narrow streets and wide avenues, celebrating pleneros and poets, rumberos and revolutionaries.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

The Huffington Post

New York Midnight Heroes

Terrell Jones can't be tired. It's midnight on a Saturday, but he must wipe the sleep out of his eyes because his night is just beginning.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

CW Philly

Jackson Remembered In Apollo Theater Memorial

Jun 30, 2009 7:00 pm US/Eastern NEW YORK 1 of 1 DJ Chub Rock watches the Reverend Al Sharpton and movie director Spike Lee dance on stage during a public memorial for pop star Michael Jackson on June 30, 2009 at the Apollo Theater in the Harlem section of New York.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

WCBSTV.com

King Of Pop Tribute Begins Tuesday At The Apollo

Jun 30, 2009 6:54 am US/Eastern Reporting Magee Hickey NEW YORK 1 of 5 A portrait of Michael Jackson before his "BAD" world concert tour held at Wembley Stadium in London on the July 15, 1988.

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The Nation

Fans stunned by pop star's death

Their idol is dead, but for Michael Jackson's fans, the King of Pop is a legend that will live on forever.

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Mon Jun 29, 2009

Gawker

'Those Racist Assholes Killed Him': Michael Jackson's Death Considered in Harlem [Field Report]

Harlem, especially the Apollo, is the media's unofficial spot to get Black America's reaction to Michael Jackson 's death.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

Netscape

Spontaneous tributes to Jackson pop up all over New York City

Spontaneous tributes to Jackson pop up all over New York City >> Posted By suzanek 18 hours, 18 minutes ago in News Starting about 6 p.m., a crowd began gathering under the blinking white lights of the Apollo Theater marquee on 125th Street in New York's Harlem neighborhood.

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Sat Jun 27, 2009

The Modesto Bee

Jackson at Apollo _ 40 years after his $1,000 gig

The Harlem theater that helped launch Michael Jackson's career plans star-studded tributes to him this summer.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

Bloomberg Business News

Bette Midler Whacks Weeds, Taps 50 Cent to Turn New York Green: Interview

Four-time Grammy winner and self- confessed glitz queen Bette Midler enters an East Harlem lot at her characteristic hip-swaying march, swapping the outsize pink feather headdress of her Las Vegas show for gardening gloves.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

NY Daily News

New York City mourns Michael Jackson

The Rev. Al Sharpton, holding a black and white photo with him and Michael Jackson, speaks to members of the media in front of the Apollo Theater.

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Guardian Unlimited

Detail of a poster for the 1967 drag documentary The Queen.

Funny how things change. Behaviour that could, not so long ago, have landed you in jail can now get you a showbiz contract.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

New York Magazine

A Guide to New York's Flourishing Waterfront

Pick from the extensive list of craft beers, tuck into crab cakes or a plate of lobster mac and cheese, and lean back in chairs once used by Tony Soprano-all of the cafe's furniture is from Nuovo Vesuvio, the restaurant in The Sopranos .

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Mon Jun 22, 2009

Greasyguide.com

The Wiz in Harlem Starts July 24th

Join Dorothy Gale and her friends as they, "ease on down the road" to the Emerald City where they meet the most powerful and coolest ruler in all of children's literature a ' The Wiz.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

All About Jazz

BOOK/MAGAZINE: The Ghosts of Harlem: New Book by Hank O'Neal

Music producer, author, photographer and former CIA agent, Hank O'Neal has plenty of experiences from which to draw inspiration.

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Fri Jun 19, 2009

San Francisco Chronicle

Three fast days in New York City - Part II

NEW YORK CITY: SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2009---One of the best reasons to travel to the Big Apple is to catch the Bay Area's own talented actor and movie star Delroy Lindo in Things of Dry Hours at the New York Theater Workshop.

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Thu Jun 18, 2009

Financial Times

The Wiz, City Center, New York

Critics were not kind to The Wiz when it opened on Broadway in 1975, and they were even less charitable towards the movie version three years later.

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