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Heaven Was a Place in Harlem

The quiet town of Sayville, New York, had its world turned upside down in October 1919, when a mysterious couple purchased a large house on Macon Street. The buyers, the first African-American ... read more

Wallace Thurman in Harlem

“There was no place in the world for a dark girl,” she laments. And even when Emma Lou decides to move to Harlem, she still finds no refuge ... he never gave up on New York, which was “heaven compared ... read more

Between Harlem and Heaven presents a delightful fusion of Afro-Asian-American cuisine

One likes opera. The other, hip-hop. And together, iconic chef and former opera singer Alexander Smalls and James Beard nominated chef JJ Johnson have created their first ever cookbook, “Between ... read more

Hartford Hosts A Graffiti Jam Made In Heaven

Richard Crapht knows his graffiti is approachable, his green and yellow dragons a crisp, clean addition to the ragtag look of Heaven Skate Park in Hartford ... On another wall, Harlem-based artist ... read more

The Langston Hughes Family Museum Gives Insight On Carrying Traditions Forward

It was almost as if Harlem was heaven; a place for African Americans to be themselves completely without prejudice and discomfort. The African American experience isn’t complete without the history of ... read more

A Vision of Heaven in Central Harlem: iHope Finds Beauty Amid Brokenness

You might expect a school for children who’ve suffered traumatic brain injuries (TBI) to be a sad or somber place, but I found a different ... and Malcolm X Boulevard offers a vision of heaven in ... read more

$25 AND UNDER; If Home's Too Far to Get to, a Place in Harlem Beckons

IN a world that reveres the richest and the greatest, it's reassuring to know that a corner in heaven is reserved for the homiest, too. Miss Maude's Spoonbread Too, a bright new restaurant in Harlem, ... read more

Heaven up in Harlem: Maysles Cinema

The first screening at the Maysles Cinema wasn’t exactly planned, but the story behind it captures the open spirit of the lively Harlem theater. “A woman named Hellura Lyle knocked on our window and ... read more

Acclaimed chef comes home to release cookbook 'Between Harlem and Heaven'

Chef Alexander Smalls’ visit to Spartanburg recently to promote his new cookbook “Between Harlem and Heaven” was truly a homecoming. The chef/restaurateur, and Grammy-award winning opera singer and ... read more

How the Idea of Hell Has Shaped the Way We Think

Also possible, I had to concede, was the Bad Place, which, until then, I’d thought of mostly as the un-air-conditioned underside to Heaven. Here, though, was a different idea. Hell, according to the ... read more

Sonny Rollins: A jazz mind in pursuit of improvisational heaven

That would make Rollins 11 years old, down from Harlem to spend the summer in Annapolis ... All of that was great. I was in a place where nobody could see me,” he says. “This was heaven. This was ... read more

Why libraries matter, according to 8 Connecticut authors

a place for poetry and celebration. My book The Black Back-Ups was honored by the New York Public Library, at “The Donnell” branch. I’ve had the opportunity to read at The Schomburg Center for ... read more