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Tuesday, May 14, 2024
A Desert Island Disc
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This Al Jarreau album, Breakin' Away , released in 1981, is one of the jazz albums I would want to have with me if I were stuck on a de...
Saturday, May 4, 2024
The "Summer Of Soul" Movie
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Summer of Soul , released in 2021, is a movie I hope to see on a DVD. It's a documentary about the Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969. A...
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
A Tale Of Two Harlem Churches
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One church in Harlem is not Obama-friendly, the other is.
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Will This Building Provide Affordable Housing In Harlem?
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This building at the corner of Lenox Avenue and 116th Street in Harlem has been empty of tenants for years. Recently, scaffolding has been e...
Monday, April 8, 2024
James Baldwin's Centennial Year
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This year, in August, will mark what would have been the esteemed novelist/essayist James Baldwin's 100th birthday.
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
A Masked Giraffe On Manhattan's Upper West Side
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This masked giraffe (not a real one, obviously) was seen outside a liquor store on Columbus Avenue in Manhattan during the COVID-19 pandemic...
Friday, March 22, 2024
The Dave Brubeck Quartet's Classic "Time Out" LP
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Time Out , recorded in 1959 by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, is one of my favorite jazz albums. ("Take Five," the hit jazz tune, is on...
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