Film

The Architecture of Doom / Undergangens arkitektur
Peter Cohen, Sweden, 1989; 119m
Presented Sat. Aug 29: 1:00pm and Wed. Sep 2: 9:00pm
Rejected from art school and then inspired to create the Third Reich while watching a performance of Wagner’s Rienzi, Hitler devoted an inordinate amount of his time studying and planning architectural projects, even in [...]

Faith
United House of Prayer is located at 125th st and Fedrick Douglous blvd., in Harlem, NY. The Baptism …

… was at 115st between 5th & Lenox Avenue. We loved the band, even though there’s much moving around and talking, it’s still a good clip.
Posted in Faith Tagged: 83rd Convocation, Baptism [...]

Energy

From Troy Monaco
In late 2006, a Malawian newspaper first wrote about a remarkable young man  from a remote rural village north of the capital city of Malawi. This is his story.

Folow his story at: www.WilliamKamkwamba.com
Great story….
youtube.com
Posted in Community, facebook Tagged: Malawi, Malawian newspaper, William Kamkwamba

Allthingsharlem.com
Posted in Books Tagged: allthingsharlem.com, Books, Mosaic Spring Benefit 2009

Video
Fab 5 Freddy talks with Allthingsharlem.com about Harlem and his experiences.

Posted in Fashion, Video Tagged: Fab Five Freddy, Harlem

Movie
An animated adventure centered on a 5-year-old boy and his relationship with a goldfish princess who longs to become human.
Title: Ponyo
Release Date: 14 August 2009
Genre: Animation | Adventure
Cast: Liam Neeson, Noah Cyrus, Cloris Leachman, Matt Damon, Frankie Jonas, TIna Fey
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Writers: Hayao Miyazaki
Studio: Walt Disney Company
Posted in hw pick, movie Tagged: Cloris Leachman, [...]

Education
Student Reporter Damon Weaver was invited to come to…
…the White House to talk about education with President Obama
Posted in Education Tagged: Damon Weaver, Education, president Obama


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Movie Review
By T. A. Moreland
Based upon a huge bestseller, The Time Traveler’s Wife stars Rachel Adams as the wife, Clare and the Australian actor, Eric Bana, as Henry, the time traveler.

Henry suffers from a genetic disorder which causes him to travel through the years of his life.  He has no control over when he leaves [...]

Finally, Amber Rose is putting a personality to her face and famous figure and actually speaking to the media, picking up her boyfriend’s slack like any devoted better half would. In her revealing interview in the latest issue of Complex magazine, she explains she grew up very poor in South Philly with a single mother. [...]

News
The glittery glove that Michael Jackson wore when he unveiled his moonwalk on TV in 1983 is hitting the auction block.

This one isn’t like his other glittery gloves, which were made for the right hand and adorned with hand-sewn crystals. This left-handed glove, which accompanied Jackson’s fedora and dance moves on Motown’s 25th-anniversary TV [...]

Politics
Hillary laying it down at a town hall event in Africa, a translator told Sec. Clinton that a student wanted to know what her husband thought about the economy…
…. Clinton became agitated, saying, “My husband is not the Secretary of State, I am.” The translator, however, apparently misspoke – the student had asked for President [...]

News
President Barack Obama called her “an extraordinary woman who, as much as anyone, taught our nation — and our world — that no physical or mental barrier can restrain the power of the human spirit.”
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, a member of the Kennedy clan who devoted much of her life to children’s charities, including founding the [...]

Sports
Former Florida State football star Myron Rolle is preparing for a new life as a Rhodes scholar, with an eye on- medicine, after passing up the NFL draft.

Do you think he made a wise decision?
AP on youtube.com
Posted in Sports Tagged: Academics, Football Star, Video Essay

Community
From The Urban Hot Spot
These cops give good cops a bad rep.

Posted in Community Tagged: dirty cops, tennesee

The saga continues, meet Biggie Jr. and Diddy Jr. with Diddy Sr.



Posted in Harlem

By Walter Rutledge
Sunday August 2, 2009 was the eighty-fifth birthday of author, poet, playwright, activist and Harlemite James Baldwin. The day unfortunately was marked with little acknowledgement or fanfare. Tragically in the case of Mr. Baldwin even history recorded can become history forgotten.

The Faison Firehouse Theatre presented the consummate birthday party honoring the life [...]

Movie reviews
Julie and Julia by T. A. Moreland
Julie and Julia is a very different kind of film. It’s based on not one but two books. Two books whose stories are intertwined and told in one screenplay.
Written and directed by Nora Ephron “When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, You’ve Got Mail”. The [...]

Harlem native and Pastor Mase must be getting bored with all that cult like church cooter. When he is approached on the street by a “random” cameraman, he acts shady, but as soon as he finds out he is from TMZ, the reverend throws out the dimples, smiles, glasses, and starts talking about a “deal.”
TMZ [...]

TV
The Atlanta ladies are back in the drama-filled second season premiere.
PREMIERE: Thursday July 30, 12 am, 2009
The Atlanta ladies are back in the drama-filled second season premiere. Shereé decides to throw herself an “Independence Party” to celebrate her recent divorce, while Lisa and her husband discuss the idea of having another baby.

The ladies attend [...]

Let’s just get this out of the way now before anyone thinks anything about anything: Fuse is owned by Cablevision, which also owns Newsday.

And if “Beef,” an eight-part series chronicling the history of rap battles and feuds in hip-hop, was on any other network, I’d still be screaming for you all to watch it.

Oh, it’s [...]