Category: Harlem (Manhattan, NY)

  • The Ecstatic, Elusive Art of Ming Smith

    The New York Times – T Magazine:

    The artist was the first Black woman photographer to have her work acquired by MoMA. Now, decades later, as she returns for a solo show, she reflects on her singular career.

  • How Dapper Dan, Harlem Haberdasher, Spends His Sundays

    The New York Times – Fashion & Style:

    The style icon is a news obsessive, a reader, a salsa dancer and a churchgoer (he skips the sermons, though).

  • An Intimate Dinner Party in Harlem

    The New York Times – T Magazine:

    The visual artists Naima Green and Sable Elyse Smith planned a gathering at their Manhattan home with guests who put them at ease — and who weren’t allowed to lift a finger.

  • At Sylvia’s in Harlem, Food Is a Family Affair

    The New York Times – T Magazine:

    The grande dame of New York soul food, now run by a new generation of the Woods dynasty, has been feeding the city, and its most distinguished visitors, for six decades.

  • Xaviera Simmons Is Embarrassed for America

    The New York Times – T Magazine:

    For the interdisciplinary artist, watching the cycle of responses to white supremacist violence — outrage turning into apathy — is an anguish as familiar as heartbreak.

  • Apollo Theater’s Longtime President Will Step Down

    The New York Times – Music:

    Jonelle Procope, who transformed the Harlem organization from a struggling nonprofit to an internationally recognized cultural center, will leave in June after two decades in the role.