Word: harlem
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...conventional narrative,” says Sheldon L. Cheek, curator of the exhibit and of the Du Bois Institute’s permanent collection. Instead, British filmmaker Isaac Julien strings together ten scenes to paint a portrait of a lesser-known side of the Harlem Renaissance...
...triumph by yelling at sex blogger Lena Chen “Do you know who I am?” and also “I read your blog.” Bet she’s never gotten that pick-up line before. Some Quincy seniors dressed as Harlem Globetrotters practiced routines for the AD, and rounded off the night attempting to pilfer cookie dough from the Grille. Also: cops came to Story Street! And: the Lampoon had a party! The Christmas decor at FM’s resident misogynist’s house was featured in this month?...
...deal. But he didn't leave everything behind. "In the morning I load up my trunk and hit the streets," says K'wan. "It's the same as when I was on the block hustling, except it's a different product. I hit the street vendors in the Bronx, Harlem and Brooklyn, talk to the kids and sign a few books...
...last week, his claim to fame on the Hill was a knack for impersonations and storytelling. He could mimic Bill Clinton, and both sides of an argument between outgoing House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas, a California Republican, and the panel's ranking Democrat, Charles Rangel of Harlem (two very different and very vivid characters). Foley regaled us with hilarious stories, about such things as the bizarre celebrity world of Rep. Sonny Bono, since killed in a skiing accident. Picture Cher dropping by the home of her ex-husband with new love Greg Allman for some nude sunbathing...
...delivered at the U.N. General Assembly last week, in which he accused President George W. Bush of being the "devil" and leaving a satanic "smell of sulfur" in the U.N. hall. Chvez wasn't done. A few hours before he met me, he gave a speech in Harlem in which he called Bush an "alcoholic...