Word: harlemization
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...renaissance is taking root on Harlem's 125th Street, and anyone searching for the artistic soul of the community will invariably be drawn to Thelma Golden, deputy director and chief curator of exhibitions at the Studio Museum in Harlem, who is not only reinvigorating one of the neighborhood's most venerable institutions but also helping redefine the image of African Americans in American...
Last year Golden was brought to the Studio Museum by her mentor, Lowery Stokes Sims, a former curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Golden's debut Harlem show, "Freestyle," an exhibition of 28 young artists, included such works as a sound installation by Nadine Robinson that mixes political speeches by George W. Bush and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. against laugh tracks. Says Golden: "I'm here to present new and daring contemporary...
...AREA SPORTING GOODS MANUFACTURER Until now, Washington Wizards apparel was about as popular as jerseys for those Harlem Globetrotter patsies, the Washington Generals. Now sewing machines in town can't run fast enough affixing 2's and 3's to T-shirts, jerseys, hats and everything else fit to wear or display. Holiday season shoppers looking for Jordan paraphernalia will be a welcome sight, because it's clear after just the first two NFL games that no one is going to want any Redskins gear...
...nauseous. After all, the U.S. Open women's all-Williams final on Saturday night seemed a lot less like a gladiator fight than a carnival. Before the match, two women on stilts with tennis-ball headware watched couples dance to blaring Elvis Presley right outside the main stadium. The Harlem Gospel Choir performed before Diana Ross sang God Bless America. Vanessa Williams, Rick Fox, Brandi and Spike Lee poured into the seats. There were certainly more black people in this tennis stadium than the last time sisters met for a majors final--in 1884, in pasty-white Victorian Wimbledon...
...Peter Norton, of Norton Utilities fame, is more eclectic, incorporating the Nortons' vast and pluralistic art collection, but it's not jumbled. She knew their home could withstand the iconic force of Frank Gehry and Marcel Wanders chairs. This year she decorated President Bill Clinton's new offices in Harlem with surprisingly modern furniture and light colors. "Very soothing," she says...