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Harlem

  1. art review
    The Met’s Tremendous Harlem Renaissance Show Redefines ModernismJerry Saltz says we’ve gotten everything wrong about the big bang of 20th century art.
  2. a long talk
    How Colson Whitehead Pulled It OffHis new novel is Harlem Shuffle, a very New York story about life in the gray area between legitimacy and hustle.
  3. theater
    In Marcus Garvey Park, Seize the King Reimagines Richard IIIThis summer, Classical Theatre of Harlem puts up Will Power’s contemporary verse play built on very old bones.
  4. the coronavirus
    For the Apollo Theater, the Show Must Go OnThey’re taking their talent online. Literally.
  5. anniversaries
    Jazz Icon Benny Golson on the Legendary ‘A Great Day in Harlem’ Photo“When I got up there, I saw all of my heroes, and then I wondered, Why in the heck am I here? Nobody really knows who I am.”
  6. album review
    Sheck Wes’s ‘Mo Bamba’ Is a Hit. Is There Anything As Good on Mudboy?On it, he looks for acceptance in a city that doesn’t seem designed to help him prosper.
  7. last night on late night
    Last Night on Late Night: Young Tina Fey Was Weird But Her Star Wars Views Were Dead OnPlus, Gary Busey talks some classically awkward smack about Meatloaf, on our regular late-night roundup.