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Young Activists Honored At Apollo Theatre
Darius Weems was one youth among several honored June 4 at the Apollo Theater in New York for their social activism pursuits. More than 1,000 supporters gathered at Harlem’s Apollo Theater June 4 to...
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Hitting the High Notes
Ray Chew (Photo by Jerry Jack) Ray Chew Title: Contemporary Music Director, Master String Arranger, Composer and Head of Contemporary Music for Carnegie Hall Location: New York Age: 50 Power Play:...
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Percy E. Sutton: A Titan Worthy of Emulation
Percy E. Sutton never met a challenge too great for his boundless energy and intrepid spirit. The founder of Inner City Broadcasting Corp. (which operated the first African American-owned radio...
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Remembering Percy E. Sutton
Percy Sutton “Mentor, leader, media mogul, entrepreneur, friend, WWII fighter, champion, “The Chairman,” or just simply Dad or Uncle Jimmy are all ways in which family and friends remembered Percy...
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Pioneering Businessman and Politician Percy E. Sutton
Percy Sutton Percy E. Sutton never met a challenge too great for his boundless energy and intrepid spirit. The founder of Inner City Broadcasting Corp. died Dec. 26, 2009. He was 89. Although he was...
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No. 10: Percy Sutton, The Godfather Of Black Radio
The late politician, Tuskegee Airman, and civil rights activist Percy Sutton purchased a single radio station in New York City in 1972 for $1.9 million and grew it into media conglomerate Inner City...
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In the News: Southern Baptists Elect First Black Rev.; Stevie Wonder in...
Headlines from around the web (Image: File) Southern Baptists Elect First African American into Leadership The predominantly White Southern Baptist Convention has elected an African American to...
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President Obama Sings Al Green’s ‘Let’s Stay Together’ at the Apollo Theater
(Image: File) President Barack Obama visited the landmark Apollo Theater in Harlem on Thursday. Obama joined singers Al Green and India.Arie, as well as more than 1,400 supporters who spent between...
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Apollo Uptown Hall Series Presents Free Presidential Debate Viewing Party
The Apollo Theater will present the second event in its newly launched Apollo Uptown Hall series with a free viewing party of the second presidential debate between President Barack Obama and...
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Chaka Khan to be Inducted Into Apollo Legends Hall of Fame
Chaka Khan is having a great year as she celebrates 40 years in the entertainment industry. It was just announced that the world famous Apollo Theater is inducting her into its Apollo Legends Hall of...
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Doctor Orders Chaka Khan to Cancel Four Concert Dates in June
As reported on The Industry Cosign, famed vocalist, Chaka Khan, by doctor’s orders, has cancelled several upcoming concerts. Although Khan has cancelled the shows, she will definitely be in attendance...
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Apollo Theater Celebrates A New Orleans to Harlem Jazz Weekend
(Image: TheApolloTheater.org) On the weekend of Nov. 8, the Apollo Theater in New York City, will celebrate the birthplace of jazz with A New Orleans to Harlem Jazz Weekend. To kick off the celebratory...
View ArticleClassical Theater of Harlem Celebrates 15th Anniversary
The Classical Theater of Harlem (CTH) celebrated its 15th anniversary April 13, with a benefit concert at the Apollo Theater Soundstage, featuring award-winning actress Patina Miller, Law and Order’s...
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Nile Rodgers, Ne-Yo, Luke James and More Perform at Apollo Theater’s 10th...
Image: Nile Rodgers (Shahar Azran) On June 8th, Apollo Theater hosted its star-studded 10th Annual Spring Gala in New York that brought out hundreds of celebrity guests and community leaders for an...
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‘Invisible Life’ The Musical at Apollo Theater
A musical adaptation of best-selling author E. Lynn Harris’ 1994 novel “Invisible Life,” a coming of age story about man who discovers he is bisexual, is being reborn as a new musical featuring a score...
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Prince Inducted Into Apollo Theater’s Walk of Fame
The Apollo Theater kicked off its 11th Annual Spring Gala with a memorable Apollo Walk of Fame induction of music icon Prince. With an emotional yet entertaining Walk of Fame induction, friends,...
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Apollo Crowd Cheers and Jeers on Debate Night
There was no better place to watch the highly anticipated presidential debate on Monday than at the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem, N.Y., where the audience stayed true to their nature, laughing,...
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The Apollo to Celebrate Ella Fitzgerald Centennial Birthday
After leaving a lasting imprint in American music, there’s no place more appropriate to commemorate the life and legacy of Ella Fitzgerald than the place where she launched her illustrious music...
View Article‘The Apollo’ Documentary to Debut November 6 on HBO
The story of the famed Harlem theater will be told in an HBO special called The Apollo, according to Rolling Stone. According to a statement on the Apollo Theater’s website, The Apollo documentary is...
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Apollo Theater Will Hold Amateur Night Auditions Exclusively Online
Now it’s even easier for folks to make an impression from home in order to make it in front of one of the toughest crowds in the world. For the first time ever, the famed Harlem-based Apollo Theater is...
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