The Jazz Age in Central Harlem took place alongside the flowering of visual arts, poetry, and prose sparked by the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s and 1930s. Some name this era one of the most ...

There was a 13-year window in the United States around the turn of the 20th century during which alcohol was made illegal. That time period, known as prohibition, lasted from 1920 to 1933. The era, of ...

Jazz spilled from smoky clubs, streets buzzed with new machines, and women and men pushed boundaries like never before. The ...

"Lenox Avenue" is a fictitious Harlem Renaissance-era speakeasy Credit: photo courtesy Renaissance Theatre Co. We’ve all had to bid premature farewells to far too many friends over the past few years, ...

In a decade when Harlem’s clubs pulsed with the rhythm of the Jazz Age, Queens stood quietly on the threshold of ...

Life in the 1920s was defined by many cultural, political, and economic developments. Jazz music and flapper fashion defined the era's sound and look. The Harlem Renaissance brought popularity to art ...

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Jazz may have originated in New Orleans in the late 19th century, but New York City is where it expanded—physically, sonically, and culturally. By the 1920s, Harlem had become a national hub, where ...

For more then 40 years, Sam Hargress has owned and operated Paris Blues It sits on the corner of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. and 121st Street, and is a favorite for locals & tourists alike with Open ...

Nobuko Cobi Narita, guest of Harlem Speaks on Thursday, April 13, 2006, has been a steadfast volunteer in the NY jazz community since 1969. Married to Paul Ash, her partner of 32 years, at 80 she ...