Posted on 28 February 2013.
Dates:
03/08 – 03/09/2013
Venue:
Harlem Stage Gatehouse
Address:
150 Convent Avenue, New York, NY, 10031
Cost:
$35.00 / $28.00
7:30pm
The Healing Voices of Haiti
Emeline Michel, Haiti’s supreme queen of song, and her artistic allies—novelist Edwidge Danticat, griot/vocalist James Germain, and legendary storyteller Jean-Claude Martineau—embrace the power of Haiti’s resilient spirit in a magical evening of poetry and song from Michel’s much-anticipated CD, [...]
Posted in Arts, Arts and Culture, Books, Dance, History, Music, People
Posted on 08 December 2011.
Marlie Hall lives TV. She’s an awarding-winning Broadcast Journalist, TV Host and Documentarian. After a decade working in the television industry, Marlie has worked at numerous major media outlets including WCBS-TV, Food Network and HDNews just to name a few. She’s earned several Journalistic awards including a Telly for her ground-breaking reporting in Haiti.
Recently, Marlie [...]
Posted in Arts, Arts and Culture, Music, People
Posted on 21 June 2011. Tags: Arcade Fire, Documentary, Haiti
Arcade Fire star Regine Chassagne has spoken out about her return to Haiti for the band’s recent Port-au-Prince concert, revealing she was overcome with the support locals gave her and her band mates.
The Canadian rocker’s parents left Haiti before she was born, but she has always had ties to the nation and jumped at the [...]
Posted in Arts and Culture, Music, Reconstruction News
Posted on 08 June 2011. Tags: Haiti, International Jazz Festival, Music, Port-au-Prince
Across the street from the shacks made of sticks, tarps and scrap metal that house thousands of earthquake survivors in downtown Port-au-Prince, the delicate sound of a tenor sax serenades a sizeable audience of music enthusiasts. This is Haiti’s international jazz festival, resurrected after an earthquake destroyed its venue city in January 2010, killing some [...]
Posted in Arts, Music, People, Reconstruction News
Posted on 26 May 2011.
When I was in my late teens, I wrote a letter to Oprah Winfrey asking her if she could fly my parents to Paris for their 22nd wedding anniversary. I imagine mine was one of thousands of such letters she received, like novenas from all corners of the globe.
I told her about that letter, during [...]
Posted in Arts, Arts and Culture, Books, History, Music, People
Posted on 21 March 2011.
Haiti — Busta Rhymes and the Fugees are scheduled to perform tonight in Haiti for a concert leading up to the presidential election which Michel Martelly is expected to win.
Posted in Arts and Culture, Music
Posted on 24 December 2010.
New York radio station Hot 97 has decided to suspend DJ Cipha Sounds indefinitely following what were deemed inflammatory remarks about Haitians.
Posted in Arts and Culture, Music
Posted on 01 November 2010.
Haitienne Magazine is proud to distinguish one of it own, a most promising new R&B/POP singer Yoodee France. She is an inspirational songwriter, dancer, and a Fashion icon.
Posted in Arts and Culture, Music
Posted on 29 July 2010.
Wyclef Jean so far is not denied reports that he is considering a run for president of Haiti According to the Associated Press, the singer and founder on Yéle Haiti Foundation is considering a run for president of Haiti, but has not decided whether to seek the five-year term as President of Haiti. In fact, [...]
Posted in Arts and Culture, Music
Posted on 17 June 2010.
24 years old Marie Blanchard nickname “The Haitian Beauty” is from Port- Au- Prince, Haiti. She moved to the US when she was 12, and lived in New Jersey for about 7 years before moving to Pennsylvania the summer of 2003. Marie went to 3 different high schools; she says that she was considered a girl that was not cool. She was never really part of a clique until her senior year.
Posted in Arts and Culture, Dance, Music, Politics & Perspective