“Urban Stomp” at the Museum of the City of New York chronicles the metropolis ... to do the Lindy Hop as it was swung at the Savoy Ballroom in the 1930s? To rock your hips through the ...

On April 11, Midtown Manhattan’s Ziegfeld Ballroom played host to the Dance Theatre of Harlem’s always-glamorous Vision Gala. The evening’s honoree was Darren Walker, the soon-to-be former ...

His hoodlum phase in New York was re-created at the Lenox Lounge in Harlem. A scene of Malcolm ... he had his heart set on filming at the Audubon Ballroom itself, which had been turned into ...

Sarah Lois Vaughan was born the daughter of Asbury and Ada Vaughan on March 27, 1924, in Newark, New Jersey. As a youth Vaughan ... Vaughan took the train across the river to Harlem to frequent the ...

Soon, Ella was singing with bands as they provided the soundtrack for smoke-filled dance halls, like Harlem’s Savoy Ballroom ... was dubbed the orchestra’s new bandleader, and she sang ...

Harlem in the 1930’s – the Golden Age of places like the Cotton Club and the Savoy Ballroom, honky tonk dives along Lenox Avenue, rent parties, stride piano players and that new beat ...

Delaware Theatre Company’s latest production, Stompin’ at the Savoy, bursts onto the stage with heart, harmony, and a whole ...

The Black dandy: More than a century of sharp tailoring, resistance and attitude Since the Harlem Renaissance in the early ...

Discovered at Harlem’s Savoy Ballroom, the Harlem native became a key member of the professional performing group known as Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers, impressing audiences worldwide with her ...