News on Ella Fitzgerald

Apollo Theater marks 75th year of 'Amateur Night'

2010-03-02T16:56:26Z

<div id="subtitle">Apollo Theater celebrates 75th year of 'Amateur Night' _ an early stage for musical stars</div><div><p>Harlem's Apollo Theater is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its "Amateur Night" — a starting stage for some of the biggest stars in entertainment, including ...

Walk on the west side

2010-03-02T06:49:20Z

<div><p> When the soul singer Luther Vandross died in July at the age of 54, he lay in state for several days at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel (1076 Madison Avenue).</p><p> Gargantuan black men in black suits, white shirts and sunglasses bear-hugged each other mournfully beneath...

Urban review: Various, Good Times: London

2010-02-27T18:33:47Z

<div><p>It must be that time of year - carnival time. The latest Good Times compilation from Norman Jay MBE (as he insists on styling himself) is yet another cracker. Ella Fitzgerald's cover of the Temptations' Get Ready' sits next to the vintage hip hop of Caveman's 'I'm Ready', and classic R&a...

'Women of our Time' exhibition portrays 20th century icons

2010-02-28T04:43:07Z

<div><p>From the first woman elected to Congress to the first black female millionaire, a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington brings together photographic portraits of American women who made their mark on the 20th Century.</p><p>The "Women of our Time" exhibition of 90 images is "a real panoply of women's identity, struggles and achievements in the 20th...

Wednesday, August 6

2010-03-04T04:05:27Z

<div><p>“I have not come across anybody like her. Anywhere,” said Steven Sebring, director of Patti Smith: Dream of Life, a documentary about the angsty, aging rock goddess. “She travels around the world and does poetry readings, or does performances, or does art; she does lectures on William Blake....