Email Author Chloe A. Hilliard

2008 Stories by Chloe A. Hilliard

• Ring of Honor

  published December 24, 2008

  Everyone is falling over The Wrestler, with Mickey Rourke as More >>

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  The Gentleman Boxer

  published November 26, 2008

  So far, the knockout blow to boxing hasn't landed, but, like a punch-drunk fighter in the last round of a long bout, the "sweet science" is... More >>

• Watching the V.P. Debate with Young, Black, Palin-Proud Republicans

  published October 8, 2008

  The young black Republicans had arranged, at the Voice's request, to meet at SideBar near Union Square to watch the vice-presidential... More >>

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  Baby-Mama Drama and Deadbeat Dads

  published September 10, 2008

  During a recent 15-minute segment on Power 105's Ed Lover Morning Show, Cathy Middleton fields calls coming in on the jammed... More >>

• On the Campaign Trail With MTV Semi-Celeb Kevin Powell

  published September 3, 2008

  Here's why I shouldn't be writing this article. Twice, I was fired by Kevin Powell, the semi-celebrity who first rose to prominence as a member of... More >>

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  Black Models Take Off

  published August 12, 2008

  Last month, photographer Steven Meisel used only black models for an entire issue of the Italian edition of Vogue, and it became something... More >>

• The City Pitted Kids Against Artists in the East Village

  published June 24, 2008

  The most remarkable recent one-act involving the artists of Performance Space 122 was the picket against them by neighborhood parents at the... More >>

• Deep South of Houston: Is a Soul-Food Restaurant Too Black for Soho?

  published May 6, 2008

  Lola, a soul-food restaurant that featured live rhythm-and-blues acts, attracts a largely black clientele, and also went by the name Lola Is... More >>

• Meet the Harlem Artist With Good Promotion, Sales— and Down Syndrome

  published April 22, 2008

  Haile King Rubie's paintings are lovely. Considering the subject matter (stick figures, balloons, simplistically rendered buildings), the... More >>

• For Some Black Parents, the New Home Room is Home

  published April 8, 2008

  Say "homeschooling" and what tends to come to mind are the whitest people you know, holding Sunday school every day of the week in their... More >>

• The Fabolous Life

  published February 5, 2008

  In Harlem, it's Dipset—the short handle for Cam'ron and Jim Jones's group, the Diplomats. Staten Island, on the other hand, is Wu-Tang... More >>