It’s that time again. First Fridays at the Bronx Museum with Asho, celebrating Women’s History Month. Check out the details below…
First Fridays! At The Bronx Museum Presents:
KALALU Femme Edition: A lyrical stew for wordsmiths of all walks
Celebrating Women’s History Month
FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2010, 6:00pm to 10:00pm
South Building – Lower Gallery
Admission: Free!!! No Cover!!!
Back by popular demand and following the success of last year’s all
female line-up performances, First Fridays! will celebrate Women’s
History Month with a program fully composed of words and sounds by and
for women.
KALALU is a signature event of The Zol Lab, a creative laboratory
where arts and media meet social justice.
Curated and Hosted by The Zol Lab.
Performances by Aracelis Girmay, Atiyya, Lah Tere, Lorelei Williams & Alkebulan Aya.
Beats By DJ Laylo
Live Painting by Crystal Chaparro.
The Bronx Museum of the Arts
1040 Grand Concourse at 165th Street • Bronx, NY 10456
Or visit www.bronxmuseum.org.
Subway Directions: Take the “D” or “B” to the 167 Street/Grand Concourse station. Exit at rear of station, walk south along Grand Concourse two blocks. Or take the “4” to the 161 Street/Yankee Stadium station. Walk east three blocks to the Grand Concourse, then walk north four blocks along Grand Concourse to 165th Street. Via Bus: Take the Bx1, Bx2, or BxM4 Express to 165th St. and Grand Concourse
SHOW TIMELINE
6:00 pm Doors Open/ DJ Laylo Spins on the 1’s & 2’s
7:30PM Opening Remarks by Marinieves Alba/The Zol Lab
7:35 PM Performance by Lorelei Williams
7:55 PM Mari Intro/Aracelis Girmay
8:20 PM Marinieves Alba announces Crystal’s Work in Progress/Atiyya Intro
8:25 PM Performance by Atiyya
8:50 PM Performance by Lah Tere
9:15 PM Performance by Alkebulan Aya
9:40 PM Closing Remarks by Marinieves Alba/The Zol Lab
For more info on everything, check out The Bronx Museum’s official site.
This coming weekend at The Bronx Museum will host a special tribute to the late, legendary hip-hop producer J Dilla as part of their monthly First Fridays series. As usual, everything is curated by out peoples, Asho. Check out the info below…
First Fridays! @ The Bronx Museum presents:
Looking for the Perfect Beat: A Tribute to J Dilla
Celebrating Black History Month.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2010, 6:00pm to 10:00pm
Free!!! (No Cover)
Hosted by Black45 from MTP Jersey
Music by DJ Meltplus
& Sucio Smash.
Performances by
John Robinson,
El Da Sensei, Illmind,
Daniel Joseph
Yahzeed + DJ Preservation ( Mos Def’s DJ)
+ Many More Special Guests.
Co-presented by:
MTP Jersey: myspace.com/mtpjersey
Brooklyn Bodega : www.brooklynbodega.com
Fat Beats: www.fatbeats.com
High Water Music: www.highwaterismusic.com
J Dilla Portrait Courtesy of Vanessa Chakour www.vanessachakour.com
About J Dilla:
James Dewitt Yancey (February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006), better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American Grammy Nominated record producer who emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michigan. According to his obituary at NPR.org, he “was one of the music industry’s most influential hip-hop artists, working for big-name acts like De La Soul, Busta Rhymes and Common.” Yancey’s career began slowly. He has now become highly regarded, most notably for the production of critically acclaimed albums by Common, Busta Rhymes, A Tribe Called Quest, and The Pharcyde. He was a member of Slum Village for their acclaimed debut album Fantastic, Vol. 2. In the early 2000s, Yancey’s career as a solo artist began to improve; A solo album Welcome 2 Detroit was followed by a collaborative album with California producer Madlib, Champion Sound, which catalyzed the careers of both artists. Just as his music was becoming increasingly popular, Yancey died in 2006 of the blood disease TTP.
About MTP (Meet The Producers)
MTP (Meet The Producers) is a monthly beat battle held in Newark, New Jersey. It was established in March 2005. MTP (Meet The Producers) was created for the sole purpose to showcase men and women creative ability’s behind the art of music productions and beat making. MTP (Meet The Producers) was created by Black45, DJ Max Jerome, and DJ Priority, with the departure of Max Jerome in 2006, Black45 and DJ Priority have strength their business chemistry and push the movement of the MTP (Meet The Producers) to the next level.
Also, if you’re in the mood for more Dilla, be sure to make it out to the 4th-Annual Donuts Are Forever party in BK on Saturday. Click the image below for more info on everything….
El Súper is the quintessential Cuban film. A dramatic comedy, it focuses on the domestic experiences of a Cuban family that left Cuba after the outbreak of the revolution. It tells the story of Roberto Amador González, his wife, Aurelia, and their daughter, Aurelita, in New York City. Roberto, a middle-aged man of humble origins and underprivileged background, works as a building superintendent in Manhattan. The film concentrates on his family’s experiences as marginal people in a country with a language and traditions different from their own. The fact that they live in the basement of the building where Roberto works underscores the sense of imprisonment and marginalization that the characters suffer. Cold weather and snow enhance the sense of desolation in the film….
As usual, there’s no cover for the event. Following the screening is a Q&A with original play writer Iván Acosta and a performance by Cuban Jazz and Salsa outfit UNity. For more info hit up the BX Museums’s site.
Thanks much to Asho for passing this info on. Check out the details on tonight’s events below…
Free! No Cover!
First Fridays! Latin Soundscapes
Friday, November 6, 2009 from 6-10pm
South Building-Lower Gallery
Join The Bronx Museum for an exciting First Fridays! program featuring Ibrahim Gonzalez and his Latin Jazz Quintet.
Also check the new dope exhibition: Urban Archives.
With work from Artists:
CHARLIE AHEARN
JOHN AHEARN
AFRIKA BAMBAATAA
HENRY CHALFANT
JOE CONZO
MARTHA COOPER
TATS CRU
CATHERINE HAZARD
LISA KAHANE
LADY PINK & JENNY HOLZER
ROKAFELLA & KWIKSTEP
Oftentimes on this blog I mention my friend, Asho, and the events he helps organize in and around NYC. He’s linked up with FriendsWeLove for a qiuck, two-minute interview. Check the video below…
An internationally acclaimed journalist and cultural activist, Fernández Díaz is known as “The Cuban Hip-Hop Ambassador” for his pivotal role in shaping and documenting Cuba’s national Hip-Hop movement. Celebrated for his dynamic perspective and searing analysis of Cuban race relations, Fernández Díaz is a compelling, intellectual voice who enriches any event or forum he partakes in.
As new horizons on the U.S- Cuba relations front emerge under the Obama administration, new directions in the discourse around the future of the isolated island are becoming increasingly prominent in media and academic circuits. Fernández Díaz fills the void in these debates through his critical examination of race, Hip-Hop and popular culture, and contemporary politics in Cuba. Fernández Díaz’s pragmatic view of Cuban socialism and its intersections with the aforementioned topics demystifies the reality of present-day life in Cuba. His constructive critique of his homeland offers a new lens through which to evaluate Cuban society.
Fernández Díaz has been featured as a lecturer/panelist at: New York University, Brown University, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Lehigh University, Medgar Evers College (CUNY), and other notable institutions.
Fore more info on Asho, check out the full feature on FriendsWeLove.com here, or check out his official site by clicking here.
Tonight in Harlem, Asho is bringing Cuban music and dance uptown. Check out the details below…
The Uptown Nights party continues with Yosvany Terry and his band joined by DJ ASHO, special guest emcee KOKAI, Cuban dancers, and visual artists for a night of grooving to a Latin beat. Come early for the first hour’s open bar mixer, followed by the performance and a closing DJ set.
7:30-8:30 pm DJ Asho Set (Afrobeat, AfroCuban & Latin)
8:30-10:00 pm Yosvany Terry’s Band Performs:
Special Guest DC emcee Kokai
10:00-12:00am DJ Asho Set (Afrobeat, AfroCuban & Latin)
Tickets: $15
Harlem residents received an 20% discount off the ticket.
This week, Friends We Love is doing their thing at The Bronx Museum’s First Fridays. Check out the info below, via Asho…
Friends We Love is ecstatic to kick off the fall season of First Fridays at The Bronx Museum on October 2, 6-10PM. Asho Productions asked us to co-curate this night making it our second Arts & Music Festival with live performances by The Real Live Show, Sarah White & TK Wonder. We’ll be screening some Friends We Love short docs and Moni will be spinning the tunes. It’s ALL FREE! So please invite your friends & loved ones to make it an even better night!
First Fridays! at The Bronx Museum of the Arts :: October 2, 2009 :: 6-10 PM :: FREE!
1040 Grand Councourse @ 165th Street, Bronx, NY :: D/B Train to 167/Grand Concourse :: 4 Train to Yankee Stadium
This Friday, the folks up at the Bronx Museum are representing for Caribbean culture. Check out the info below and after the jump…
Join The Bronx Museum for an exciting First Fridays! program featuring special live performances covering music from the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica. Music by DJ Revolution (Soca, Calypso & Reggae).
Shouts to Asho for passing this info on, once again. Check out more info after the jump….
Asho gets the credit for this one, once again. This coming Wednesday, the classic film I Am Cuba will be screening in Central Park, starting at 7. Before the film, there will be music from The Pedrito Martinez Project, and an opening set by DJ Asho himself. Check out more info on everything below…
Join us at Central Park SummerStage in association with the African Film Festival, for a showcase of Habana|Harlem™ musical talent on Wednesday, August 5th at 7pm featuring The Pedrito Martinez Project, with an opening set by DJ Asho. Afterwards there will be a screening of I Am Cuba, the unforgettable, iconic film that reconstructs the life of the island during the Batista era.
Before the screening, The Pedrito Martínez Project performs music off the percussionist’s debut solo album Slave to Africa. Cubano Pedrito Martínez is perhaps best known as one of the driving forces behind New York Caribbean collective Yerba Buena, he has also performed with Paquito D’Rivera, Meshell Ndegeocello, Lazaro Ros, and others. His new work fuses Afrobeat rhythms with Caribbean music, and features Pedrito as composer, lyricist, lead percussionist, and vocalist.
I Am Cuba, directed by Mikhail Kalatozov, is a Russian-produced film started just one week after the Cuban Missile Crisis. Essentially a celebration of Communist kitsch, the film explores the hedonism glorified during the Batista era, contrasting it alongside the harsh poverty of much of the island. Beautifully shot with wide-angle lenses and different filters, and the only film to ever be jointly presented by Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola, I Am Cuba is considered essential international cinema.
For more info on the event, and on Habana|Harlem™, click here.
