SAT 6/13 COFFEY PARK, RED HOOK, BROOKLYN
2-6 PM at Visitation Place, bet. Dwight and Richards Street go todancinginthestreets.org for directions
BLOCK PARTY hosted by Brandon “Peace” Albright
Produced in partnership with City Parks Foundation’s Hook Productions, Good Shepherd/The Beacon, New York City Depart
ment of Parks and Recreation, Partnerships for Parks & the Red Hook Catalyst Project, Red Hook Community Justice Center, Red Hook Initiative, and Urban Assembly School of Music and Art
SAT 7/25 LANGSTON HUGHES COMMUNITY LIBRARY & CULTURAL CENTER/QUEENS LIBRARY, QUEENS
1-5 PM at 100-01 Northern Boulevard, Corona
1 pm: THE OTHER SIDE OF HIP HOP: THE SIXTH ELEMENT. Film screening and panel discussion with producer, writer, and director Dion Michael Ashman, Hip Hop Photo Activist Brother Ernie Paniccioli, Kangol Kid of UTFO, and Lin Que (formerly known as Isis of X-Klan)
3:30 pm: IT'S BIGGER THAN HIP HOP: THE RISE OF THE HIP HOP GENERATION. Author talk and book signing with author, filmmaker, and professor M.K. Asante, Jr.
Produced and presented by the Langston Hughes Community Library & Cultural Center/Queens Library
SUN 8/2 QUEENSBRIDGE PARK, QUEENS
4-7 PM at 41 Ave. Bridge Plaza, Vernon Blvd. & East River
4 pm: COMMUNITY CIPHER hosted by Brandon “Peace” Albright
5 pm: GENERATION NEXT hosted by Rokafella. Performances by The House Dance Project, Le Soul Afrique, MAWU, and Misnomer(S). Curated by Gabriel “Kwikstep” Dionisio, Ana “Rokafella” Garcia, Santiago Freeman, Thomas F. DeFrantz, and Adesola Osakalumi.
6 pm: ILLSTYLE & PEACE PRODUCTIONS excerpts from impossible,IZZpossible
Presented in partnership with CityParks Dance
THU 8/6 LINCOLN CENTER OUT OF DOORS, MANHATTAN
6-7 / 7:30-10 PM
At Josie Robertson Plaza, Columbus Avenue & 63rd
6 pm: COMMUNITY CIPHER hosted by Brandon “Peace” Albright
At Damrosch Park Bandshell, West 62nd between Columbus and Amsterdam
7:30 pm: DANCE. Full Circle, Chinese American Arts Council Martial Arts Society,
FootworKINGz & Creation, Last For One, Lee In Soo Dance Project
Followed by: RAP. Bajah + the Dry Eye Crew (Bajah, A-Klazz, & Dovy)
Presented in partnership with Lincoln Center Out of Doors, which is sponsored by Bloomberg and PepsiCo Inc. with additional generous support from foundations, corporations, individuals and government agencies.
Dancing in the Streets’ appearance as a part of Lincoln Center Out of Doors is a collaboration with the Korean Arts Management Service and Chinese American Arts Council.
SUN 8/9 ST. MARY’S PARK, THE BRONX
4-7 PM at 146th St. & St. Ann’s Ave.
4 pm: COMMUNITY CIPHER hosted by Brandon “Peace” Albright
5 pm: GENERATION NEXT hosted by Rokafella. Performances by The House Dance Project, Le Soul Afrique, MAWU, and Misnomer(S). Curated by Gabriel “Kwikstep” Dionisio, Ana “Rokafella” Garcia, Santiago Freeman, Thomas F. DeFrantz, and Adesola Osakalumi.
6 pm: ILLSTYLE & PEACE PRODUCTIONS excerpts from impossible,IZZpossible
Presented in partnership with CityParks Dance