Arts & Entertainment
Get Out: Les Nubians, Theophilus London and the Afrodisiac Experience
A roundup of weekend events in and around Bedford-Stuyvesant
WHEN/WHERE: Saturday, July 6, 5:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m., Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Bklyn
WHY GO: At the Brooklyn Museum's Target First Saturdays, thousands of visitors enjoy free programs of art and entertainment each month. All evening long, the Museum Café serves a wide selection of sandwiches, salads, and beverages, and a cash bar offers wine and beer. Enjoy highlights, such as Michael Hill’s Blues Mob at 5 p.m. with blues-flavored rock, R&B, and funk. At 7 p.m., Frankie Rose performs dream-pop melodies from classic eighties rock. At 8:45 p.m., hip-hop group Brown Bag All Stars lays down fresh beats influenced by 1990s East Coast rap.
HOW MUCH: Free (donations encouraged); Parking is a flat rate of $5 starting at 5:00 p.m.
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WHEN/WHERE: Saturday, July 6, 7:00 p.m., Prospect Park Bandshell
WHY GO: THEOPHILUS LONDON, “who seems to have studied his Prince, his Andre 3000, and, especially and perhaps most surprisingly, his PM Dawn,” (Philadelphia Inquirer) comes off “like a boastful, macho Janelle Monáe [who] attempts to bridge the 1950s and the 2050s.” (Details) With the French-Cameroonian sisters LES NUBIANS, whose “unique Afropean soul lifts the spirit and moves the feet,” (USA Today) and the reduction stutter funk of Brooklyn’s AABARAKI.
HOW MUCH: Free ($3 suggested donation)
WHAT: Hunger Games
WHEN/WHERE: Saturday, July 6, 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., Von King Park at Lafayette and Marcy Avenues
WHY GO: A day of fun and games to benefit the pantry of Bed-Stuy’s Campaign Against Hunger! (Four Team Kickball Tournament, Three Legged Race, Water Balloon Toss, Sack Race). There will be a BBQ and drinks available! Come on out!
HOW MUCH: Bring canned and boxed food to donate!
WHAT: The Afrodisiac Experience Reloaded
WHEN/WHERE: Saturday, July 6, 10:00 p.m. – 4:00 a.m., For My Sweet, 1104 Fulton Street between Classon and Claver Pl.
WHY GO: Hosted by Amma Whatt, HIP HOP EXTRAORDINAIRES/SOUNDTRACK 63's
CHEN LO AND TUTTY AMIN W/LIVE BAND will perform! SPINNING THE BEST OF 90'S HIP HOP, REGGAE, SOCA, HOUSE, AFRO BEAT, SLOW JAMZ, SALSA, DIRTY SOUTH AND OTHER CLASSIC SUMMERTIME VYBEZ!
HOW MUCH: $10 Admission or $30 with open bar
WHAT: The Lab Outdoors Presents CityKings: Bad Boy vs. Roc-A-Fella
WHEN/WHERE: Saturday, July 6, 2:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., Fulton btwn Tompkins and Brooklyn (Brooklyn, NY) . A/C Train to Nostrand or Kingston Throop
WHY GO: Join CityKings, YRB Magazine, House of Art Gallery & hundreds of new friends celebrate NYC’s iconic 90s rap era. Like last year’s fete, held at the short-lived Dekalb Market, we are going to bring you bangers from Jigga, Biggie, Mase, Beanie Seagal, Christion, Total, 112, Mack, Sauce Money, Kanye, Lil Kim, AMil (yeah her too), Diplomats…
HOW MUCH: $5
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