By Gregg McQueen The store recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $25,000 to purchase equipment including a sound system, LED lighting, a film projector and screen, and a removable platform stage. In its first week, the campaign…
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WHAT YOU ARE SUPPORTING: THE BUUNNI PERFORMANCE SPACE will present live performance (music and theater), artwork (fine art and photography), literature (readings and poetry) and social justice and wellness programming (lectures and workshops), with the mission to serve the…
About this project Higher Ground Festival 2017 We are thrilled to be offering our 3rd Annual Higher Ground Festival’s Higher Ground Premieres Performance to be held on Saturday June 24th, 2017 at Anne Loftus Playground! The performance will be…
About this project Hip-Hop Summer School Breakdown A 5-6 week youth-based curriculum focusing on the 4 elements of Hip Hop (MC, DJ, Breakdance, Graffiti). Each element will be taught by expert artists in the field. Classes will focus on…
About Let the Spirit Move You: The Documentary Let the Spirit Move You is a celebration of ancestral belief systems that are a proud and important part of our cultural legacy as African descendants. The documentary focuses on the…
The story of NYC’s 1970s gang subculture and how it influenced the cultural phenomenon that is hip-hop. A Brief Intro From The Filmmakers From 1968 to 1975, gangs ruled New York City. Beyond the idealistic hopes of the civil rights…
DOIN’ IT IN THE PARK: PICK-UP BASKETBALL, NYC explores the definition, history, culture and social impact of New York’s summer b-ball scene, widely recognized as the worldwide “Mecca” of the sport. In New York City, pick-up basketball is not…
A word from Washington Heights’ own Tess: You all know me as Tess…and my twitter blurb describes me best: Singer, Songwriter, Lover of loving, Pisces, Lefty, Only child, Corny at times. 😀 As mentioned in my video below, The…
Check out: http://kickstarter.com/projects/facesofhope/ Twitter: @fohproject FB: http://facebook.com/FacesofHopenyc We invite you to like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter, or e-mail us at [email protected].…
The photographic exhibit Faces of Hope is a series of stark and searing portraits of people that have survived and eventually thrived over tragic circumstances. The man behind the lens is none other than the super talented Jay Franco.…