Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Boatride

When: June 26, Boarding 8pm SHARP
Where: South Street Seaport Pier 17
Damage:$75 before June 20 $100 after
Pre-Boarding Check In/Reception: 7:06pm until boarding @ Sequoia (Mall Entrance)

**3 Levels of Enjoyment**
Music by Chip Shelton & MWV on the first level, and Brooklyn's own DJ LaPooh on the second level

General Tickets: $75 until June 20th, $100 after
Includes: Premium Buffet with carving and dessert stations, Live Jazz Band, DJ, and Premium Cash Bar
Reserved Tables Available for Groups of 10

Attire: Semi-formal- All Black

Proceeds to benefit the Alpha Gamma Lambda Scholarship and Service Foundation

Tickets can be purchased online at www.alphagammalambda.org/cruise.html

Tickets can be purchased by calling:
Shaun B. Henry @ 646-270-7449

Femi Kuti and the Positive Force FREE CONCERT

When: June 25 6:30pm
Where: Prospect Park Bandshell
Prospect Park West and 9th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
**This is a private home or office**

Femi Kuti is an award winning Nigerian musician, and the oldest son of legendary Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti.

Femi was born in London on 16 June 1962 and grew up in the former Nigerian capital Lagos.

Like his father, Femi has shown a strong commitment to social and political causes throughout his career, but he differs in his religious views.

In 2001, Femi collaborated with a number of US musicians such as Common, Mos Def, and Jaguar Wright, on his Fight to Win album. This album was widely regarded as the most influential Neo-Afrobeat album of the early 21st century

Check out the Femi's youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5w5QpUJxqs

ALL GIRL ART SHOW.....MEN WELCOME

When: Jun 24 7:00 PM
Where: Sputnik
262 Taaffe Pl
Brooklyn, NY 11205
718.398.6666
Damage: $5

Art-Ecologik presents: "Clash of The Industry Titans" - An art social + networking mixer 4 young corporate professionals, artists, designers & musicians. Come out for a fun-filled night of art, music and minglin' with one of the hottest DJs-DJVicBlack from Gangstarr!

The night will feature one of the hottest

ALL-GIRL ARTIST LINE UPS IN NYC!!!:

Alexandria Smith-Granderson (Parsons)

Venus (SVA)

Lissette Barros (The School of the Museum of Fine Arts )

Carrie Hawks (Barnard)

+ DJ VicBlack from Gangstarr will be spinnin' R&B, HipHop and Reggae!

-AND-

live painting by Venus and Lissette Barros!

*(This is a "organically-grown local fresh food" fundraiser event. A portion of the proceeds will go to SBUFC (a women-of-color run and operated urban farmer collective in the South Bronx ... So Fresh & So Clean!)*



Art-Ecologik is accepting artist's submissions for future shows. Please email: reason9776@yahoo.com

Support a New Play HAPA Playwrite/Director/Actress

When: June 23 8:00 pm
Where: Brick Theatre
575 Metropolitan Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11211

Big Girls Club (Happy Dance Dance Princess Show) features a wonderful up and coming Hapa actress named Lisa Bierman in a leading role, and is written by hapa director/playwright Leah Winkler, who is also a member of our meetup!

Synopsis:
It's a girls' night in for Lisa, Katie and Nancy. All they want is to be happy. But as they gorge themselves on unhealthy food and BUTTERFACE! the TV Show, the night escalates into a sadistic game of truth or dare that reveals a shockingly surrealistic glimpse to their disturbing world. Big Girls Club (Happy Dance Dance Princess Show) is a play on uppers, exploring excess, fetishism and female cruelty propelled by our ever schizophrenic and media frenzied culture.
....It's a comedy.

For more details and to buy tickets:
http://www.yelp.com/events/brooklyn-big-girls-club-happy-dance-dance-princess-show

Group Discount:
Leah has kindly worked with the theater to set up a group rate exclusively for our group! By entering the online discount code "meetup", you can get tickets for a discounted price of $10 for the next 2 performances.

***Disclaimer - the show is rated R***

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We will also be meeting up for drinks at a nearby location following the performance with the writer, director, and cast members. Location details to follow.

HIP HOP MUSIC FESTIVAL

When: June 20
Where: Empire Fulton-Ferry State Park
Plymouth St & Main St
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Damage: Suggested Donation is around 10....but they won't turn anyone away


OK, everyone! Old school hip hop and Brooklyn?????

Great combination!

The Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival will be held on June 20, 2009. You will get to see old school artists like DJ Premier and Grand Puba.

This is an all- day event, so you can bring your families. Early in the day, you will see family oriented events and you will be able to find out about community organizations, such as the Beacon program, which runs afterschool programs; and Black Girls Rock, which is a mentoring program. Then in the afternoon, the concert series begins at 4pm.

Afterwork Comedy Show hosted by Talent from 98.7 KISS FM

When: June 19
Where: Eden Lounge at 264 West 47th Street
(Between Broadway and 8th Avenue)
Damage: EVERYONE FREE UNTIL 7PM
PAY $10.00 AFTER 7PM
PAY $20.00 AFTER 8PM


Come Dance, laugh, eat & drink with NYC's urban professionals & celebrity comedians!
Doors open 6pm - No cover for All b4 7pm - Drink Specials til 8pm - Show starts @ 8pm

Must RSVP in advance AfterworkFridays@gmail.com

Music will be provided by Da Union's MIKE NEEZE

Come enjoy an A-List comedy show at The Eden Lounge for free!

Featuring the Nation's Top Comedians as seen on DEF COMEDY JAM, BAD BOYS OF COMEDY & B.E.T.'s COMIC VIEW

21+ ID required

Have a Bday coming up?!!

Celebrate with Black Singles Magazine, Adante Ace, Joe Jaxson & TALENT from 98.7 KISS FM

MUST RSVP @ Afterworkfridays@gmail.com

Information about the Eden Lounge: Eden, part of the China Club-makeover (now known as Opera), sports a refreshing indoor/outdoor rooftop bar just above the milling crowds of Time Square. The best of midtown DJ’s play for patrons as they mingle amongst stone columns, observe the trompe l'oeil wallpaper, and dance under colored laser lights. Cocktails range from $9-$16 prices while a beer will run around $7. Bottle service is best enjoyed in the outdoor Cabanas or indoors close to the dance floor that showcases an oak wood vaulted ceiling and décor to match. The outdoor space features an impressively-stocked bar, plush chaises, and a circular banquette set against a verdant backdrop. In a city of clubs that toe the line between ultra-chic and ultra-pretentious, Eden proves it's not a sin to have fun without pandering to a superiority complex.

SKIN film Screening

When: Tuesday, June 16th
Where: The National Black Theater
located at 2031-33 National Black Theatre Way
Fifth Avenue (Btwn 125th & 126th Streets)
More info call 347-581-5016
Damage: $15 in advance and $20 at the door
Buy tickets online at http://www.imagenation.us/pages/main.htm

(the membership discount will be honored, even if you haven't recieved your card yet!)

ImageNation invites you to a night of film, music, discussion and cocktails at an advance screening of ... SKIN

a film by Anthony Fabian and starring Sophie Okonedo

SKIN is a dramatic feature based on the true life story of Sandra Laing. Sandra is distinctly African looking. Her parents, Abraham and Sannie, are white Afrikaners, unaware of their Black ancestry. They are shopkeepers in a remote area of the Eastern Transvaal and, despite Sandra's mixed-race appearance, have lovingly brought her up as their 'white' little girl.

Evetually, Sandra realizes that she will never be accepted in white society. She falls in love with a Black man, is disowned by her family, and leaves home to her life, for the first time, as a black woman in South Africa - with no running water, no sanitation, and little income.

SKIN examines race, identity and power, through a story of family, forgiveness and the triumph of the human spirit.