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Welling Court Mural Project – take 1 (2014 Open House New York)
October 12th, 2014 by Mr. C
Though it was part of the Open House New York offerings this past weekend – a great weekend when all 5 boroughs of NYC opens up its doors to many of its establishments,events,landmarks, and businesses in order to celebrate the city – The Welling Court Mural Project in Astoria, Queens has opened up it’s “outdoors” […]
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Hackensack Street Fair – performances by Average White Band & African drumming-dancing
September 28th, 2014 by Mr. C
Lately, I’ve been looking for more & more excuses to stay on the Jersey side of the hudson river due to time contraints and in general just trying to take advantage of some events we easily dismiss in the Garden State. Yesterday 9/27 Saturday gave me a good opportunity to not exercise my old EZPASS […]
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11th Annual Indian Larry Grease Monkey Block Party
September 21st, 2014 by Mr. C
Indian Larry’s Legacy Shop 400 Union Ave South Williamsburg, Brooklyn NYC Indian Larry was a legendary motorcycle builder influenced by 1950s & 1960s style choppers, hot rods, & hot rod art & its sub culture. Some aesthetics of his old school choppers included small gas tanks, no front fenders or front brakes, ape hanger handlebars, […]
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Living Colour played NJPAC
August 28th, 2014 by chocko
Corey Glover and Vernon Reid of Living Colour The soul and funk metal sounds of Living Colour blasted through the Theater Square at NJPAC last week. The free show got music fans from Newark and beyond to assemble for a night of loud music. Due to the threat of some nasty weather, the show got […]
Tags: corey glover, danielia cotton, doug wimbish, living colour, new jersey performing arts center, newark, njpac, theater square, vernon reid, will calhoun
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No No: A Dockumentary (about Dock Ellis) screening at the 2014 Montclair Film Festival
April 29th, 2014 by Mr. C
With the recent cancer rash in the mouth of Los Angeles Clipper’s owner Donald Sterling with his alleged racial comments, No No: A Dockumentary takes a more refreshing outlook and inspirational view of Major League Baseball pitcher Dock Ellis but not without his own flaws on display of course. It’s basically Dock’s story of baseball […]
Tags: 2014 Montclair Film Festival, documentary, sports
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Oleta Adams at the South Orange Performing Arts Center
March 31st, 2014 by Mr. C
I can picture it now – 1990 – on heavy playback rotation for me when I wanted to take a day off from the boom-bap high energy filled rap & hip hop, I pinch hitted my playlist with dance, soul, new jack swing, & R&B tunes. The usual must have suspects on my cassette mixtape […]
Tags: gospel, oleta adams, r&b, soul, south orange performing arts center
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Kung Fu – theatrical stage play at Signature Theatre 42nd Street
March 9th, 2014 by Mr. C
(Set in KUNG FU – Bruce Lee’s Jun Fan Kwoon) (Cole Horibe as Bruce Lee – lobby at Signature Theatre) We caught Kung Fu, the theatrical performance at Signature Theatre on 42nd street last week and was pretty impressed with the production of this charming little off Broadway play. Kung Fu is the story of […]
Tags: bruce lee, kung fu, theatre
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Pearl River Mart Chinese New Year celebrations
February 17th, 2014 by Mr. C
——————————————————————————————————– Pearl River Mart, a tremendous import store dedicated to all things chinese including clothing,fabric,house goods,cookware,herbal medicine,traditional bird cages,traditional musical instruments,candy,artwork,porcelain goods, and a million of other knick knacks. They even have a tea shop on the third floor. Pearl River Mart has been in the Chinatown area since…dare I say since we lived in […]
Tags: chinese new year celebrations, pearl river mart, wan chi ming hung gar
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Super Saturday in Chinatown NYC – Lion Dance
February 8th, 2014 by Mr. C
——————————————————————————————————————- The 2nd Saturday after Chinese Lunar New Year is a day where the Lions come out and play, dance, and ward off evil spirits going door to door to local shops in Chinatown. In turn, the Lion dancers get red envelopes filled with money from each business as gratuity as they perform, eat lettuce, […]
Tags: chiense new year, chinatown, chinese new year 2014, lion dancing
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Chinese New Year celebrations continue at The China Institute!
February 6th, 2014 by Mr. C
———————————————————————————————————— Chinese New Year celebration continues as The China Institute on East 65th street helped keep things real festive as they kicked off the new year with a free lion dance and Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu performance on 65th street! The dazzling performers were from the New York Hung Sing Kwoon martial art school […]
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Lunar New Year Celebration at the Bronx Museum of the Arts
January 26th, 2014 by Mr. C
(All photos & videos by mr. c) ——————————————————————————————————————— Planet Chocko kicked off the celebrations for the Lunar New Year – Year of the Horse at the Bronx Museum of the Arts earlier today! The New York Chinese Cultural Center based in Chinatown New York provided the means of the celebration as they brought the colorful […]
Tags: bronx museum of arts, chinese new year 2014, new york chinese culture
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Bobby ‘Boogaloo’ Watts + Stan Hoffman at the Shadow Box Film Festival
December 9th, 2013 by Mr. C
Last weekend, we feinted our way in for a screening or two at the 2nd annual Shadow Box Film Festival held at the School of Visual Arts Theatre on 23rd street. I caught a notable documentary called Boogaloo which featured an obscure boxer from the 1970s who came from the hustling streets of Philadelphia. Prior […]
Tags: boxing, documentary, shadow box film festival
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