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Thursday, July 14:
Turntables and Traditional Music: Exploring Multiculturalism Through Vinyl Records
Tropico de Nopal
PanelistPlease join ACTA for our 2016-17 Traditional Arts Roundtable Series in Los Angeles County. The Series is designed to strengthen intercultural arts networks and to offer opportunities for traditional and tradition-based artists and arts advocates to learn from one another through intimate discussion, technical assistance, skill-building, networking, and sharing community-based arts and culture. The Traditional […]
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July 10 – July 31:
LITTLE TOKYO
CONCERT SERIES
James Irvine Japanese Garden
Curator & ProducerTHIS SUMMER, JACCC PRESENTS FOUR, INTIMATE OUTDOOR CONCERTS INSIDE DOWNTOWN’S JAMES IRVINE JAPANESE GARDEN IN LITTLE TOKYO. SUNDAYS: JULY 10 | JULY 17 | JULY 24 | JULY 31 $12 PRESALE, $15 DOOR | LIMITED ADMISSION | 5-9PM | 21+ Returning for its second season, the Little Tokyo Concert Series honors the intimate, outdoor and […]
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Sunday, June 26:
Smorgasburg LA
Alameda Produce Market
DJ SetI’m doing a DJ set at LA’s new marketplace, by way of Brooklyn. Smorgasburg is launching a market for food, design, vintage, and events every Sunday starting June 19, 2016, on the five-acre site of the weekday Alameda Produce Market in Downtown Los Angeles. Smorgasburg will bring together dozens of exciting food vendors, plus sophisticated shopping […]
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Saturday, June 18:
SOY AFRICANO
Grand Performances
Co-ProducerTransportive, complex rhythms and lilting guitars —all West African trademarks —meld with familiar Latin sounds to bring you a spirited evening exploring new territory in diasporic connections. Soy Africano highlights the overlooked history and widespread influence of latin music in West Africa by showcasing the ways in which clave-based Cuban music and New York Salsa […]
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Thursday, June 30:
RADIO AFRIQUE Cinema Night: 50th Anniversary of BLACK GIRL (1966)
The CinefamilyIn 1961, shortly after Senegal declared its independence from France, Ousmane Sembène, a self-educated dockworker, assigned himself an impossible task: to create a true African cinema as a “night school” for his people. His explosive debut—a film described as the first African feature (true in spirit, if not in fact)—inspired a form of fearless, socially […]
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Friday, June 17:
SLEEPLESS: The Music Center After Hours
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Stage Curator & DJ setSLEEPLESS: THE MUSIC CENTER AFTER HOURS/HIP-HOP SPECIAL EDITION (Photos courtesy of The Music Center) Flip the concert hall experience as Sleepless: The Music Center After Hours/Hip-Hop Special Edition takes over Walt Disney Concert Hall in a never-before-seen use of the iconic venue. Part of a four-day Hip-Hop dance experience at The Music Center, this special […]
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Tuesday, May 24:
RADIO AFRIQUE Cinema Night: The Case of the Three Sided Dream
Center for the Arts, Eagle RockTickets: ticketfly.com/event/1173219 Radio Afrique and Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock are proud to present a special limited engagement screening of the award winning film “The Case of the Three Sided Dream”. A documentary that tells the story of seminal multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Kirk’s life’s work was exploring sound and making music. Beyond that, he was an […]
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Saturday, May 21:
Expo Line Grand Opening
Bergamot Station
DJ SetCelebrate the opening of the Metro Expo Line to Santa Monica. Enjoy free rides all day, special activities, and family fun. DJ Sets by: PEAKING LIGHTS & RANI DE LEON 10am – 4pm more info: HERE 26th St/Bergamot Station 2602 Olympic Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90404 >art galleries >cafes and food trucks >live music >entertainment […]
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Friday, May 6:
BRAINSTORY Video Premiere and Listening Party!
Espacio 1839
guest DJ setBrainstory is proud to announce our PREMIERE SCREENING of OLDE VALLEY directed by Lorena Endara of Producciones Con Sal at Espacio 1839 in Boyle Heights! Accompanying the video will be a live special arrangement of the song for 4 voice choir!! We’re also giving a SNEAK PEAK of our new self titled record BRAINSTORY produced […]
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Saturday, April 23:
Radio Afrique presents IMARHAN (feat. Sadam of Tinariwen)
Del Monte SpeakeasyRadio Afrique presents: Imarhan (featuring Sadam of Tinariwen) Imarhan, meaning ‘the ones I care about’, began in 2008 – a loose collection of friends who began to play together under the watchful eye of Eyadou Ag Leche, bass guitarist of Tinariwen. Eyadou would go on to help them produce and co-write a handful of songs […]
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Sunday, February 21:
VIBING TIME w/ CARLOS NIÑO & Friends
Upstairs at Ace Hotel
guest DJ setdublab is a community supported web radio station and creative collective dedicated to the growth of progressive music, arts and culture. Since 1999 dublab has been exploring the wide spectrum of Future Roots music. dublab DJs dig deep to share music that blurs boundaries and elevates ears. Each Sunday at Vibing Time, a rotating posse of dublab DJs share sun-soaked […]
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Tuesday, February 16:
RADIO AFRIQUE Cinema Night: Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai
The CinefamilyCo-presented by Radio Afrique Followed by a Q&A with director Chris Kirkley and an after party with DJ sets by Radio Afrique and Chris Kirkley for more info: CLICK HERE
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[MEDIA/VIDEO] LA WEEKLY captures DJ SET for N.Y.E.L.A. Countdown in Grand Park
It was an honor to DJ the countdown set at Los Angeles’ biggest New Year’s Eve Party at Grand Park. LA WEEKLY catches some of the fun that happened. It’s great to see friends in the crowd. WATCH VIDEO HERE
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FRIDAY, January 1st:
BRASILIAN TO DISCO
Footsie’s Bar
Resident DJFebruary 6th: End up with us this first Friday of the month where we make you move and play anything and everything from… BRASILIAN TO DISCO ————————–—– FIRST FRIDAYS AT FOOTSIE’S DJ: RANI D [Soul in the Park, Radio Afrique, Circle Up, dublab] FREE / 21+ / 10pm-2am Footsie’s Bar 2640 N Figueroa St Los […]
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Thursday, December 31st:
GRAND PARK + THE MUSIC CENTER’S N.Y.E.L.A.
Grand Park
DJ SetGRAND PARK + THE MUSIC CENTER’S N.Y.E.L.A. Welcome 2016 with best friends, sweeties, friendly neighbors, and those cousins from out-of-town at the West Coast flagship New Year’s Eve countdown. Grand Park + The Music Center’s N.Y.E.L.A. is THE PLACE to say hello to the New Year alongside the world’s capitals with live music, food, photo booths, and huge […]
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Tuesday, November 24:
RADIO AFRIQUE presents
DEXTER STORY & WONDEM
General Lee’sRadio Afrique returns with a special live performance by Dexter Story & Wondem. Presenting new music from the recent Soundway Records release. Happening upstairs at General Lee’s in Chinatown. Yene Konjo. Percussion: Carlos Niño Drums: Te’Amir Sweeney Bass: Patrick Bailey Guitar: Michael McTaggart Keys: Mark de Clive-Lowe Tenor Saxophone: Randal Fisher Trumpet: Todd Simon Keys / […]
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Tuesday, November 10:
RADIO AFRIQUE
Cinema Night: CRUMBS
Echo Park Film CenterRadio Afrique & Echo Park Film Center host a special limited engagement Los Angeles screening of the recently acclaimed film “Crumbs” (2015). Set against the background of spectacular post-apocalyptic Ethiopian landscapes, where the film finds a scrap collector, Gagano (played by the charismatic Daniel Tadesse). Alternately gripped by daydreams and constant fears, the diminutive Gagano has had enough […]
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Friday, November 6:
One Year of Brasilian to Disco
Footsie’s Bar
Resident DJFRIDAY, November 6: End up with us this first Friday of the month where we make you move and play anything and everything from… BRASILIAN TO DISCO ————————–—– FIRST FRIDAYS AT FOOTSIE’S ((( One Year Celebration ))) DJ: RANI D [Soul in the Park, Radio Afrique, Circle Up, dublab] ranideleon.com FREE / 21+ / 10pm-2am […]
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Thursday, October 29:
OUR DEAD BEHIND US
Mercado la Paloma
DJ setJoin us in honoring our dead, those whose love gifted us the possibility of living beyond survival, through music, food, and the ritual of altar building. During this season of Dia de los Muertos, guided by the varied and complex traditions specific to the region of Mexico, we will build a communal altar that reflects […]
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Saturday, October 24: KCHUNG
Livestream to Philadelphia
DJ setSaturday, October 24th, we live stream into Vox Populi gallery on the other side of the nation via KChung Radio as part of Alternative Currencies, a Philadelphia-based project that gathers independent contemporary arts groups from around the country sharing their innovative modes of working. More info: HERE Tune into Kchung from 12pm-2pm and catch sets by Maya Santos and myself. […]
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FRIDAY, September 19:
Reshaping Tradition: Contemporary Ceramics from East Asia
Pacific Asian Museum
DJ setCome join us for a fun night of music, art and performance, all inspired by our current exhibition Reshaping Tradition: Contemporary Ceramics from East Asia. I’ll be DJing inside the main courtyard from 6-10pm. Reshaping Tradition: Contemporary Ceramics from East Asia September 11, 2015 through January 31, 2016 Reshaping Tradition: Contemporary Ceramics from East Asia traces some […]