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Ntozake Shange or Racquel Brazer???

About a week ago, team Afro-Punk thought we hit the jackpot. We got an amazing pic and seemingly reliable endorsement that the woman in it was playwright Ntozake Shange. “Badass woman in badass pic?!” we thought, “Hell. Yes.”

But when the pic …

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Added by Matthew on April 7, 2012 at 7:18pm — 5 Comments

BITES & BEATS Paying homage to the sound system and hip hop block parties Brooklyn is famous for - we have organized a roving taste system, corralling food trucks from around the 5 boroughs with tas…

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Added by Matthew on July 15, 2011 at 2:57pm — No Comments

AP Fest 2011 BIKE SHOW

bike show

Afro-punk has partnered with Harley-Davidson and Brooklyn Black bike scene…

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Added by Matthew on June 9, 2011 at 10:00am — 3 Comments

AP FEST 2011 SKATE/BMX

the schedule…

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Added by Matthew on June 9, 2011 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

AP FEST 2011 Bites & Beats Food Truck

BITES & BEATS

Paying homage to the sound system and hip hop block parties Brooklyn is famous for - we have organized a roving taste system, corralling food trucks from around the 5 boroughs with tastes from around the world. The Afro-punk…

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Added by Matthew on June 9, 2011 at 8:30am — 7 Comments

AP FEST 2011 Live Performances & Art

Live Performances

The 2011 festival has the most stellar line up yet! With iconoclasts in Black music including Cee Lo Green, Santigold, Janelle Monae, Fishbone, Toro Y Moi, Toshi Reagon, Ninjasonik, Cerebral Ballzy, Gordon Voidwell, Reggie Watts, Res, Joi, Rocky Business, Straight Line Stitch. Just added: Gym Class Heroes, Das Racist, Kenna, Tamar-kali, Bad…

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Added by Matthew on June 9, 2011 at 8:30am — 4 Comments

Saving the Big 3 for You and Me ...a message from Michael Moore

Just sharing a message sent out by Michael Moore last week:

"Saving the Big 3 for You and Me ...a message from Michael Moore

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

Friends,

I drive an American car. It's a Chrysler. That's not an endorsement. It's more like a cry for pity. And now for a decades-old story, retold ad infinitum by tens of millions of Americans, a third of whom have had to desert their country to simply find a damn way to get to work in something… Continue

Added by Matthew on December 8, 2008 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Are you registered to vote?

Message from Michael Moore:

"Friends,

Our attention has been consumed with Wall Street drama and the comedy event of the season -- tonight's vice-presidential debate -- but many people don't realize that in most states if you're not registered to vote by Monday, you cannot vote for president in November. In some states, the deadline is as early as this Saturday!

Will you do me a favor? Beginning right now, will you start asking everyone you know if they are… Continue

Added by Matthew on October 2, 2008 at 7:07pm — No Comments