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THIS WEEK
“SASSY” CELEBRATING SARAH VAUGHN
THURSDAY 3/20
GHOST HOTEL HEAVY LIGHTS | EAST GHOST FRIDAY 3/21
SHEARWATER DEATH VESSEL | JESCA HOOP
INDIGO LOVE, THE RENAISSANCE TRIO FEAT. NASAR ABADEY, ALLYN JOHNSON THURSDAY, MARCH 27TH
SATURDAY 3/22
TMOTT GO GO HONORS
LYDIA HRVRD | GOLDEN SUN
DJS REX RIOT & BASSCAMP – 1ST FLOOR RESIDENTS 11:30 PM SUNDAY 3/23
BETTY WHO
THURSDAY, MARCH 27TH LATE SHOW
THE PRINCE AND MICHAEL JACKSON EXPERIENCE WITH DJ DAVE PAUL FROM SF
ZAK WATERS | CARDIKNOX TUESDAY 3/25
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COMING SOON
FRIDAY, MARCH 28TH LATE SHOW
DJ CLUE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION HOSTED BY JOHN WALL & MS DECORDON
MARCH 20–APRIL 2
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20 THU ★ Rimi Natsukawa The Okinawan folk singer offers a performance that blends both traditional and modern musical elements in celebration of the 2014 National Cherry Blossom Festival.
21 FRI ★ Capital Reeds
One of the region’s up-and-coming chamber music groups, featuring Noelle Drewes on oboe, Santana Moreno on clarinet, and Jeff Ward on bassoon.
22 SAT ★ Serendib Dance The dance company performs Sri Lankan traditional and folk dances.
23 SUN ★ Revolutionary Snake Ensemble
Boston’s costumed funk/street beat improvisational brass band performs a unique blend of original and traditional New Orleans brass band music.
24 MON ★ Colin Stetson
The Montreal multi-instrumentalist, who has worked with Arcade Fire and others, plays music from his critically acclaimed 2013 release New History Warfare Vol 3: To See More Light.
JON BATISTE & STAY HUMAN SATURDAY, MARCH 29TH LATE SHOW
25 TUE ★ One Mic Creative Ecosystem Presents Hip-Hop in the Pocket
This show is a celebration of the creative exchange between two musical “play cousins”: go-go and hip-hop. The production features Rhome “DJ Stylus” Anderson and Pure Perfection Band and Show as they focus on and explore the key performance elements of both genres.
26 WED ★ One Mic Creative Ecosystem Presents Split This Rock Poetry Festival
A performance in partnership with Split This Rock Poetry Festival: Poems of Provocation & Witness 2014.
28 FRI ★ Nomadic Wax THU 27 ★ NATIVE SUN
TUESDAY, APRIL 1ST
KRS-ONE
presents Dynamic Duo
The Korean hip-hop group debuted in 2004 with the best-selling hip-hop album Taxi Driver, while their second album, Double Dynamite, won them “Best Hip-Hop Album” in the Korean Music Awards in 2006.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2ND
ERICA CAMPBELL
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The London-based duo fuses hip-hop and African rhythms with the aim of promoting a positive message of universal peace, equality, social justice, and environmental change.
MACK WILDS APRIL 25
In collaboration with Hi-ARTS One Mic: Hip-Hop Culture Worldwide, a program of Arts Across America, is made possible through the generosity of the Charles E. Smith Family Foundation.
presents Native Sun
SUNDAY, MARCH 30TH
NICOLE ATKINS
Presents Shokanti
27 THU ★ Nomadic Wax
SATURDAY, MARCH 29TH
RAWKUS BY PUMPSTATION
29 SAT ★ Nomadic Wax
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FRI 28 ★ DYNAMIC DUO
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Shokanti approaches the mic with a unique expression of hip-hop, theater, and social consciousness that blends with the rhythms and soul of Cabo Verde, Africa.
30 SUN ★ Nomadic Wax
Presents Las Krudas and KEUR-GUI This double bill features Las Krudas, a female duo of hip-hop MCs, musicians, poets, and theater performers born and raised in Cuba who work to fight against oppression and to celebrate life. KEUR-GUI is a group of hip-hop musicians from Senegal whose music and performance speak out against bad governance and regime corruption in their home country. Please note: This concert contains explicit language.
31 MON ★ Berklee College of Music Mix Maestros
With one foot in the past from old records and one foot in the future with the ensemble’s live interpretations, the Mix Maestros build a show drawing from all genres at any given moment.
1 TUE ★ Nomadic Wax Presents Black Noise
The oldest active hip-hop crew in South Africa, the Cape Town group is credited as pioneers of the “conscious” hip-hop movement of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. Please note: This concert contains explicit language.
2 WED ★ One Mic Creative
Ecosystem Presents I Am: DC Youth’s Hip-Hop Vision This youth open mic and community discussion features winners from competitions that occurred throughout the city prior to One Mic.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 4TH
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