Burnt Sugar Arkestra. Photos by Shane Nelson

More About Charlie Palmer at The Knick

With dazzling Times Square views overlooking Broadway and 42nd Street from an enviable fourth-floor corner perch in the heart of Manhattan, Charlie Palmer at The Knick brings together two of the most iconic names in hospitality. Inspired by the rich history of The Knickerbocker, a 1906 landmarked New York City treasure recently reopened as Times
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Burnt Sugar Arkestra. Photos by Shane Nelson

More About The Nublu Jazz Festival

For the eighth year in a row Ilhan Ersahin, the owner and creative mind in front of Nublu and the Nublu Orchestra, has assembled a super stellar lineup to see out the year with a major celebration of its jazz roots in December. Drawing from its regular roster of renowned  musicians who regularly grace its two
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Burnt Sugar Arkestra. Photos by Shane Nelson

More About The Forum & The Lewis Center for the Arts

The newly opened Lewis Center for the Arts is designed to put the creative and performing arts at the heart of the Princeton experience. This mission is based on the conviction that exposure to the arts, particularly to the experience of producing art, helps each of us to make sense of our lives and the
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Burnt Sugar Arkestra. Photos by Shane Nelson

More About The Brooklyn Museum, December’s “First Saturday” Programming & Sponsors

Sugar Family  for public transportation directions to the Brooklyn Museum we suggest taking either the Two or Three Train to the Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum Stop/Station.  The Museum will appear across the roadway as you exit the station.  As you’ll notice … we get to kick out the jams right at the tippy top of the
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Burnt Sugar at the Crocodile Cafe

More About November 2nd and The Crocodile Cafe

The evening of November 2nd at the Crocodile Cafe will start at 8pm with the Black Rock Coalition’s Get Down Revue, the mighty, rhythm, blues & soul coalition, celebrating the 1947-1974 Atlantic Records box set recording artists such as Ruth Brown, Aretha Franklin, and Ray Charles.  Launching the certified dance party will be Luqman Brown (musical
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More About The Sunday Bump & The W.O.W. Hall & Community Center for the Performing Arts (CCPA)

The Sunday Bump is an eight-piece neo-soul fusion band from Eugene dedicated to pushing the boundaries of funk, jazz and pop to the absolute limit. Band members are Lee Burlingame, Luke Broadbent, “The” Sam Dale, Charles DeMonnin, Ian Michael Lindsay, Ken Mastrogiovanni, Max Pinder, Souvagini Paul, Keenan Dorn and Justin Kiatvongcharoen. Facebook Bandcamp The corner
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Burnt Sugar Arkestra. Photos by Shane Nelson

What’s in a Sweet Sticky Songbook …

How about a dollop of The Ohio Players … Roger Troutman & Zapp … Lakeside … Junie Morrison … Heatwave … Slave … Aurra & … Steve Arrington’s Hall of Fame. Then there might also be a dab of Faze-O … Sun … Dayton and Platypus.   Sugar Family and Friends … can you “taste” the
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Burnt Sugar Arkestra. Photos by Shane Nelson

More About Piper Carter, Bryce Detroit and Greg Tate

As part of the D.I.A.’s Tribute to Detroit Hip Hop, Greg Tate will have a conversation with Piper Carter, founder of the Foundation of Women in Hip Hop, and Bryce Detroit, music producer and founder of Detroit Recordings accompanied by the BSA~GR Cru. Piper Carter says in an Urban Innovation Exchange article written by MJ Galbraith
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