Sooo over the snow – Keeping you in the loop 2.26.10
Posted on February 26th, 2010 by Afrotaino Productions
Hello groovy people,
Once again the Northeast is threatened with depressing snow storms and blistery cold winds. What’s super remarkable is that this weather report hasn’t diminished the adventurous spirit of you all, and your hardcore attendance and positive feedback to our events is bien chevere. If you haven’t experienced the AfroTaino Productions’ universe already, then do so! STEP INTO OUR WORLD!
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2.26.10 & 2.27.10 Friday/viernes & Saturday/sabado: BAILAMOS!
Afrotaino Productions & Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar have teamed up to bring you the ultimate Latin Dance & entertainment experience *EVERY WEEKEND*!
DJ Rahsaan mixing nonstop, dancers twirling and swinging en clave, sweating to the sounds of Salsa, Merengue & Mambo, Bachata, Latin House, and other Tropical Beats.
This is the place to BE! Make sure you get there early because it gets PACKED!
*Also featuring the Latin Dance Floor Show! and an extensive mojito menu!
**Also remember that every Saturday Night, we Double Your Pleasure when we open the doors between Cuba Libre & 32 Degrees, where veteran party-rocking DJ Frankie T drops his beats & anthems.
For information on VIP/Bottle Service/Special Events – contact us:
SUBJECT: CUBA LIBRE VIP
Bailamos! w/DJ Rahsaan
Every Friday & Saturday Night
Dancefloor opens @ 11PM
NO COVER
21+/ID Required
Fashionable Attire is Required/No Sneakers
@Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar
10 S. 2nd St. (in Old City District)
Philadelphia
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2.27.10 Saturday/sabado: TALLER PUERTORRIQUEÑO’S 14TH ANNUAL ARTURO SCHOMBURG SYMPOSIUM!
Taller Puertorriqueño is continuing their 35th Anniversary celebration this year with the14th Annual Arturo Schomburg Symposium. This year’s topic: “Migration of African People to the Americas: History and Contemporary Perspectives” promises to be an engaging, stimulating, and thoughtful event. Guest speakers and panelists, such as authorsHoward Dodson, Ph.D. and Daryle Williams, Ph.D., will be attendance, as will others to share their insight & knowledge. AfroTaino Productions had the pleasure of participating in last year’s symposium with a musical tribute to Afro-Latinas, courtesy of the AfroTaino Soundsystem. This year will be just as fulfilling. More information is available on their website below.
The 14th Annual Arturo Schomburg Symposium
Saturday, February 27th 2010
9:30 AM – 5PM
Taller Puertorriqueño’s Education Building
2557 North 5th St.
Philadelphia
Visit www.tallerpr.org for registration
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3.3.10 Wednesday/miercoles: DISCOTECA RETURNS/CHOCQUIBTOWN RECORD RELEASE PARTY!
Claro que si! You read it right: Philly’s funkiest party celebrating the sounds of 21st Century Latin America is BACK, and in a major way! It’s been a year since Discoteca threw down (Last year ended with the one and only Bobbito Garcia on the decks! Too bad you missed it!) and this time we launch in a new Center City spot and we’re ready to rock. To kick things off, we’re teaming up with our friends @ Nacional Records to celebrate the album release of Grammy-Nominated Afro-Colombian Hip-Hop group Chocquibtown and their incredible“ORO” (now available in stores, ITunes, and Amazon). Don’t forget we have plenty of free giveaways & promos, for all you schwag-baggers. We’re getting down every Wednesday with the sounds of latin hiphop, reggaeton, dancehall, electro-cumbia, and other latin alternative & soulful grooves, so don’t sleep!
DISCOTECA
Every Wednesday starting March 3rd
DJ Rahsaan & guests
NO COVER
10PM
Raven Lounge
1718 Sansom St.
Center City Philadelphia
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NEWS, TIDBITS, & CHISME:
SONY BMG SAYS ADIOS TO JLO: After a successful series of albums, the multitalented Bronx-born Boricua Jennifer Lopez has been dropped from Sony BMG. This leaves her soon-to-be-released album “L.O.V.E.?” in record industry limbo and most likely will be shelved somewhere in some vault, tucked away and possibly never to be officially heard. Unfortunately we’ve seen this happen before (Can we say Q-Tip/Kamaal the Abstract?) Was it the lukewarm “Louie Vuittons” single that pulled the plug? Was it the Pitbull-laden single “Fresh out the oven” that made Sony execs toss it in the trash? Or was it because she fell on that omnipresent culo during her TV performance? None of that seems to matter, considering the bochinche is that she’s been seen in meetings with L.A. Reid all week. Could it be that J-LO goes to DEF JAM? Please let it be! We’re not the only ones who drool at the thought of ‘Jennifuh’ over some Tricky Stewart/The Dream-produced beats, maybe with some Juelz Santana guest spots? Vamos a ver…
EL ABAYARDE REGRESA: Our fave Antillano MC Tego Calderon is currently back in the studio with a live band, following his musical dreams, combining his salsa/hiphop/reggaeton/funk influences for all of us who love his en clave flow. His latest single, “Saborioso“, is floating around the web, and rocking parties with that Hector Lavoesample…
ROCKING EL MICROFONO: EMI Latin honcho/One-Man-Band Camilo Lara of Mexican Institute of Sound has teamed up with modern alt-rock legends Tom Tom Club (akaChris Frantz & Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads) for a remix of his appropriately-titled bass-crunching “Cumbia”. For you music nerds, Tom Tom Club is responsible for the timeless rollerskating jam, “Genius of Love”, as well as the quirky “Wordy Rappinghood”, a New York City anthem fusing the sounds of disco, rap, and new wave.
BLIZZARD OR NO BLIZZARD: The Kimmel Center has announced a new date for the anticipated Claudia Acuña show, which was postponed earlier this month due to the inclement weather. Save the date for Friday March 26th to hear this jazzy Chilean/New Yorker belt ‘em out in Perelman Theater. Contact kimmelcenter.org for ticket information and showtimes.
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COMING SOON: Braziladelphia Launch! Daniel De Jesus! New DJ Rahsaan Mixtape Download! and more!
Until next time…
Suave,
Marangeli Mejia-Rabell
Rahsaan Lucas
Marangeli Mejia-Rabell
Rahsaan Lucas
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