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It’s showtime at Lorenz Island Kuisine. The Conscious Reggae Band will be performing at 8pm on Friday, August 15. Cover charge is $10. Lorenz is located at 657 Washington St. in Codman Square.

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The Boston Caribbean Festival, also known as Boston Carnival, is still over a month away but it’s never too early to get your costume ready now. The carnival parade begins on Martin Luther King Blvd, goes along Warren St. and ends in Franklin Park. The parade begins Saturday August 23 at noon, Jouvert at 5am [...]

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TSM and HBNN are back it again with another night of poetry, music and art. Poetic Escape: The Relocation Party is at the Blue Wave (hence the “relocation”) next Thursday, April 23 from 8pm-12am. $10 Cover.  21+, no kiddies. 617.594.2000 or poeticescape’at’ gmail.com for more info.
[via Going]

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The After party for the 3rd Annual Urban Music Awards is set to take place April 19 at Hibernian Hall beginning at 9:30pm. Tickets are $10 and can be picked up at A Nubian Notion or Funky Fresh Records. Admission is FREE with the stub from each $50 ticket from to the Urban Music [...]

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Feel the spirit this Saturday with Gospel Fest. Eight local colleges will perform at the MIT Student Center including MIT, Boston College, Brandeis University, Harvard College, Northeastern, Wheaton, Tufts University, and Boston University. Doors open at 6:30pm. Tickets can be bought online at www.bostongospel.com. Email gospelfest@mit.edu for more information.
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The Roxbury Media Institute &
Nina LaNegra Presents
ArT iS LiFe iTsELf!
A performance series
Embracing Art, Culture & Spirituality

@ The Haley House Bakery & Cafe
2131 Washington St. in Dudley Square
7pm-8pm-ISH EVERY Thursday
www.Roxbury.Vox.com
FREE VERSE
is our feature this week at “ArT iS LiFe ItSeLf!”  JOIN US!  Tell yo’ frenz AND yo’ enemies,
they won’t be yo enemies after a night [...]

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Panelists:
Bakari Kitwana, moderator- Executive Director of Rap Sessions, author of The Hip-Hop Generation and Why White Kids Love Hip-Hop;
Rosa Clemente- hip-hop activist, The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Black August and The Hip-Hop Caucus;
Angela Woodson- hip-hop political organizer, co-chair of the 2004 National Hip-Hop Political Convention and director of Faith-based Initiatives for the Ohio Governor’s [...]

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Don’t miss one of Boston’s hottest musical events!
The 2008
Urban Music Awards

With Performances by:
Tashawn King, D-Quest, Bre, Stephanie Millions and more
Tickets on sale now at A Nubian Notion, Berklee Box Office, and Ticketmaster.com.
Contact uma2008@bostonoffline.com for Sponsorship Packages
Stay tuned for more information

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Mr. Kanye West is coming to the Tweeter Center and bringing Rihanna, N.E.R.D, and Lupe Fiasco along on his Glow in the Dark Tour. The Boston date is May 15 and you know this will set out.
[MTV via Stereohyped]
Fanmade Flashing Lights Video
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From the inbox…
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Iota Chi Chapter & Eta Phi Chapter Present: Omega Teen Idol
Saturday March 15, 2008
5pm-8pm Greater
Boston YMCA/ Bates Hall
316 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA
Admission $10 Adults $ 5 Children
Auditions from 12-5pm Bates Hall Feb. 23, 2008
$25 Audition cost/Cash payment
Call 617-212-1850 to book your audition slot!
5 Minute time limit for audition. No [...]

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