Nona Hendryx & Mahogany L. Browne Added To AFROPUNK’s Black HERSTORY Live

Nona Hendryx and poet/educator Mahogany L. Browne have been added to AFROPUNK’s Black HERSTORY Live. The celebration lauds  Black women in the arts with a multi-disciplinary show.  India.Arie, artist Mereba, actress and playwright Sarah Jones, choreographer Ebony Williams, and singer-songwriters Celisse, UMI and Danielle Ponder will perform at the event. Black HERSTORY Live will happen at Lincoln Center February 24-25. Tickets are available now. 

 




The Inaugural Ultimate Disco Cruise Adds Yvonne Elliman & France Joli To Lineup

 

 

Yvonne Elliman (left)
France Joli (right)

StarVista LIVE, the leader in nostalgia-based music cruise experiences, is adding a pair of classic dance music’s legendary divas ― Yvonne Elliman and France Jolie ― to an already unprecedented superstar lineup for its newest uniquely themed voyage, the 2019 Ultimate Disco Cruise.

Kivi Rogers – with more coming! Together, they’ll “rock the boat” for five incredible nights, with live concerts anchoring a cruise that brings the cultural phenomenon of the 1970s from the dance floor to the high seas on a luxury ship that will wind its way through the Gulf of Mexico from February 14-19, 2019.

Famed choreographer and “Dance Fever” TV host Deney Terrio, the man who taught John Travolta his Saturday Night Fever dance moves, hosts one of the greatest lineups of classic disco stars ever assembled –and so much more – aboard the award-winning Celebrity InfinityÒ. 

On July 7, 1979, an unknown, 16-year-old French Canadian female vocalist named France Joli performed her new single “Come to Me” for the first time before a throng of 5,000 on Fire Island at a benefit now infamously known as Beach ’79. She left the stage a star and became a media darling who appeared in all the popular publications and on all the hot TV shows of the day. “Come to Me” became a smash hit that sold 3 million copies globally, rose to number one on disco charts around the world, and reached number 15 on Billboard magazine’s pop chart. Joli still performs “Come to Me” and subsequent hits such as “Gonna Get Over You,” “The Heart to Break the Heart,” and “Feel Like Dancing” on the dance music circuit throughout the world. She draws a crowd at every performance. Even those of a younger generation—who may not know her by name — realize they’re fans of “Come to Me” once they hear Joli’s first few bars.

“To be able to continue to add essential artists of the caliber of Yvonne Elliman and France Joli to an already unprecedented lineup of classic dance music superstars is a privilege that we couldn’t be prouder to share with our Ultimate Disco Cruise customers,” says Alan Rubens, StarVista LIVE Senior Vice President of Entertainment/Executive Producer of the Ultimate Disco Cruise. “Dance Fever will be running higher than we ever could have imagined as we boogie on the high seas together!”  

As someone who came of age in the 1970s, Rubens remembers the Disco explosion as a “simply unforgettable” lifestyle and musical phenomenon.

InfinityÒ, renowned for excellence in dining, deluxe cabins, and stunning showrooms. Celebrity Cruises represent modern luxury in cruise lines, through sleek cruise ships and top-of-the-line amenities.

www.UltimateDiscoCruise.com.

 

 

 

 

 




Event Host Kevin Rouse Announces 2018 Party Calendar with Comedienne Luenell’s Birthday Bash

Comedienne Luenell’s Celebrity Black Carpet Birthday Bash 2018. The celebration will be held Sunday, March 11 at the historic Globe Theater in downtown Los Angeles. The Globe Theater is located at 740 S. Broadway and the event starts at 7:00 p.m.

 

Premier event host Kevin Rouse and comedienne Luenell

that evening.

Kevin Rouse, Rouse House Entertainment; Bootsy Collins and A’Queen Kaitina Lee, Honeycomb Entertainment Productions

 

http://www.theloop411.com/eblast/luenellbirthday2018.html

  
https://ffmarchmadness.eventbrite.com



Dave Chappelle Will Host The 2018 Roots Picnic

Dave Chappelle will host the 2018 Roots Picnic taking place June 2nd in their Philadelphia hometown at the Festival Pier. Brandy, The Diplomats and 2Chainz are some of the headliners for the event.

Black Thought and J.Period will have a live mixtape session featuring Fabolous and Jadakiss.

This year will debut the Podcast Stage with live shows from Angela Rye, Questlove and Drink Champs.

Tickets for The Roots Picnic go on sale Friday but there are presales being offered now.