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Chinese New Year celebrations continue at The China Institute!
February 6th, 2014 by Mr. C
———————————————————————————————————— Chinese New Year celebration continues as The China Institute on East 65th street helped keep things real festive as they kicked off the new year with a free lion dance and Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu performance on 65th street! The dazzling performers were from the New York Hung Sing Kwoon martial art school […]
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Lunar New Year Celebration at the Bronx Museum of the Arts
January 26th, 2014 by Mr. C
(All photos & videos by mr. c) ——————————————————————————————————————— Planet Chocko kicked off the celebrations for the Lunar New Year – Year of the Horse at the Bronx Museum of the Arts earlier today! The New York Chinese Cultural Center based in Chinatown New York provided the means of the celebration as they brought the colorful […]
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Bobby ‘Boogaloo’ Watts + Stan Hoffman at the Shadow Box Film Festival
December 9th, 2013 by Mr. C
Last weekend, we feinted our way in for a screening or two at the 2nd annual Shadow Box Film Festival held at the School of Visual Arts Theatre on 23rd street. I caught a notable documentary called Boogaloo which featured an obscure boxer from the 1970s who came from the hustling streets of Philadelphia. Prior […]
Tags: boxing, documentary, shadow box film festival
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Tara Mcpherson – Wandering Luminations
November 26th, 2013 by Mr. C
Unfortunately, this rad exhibition dubbed “Wandering Luminations” by Tara Mcpherson displayed at the Jonathan Levine Gallery ended a few weeks ago but we wanted to share the beautiful imagery and colors of her amazing artwork! All the work done with Wandering Luminations by Miss Tara were painted with oils on linen stretched over birch panel. […]
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-X- marks the spot! Tour De Bronx!
November 11th, 2013 by Mr. C
I’m a little late on reporting this event but better late than never I suppose! Two weeks ago on Sunday October 27th, we participated in an organized bicycle ride called the Tour De Bronx. This ride was in its 19th edition and it was my first time taking part in this particular sweep through the […]
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Henry Street Settlement – 11th Annual Open House New York
October 14th, 2013 by Mr. C
The 11th Annual Open House New York which happened last weekend is one of my favorite (mostly free and some at $5 admission) events in New York City that unlocks the city to New Yorkers, NJ folks pretending to be New Yawkers, tourists, and anyone disguised with a heartbeat in order to gain free access […]
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Zombie Walk at Asbury Park, NJ – The Jersey Shore Lives!
October 7th, 2013 by Mr. C
We didn’t get a chance to rise up from the grave with the thousands marching on the boardwalk at Asbury Park, NJ for the Zombie Walk but my office space mate did and he kindly shared some photos with the rest of us undead! Thanks J-Strongbow!
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the Jackie Chan shuffle in the big apple
June 21st, 2013 by Mr. C
(Who me?) Jackie Chan was on-hand in NYC on June 10 to accept the Star Asia Lifetime Achievement Award at Walter Reade Theater in Lincoln Center presented by the team responsible for organizing The New York Asian Film Festival – Subway Cinema! It was an award long due in recognizing the most decorated & skilled […]
Tags: hong kong action, jackie chan, jackie chan experience, lifetime achievement award, stuntman
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Kung Fu Wildstyle: Fab 5 Freddy + MC Yan + ENTER THE DRAGON – 40th Anniversary screening!
June 20th, 2013 by Mr. C
FILM SOCIETY LINCOLN CENTER & SUBWAY CINEMA Proudly Presents Kung Fu Wildstyle: Featuring Fab 5 Freddy + MC Yan! As per the fine folks from Subway Cinema and Lincoln Center: Asian-inspired Hip Hop art to be featured at Lincoln Center, accompanied by a 40th anniversary screening of the Bruce Lee masterpiece Enter the Dragon! The […]
Tags: bruce lee, enter the dragon, fab 5 freddy, kung fu, martial arts, mc yan, street art, wildstyle
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Spectacle: The Music Video exhibit
June 19th, 2013 by Mr. C
(I want my MTV! + YO MTV RAPS!) I was lucky enough to catch the 2nd to last day of Spectacle: The Music Video exhibit on display at the Museum of The Moving Image in Astoria, Queens. We were up and about the Spectacle exhibit a few times during its installation run but of course […]
Tags: mtv, museum of moving image, music videos, spectacle
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Egg Rolls and Egg Creams Festival
June 13th, 2013 by Mr. C
Last weekend was another fun-filled celebration on Eldridge Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan where gleeful culture clashes of immigrant Chinese rubbed elbows with the Jewish Community. The Egg Rolls and Egg Creams Festival has been an annual event for 13 years – created to celebrate these two cultures living side by side […]
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Big Apple BBQ Festival
June 12th, 2013 by Mr. C
(Skylight Inn with their double cleaver whole hog chopping action at the Festival) (Whole Hog Sandwich – Skylight Inn) The Big Apple Barbecue Block party went out with a smoky bang last weekend at Madison Square Park! Once again we over-loaded ourselves with some porky delights enough to get the Dukes of Hazzard County out […]
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