NYC: Memorial Day Weekend Bash In East Village

NYC: Memorial Day Weekend Bash In East Village

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OKA fav Chief BoimaDJ MarcoDJ Sirak, and DJ Xpect are back at it with another PAN party tonight (Friday, May 25) at Bamboo in the East Village. PAN is a global pan-African experience that brings the best “young, fresh, and creative sounds coming out of the African diaspora at large.”  Tonight is all about supporting the “African in New York” movement and keepin it going for di summertime (as Vybz Kartel would say).

Thandiwe Newton in a grey sleeveless dress, wearing red lipstick and crystal earrings, poses against a pink background
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