Simpson St. between 163rd & Barretto Sts.
Saturday, August 6, free, 2:00 – 8:00
www.dancinginthestreets.org
www.casita.us
The three-week, four-event Hip Hop Generation Next ’11 festival comes to a close on August 6 with a blowout block party, following the Ladies of Hip Hop Festival (July 15-17), STEPYAGAMEUP (July 23-24), and Hip Hop Kung Fu (August 2-3). Presented with the Casita Maria Center for Arts in Education, the celebration, which focuses on the burgeoning cultural connections between the Bronx and Korea and Japan, will be hosted by Jorge “Popmaster Fabei” Pabon and Brandon “Peace” Albright and feature such performers as DJ Doc, the Abrazos Orchestra, Emilio “Buddha Stretch” Austin Jr. & the Hip Hop / Kung Fu ensemble, XXL Freshman Fred the Godson, Illstyle & Peace Productions, KR3TS, Full Circle with Gabriel “Kwikstep” Dionisio and Ana “Rokafella” Garcia, the all-woman urban dance collective MAWU, Misnomer(S), SnapShot & WandeePop, GrandWizzard Theodore, and the Ghanaian/Bronx collaboration “hiplife.” There will also be graffiti art projects, Double Dutch, workshops, ciphers, and other activities in what should be one of the hottest street festivals of the summer.