HIP HOP GENERATION NEXT
June 9, 2007
Coffey Park, Red Hook, Brooklyn

Presented free by Dancing in the Streets in collaboration with
Good Shepherd/The Beacon, Red Hook Initiative, City Parks Foundation’s Hook Productions, Partnerships for Parks, and Red Hook Public Safety Corps.

Dancing in the Streets and its partners are throwing a free five-hour block party that celebrates the roots of hip hop as a creative and constructive catalyst for joyous artistic expression. HIP HOP GENERATION NEXT puts the spotlight on a global cultural phenomenon that has sprung from New York City streets.

The block party will take place rain or shine. In case of inclement weather, the event will be moved indoors. For weather updates, please contact (212) 625-3505.

For directions to HIP HOP GENERATION NEXT, click here

Schedule of the Day

2 PM: MAIN STAGE

Ase Dance Theater Collective
Neg Mowan (excerpts)
RadioACTIVE

2:30– 4:30 PM: CIPHER AREA

Cipher: Dance and Open Mic
Brandon Albright and Illstyle and Peace Productions will “warm” the cipher up with some fresh moves and encourage others to participate.  Those wishing to participate in the Dance Off and Rhyme Off will have to sign up, this will take place ongoing for the first hour, then the official competition will begin.  Three judges will pick the top 2 dances and lyrical performances to advance to the feature performance part of the program.  The winner will be picked based on who gets the loudest crowd cheers during the Feature Performance segment.

4:30-6:30 PM: MAIN STAGE

PS/MS 27’s 6th Grade
Drip Drop

Idle Hands Dance Project
Drains, Doors and Lotus Flowers

PS/MS 27’S 5TH Grade
Red Hook RaRa 2

Best New Dance
Selected at the afternoon’s cipher

Urban Assembly School of Music and Art’s 9th & 10th Grades

Best Original Rhyme
Selected at the afternoon’s cipher

Illstyle & Peace Productions
Same Spirit Different Movement

6:30 PM: MAIN STAGE

Jam Session

• Throughout the day:

1. RED HOOK RESTAURANTS
   360: 360 Van Brunt St. (at Wolcott St.), 718-246-0360
   Sat. Hours: 5:30 pm-11:30 pm.  French bistro.  Reservations necessary.

2. Baked: 359 Van Brunt St. (at Wolcott St.), 718-222-0345
   Sat. Hours: 9 am-7 pm.  Upscale bakery.

3. The Good Fork: 391 Van Brunt Street (at Coffey St.), 718-643-6636
   Sat. Hours: 5:30 pm-10:30 pm.  International cuisine.  Reservations necessary.

4. Hope & Anchor: 347 Van Brunt St. (at Wolcott St.), 718-237-0276
   Sat. Hours: 9 am-12 am.  Pub Style.

PICK-UP FOOD FOR PICNIC

5. Fairway Café and Supermarket: 380-500 Van Brunt St., 718-694-6868 Sat. Hours: 8 am-8 pm.  Light fare with outdoor seating, great view of the Statue of Liberty.  Plentiful picnic food to purchase.
6. The Red Hook Soccer Field Food Stands: Stands located along Clinton and Bay Streets, Sat. Hours: 9 am-10 pm.  Central and South American cuisines.

RED HOOK BARS

7. Sunny’s: 253 Conover St. (at Reed St.), 718-625-8211
Sat. Hours: 8 pm-4 am.  Bar/Club.
Click to map.

HIP HOP GENERATION NEXT COMMUNITY PARTNERS:

Good Shepherd/The Beacon: A nonsectarian social service and youth development agency that positively affects the lives of more than 18,000 children and families annually in NYC. Programs help the city’s more vulnerable residents gain the support, skills, and opportunities necessary for success in life in the support areas of residential, foster care, education, youth development, family, and after school.
www.goodshepherds.org

Red Hook Initiative: A program that works to confront the consequences of intergenerational poverty by providing support to Red Hook residents, often from their own family and friends, in the areas of education, employment, health, and community development.
www.rhicenter.org

City Parks Foundation’s Hook Productions: An after-school program that provides professional, state-of-the-art production and technology training for high-school-aged youth in Brooklyn, helps them gain life skills that will give them access to a variety of careers, and aims to spark students’ interest in learning and strengthen their commitment to their community.
www.hookproductions.org

Partnerships for Parks: An organization founded in 1995 to increase community support for and involvement in parks throughout New York City. It aims to start, strengthen, support, and link neighborhood park groups and to promote involvement in parks so people will join in efforts to restore and preserve them.
www.partnershipsforparks.org

Red Hook Public Safety Corps: A New York City community service program that seeks to improve the quality of life through crime prevention and victim assistance projects, including fixing broken windows, helping children, working in health clinics, counseling victims, guiding court clients, and mediating disputes.
www.ocfs.state.ny.us/main/youth/nyscncs/nyc.asp

HIP HOP GENERATION EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS

The Agnes Y. Humphrey School for Leadership PS/MS 27: The Agnes Y. Humphrey School for Leadership is a collaborative school community working to develop a caring, nurturing and rigorous academic environment.  Learning is its focus—learning to lead, learning to create, learning to reflect and learning to contribute—for the world and for the surrounding Red Hook/South Brooklyn community. In a unique Upper/Lower School model, administrators, teachers, staff and volunteers come together daily to create a circle of support for the students. In a unique Upper/Lower School model, administrators, teachers, staff and volunteers come together daily to create a circle of support for each of the students. The school is united by a common mission: to instill in students the habit of lifelong learning and independent inquiry.
See www.ps27.org

Urban Assembly Charter School of Music and Art: The Urban Assembly School of Music and Art (UAMA)endeavors to meet the academic and emotional needs of students through an interdisciplinary Regents-based curriculum. UAMA teaches its students how to think critically and express themselves rationally so they can be productive members of society. UAMA is an authentic public meeting space where a community of young people learn the power of self-expression and the liberation of giving voice to their thoughts and emotions. UAMA integrates arts learning and self-expression into the curriculum and engages students through visits to museums, galleries, cultural institutions, and internships.
See www.uamusicandart.org

TEAM NXT

Dancing in the Streets is collaborating with its community partners on creating Team NXT. Teenage youth from Brooklyn's Red Hook and other neighborhoods are working with HIP HOP GENERATION NEXT’s Project Manager, Kamau Ware, to learn the 5th element of Hip Hop: entrepreneurship.

Team NXT (pronounced Team Next) is the name of this new creative collective of teenagers that are working behind the scenes with Dancing in the Streets staff to learn the dynamics and skills of event planning and how the first and second generation of Hip Hop have shaped the culture by creating their own events, records, etc.

HIP HOP GENERATION NEXT is funded in part by Independence Community Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, The New York Times Company Foundation, and Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour, and with public support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the New York State Council on the Arts.

DIRECTIONS TO COFFEY PARK IN RED HOOK, BROOKLYN

By Subway/Bus:

• F or G Trains to Smith/9th Street.  From Smith/9th St.:

• By bus: Transfer to B77 on corner of Smith/9th Street.  Get off at Dwight Street.  From bus stop, make a right on Dwight Street (walk West) one block to Coffey Park. 
• To walk: Start out going west on W 9th St. towards Smith Street.  Pass Court St. and the BQE overpass.  Stay on W 9th and walk three blocks to Columbia St.  Turn right onto Columbia and then make a quick left onto Verona Street.  The Park will be on the left.

• A, C, F Trains to Jay Street/Borough Hall.  Transfer to B61 Bus at Smith & Livingston Sts.  Get off at Visitation Place.  From bus stop, make a left (walk East) on Visitation Place one block to Coffey Park.

Bus Information:

• B61: Runs from Queens Plaza to Green Point and Green Streets/McGuiness Blvd to Williamsburg and Bedford Ave/Broadway to Williamsburg and Keap Streets/Wythe Ave. to Downtown Brooklyn at Livingston Street/Smith Street to Red Hook Richards Street/Van Dyke Street
• B77: Runs from Park Slope: 10th Avenue/5th Street to Red Hook: Smith/9th Street to Lorraine St/Dwight Street to Coffey Street/Van Brunt Street

By Car:

From Brooklyn Bridge to Coffey Park: Stay right across bridge. Take BQE/278 Exit. Bear right off exit ramp. At the fork, bear left and follow signs for 278/BQE West (Brooklyn Queens Expressway West). Make a left onto BQE West. Take the first exit, at Atlantic Ave. Make a left onto Columbia St. Make a right onto DeGraw St., which turns into Van Brunt St. Continue on Van Brunt. Make a left onto Visitation Place. Coffey Park is on right side of the next block, between Richards and Dwight Sts.

Key:

* - HIP HOP GENERATION NEXT Block Party in Coffey Park
1 – 360 restaurant
2 – Baked bakery
3 – The Good Fork restaurant
4 – Hope & Anchor restaurant
5 – Fairway
6 – The Red Hook Soccer Field Food Stands
7 – Sunny’s bar

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