Brave New Voices Open HHTF
Report from Opening Night: Brave New Voices College Tour and DC Youth Poetry Slam By: Porscha “Lyrik” Coleman The 2008 DC Hip Hop Theatre Festival kicked off with a bang last night, as the Brave New...
View ArticleHip Hop’s Theater Shorts I
By Porscha “Lyrik” Coleman On the fourth floor of the Studio Theatre on Wednesday night three performers took the stage to create an ode to the five elements of hip hop (emceeing, beatboxing, breaking,...
View ArticleThe Word Begins
The Word Begins: Day 3 at HHTF By: Porscha “Lyrik” Coleman “Tonight we take back the word” exclaimed Sekou (tha misfit) and Steve Connell at the beginning of The Word Begins the 90 minute sold out...
View ArticleAM Radio opens Hip-Hop Festival
In the relatively quiet Brookland neighborhood of Northeast Washington sits a relatively quiet bar and grill, ironically called The Library Saloon. The 2009 Hip Hop Theatre Festival kicked off at The...
View ArticleHistory and Hip Hop – Hand in Hand
Rush hour was really rushed at Foggy Bottom/ GWU Tuesday afternoon, as standing room only crowds boarded the free shuttle from the metro to the Kennedy Center. The crowd may not have been that unusual...
View ArticleHip Life on High: Homegrown
“Homegrown”, a documentary of a young Ghanaian hip-hop group, was screened at The Studio Theatre to a packed house of HHTF fans. The story of this unlikely group drew in an audience that spanned...
View ArticleTwo world renowned DJs open HHTF with scorching performances
On the hottest day of the year, when many in DC were seeking the solace of air conditioning or the local swimming pool, droves of people chose to brave the heat for a scorching hot performance at The...
View ArticleDCTS covers the Hip-Hop Theater Festival
The 9th Annual Hip-Hop Theater Festival is happening around DC July 6 – 10. All events are free and open to the public. For more details, click here. Once again, we are fortunate to have DC journalist...
View ArticlePaige in Full at HHTF
If the full lobby at Studio Theatre, or the line that wrapped around said full lobby to sign a standby list for tickets was going to be any indication of how good the show Paige in Full would be, my...
View ArticleWhere My Girls At?
I don’t think anyone ever told the lie that being black and lesbian in the 21st century was easy, but who knew it could be so funny? In the thoughtful, provocative, and insanely funny one woman show...
View ArticleHHTF – J Dilla concert
DC Will Always Love Dilla part of the DC Hip-Hop Theatre Festival July 12 – 2011 — Approaching the 9:30 Club for the DC Loves Dilla benefit concert, I can see the steady stream of people buying tickets...
View ArticleDC Loves Dilla 2013
Seldom as a writer do I get the pleasure of covering an event I enjoy as much as the DC Loves Dilla Benefit Concert. The benefit concert which is in its eighth year honors world renowed rapper and...
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