MOCAD’s 2015 Fall Exhibit Open­ing Cel­e­bra­tion

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Burnt Sugar is honored to perform for The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit’s 2015 Fall Exhibit Open­ing Cel­e­bra­tion. The “United States of Latin America” exhibit will feature more than thirty emerging artists from Latin America, many of whom will be exhibiting in the United States for the first time. Find out more here:

Burnt Sugar in Pittsburgh

Burnt Sugar at The Thunderbird Cafe & Lounge Pittsburgh

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The Thunderbird Cafe & Lounge is one of the premier live music venues in Pittsburgh. Located in historic Lawrenceville on Butler Street, The Thunderbird Cafe features top national artists as well as established & up and coming local bands.  Their state of the art sound system, and comfortable atmosphere make the Thunderbird Cafe a great
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Burnt Sugar at MOTR Cincinnati,

Burnt Sugar at MOTR, Over The Rhine, Cincinnati

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with Special Guest:Napoleon Maddox ( ISWHAT?!) With an Ohio-laced rhythmic flow and vocal gymnastics, poet Napoleon Maddox spans the worlds of jazz and hip hop, taking in everything from Thelonious Monk via Gil Scott-Heron to Outkast. Napoleon has traveled the world with his own group ISWHAT?! and collaborated with Public Enemy’s Chuck D & saxophonist Archie Shepp. Napoleon is featured on Shepp’s album Phat
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Burnt Sugar Arkestra. Photos by Shane Nelson

Dark Wonderland (Discount Tickets Available)

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Debut­ing on Thurs­day, June 4th and con­clud­ing on Sat­ur­day, June 27th, Green-Wood, Mapp Inter­na­tional Pro­duc­tions and Full Spec­trum Inc. present DARK WONDERLAND, four long week­ends of inno­v­a­tive per­for­mances to mark the 150th anniver­sary of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adven­tures in Won­der­land, and com­ment on the fan­tas­ti­cal dual nature of New York City. Per­form­ers include Ali­cia Hall
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Burnt Sugar Arkestra. Photos by Shane Nelson

Rebellum performs selections from “Brer Rabbit : The Opera ~ A Funky Meditation on Gentrification” and other fey, lovely & krunk songs from their forthcoming Live DVD “Black From The Abyss.”

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The Millennium Stage was created and underwritten by James A. Johnson and Maxine Isaacs to make the performing arts accessible to everyone in fulfillment of the Kennedy Center’s mission to its community and the nation. Additional funding for the Millennium Stage is provided by The Isadore and Bertha Gudelsky Family Foundation, Inc., The Meredith Foundation,
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Burnt Sugar Smokehouse

Burnt Sugar Smokehouse

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Burnt Sugar Smokehouse – Bringin you smokin Grooves non-stop from Six to Eleven The Delancey 168 Delancey Street New York, NY 10002 Sunday, February 15th MC – Luqman Brown of FunkFace Smokehouse Line-up: 6:00pm – Blak Diamondz 6:40pm – Andre Lassalle’s Premonition 7:20pm – MazzMuse Breakdown (Mazz Swift & LaFrae Sci) 8:00pm – Digital Diaspora
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Burnt Sugar Arkestra. Photos by Shane Nelson

Abigail DeVille: The New Migration

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Bronx-born artist Abigail DeVille will construct a historical maze displayed in vacant storefront spaces in the heart of Anacostia with collected materials from a ten-day road trip from DC to Florida in a new work, entitled The New Migration.  The New Migration will explore the implications of the mass flight and migratory return of African
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Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Prince’s “Purple Rain” LP

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Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Prince’s “Purple Rain” LP with a conversation featuring Karen Good Marable and Zaheer Ali and moderated by Ebony.com’s Miles Marshall Lewis., a screening of the film, and special guests. A garden party with Burnt Sugar Arkestra “sugarizing” the LP will follow the panel discussion. This event is sold out, but
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