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DANCEHALL + R&B + SOCA = A HISTORICAL WEEKEND OF LIVE PERFORMANCES AT BROOKLYN’S CLASSIC KINGS THEATRE • “Dancehall Rising”: Mavado, Capleton, Lady Saw & Matisyahu – April 10 • R&B’s: “Voices in Concert”: Fantasia & Tessanne Chin — April 11 • Soca’s “First Impression”: Kes the Band, Olatunji, Kerwin DuBois, Mr. Killa, Ravi B, Lavaman et al — April 12 By Gerry Hopkin (Hopkins Consulting Group | 347-350-4285) Brooklyn, NYC. The countdown is on for what promises to be a historical weekend of vintage concerts at the classic, upscaleRead More

Brooklyn, NYC — The Kings Theatre, since 2010 listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, was built in 1929 as a movie-palace-type theatre under the original name of Loew’s Kings Theatre. The facility was closed from 1977 and reopened under Borough President Eric Adams on February 3, 2015, after renovations in the vicinity of 94-million dollars. Come April 10, 11 and 12, a different kind of history will be made, as for the first time ever, major dancehall-reggae, crossover- mainstream R&B and soca concerts that are organized byRead More