Kennedy Center hosts ‘HOORAE Takeover,’ featuring Issa Rae chat with KeKe Palmer
The Kennedy Middle is internet hosting 4 nights of enjoyable this weekend, offered by HOORAE Occasions and RAEDIO Occasions. WTOP’s Jason Fraley previews the ‘HOORAE Takeover’ at Kennedy Middle (Half 1) Are you on the lookout for one thing enjoyable to do that weekend within the nation’s capital? The Kennedy Middle hosts the HOORAE Takeover…
The Kennedy Middle is internet hosting 4 nights of enjoyable this weekend, offered by HOORAE Occasions and RAEDIO Occasions.
WTOP’s Jason Fraley previews the ‘HOORAE Takeover’ at Kennedy Middle (Half 1)
Are you on the lookout for one thing enjoyable to do that weekend within the nation’s capital?
The Kennedy Middle hosts the HOORAE Takeover by HOORAE and RAEDIO Occasions.
“I began at RAEDIO three years in the past and it has been nothing however rewarding and wonderful,” Director of Model Partnerships, Occasions & Artist Relations Mo Davis informed WTOP. “Seeing the imaginative and prescient and the ethos of working collectively, constructing group, collaborating throughout and seeing creativity blossom in full, giving that to individuals and exhibiting individuals how they’ll in flip try this.”
All of it kicks off with the “Welcoming Social gathering” on Thursday evening.
“Simply as a thanks to the stunning sponsors and types who’ve agreed to be a part of this week, who noticed the imaginative and prescient, who wished to help and lean in, in addition to the group companions, the parents who’ve been so variety and gracious who’ve welcomed me, welcomed this concept, welcomed Hoorae to the town,” Davis mentioned. Simply doing one thing to indicate appreciation.”
Friday brings the intimate music sequence “Items.”
“Tremendous enthusiastic about that,” Davis mentioned. “‘Items’ is a extra stripped-down, intimate sequence giving the audiences a glance into the storytelling of the songs. In between the songs there’s totally different commentaries and tales, leaning in to search out out what made this develop into a factor. … We have now nice expertise … sponsored by Spotify Frequency, their house for Black music expression.”
Friday additionally invitations you to bop on the “No Bizarre Sh*t Social gathering.”
“We wish to carry again the enjoyable after we had been all dancing, having enjoyable, not caring about who was doing what, not caring about who was you,” Davis mentioned. “This can be a No Wallflower Zone in any respect. There’s singalongs, there are twerk-offs, we wish to see the lashes falling off, we wish the partitions sweating, however we’re not going to mess up that stunning institution.”
Saturday brings “Quick Movie Saturday.”
“We have now two wonderful tasks we’re going to indicate,” Davis mentioned. “One goes to be ‘If These Locks May Speak’ by filmmakers Brittney [Janae] and Jahbrielle [Henning Rayford], who’s additionally a Howard [University] alum. … We even have a exhibiting from Child Fury, who’s half of the podcast ‘The Learn,’ and his companion Michael Troll, so we’re excited to get extra into him and his world.”
Saturday additionally brings the “Discover Your Folks Social gathering.”
“We would like individuals to search out their tribe, we actually need individuals to search out your individuals, as a result of HOORAE is a bunch of people that discovered one another, who’ve constructed one another up,” Davis mentioned. “We wish to be a useful resource and convey individuals collectively. Folks ought to go away feeling empowered like, ‘I discovered my subsequent screenwriter, I discovered my subsequent producer, I discovered the people who find themselves going to assist my desires come into fruition.”
Sunday brings “The Learn Comedy Album Stay Preview.”
“RAEDIO, shoutout gang, we’re engaged on a reside comedy album with ‘The Learn,’ so we wished to offer D.C. a first-look unique on that and go into the world of what they’ll anticipate from the venture,” Davis mentioned. “We even have a particular performer on that, Flo Milli, so actually excited to see that and have the gang be hyped and simply present individuals what’s to come back.”
All of it builds to “A Sip with Issa Rae” the place Rae chats with KeKe Palmer.
“We’ve had an array of nice former people who’ve been on there, from Barry Jenkins to Zendaya to Ava [DuVernay] … actually going into the world of those unbelievable multiple-hyphenates and seeing what their profession trajectory has been, what are their triumphs, what are their lows, how they construct themselves up … and giving listeners on the way you ability your self and promote your self.”
WTOP’s Jason Fraley previews the ‘HOORAE Takeover’ at Kennedy Middle (Half 2)
Hearken to our full dialog right here.
