The Silver Room Block Party!
There were so many
Funky badass …magical… musical moments….
Blackgirlmagic and BlackguyAfrofunk...
It was a truly kaleidoscope of
Funk,
Fun,
Energy
and
Peace…
With a can of hair grease….
As the Millenials
and ere'body else
showed up and showed out
all peace and love...
as the Silver Room Block party
mushroomed n2 Art,
Fashion
&
painted faces…
and some killer
Black Rock music….
on 3 different stages
from 53rd and Blackstone
2 53rd and Lake Park
and everywhere in-between….
There were some Salsa dancers
dancing ...
and a LIVE Salsa band!
AND the crowd was lOving how
Dance/drum troupe
Ayodele
were bringing that vibe..
and rhythms
straight from the Motherland…
like....
Fela meets Southside HOUSE!
When we rolled up on 53rd St...
going 2 the sound check for Black Cherry Soul…
we could see the cars were back 2 back!
On 53rd St?...
N Hyde Park? ...
Really?
People were everywhere!
Rocking the beautiful funkiness of natural hair in all shapes,
forms and colors
It was so intoxicating & intergenerational …
that it was like an Afro - Futuristic dream...
of Urban Pharoahs and Nubian Queens
of Urban Pharoahs and Nubian Queens
Dashiki Africanos and Beauty Africana
were floating in and out ..
Not.. " we gone 2 Paris this weekend 4 Afro-Punk
but like...
We sTaYed at home in our Pyramid...
.. 4 some Chi- town Afro-FUNK! …
U know we are a spiritual center 4 all things Black NOIR!...
when we in... CHICAgO are the home of Sun RA
and Kelan Phil Coran... Chaka ...Earth Wind and Fire and
The Pharoahs . and Africobra...
We are DuSable's great great grand children.....
....and ONLI and the Black AGE!
A bevy of Neo-Africana and Neo Africanos …
in full effect…
BlackRock bands were slanging.
and Neo-Soul sistas were sanging…
Black hair….
was everywhere…
from Bald headed sOul Sistas 2 big Box braids…
Multicolored locs and twisted waves
I saw sisters with threaded braids
that I haven’t seen since I was in Ghana…
Brothers with BIG ‘natchals.. that made u just wanna...
hmmmmm....
Afri-fashinistas were flashing skin and Kente..
I saw some ‘Classic men’ in skinny ties and plaid…
And at night…
They were stunting and fronting
on pop shots and scooters..
Boys will be boys…
and the Boyz had their toys
All out and
Sleek and shiny...
All jumping with sounds and in beautiful colors...
Bentleys and jeeps and pop shots
Futuristic and funky and rocking some some hip hop
…the music was playing
I felt like a star
‘Cause they just wouldn’t stop standing 'round my car...
All text and video and photographs by
Aki Antonia c2017
AA72017
