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Grandmaster Flash – Hip Hop: People, Places & Things

Thu. Nov. 7 • 10am  – Bardavon
Fri. Nov. 8 • 10am  – Bardavon

Grades: 5th – 12th

Grandmaster Flash is a pioneer of Hip-Hop, DJ-ing, cutting, scratching and mixing, and with the Furious Five was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Flash will present a deep audio and visual dive into the history of an art form he helped create.

Since its first show in 2017, ‘Hip-Hop, People, Places & Things’ has seen phenomenal growth and will have visited 80 cities in 30 different countries, being seen by nearly a quarter of a million people and now Flash is coming to the Bardavon and UPAC!

Made possible with funding from The Beechwood Group of Wells Fargo Advisors, Church Communities Foundation, George A. Strba Charitable Trust, H. W. Wilson Foundation, ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Kvistad Foundation, Second Hand Rose, Klock Foundation, Louis Greenspan Charitable Trust, Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Poughkeepsie Community Development Block Grant, Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, Rhinebeck Bank, Stewarts Shops, TD Charitable Foundation, Vassar Brothers Institute, Wells Fargo & Company, and from the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley: Anonymous Fund; Ann and Abe Effron Fund; Charlie Carroll Music Enrichment Fund; Dutchess Community Grants Fund; and the Ed & Barbara Joba Fund for the Hudson Valley Philharmonic. Additional support comes from the Dyson Foundation, James J. McCann Charitable Trust, Jane W. Nuhn Charitable Trust, and Jeanette F. Schlobach Charitable Trust. We extend special thanks to all of the donors who contributed to the Field-Trip Fund. This program is also made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.