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Tang Sauce at TreeCat Cafe
Tang Sauce, a hip-hop artist from Hartford, performs hip-hop jazz fusion at the youth-run TreeCat Café on Friday, October 21, 2016 at 6:30 pm at the Treehouse Community at Easthampton Meadows, 1 Treehouse Circle Easthampton, Mass.
Tang Sauce (John Manselle-Young) is a rapper, musician, and breaker who has been referred to as a torch bearer for the new direction of hip-hop by Abiodun Oyewole of the legendary Last Poets. He is a former member of West End Blend, a 10-piece Hartford funk, hip-hop, soul band. He has also worked with blues musician XY Eli. Maturity, Tang Sauces debut album, was released earlier this year. In addition to rapping and playing several instruments (including trumpet and guitar), he is an accomplished breaker. As a member of United Outkast and T.O.B crews, Tang Sauce has won B-Boy Massacre 8 and Funk the Politics dance tournaments.
Tang Sauce was born and raised in Hartford, CT and the Greater Hartford area. He has been a fixture in the Hartford arts scene for years and has been involved in theater productions like The Wiz, A Raisin in The Sun, and Night Fall. He has hosted the Trinity International Hip-Hop Festival, has his own Pandora station, and has been featured on the cover of Connecticut newspaper CTNOW. Tang Sauce brings an old school hip-hop flow with a new school perspective, which he uses to spread peace, love, and positivity.
Hartford, Connecticuts Tang Sauce is a fresh artist rising from the Connecticut underground. Enjoy CT Live
The TreeCat Café is a monthly cafe and performance venue run by youth of the Treehouse Community, a unique inter-generational community designed to support families who are fostering and adopting children from the foster care system. The TreeCat Café provides high school and college-aged youth at Treehouse with work experience and training in business skills. Youth take on and manage every aspect of the Café: marketing, accounting, fundraising, cooking and hosting. Local business owners and elders of the Treehouse Community offer their expertise and mentor youth in entrepreneurial skills.
Admission is $20 for general public and $5 for Treehouse community members. Funds will help support the TreeCat Café and other youth programs at Treehouse. Food will be served. Reservation is required. General seating. Table seating is limited. Email: thetreecatcafe@gmail.com to reserve your seat or for more info. Purchase tickets: http://treecatcafe.brownpapertickets.com. Facebook page: www.facebook.com/thetreecatcafe. Treehouse website: http://www.refca.net. 857-919-4045.
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LocationTreeCat Cafe at Treehouse Community (View)
1 Treehouse Circle
Easthampton, MA 01027
United States
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| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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