GET CULTURED: Fusion Week kicks off today!

The Multicultural Affairs Congress-hosted Fusion Week is a talent-filled week of excitement, expression and, bless their hearts, free shit!

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GET CULTURED: Fusion Week kicks off today!

POSTED: Monday, July 11, 2011, 12:00 PM

Filed Under: Events

It’s Fusion Week in Philadelphia. The Multicultural Affairs Congress-hosted “Carnival” is a talent-filled week of excitement, expression and, bless their hearts, free shit!

The six-day explosion of festivities stems from the Congress’ efforts to “fuse” together all of the world’s cultures into an elongated multi-ethnic extravaganza.

Now in its fifth year, the scheduled Fusion Week lineup boasts a wide range of electrifying events. Kicking off the whole shebang is “Celebrate Fun, Celebrate Carnival” at Hard Rock Café, which is bound to leave your eardrums in a frenzy after experiencing the live musical stylings of Sap Sounds, Alo Brazil, and DJ Jazzy Joe.

Throughout the week, multiple venues around the city will host a slew of cultural events, featuring headliners like Wine, Dine, and Dance (Reef Restaurant and Longue), Creole- and Cajun-based Zydeco-A-Go-Go (UPenn Museum of Archaeology), a mixer on the waterfront for Philly’s sociable professionals, and a hefty helping of Broadway via Walnut Street Theatre’s production of Miss Saigon.

Topping off the week’s crescendo of multicultural bliss is Fusion Week’s flagship event: The Global Fusion Festival. The free, all-day ethnic fiesta includes a host of culturally diverse events fit for all ages. Arts and crafts for the kiddies and cultural workshops and a few dazzling dance performances will help set the stage for the day’s headliners: Estelle, Melanie Fiona, Anthony David, and more.

And, if in the course of the week’s extravagance you feel yourself needing a little spiritual cleansing to clear the conscious of whatever booze-tinted transgressions that may or may not have taken place, the MAC has that covered as well. The final send off for Fusion Week “Carnival” 2011 is a Baptist Brunch Cruise on the brand new Philadelphia Belle. Can I get an amen?

Mon-Sun., July 11-17, various times and locations, globalfusionfestival.com.

(khoury.johnson@citypaper.net)

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