{"id":1734,"date":"2016-09-30T16:56:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T16:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/open-streets-block-party-to-activate-uptown-in-october\/"},"modified":"2016-09-30T16:56:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T16:56:00","slug":"open-streets-block-party-to-activate-uptown-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/open-streets-block-party-to-activate-uptown-in-october","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Hip Hop Artist Talib Kweli to Headline Village Fest  at ACTIVATE UPTOWN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-50568\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/talib.jpg\" alt=\"talib\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Image courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/talibkweli\/\">Talib Kweli<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE |\u00a0<\/strong>Long Beach Vice Mayor Rex Richardson announced today that Brooklyn-born hip hop artist Talib Kweli\u00a0will join the\u00a0Village Fest lineup as headliner at Activate Uptown this Saturday, a free block party open to the entire community.<\/p>\n<p> <center> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalibKweli\">@TalibKweli<\/a> to headline <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VillageFest?src=hash\">#VillageFest<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ActivateUptown?src=hash\">#ActivateUptown<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LB?src=hash\">#LB<\/a> Free Block Party this Saturday!<br \/>RSVP here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0Z50eSErBc\">https:\/\/t.co\/0Z50eSErBc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QtTQQZcZZt\">pic.twitter.com\/QtTQQZcZZt<\/a><\/p>\n<p> \u2014 Rex Richardson (@rexrichardson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rexrichardson\/status\/781874322914676738\">September 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\"><\/script> <\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/><\/strong>For more information and to RSVP, visit the Facebook event page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/243855952681364\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>PREVIOUSLY: Hip Hop Legend MURS\u00a0Added to ACTIVATE UPTOWN Lineup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-50569\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/murs.png\" alt=\"murs\" width=\"640\" height=\"284\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/murs\/\">MURS<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>9\/21\/16 at 5:40PM |\u00a0<\/strong>Long Beach Vice Mayor Rex Richardson announced today that MURS, who recently released his solo album <em>Have a Nice Life<\/em> and is the founder of the Paid Dues festival, which draws attention to the best in underground rap, will perform at Activate Uptown on Saturday, October 1.<\/p>\n<p>The Pharcyde will play Village Fest for the second time, while freestyler MC Supernatural, reggae outfit Vibrant Heights and Long Beach-based Bootleg Orchestra will also take the main stage on the corner of Artesia Boulevard and Atlantic Avenue. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-50570\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/activateuptown.png\" alt=\"activateuptown\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1054689617933327\/\">Activate Uptown<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>PREVIOUSLY: Open-Streets Block Party to ACTIVATE UPTOWN in October<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>9\/13\/16 at 12:21PM |<\/strong><em> Activate Uptown<\/em>, a free, open-streets block party along Artesia Boulevard between Atlantic and Orange avenues, will feature live music, activities, food, crafts, giveaways and more, on Saturday, October 1, from 10:00AM to 4:00PM, the City of Long Beach announced this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI invite the community to bring family and friends and meet your neighbors at Activate Uptown,\u201d said Mayor Robert Garcia in a statement. \u201cCome and enjoy music, family-friendly activities, and more at the Activate Uptown festival as you bike, walk, skate or play in North Long Beach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Artesia Boulevard will be closed to cars and open to people walking, biking and playing in the street. Featured on Myrtle Avenue between Artesia Boulevard and Harding Street will be a re-imagined streetscape with a temporary bike boulevard and roundabout, in an effort to make traveling easier for pedestrians and bicyclists. Myrtle will be open to local traffic, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s something for everyone at <em>Activate Uptown<\/em>,\u201d said Vice Mayor Rex Richardson in a statement. \u201dWe are planning a variety of exhibits and attractions highlighting active transportation and the Uptown Renaissance, along with an amazing selection of headlining and local artists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vice Mayor Richardson will also be hosting the second annual Village Fest, a free concert benefiting the North Long Beach Education Fund, at the corner of Artesia Boulevard and Atlantic Avenue. Performers will include 90s alternative hip-hop trailblazers The Pharcyde, Guinness World Record Longest Freestyle Artist MC Supernatural, Long Beach-based neo-soul collective Bootleg Orchestra and Los Angeles-based reggae outfit Vibrant Heights. <\/p>\n<p>Other events to take place include a live mural installation, a youth basketball tournament and raffles. Those riding a bike to the occasion can valet their two-wheeled transport for free.<\/p>\n<p><em>Activate Uptown is sponsored by the Office of Vice Mayor Rex Richardson, SCAG\u2019s Go Human Campaign, Clean Transportation Funding &#8211; MSRC, and The California Endowment.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit the website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.GoHumanSoCal.org\/ActivateUptown\">here<\/a>\u00a0or the <em>Activate Uptown<\/em> event page <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1054689617933327\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long Beach Vice Mayor Rex Richardson announced today that Brooklyn-born hip hop artist Talib Kweli\u00a0will join the Village Fest lineup as headliner at Activate Uptown this Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":67117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[883],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","tag-activate-uptown","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1734"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=1734"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}