NEWS
VH-1 are making a Jodeci biopic and according to
former group member Dalvin DeGrate (better known
as Mr. Dalvin), the script for the fi lm is complete and
production has started. VH-1 will air the movie later this
year. www.jodeci.com
Gainesville's A Perfect Pie is
now the offi cial pizzeria of the
Florida Gators 2017 Baseball
team. They have also expanded
into a new location in Orlando.
www.aperfectpie.com
Star Wars fans, the force is back! The Last Jedi will be in
theatres this December. www.starwars.com
Taste Of Soul - Soul Food Festival takes
over Orlando Festival Park on May
13th 11am - 7pm. A family festival of
sights, sounds and tastes of the African-
American and other diverse cultures of
Soul Food Cooking. Taste of Soul will
feature vendors and family activities as
well as lots of music. www.gopartylive.
com/tasteofsoul
Abstract artist Whitney Austin has become
one of the fi rst Black art gallery owners
in Charlotte, North Carloina. Her work
expresses her world with every brush
stroke. www.whitneyaustin.com
#Octoberfest352
is back! Gainesville,
Florida's largest free
festival is back for its
4th year. #Octoberfest352
returns October 21st 2017 to
Monteocha Park brought
to you by The V.I.P.pers.
www.facebook.com/
octoberfest352
UK garage and grime Godfather,
Bushkin, has offi cially launched
Bush Bash Recordings, a label
that boasts a roster of up and
coming artists and well known
heavy hitters in the game. The
411 were in the building for the
launch event which took place
in London's Far Rockaway Bar
and the evening was packed
with industry elite! Check out
IG for snaps from the event @
the411magazine and @ weareb3
TLC have returned to the spotlight with the
news of their fi rst album in 14 years! The
currently-unnamed album drops Summer
2017 and will be the fi rst recorded without
their third member, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes,
who tragically died in a car accident in 2002.
Tionne "TBoz" Watkins and Rozonda "Chilli"
Thomas have also announced a show at
London's KOKO in Camden. The event on
May 9th sold out in under 2 hours! A strong
reminder that the world still have love for the
girls. Search social @Offi cialTLC
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