Welcome to the
STooPS 2025
Summer Festival
Thank you for joining us at our 12th annual event. We've been working hard to produce a classic yet unique block party and a truly immersive cultural experience for you!
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in collaboration with
Produced By:
Block Party Host: Koku
Healing Workshop by Camille Gordon Fanfair
Headliner: Soul Science Lab
Block Party Host: Koku
Block Party Workshops Schedule
Living Memory: Ancestral Wisdom Of Rosemary by Akika Flower Essences
Led by Renee K. Smith
Location: Mt. Lebanon Lawn
Session 1: 1:15pm-5:15pm
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Aromatherapy Workshop
​Sacred Space, Sacred Self: Building & Activating Your Spiritual Altar by Essence of ASE
Led by Camille Gordon Fanfair
Location: 280 Decatur St.
Session 1: 1:15pm-3:00pm; 4:00-5:15pm
Session 2: 3:00-4:00pm
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Imagination Station
Led by Freebrook Academy; GrowHouse NYC; Street Lab
Location: Stuyvesant Mansion, 375 Stuyvesant Ave.
Session 1: 1:15pm-5:15pm
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Session 1: 1:00pm-2:00pm
Session 2: 3:00pm-5:30pm
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Afro-Brazilian Drumming by Batalá
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​Afro-Brazilian Dance and Drumming by Quenía and Batalá
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​ASA! Fitness by Dianne​
​Dance Demonstrations by Cumbe: Center for African & Diasporic Dance
Location: 225 Decatur St.
Session 1: 2:00pm-2:30pm
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​Session 2: 3:00pm-3:30pm​
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​Session 3: 4:00pm-4:30pm​
Kiddie Korner: GEMS of BedStuy
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Led by Bridges: A Pan-Afrikan ARTS Movement
Location: 279 Decatur St.
Storytelling: 1:30pm-2:30pm
Treasure Hunt: 2:40pm-3:00pm
Games 3:00pm-3:45pm
Gem Designs Crafts 4:00-4:50pm
​Procession
​Big Apple Leadership Academy Band
5:20pm-5:30pm
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Block Party Award Ceremony & Headliners
BedStuy Hidden Gems Awards Ceremony
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Awards Created by Catherine Ashley
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Location: St. Philip's Episcopal Church, 265 Decatur St.
Ceremony: 5:30pm
Sankofa Remix
Kendra J. Ross Works Dance Performance
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Featuring Brittany Grier and Courtney Cook
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Location: St. Philip's Episcopal Church, 265 Decatur St.
Performance: 6:00pm
Soul Science Lab Music Performance​
Location: St. Philip's Episcopal Church, 265 Decatur St.
Performance: 6:30pm
7:10pm
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Please exit the street as quickly and safely as possible so we may have the street opened on time and without penalty.
Art Crawl: 1:30-5:30pm
Your Art Crawl Guide, Shanna Sabio will lead you from Fulton Park through the entire Art Crawl.
Fulton Park - 70 Chauncey Street, 1:45pm-2:00pm
166 Bainbridge St., 2:10pm-2:25pm
Jackie Robinson Park Playground - 341 Malcolm X Blvd 2:40pm-2:55pm
245A Bainbridge Street, 3:10pm-3:25pm
Bailey's Cafe - 324 Malcolm X Blvd 3:40pm-3:55pm *REST STOP*
556A Macon Street, 4:15pm-4:30pm
Stuyvesant Mansion - 375 Stuyvesant Avenue, 4:45pm-5:00pm
248 Decatur Street, 5:05pm-5:20pm
Sponsored By:
Programming by STooPS Art & Community is made possible with funds from the Howard Gilman Foundation, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council and the Mellon Foundation, and sponsored by Bailey’s Cafe and Foot Soldiers.
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Special thanks to STooPS Enthusiast Foot Soldiers, STooPS Supporter Studio Rodrigo and STooPS Fan Brooklyn Tea and Doc's Cake Shop.
With deep gratitude to the individuals and families who uplift our work.
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