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Crankin!: Fifty Years of DC Go-Go with Charles C. Stephenson Jr.

Name: Crankin!: Fifty Years of DC Go-Go with Charles C. Stephenson Jr.
Start: 2026-11-21T23:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-11-22T00:00:00.000Z
Location: André Cailloux Center for Performing Arts and Cultural Justice

Sat, Nov 21 · 5:00 p.m.CST

André Cailloux Center for Performing Arts and Cultural Justice · New Orleans

Charles C. Stephenson Jr. and Melissa A. Weber discuss Go-Go's development across communities and generations and its impact on New Orleans. About this Event Charles C. Stephenson Jr. will discuss th…

Crankin!: Fifty Years of DC Go-Go with Charles C. Stephenson Jr.

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Sat, Nov 21 · 5:00 p.m.Ends 6:00 p.m.CST

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André Cailloux Center for Performing Arts and Cultural Justice2541 Bayou Road, New Orleans, LA

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Date and time: Sat, Nov 21 · 5:00 p.m.Ends 6:00 p.m.CST — local New Orleans time
Location: André Cailloux Center for Performing Arts and Cultural Justice2541 Bayou Road, New Orleans, LANew Orleans

About this event

Charles C. Stephenson Jr. and Melissa A. Weber discuss Go-Go's development across communities and generations and its impact on New Orleans.

About this Event

Charles C. Stephenson Jr. will discuss the recently published Crankin!: Power and Resilience in Washington DC’s Go-Go Culture (Georgetown University Press), which he co-authored. The book documents fifty years of go-go history, the homegrown live music culture of Washington, DC, and a sound that has influenced many New Orleans music artists.

From Chuck Brown, the Godfather of Go-Go, and pioneering bands such as Trouble Funk, Rare Essence, and Experience Unlimited (EU) to go-go’s role in Black culture and activism in the nation’s capital, Crankin! traces the genre’s development and impact across communities and generations. Stephenson brings firsthand experience to the book as EU’s original manager, a longtime community organizer, and former chairman of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

Conversation moderated by musicologis