The Afro-Punk Festival celebrates the burgeoning movement, highlighting the music, films, and thinkers that give it shape. For the fourth year in a row, BAM presents a series bristling with progressive films (check doc The Upsetter: The Music and Genius of Lee Scratch Perry), plus a block party (on Sunday, July 13) featuring DJs, art installations, and a DIY crafts market. Of course, no gathering of punks would be complete without one very important thing: plenty of ear-splitting music. Definitely catch Janelle Monae at the launch party on Saturday, July 5.
