BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 5.1.4//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:August Event - Thursday\,  Aug 25\, 5:30-7pm. In partnershi p with Tomme Beevas and Pimentos Jamaican Kitchen\, the next monthly Blac k Business Networking event will encourage us to continue to expand the ef forts of our club's Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion Committee. Speaker this week will be Chadwick Phillips\, founder of "The Avant Garde music an d entertainment company\, artist and renaissance man. See complete bio bel ow. This networking event will be held monthly on the fourth Thursday of each month from 5:30-7pm at Pimento Jamaican Kitchen\, 2524 Nicollet Ave\ , Minneapolis\, MN 55404. Meeting details are: 5:30-6:00 Social & networki ng time — the rum punch will be flowing!  6:00-6:15 Introductions aroun d the room\, including each attendee's business background 6:15-6:45 Featu red Black Entrepreneur presents their business story to the group 6:45-7:0 0 Q &A session and wrap up PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD & BRING YOUR FRIENDS!   This will be promoted within Rotary and within the Black Business Communit y\, and our goal is to grow this over time. But we need your help to prom ote this cultural residency and cross-culture business network!  Chadwick  "Niles" Phillips is an artist & renaissance man who is the founder of  "The Avant Garde" music and entertainment company that produces concert s featuring Twin Cities artists within the genres of Neo-Soul/R&B\, spok en-word poetry\, conscious hip-hop\, live instrumentalists and visual arti sts. He has worked for BET\, CBS and NYC Fashion Week. Plus he was on a ma jor label called "Koch Records". His company "The Avant Garde" is made to carry on the rich tradition of great urban music & arts movements of the p ast along with creating community of uplift and unity through edutainment.   He is also founder of the “Hip-Hop\, History & The Arts” youth arti st development program that he teaches all throughout Minnesota. He curren tly teaches as an artist in residence for Twin Cities Catalyst Music. As an artist\, Niles has opened up for international Hip-Hop legends Rakim\ , Slick Rick\, Yasiin Bey (Mosdef)\, Raekwon (Wu-Tang)\, U-God (Wu-Tang)\, Jay Electronica\, Slum Village\, Camp Lo\, Grand Master Caz\, Pete Rock a nd so many others. He has also hosted numerous concerts with the most n otable being for Musiq SoulChild. His debut album “To Remain” is out n ow. DTEND:20220826T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260922T171650Z DTSTART:20220825T223000Z LOCATION:Pimento Jamaican Kitchen SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:Black Business and Edina Rotary Networking\, Aug 25 UID:77ba0eb1-a9ec-4168-b1ef-7b14bdba7856 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

August Event - \;Thursday\, \; Aug 25\, \;5:30-7pm. \;In partnership with Tom me Beevas and Pimentos Jamaican Kitchen\, the next \;monthly Black Bus iness Networking event will encourage us to continue to expand the efforts of our club'\;s Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion Committee. Speaker this week will be Chadwick Phillips\, founder of "\;The Avant Garde music and entertainment company\, artist and renaissance man. See complete bio below. \;This networking event wi ll be held monthly on the fourth Thursday of each month from 5:30-7pm at P imento Jamaican Kitchen\, 2524 Nicollet \;Ave\, Minneapolis\, MN 55404 . Meeting details are:

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5:30-6:00 Social &\; networking time & mdash\; the rum punch will be flowing! \;
\n6:00-6:15 Introductio ns around the room\, including each attendee'\;s business background
\n6:15-6:45 Featured Black Entrepreneur presents their business story t o the group
\n6:45-7:00 Q &\;A session and wrap up

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PLEAS E SPREAD THE WORD &\; BRING YOUR FRIENDS!  \;This will be promoted within Rotary and within the Black Business Community\, and our goal is to grow this \;over time. But we need your help to promote this cultural residency and cross-culture business network! \;

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Chadwick&n bsp\;"\;Niles"\; Phillips \;is an artist &\; renaissance ma n who is \;the founder of \;"\;The Avant Garde"\; music an d \;entertainment company that produces concerts featuring Twin Cities  \;artists within the genres of \;Neo-Soul/R&\;B\, spoken-word poetry\, conscious hip-hop\, live instrumentalists and visual artists. He has worked for BET\, CBS and NYC Fashion Week. Plus he was on a major labe l called "\;Koch Records"\;. His company "\;The Avant Garde&qu ot\; is made to carry on the rich tradition of great urban music &\; ar ts movements of the past along with creating community of uplift and unity through edutainment. \;

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He is also founder of the &ldquo\;H ip-Hop\, History &\; The Arts&rdquo\; youth artist development program that he teaches all throughout Minnesota. He currently teaches as an artis t in residence for Twin Cities Catalyst Music. \;As an artist\, \; Niles \;has opened up for international Hip-Hop legends Rakim\, Slick Rick\, Yasiin Bey (Mosdef)\, Raekwon (Wu-Tang)\, U-God (Wu-Tang)\, Jay Ele ctronica\, Slum Village\, Camp Lo\, Grand Master Caz\, Pete Rock and so ma ny others. \;He has also \;hosted \;numerous concerts with the most notable being for Musiq SoulChild. His debut album &ldquo\;To Remain &rdquo\; is out now.

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