Come join us at Lakou Cafe for a night of fun and games! Bring your friends and challenge them to a variety of board games, card games, and more. Whether you're a seasoned gamer or just looking for a good time, this event is perfect for everyone. We'll have snacks and drinks available for purchase to keep you fueled throughout the night. Don't miss out on this opportunity to unwind and enjoy some friendly competition. See you there!

Join us this Friday for our monthly Karaoke night! We will have drink specials all night. Be prepared to jam out to your favorite songs.

Join us Saturday, September 28th for a spectacular and intimate showcase by internationally renowned classically-trained Gospel Soul Violinist Dr. Melanie R. Hill.

Dr. Melanie will be taking us through a musical journey with her violin. Be sure to rsvp today because space is limited!

Doors open at 8pm.
Show starts at 9pm.

About Dr. Melanie R. Hill

Dr. Melanie R. Hill is an internationally renowned classically-trained Gospel Soul Violinist who has performed at the White House on two occasions under the Obama administration, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the Apollo Theater in New York, the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, and for Pope Francis’s Papal Mass during his historic visit to the United States. Hill has also been featured on Showtime at the Apollo, Good Day Philadelphia, Philadelphia Style Magazine, NY1, BET, TV One, and has performed for Alice Walker, Senator Rev. Dr. Raphael G. Warnock, Ms. Sabrina Fulton, Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, Mrs. Susan L. Taylor, and opened for John Legend and Jonathan McReynolds. In collaboration with the Mourning into Unity project, Dr. Hill performed at Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C., honoring lives lost due to the global pandemic. In honor of precious lives lost during the pandemic, Dr. Hill opened for the National Council of Churches before the sermon of Bishop Michael B. Curry, presiding Bishop and primate of the Episcopal Church.

In addition to her music, Dr. Hill is Named Term Chair Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of Global Racial Justice and Assistant Professor of American Literature with specializations in African American Literature, Black Music Performance, and Womanist Literature/Thought/Theology in the Department of English at Rutgers University, Newark. Hill received her Ph.D. in English Literature with two graduate certificates in Africana Studies and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Hill has been a reviewer for the Yale Journal of Music and Religion and published articles on Black feminism/womanism and the art of the sermon in African American literature as well as on the works of blues and jazz vocalists Bessie Smith and Ella Fitzgerald under the Religions Journal and Oxford University Press, respectively. In addition, Dr. Hill has held positions as Associate Research Scholar and Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion and Literature at Yale University. Her forthcoming manuscript entitled, “Colored Women Sittin’ on High: Womanist Sermonic Practice in Literature and Music” (UNC Press) focuses on the ways in which Black women preachers in African American literature, music, and in the space of the pulpit counter social injustices through sermon and song. Recently, Dr. Hill’s research and pedagogical work has been featured in Princeton University’s Mellon Research Forum and the Teagle Foundation, respectively.

Dr. Hill is grateful for God’s blessings and remains focused on sharing inspiration through her violin and spreading scholarship along the intersections of literature, music, and theology.

Join us Saturday, Sept 21 for our monthly Karaoke night! We will have drink specials all night. Be prepared to jam out to your favorite songs.

Come join us at Lakou Cafe for a night of fun and games! Bring your friends and challenge them to a variety of board games, card games, and more. Whether you're a seasoned gamer or just looking for a good time, this event is perfect for everyone. We'll have snacks and drinks available for purchase to keep you fueled throughout the night. Don't miss out on this opportunity to unwind and enjoy some friendly competition. See you there!

Join us for a screening of Lee Daniel’s DELIVERANCE! Stay afterwards for a discussion. Drink specials all night! Kitchen open until 11pm!

A family living in a home in Indiana discovers strange, demonic occurrences that convince them and the community that the house is a portal to hell.

Come join us at Lakou Cafe for a night of fun and games! Bring your friends and challenge them to a variety of board games, card games, and more. Whether you're a seasoned gamer or just looking for a good time, this event is perfect for everyone. We'll have snacks and drinks available for purchase to keep you fueled throughout the night. Don't miss out on this opportunity to unwind and enjoy some friendly competition. See you there!

Join us for the kickoff event for Haitian Girls Fest!

About Haitian Girls Fest

This years theme is mental health and wellness! The event is August 18th from 4pm to 9:30pm in BK. It is a mini festival for Haitian girls and their family and friends to come to with the common goal of bonding, learning and purchasing goods from Haitian girl-owned businesses. First 50 people will take part of a cocktail making workshop. The rest of the crowd will have access to a Haitian Girls Mental Health and wellness panel, award show, KONPA workshop Sasa’s performance and a dance party.

Haitian Girls Fest is an upcoming brand that is small but growing. Shaina Louis created this event on her own with her own funding in college. Her life work of working and researching the Haitian girl population is documented back in 2014. Come and support HGF and enjoy this day of learning, dancing, bonding and giving to Haitian girls owned business.

Join us for a screening of FRESH! Stay afterwards for a discussion. Drink specials all night! Kitchen open until 11pm!

A 12-year-old boy living in a dangerous neighborhood hatches a plan to outsmart a group of criminals to protect himself and his sister. FRESH is a 1994 American crime drama film written and directed by Boaz Yakin in his directorial debut, and produced by Randy Ostrow and Lawrence Bender.