Flier for "Must Be the Music Skate Affair" at the Bronx Skating Rink: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A flier for Nubian Productions’ “Must Be The Music Skate Affair” at the Bronx Skating Rink, 515 Bruckner Blvd, Saturday, February 27, 1982. THe flier is printed in black ink on off-white paper and features two copied images, multiple fonts, and handlettering. At the top is [Nubian Production Presents / Must Be The Music Skate Affair / Tommy Boy Records Recording Artist Afrika Bambaata Jazzy Jay Red Alert and the Jazzy 5ive MC's] followed by a black-and-white photograph of the group. To the left is another image of a woman with shoulder-length curly hair. To the right is venue date, time, and cover information. Along the bottom edge, in handlettered text, are public transit directions. There is a thick black border along the edges of the flier. There are no markings on verso.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1982
• Distributed by: Nubian Productions, American
• Designed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Afrika Bambaataa, American, born 1957
• Subject of: DJ Jazzy Jay, American, born 1961
• Subject of: Kool DJ Red Alert, American, born 1956
• Subject of: Jazzy Five, American
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 5 5/16 × 8 7/16 in. (13.5 × 21.5 cm)
• Place depicted: Bronx, New York City, Bronx County, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Graphic design
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Music
• Topic: Roller skating
• Object number: 2020.54.3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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