The Source Magazine

Dear Summer Festival Transforms Brooklyn into a Cultural Powerhouse with Music, Community, and Surprise Performances

Brooklyn’s summer officially started off in unforgettable style as the Dear Summer Festival lit up the borough with music, culture, and good vibes. The Dear Summer Festival story is the perfect blend ...
The Source Magazine

Dear Summer Festival: From Backyard BBQ to National Celebration

What began as a humble backyard BBQ has blossomed into the Dear Summer Festival, a vibrant multi-city event celebrating Black culture and community. Founded by a group of HBCU alumni from Virginia ...
Yahoo

Started By HBCU Grads, Dear Summer Festival Has Grown Into A National Celebration Of Black Culture

A link-up initiated by a group of friends who didn’t want to wait until homecoming to reunite has become a city-wide festival bringing HBCU graduates, students and everyone in between together in the ...
Essence

Dear Summer BBQ: The Cookout That Became A Cultural Movement

In 2011, a group of seven close friends and alumni from Virginia State University and Delaware State University, bound by their shared love for camaraderie and culture, decided to organize a small ...
WGBH

'Dear Summer: Volume 3' returns to highlight more emerging artists and DJs

Andrea Asuaje is a senior radio producer with “Under the Radar with Callie Crossley.” Prior to her work at GBH, she was a senior producer and show runner at Rococo Punch; and a reporter, producer and ...