On Sunday, June 11, 2017, DJ Fusion of the FuseBox Radio Broadcast went out for a few hours in the blazing summer sun to check out the crowd, get in some cool photography and see some performances (featuring everyone from The Pointer Sisters to Tinashe to various folks from RuPaul's Drag Race & more) at the 42nd Annual Pride Festival in the Nation’s Capital up and down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC.

There was a huge mix of diverse folks in the throes of protest (mostly against the current presidential administration, with some folks talking & getting into talk change needed in long term issues in the LGBTQ community that have happened over multiple presidencies) and party (since folks need to let loose here and there during crazy times) who attended the free event of music, food, vending and then some during D.C. Pride Weekend up and down the streets, though not as active and/or hardcore has what I was told during the Pride Parade the day before. 

For more information on the Capital Pride, visit their official website at http://www.CapitalPride.com!

** All pictures taken by Mary Nichols (DJ Fusion/FuseBox Radio Broadcast) under a "Creative Commons Attribution - No Derivatives" license. Please feel free to use & share them if you wish with attribution/credit to the photographer (besides these pictures, there are plenty more from this event [over 70+] and others over at the official FuseBox Radio Broadcast's Flickr Page and FuseBox Radio Photography Page) ... thank you! **

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This past week, the FuseBox Radio Broadcast and BlackRadioIsBack.com family had the privilege of being able to cover a part of the 2017 Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.

As a craft beer lover, it was pretty cool to be able to go to this professional industry conference to literally see how the brews get made, from the various exhibitors on deck at the Convention Center (which included distributors, marketing folks, graphic artists, machinery, packaging companies and more), seminars going down, brewery tours in the DMV (the pictures below are from a brewery tour we went to in Fredrick, MD, which including Monocacy Brewing Co, Rockwell Brewery, Mad Science Brewing Company and Brewers Ally), go to networking events (in and out of the building, with a decent amount of them open to the public), presentations, special beer tastings and more.

Overall, this is an awesome & enjoyable educational event I think that should have a chance to be open to more than professionals, if at all possible even for just one day.

The one constructive critique I can give to the Craft Brewers Conference is that I would love to see at next year's event would be a bit more focus on how to get more American minorities involved on the business & media coverage side of craft beer. 

I did not see that much of that side of things during this year's conference and such a subject is going to be of extreme importance in the near future, especially with more and more that population in their mid-20s and above getting into enjoying it as a part of recreational drinking enjoyment, being interested in crafting their own beer, making review podcasts/websites/magazines about the diversity of craft beer and then some.

For more detailed information about the Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America over at their official website, check out their official website at http://www.CraftBrewersConference.com.

For more a LOT more photography from this year's Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America than the prime pictures from this article on display below, check out the official FuseBox Radio Photography page (http://www.FuseBoxRadioPhotography.com) and our official Flickr Page. 

- DJ Fusion 

On Saturday, February 20, 2016, the FuseBox Radio Broadcast and BlackRadioIsBack.com crew headed to the historic Mayflower Hotel for the first annual Capitol CannaShow.

This month marks the first anniversary of the legalization (well, do a degree...since federal rules and whatnot are still in effect...we can at least call it the decriminalization of use) of marijuana in Washington, DC, so this event was ready made for the large audience of people in the area who attended - everyone from folks who are just curious about cannabis in general, medical users, hardcore recreational users/growers, folks interested in getting into the (straight up legal to kinda, sorta, maybe) sides of business, those with interest in government policy and more were all in the mix throughout the day.

The Capitol CannaShow had a diverse and interesting mix of speakers and seminars throughout the day, featuring those who got caught up in archaic American drug laws (on the police AND criminal sides regarding "The War On Drugs" with Neill Franklin of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition and David Vickerson, author of 37 Tons), individuals who changed laws in their states for the distribution of cannabis (Adam Eidinger, the founder of Capitol Hemp who helped get the legalization ball rolling in D.C. with putting 1-71 on the ballot in D.C. and Alaska's Charlo Greene), how to get into the multiple aspects of business of marijuana (especially for American minority populations, who when the new monetary revenues from the past few years of legal changes have been occurring have not getting their fair piece of the pie) and more.

Overall, this was a really solid event with the programming, vendors and exhibitors who came through along with fair pricing for those who came in (usually, these types of events that mix business, education and recreation tend to cost quite a bit).  Hopefully, there will be more events like this in the D.C. Metro area along with legal changes throughout the years for ultimate marijuana legalization throughout the country.

For more information on the Capitol CannaShow, visit their official website at http://www.CapitolCannaShow.com!

** All pictures taken by Mary Nichols (DJ Fusion/FuseBox Radio Broadcast) under a "Creative Commons Attribution - No Derivatives" license. Please feel free to use & share them if you wish with attribution/credit to the photographer (besides these pictures, there are plenty more from this event [over 20+] and others over at the official FuseBox Radio Broadcast's Flickr Page and Behance/Prosite Page) ... thank you! **