Imagine this: It is late afternoon. Rather than returning home from the series of errands you ran throughout the day to prepare for dinner or a late night dancing to techno in an underground bar, your main social event of the day has already begun. A rising DJ with an ever-growing social media following is playing a mix of contemporary R&B and underground Afrobeats. Millennials are commingling with Gen Xers and Gen Zers as the packed room overflows onto the street. And instead of sipping a gin and tonic or a beer, you’re drinking a coffee by Tizoc red de Totutla from Puebla, Mexico.

The nightclub scene is not dead. It’s just been transformed into something different.

That’s the vibe of DialTone Kissa, a new and sporadic event series taking place at Four Letter Word Coffee in Avondale. Th

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