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Lafi looking to the right while holding a can of Habibx beer

Back to the Beginning

Lafi Melo's artistic career began working in art spaces like Art House in Jersey City and LIPS Newark.


In 2016, they curated the first live Music and Arts night for the North Bergen Pool. After sending a proposal to Nyssa Frank, the Founder of The Living Gallery, they organized 'Pa Nosotros' a Three day multi medium exhibit in 2019. Each night featured live  performers, photographers, painters, sculptors, personal film viewing stations, and light projections by Rita Jiménez . Most recently, they were asked to design their 2022 Pride can for The Bronx Brewery to benefit LGBTQ+ Health Clinic, Callen-Lorde. For the release event, artists are given free reign to imagine their perfect night to celebrate the launch of the final product.


Habibx release event featured Yalla! Party Project and two of YPP's favorite DJs, Mariposucia and Mx. Medusa. Callen-Lorde was also present, providing information about their services as well as contraceptives, hand sanitizer, and stickers. Lafi worked with New York food truck, Empanology to create a custom vegan empanada for the event. 'The Ridikkuluz' named after the Artist and Dancer featured on the can, is packed with oyster mushroom, Palestinian spices, and South American inspired sofrito. The hot sauce is made with spices and cooked out with Habibx Beer to add some heat and smoked honey sweetness. The empanada will be featured seasonally on their vegan menu and Habibx Beer was sold out online at thebronxbrewery.com .


Throughout each curated event, Lafi Melo seeks to always spotlight a wide range of budding artists, performers, and lived experiences.

habibx release event bronx brewery

TimeOut article on The Best Things to do in NYC this weekend
The hand of a Bronx Brewery bartender pours beer from a tap into a pitcher.

All Photo Credits to Jose Ruiz , The Bronx Brewery

Lafi leans over two cases of Habibx beer while standing in the backyard of Bronx Brewery
Rainbow colors of cloth with dangling coins are strung up on yellow fence near a mural and DJ booth
Two people smile behind them are bushes and flowers. They are wearing Pink Callen-Lorde shirts

Callen-Lorde LGBTQ+ Health Clinic

Small hand sanitizers and pins from Callen-Lorde
People talking and drinking in the backyard of BX Brewery
A hand holds up a can of Habibx beer
Box of Empanology Fried Empanadas

Vegan 'Ridikkuluz' Empanada

A group of people smile and pose i the backyard of BX Brewery
A hand with long purple nails holds a can of Habibx beer
A group of people dance in the backyard of BX Brewery
A DJ in a butterfly printed shirt plays music

DJ Mariposucia

A person  dances on the stage next to sound equipment

Director of Operations  Yalla! Party Project,      Tasha Nour

Habibx beer alongside a custom earring with a hoop and small replica of the Hanbibx can

Aly's Little Things Custom Earrings

A case of Habibx beer in a fridge
A person in BX Brewery's backyard smiles and holds up a can of Habibx beer
A DJ  in a geometric pattern shirt smiles and plays music

DJ Mx Meduusa

A group of people dance in the backyard of Bronx Brewery in front of a graffiti mural
A poster from Bronx Brewery featuring the release of Habibx beer
A winking bartender in a Bronx jersey holds up a peace sign and grabs from a stack of plastic cups.
A case of Habibx beer sits atop many cases

pa nosotros, 3 day exhibit at the living gallery

Films by Kilpatry De Oca and Nicholas Angeles

Painter, Avery Webster

Light Artist, Rita Jimenez

Lafi and Hannah Solveig Cirone, Art Handler

Multi-Medium Artist, Coyote Park

Photographer, Tattoo Artist, & Musician, Genessis Mejia

Multi-Medium Artist, Solaris Sapiente

Photographer, Sound Artist, & Documentarian,             Vera Quispe

Photographer & Performer,  Adrian Miles

Multi-Medium Artist, JinHee Kwak

Filmmaker & Writer, Nicholas Angeles

Filmmaker, Kilpatry Montes De Oca

DJ NY Knick

Witchy Punk Metal Duo, Bruja Luna                                   Photo Credits to Destiny Mata

Musician, Eboni Pearce

Musicians, Master Holy and Ade Hakim

DJ Aguapanela Mami

music and arts night | new jersey

A flyer for Music &Arts Night  ft. an illustration of a girl in a bathing suit in water plays guitar

Flyer by Texan Artist, Michelle Rivera

A man at the beach looks out into the distance. The  sky is gray and bright, he is wearing a coat

Collage Artist & Poet, Ivan Xavier Garcia

Collage art: A soldier, shapes, text 'The Last Hunt' and ''It looked unspoiled full of possibilities
A tattooed woman looks into the distance and smiles. She is wearing glasses and hoop earrings.

Tattoo Artist & Illustrator, Denise Alvarado

Illustration of two koi fish encircling each other
A man looks to the left, the sun setting behind him casts a ray of light on his face

Illustrator, Educator, & Prop Artist,

Steven Defendini

A woman with short afro hair looks down to the left, posing in a super hero pose. She is iron woman.
A woman takes a self portrait in a mirror with a film camera, the image is black and white

Photographer & Graphic Designer,

 Ashley Vidal

An assortment of printed film photos of summer related images like the beach, amusement parks, etc.
A girl surrounded by a ray of rainbow light looks into the camera.

Jewelry Maker & Designer, Seren Copur

Yellows, greens, browns, purples, and orange paints mix together in swirls.
Black and white image of a person slightly smiling over their shoulder.

Collage Artist & Painter,

Lyn V.C. Lopez

Collage art: Two people sew into a strawberry, sunset background
Group of musicians with instruments

Instrumental Funk, Hip-Hop, and Neo-Jazz band, Conundrum

cover of conundrum presents beats & trumpet
group of four people between concrete slabs in winter clothes

Indie-Rock band, Fiscal Cliff

cover art for fiscal cliff presents dog years
a young boy runs of grass, there is a custom snapchat filter illustration to match the flyer
An Artist live draws on an easel, superman and another figure along with an emblem
A young woman colors a hand drawn banner on a wall that reads 'Music & Arts'

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