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Cultural programming and creative production rooted in music, art, ritual, and community.

We design immersive experiences for public audiences, private clients, and place-based partners.

An intuitive approach to gathering

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The House Blend creates environments where music, space, and people come together with intention.

Our work draws from house music, diasporic traditions, and contemporary cultural practices to produce experiences that feel both social and grounded.

We operate across public programming, hospitality spaces, and collaborative cultural contexts.

Events

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OPEN HOUse blend

April 2nd
Newark, NJ

Join us to celebrate the opening of a new floor of artist studios on Project For Empty Space’s new lower level.

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Past experiences

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Serving coffee for Ethiopian coffee ceremony

The House Blend: Ceremony
A ritual-based experience centered on Ethiopian coffee, conversation, and cultural tradition.

The House Blend: Joy at Home
A multi-room residential activation blending music, art, and intimate programming curated for the Newark Arts Festival VIP hospitality experience.

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The House Blend at Mercer Newark
A recurring cultural experience designed for residential community engagement.

The House Blend: Joy at Home Residency
A multi-room residential activation blending music, art, and intimate programming.

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Our Services

We partner with organizations, venues, and brands to design and produce culturally grounded experiences.

  • Public-facing experiences rooted in community and cultural context.

  • Planning and execution across vendors, staffing, and logistics.

  • DJ booking and sound-driven experience design.

  • Recurring programming for residential and hospitality spaces.

  • Coffee ceremonies, tea rituals, and intentional gatherings.

  • Concept development, spatial thinking, and experience design.

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About
The House Blend

The House Blend is an ongoing, community-driven experience led by Forsa La Familia (Marcy DePina and Tawana Meck). Rooted in house music and global diasporic culture, it brings together DJs, artists, and audiences through curated gatherings that blend sound, space, and ritual.

Through immersive residencies and art-driven experiences, The House Blend creates environments where wellness is accessible, artists and practitioners are centered, and community can gather with intention. These experiences take shape across hospitality venues, cultural institutions, and creative spaces, each designed to function as a third space, part sanctuary, part studio.

We collaborate with artists, curators, developers, organizations, and brands to produce work that is intentional, culturally resonant, and grounded in collective presence. Whether through sound, ceremony, or installation, The House Blend exists to create meaningful experiences where art, culture, and community intersect.

For one final evening, we gathered in the frequency of sound. The closing of The House Blend: Reset, after a two-month residency at Mercer, became an intimate @needleandthreadfest Vinyl Listening Session: A Speakeasy Experience—a space to slow
This chapter of The House Blend: RESET at Mercer was shaped by the artists and collaborators who brought the space fully to life. Tonight, we gather to celebrate.✨ Join us for the Closing Reception honoring the vision, creativity, and intention of e
THE HOUSE BLEND: RESET CLOSING RECEPTION @ MERCER X NEEDLE + THREAD FEST Join us this Saturday, February 28th, 2p -10p, as we close this chapter of The House Blend: RESET with an intimate vinyl-only closing party in collaboration with Needle + Threa
Grateful for the space we shared during Flow, Feel, Frequency with Sakina, the Wellness Alchemist ✨ At The House Blend: Reset @ Mercer, we gathered to experience sound as medicine and rest as a rite. Through a deeply immersive sound bath, Sakina gui
For “Psychoenergetic Reset at The House Blend”, Dr. Cassandra Hutchins and artist Bailey Li, guided us through a powerful nervous system reset using tapping, grounding coping skills, reflective journaling, and immersive group energy work
✨ House Blend Reset — February ✨ 
A month of films, sound, rest + ritual at The Mercer Downtown. 🎬 2/12 & 2/26 Movie Nights w/ Femme Cinema
🌙 2/15 Zen Luna: Sound Bath with Zeina
🌊 2/21 Flow, Feel & Frequency: Sound Bath with Sakina