{"id":12317,"date":"2025-12-06T15:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T15:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/events\/the-black-brown-connect-mixer\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T15:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T15:19:10","slug":"the-black-brown-connect-mixer","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/events\/the-black-brown-connect-mixer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Black &amp; Brown Connect Mixer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"em em-view-container\" id=\"em-view-657705247\" data-view=\"event\">\r\n\t<div class=\"em pixelbones em-item em-item-single em-event em-event-single em-event-323 \" id=\"em-event-657705247\" data-view-id=\"657705247\">\r\n\t\t\n<section class=\"em-item-header\"  style=\"--default-border:#a8d144;\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"em-item-image \">\n\t\t<img src='https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/180-E-Water-Street.jpg' alt='The Black &amp; Brown Connect Mixer'\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div 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