Spring 2009: Lectures, Panels & Performances
FEBRUARY 26, 9PM
ALMA MOYO
@ CAMARADAS EL BARRIO
(Alma Moyó photo by Amy Ponce)
Please join me and the rest of the Alma Moyó crew, on Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 9:00pm.
Location:
Camaradas Bar & Restaurant
2241 1st Ave / 115th street, NYC
Description:
"We're back at Camaradas bringing you the sacred sounds of Puerto Rico's oldest living musical and cultural tradition La Bomba. Embracing our African roots while upholding our Afro-Boricua culture. Drums, dancing, drinking, friends, and great food, and a soul lifting night. $5 Cover."
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MARCH 7, 2PM
MOMMA'S HIP HOP KITCHEN
HOSTOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Please join me and a crew of New York bomberas as we drum, sing, pay homage to our ancestresses and open up the show at Momma's Hip Hop Kitchen vol. 2.
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MARCH 20, 6 PM
WOMEN OF POWER CONFERENCE
HUNTER COLLEGE
I'll be one of the panelists at the 4th Annual Women of Power Conference sponsored by GALCI (Global Afro Latino & Caribbean Initiative) and CCCADI ( Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute). The Keynote Speaker will be Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito. Women of Power Conference is the coming together of Afro Latina activists from Latin America, the Caribbean, Central America and the United States. This year's program brings two international cultural activist from Bolivia and Brazil: Marfa Inofuentes and Rosana Silva Chagas. Also featuring Miriam Neptune, Loira Limbal, and Sandy Placido.
Lang Recital Hall, Hunter College
695 Park Avenue, Room 424 Hunter North
68th St Btw Lexington & Park Ave
Subway: 6 to 68th St
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APRIL 3, 3 PM
CENTER FOR AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
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APRIL 9, 4:30 PM
CONNECTICUT COLLEGE, OLIN BUILDING 014
NEW LONDON, CT
Panel discussion titled "Does Hip Hop Hate Women?" featuring Bakari Kitwana (The Hip-Hop Generation), Dr. Raquel Z. Rivera (New York Ricans from the Hip-Hop Zone), Byron Hurt (Beyond Beats and Rhymes), Joan Morgan (When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost), and Dr. Tracy Sharpley-Whiting (Pimps Up, Ho’s Down). For more information contact: Heather Day at hday@conncoll.edu or by phone at 413-207-1274.
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APRIL 17
REGGAETON PANEL
E.M.P. POP MUSIC CONFERENCE
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
2:00 - 3:45
iReggaetón! Perreo and Beyond panel discussion
Venue: JBL Theater
Reggaetón and especially perreo, the genre's doggystyle dance, has been accused of facilitating corruption. This discussion, keyed to a new book, links sympathetic and critical observers from the humanities and social sciences, visual artists and genre performers, and a perspective from Jamaica.
Moderated by: Alexandra Vazquez
Featuring: Wayne Marshall, Raquel Z. Rivera and Alexandra Vázquez
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APRIL 21 - APRIL 23
VISITING SCHOLAR
HAVENS CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIAL STRUCTURE & SOCIAL CHANGE
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
Lecture 1:
“Reggaeton's Socio-Sonic Circuitry: From Jamaica and New York, to Panama, Puerto Rico and Beyond”
Tuesday, April 21, 4pm, 206 Ingraham
Lecture 2:
“New York Bomba: Puerto Ricans, Dominicans and a Bridge Called Haiti”
Wednesday, April 22, 4 pm, 8417 Social Science
Open Seminar:
Thursday, April 23, 12:20 pm, 8108 Social Science
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MAY 7, 6:30 PM
HUNTER COLLEGE
FACULTY DINING ROOM,
WEST BUILDING 8TH FLOOR
NEW YORK CITY
Meet the Author: Book Party
Reggaeton
An anthology by Raquel Z. Rivera, Wayne Marshall and Deborah Pacini Hernández
Featured Speaker: Juan Flores, New York University
Presenters: Miguel Luciano, visual artist; Alexandra T. Vazquez, Princeton University; and Frances Negrón-Muntaner, Columbia University
Music by DJ Mellow G
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ALMA MOYO
@ CAMARADAS EL BARRIO
(Alma Moyó photo by Amy Ponce)Please join me and the rest of the Alma Moyó crew, on Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 9:00pm.
Location:
Camaradas Bar & Restaurant
2241 1st Ave / 115th street, NYC
Description:
"We're back at Camaradas bringing you the sacred sounds of Puerto Rico's oldest living musical and cultural tradition La Bomba. Embracing our African roots while upholding our Afro-Boricua culture. Drums, dancing, drinking, friends, and great food, and a soul lifting night. $5 Cover."
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MARCH 7, 2PM
MOMMA'S HIP HOP KITCHEN
HOSTOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Please join me and a crew of New York bomberas as we drum, sing, pay homage to our ancestresses and open up the show at Momma's Hip Hop Kitchen vol. 2.
-----------------------------------
MARCH 20, 6 PM
WOMEN OF POWER CONFERENCE
HUNTER COLLEGE
I'll be one of the panelists at the 4th Annual Women of Power Conference sponsored by GALCI (Global Afro Latino & Caribbean Initiative) and CCCADI ( Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute). The Keynote Speaker will be Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito. Women of Power Conference is the coming together of Afro Latina activists from Latin America, the Caribbean, Central America and the United States. This year's program brings two international cultural activist from Bolivia and Brazil: Marfa Inofuentes and Rosana Silva Chagas. Also featuring Miriam Neptune, Loira Limbal, and Sandy Placido.
Lang Recital Hall, Hunter College
695 Park Avenue, Room 424 Hunter North
68th St Btw Lexington & Park Ave
Subway: 6 to 68th St
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APRIL 3, 3 PM
CENTER FOR AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
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APRIL 9, 4:30 PM
CONNECTICUT COLLEGE, OLIN BUILDING 014
NEW LONDON, CT
Panel discussion titled "Does Hip Hop Hate Women?" featuring Bakari Kitwana (The Hip-Hop Generation), Dr. Raquel Z. Rivera (New York Ricans from the Hip-Hop Zone), Byron Hurt (Beyond Beats and Rhymes), Joan Morgan (When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost), and Dr. Tracy Sharpley-Whiting (Pimps Up, Ho’s Down). For more information contact: Heather Day at hday@conncoll.edu or by phone at 413-207-1274.
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APRIL 17
REGGAETON PANEL
E.M.P. POP MUSIC CONFERENCE
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
2:00 - 3:45
iReggaetón! Perreo and Beyond panel discussion
Venue: JBL Theater
Reggaetón and especially perreo, the genre's doggystyle dance, has been accused of facilitating corruption. This discussion, keyed to a new book, links sympathetic and critical observers from the humanities and social sciences, visual artists and genre performers, and a perspective from Jamaica.
Moderated by: Alexandra Vazquez
Featuring: Wayne Marshall, Raquel Z. Rivera and Alexandra Vázquez
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APRIL 21 - APRIL 23
VISITING SCHOLAR
HAVENS CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIAL STRUCTURE & SOCIAL CHANGE
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
Lecture 1:
“Reggaeton's Socio-Sonic Circuitry: From Jamaica and New York, to Panama, Puerto Rico and Beyond”
Tuesday, April 21, 4pm, 206 Ingraham
Lecture 2:
“New York Bomba: Puerto Ricans, Dominicans and a Bridge Called Haiti”
Wednesday, April 22, 4 pm, 8417 Social Science
Open Seminar:
Thursday, April 23, 12:20 pm, 8108 Social Science
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MAY 7, 6:30 PM
HUNTER COLLEGE
FACULTY DINING ROOM,
WEST BUILDING 8TH FLOOR
NEW YORK CITY
Meet the Author: Book Party
Reggaeton
An anthology by Raquel Z. Rivera, Wayne Marshall and Deborah Pacini Hernández
Featured Speaker: Juan Flores, New York University
Presenters: Miguel Luciano, visual artist; Alexandra T. Vazquez, Princeton University; and Frances Negrón-Muntaner, Columbia University
Music by DJ Mellow G
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