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Cup of Culture
KIKI
MCC Theater
In New York City, LGBTQ youth-of-color gather out on the Christopher Street Pier, practicing a performance-based artform, Ballroom, which was made famous in the early 1990s by Madonna’s music video Vogue and the documentary Paris Is Burning. Twenty-five years after these cultural touchstones, a new and very different generation of LGBTQ youth have formed an artistic activist subculture, named the Kiki Scene. After the film, the Vogue Club will share a performance. (English, 2016, 94 min)
Watch trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHhs7GY5ft0
Co-presented by the Resource Center for Gender and Sexual Diversity
Co-sponsored by the LGBTQ Studies Minor in the Department of Feminist Studies
DIVERSITY LECTURE
From 9/11 to Now: Immigrant Rights Matter to Us All (Ahilan Arulanantham)
MCC Theater
Reflecting on his own family history, Ahilan Arulanantham, director of the ACLU of Southern California, will guide us through 15 years of his career in Immigrants’ Rights Advocacy spanning the aftermath of 9/11 through the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. Whether representing detained immigrants in New York during the Fall of 2001, defending detained refugees and Central American children, or championing those affected by the President Trump’s “Muslim Travel Ban,” Ahilan shares his experience in upholding immigrant rights for which he has been awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant.
Cup of Culture
Tickling Giants
MCC Theater
The Arab Spring in Egypt: From a dictator to free elections, back to a dictatorship. A comedy show united the country and tested the limits of free press. This is the story of Bassem Youssef, a cardiologist turned comedian, considered the Jon Stewart of Egypt, and his production 'The Show'. (English, 2016, 111 min)
Watch trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVwUrbGcxZ4
Art Exhibit
Exhibit: Faces of Spirits in Haitian Vodou Flags
MCC Lounge
Spirits have long made their presence known in various realms of nature and other sites of worship. Haitian Vodou flags/drapo sèvis are important religious icons honoring Afro-Haitian divinities, Catholic saints, and, at times, Indigenous American spirits. This exhibit features the work of Haitian artist and Vodou flag maker Ronald Edmond. Light refreshments and snacks will be served at our opening reception.
Opening Reception/MCC Lounge: Tues, April 18, 6 pm
