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Music Performance
¡Noche de Baile Con Salsa Caliente!
The Hub
Salsa Caliente features musicians from around the world and is one of the hottest salsa bands performing in today’s Latin Jazz and Salsa scene. The band leader and vocalist, Alberto Gonzalez has had the opportunity of sharing the stage with some of Salsa's all-time greats and has been featured on ABC’s hit TV Show, 'Dancing with the Stars”. Salsa Caliente delights audiences across the country with an exciting and unique blend of Salsa, Cha-Cha-Cha's, Merengues, Cumbias, Mambo, Latin Jazz and other styles from the Caribbean and beyond. Join us as we dance the night away to an exciting, upbeat, high-energy performance! $5 for UCSB students and youth under 12; $15 for general admission.
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Cup of Culture
The Feminist On CellBlock Y
MCC Theater
A convicted felon, Richard Edmond-Vargas, builds a feminist movement from behind bars at an all-male prison in Soledad, California. The movement grew from the education the inmates received by participating in a self-run program, which teaches that to be a “proper man” you don’t have to be emotionless and violent. Post film discussion with Richard Edmond-Vargas himself. 1h 15m
Performance
Rhythm, Rap, and Resistance Rebel Diaz
MCC Theater
Hermanos RodStarz and G1, known as Rebel Diaz, are sons of political refugees from Chile who fled a CIA-funded dictatorship in the 1970s. Revolution raised them, and the culture of Hip-Hop provided them their own Nueva Canción: a genre of music that emerged during the resistance period in Chile. Through rap, Rebel Diaz has been sharing their stories and those of their people; el barrio, the hood, the poor, los inmigrantes. Hip-Hop and a vision for liberation have taken them around the world. Join Rebel Diaz earlier in the day for a workshop on how hip hop can be used as a platform for activism.
Race and Religion
Is There a God on the Mic? Hip Hop’s (Untold) Religious History Josef Sorett
MCC Lounge
At odds with abiding critiques of Hip Hop’s celebration of materialism, misogyny and violence, this talk highlights how religion has long been a centerpiece of the music and culture. Telling the less familiar story of Hip Hop’s religious history, we will cover a range of religious performances from such early artists as KRS-ONE, Tupac and Lauryn Hill up through contemporary figures like Kanye West, Remy Ma, Chance the Rapper, and Kendrick Lamar. Josef Sorett is an Associate Professor of Religion and African-American Studies at Columbia University, where he also directs the Center on African-American Religion, Sexual Politics and Social Justice.
