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MCC in I.V
Open Mic and an Evening of Self Expression with Sy Stokes
Biko Garage 6612 Sueno Rd. Isla Vista
The MCC hosts a quarterly open mic for anyone to artistically express themselves using all creative outlets including spoken word, poetry, music, and dance. The MCC welcomes Sy Stokes, who has travelled the nation performing his spoken word poetry that touches on various topics including social justice, student activism, race and racism, education, love, family, and mental health, to act as this quarter’s MC. Sy is currently a second year Ph.D. student in the Urban Education Policy program at USC's Rossier School of Education.
Art Exhibition
Teaching Artists: The Practice of Remembering
MCC Lounge
This exhibition is representative of artists whose teaching methodology is based on the process of making art as an intergenerational discussion. Our practice (whatever the form) is the ground from which the awareness of what matters -- the theoretical, political and spiritual --interconnect and emerge in conversation with the communities we seek to address and engage.
Artists contributors: Margaret ‘Quica’ Alarcón, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, Culver City Unified School District; Yreina D. Cervántez, Chicana/o Studies CSU-Northridge; Celia Herrera Rodriguez, Las Maestras Center/Chicana/o Studies, UCSB; Carlos Jackson, Chicana/o Studies, UC-Davis; Vreni Michelini–Castillo, Diversity Studies, California College of the Arts, San Francisco; Fan L. Warren, Art Department, Laney College, Oakland.
Cup of Culture
Ivory Tower
MCC Theater
The film questions the value of higher education in an era when the price of college has increased more than any other service in the United States. It explores the different types of higher education around the nation and how they impact students of color. These include: community colleges, four-year universities, vocational schools, online courses, and less conventional forms of education. The film argues that the high cost of tuition is at a breaking point. 1h 48m
Spoken Word
A Night of Spoken Word and Slam Poetry Javon Johnson
MCC Lounge
Merging race and gender theory with comedy, lyricism, and rhyme schemes, Javon Johnson is a renowned and highly awarded slam and spoken word poet. Javon is a three-time national poetry slam champion, has appeared on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam and BET’s Lyric Café, and co-wrote a documentary in collaboration with the NBA and Nike. Having earned his Ph.D. from Northwestern University, Javon Johnson is an Assistant Professor of African American Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and the Director of African American and African Diaspora Studies. He is the author of Killing Poetry: Blackness and the Making of Slam and Spoken Word Communities.
