Events By Quarter
A Tribe Called Red
An Evening of Electronic Powwow Beats
MCC Theater
A Tribe Called Red, composed of DJ NDN, Bear Witness, and 2oolman, mix traditional pow-wow vocals and drumming with cutting edge-electronic music. This fusion has been hailed as the natural progression of the powwow, and has collaborated with artists like Mos Def/Yassin Bey, Narcy, Saul Williams, and Das Racist. The highly awarded Canadian band has become the face of urban Native youth renaissance since 2010, championing their heritage and speaking out on aboriginal issues through music, fashion, and art. The concert will feature traditional dancers of the Halluci Nation.
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Children’s Event
Ballet Folklorio and Facepaint
Music Department Bowl
Join Ballet Folklorio Alma de Mexico for a dance workshop featuring Mexican folkloric dance. Get ready to move and groove to traditional Mexican beats ahead of one of the most sacred holidays of the region, Dia de los Muertos. Children will also have the opportunity to learn about the cultural significance behind sugar skull face paint and have their face painted like a calavera for the day! Children of all ages welcome!
Cup of Culture
STEP
MCC Theater
STEP is the true-life story of a girls’ high-school step team in Baltimore. These young women love and thrive – on and off the stage – even when the world seems to work against them. They chase their ultimate dreams: to win a step championship and to be accepted into college. Deeply insightful and emotionally inspiring, STEP embodies the true meaning of sisterhood through a story of courageous young women worth cheering for. 83 min.
Race Matters Series
Intersectionality and Incommensurability: Third World Feminism and Asian Decolonization with Grace Hong
MCC Lounge
The Third World Women’s Alliance is an organization that brought together women of color in socialist anti-imperialist solidarity projects. In examining the role of Asian women within this early women’s organization, Dr. Hong will discuss how the TWWA grew out of and was a part of a Black radical internationalist tradition. She will use feminist analysis to demand a complex and contradictory definition of solidarity that might be helpful for us to remember today. This lecture examines activist engagements with Asian American communities, and highlights the importance of the figure of the Asian woman freedom fighter. Grace Kyungwon Hong is Professor of Gender Studies and American Studies at UCLA.
