Events By Quarter
Race Matters Series
Black Women and the (Re)Making of the Nation's Capital
MCC Lounge
Colored No More introduces Black women in the nation’s capital at the turn of the 20th century. Treva Lindsey documents how they engaged in struggles for equality and freedom in a world in which Jim Crow racism, and sexism thrived and offers an analysis of how black women continue to dramatically impact the communities in which they live. Treva Lindsey is Associate Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Ohio State University. She specializes in black feminist theory, women’s history, and popular culture studies, and offers an analysis of how black women continue to dramatically impact the societies, economies, and communities in which they thrive.
Ricardo Lemvo and Makina Loca
A Musical Journey: From Africa to the Americas
MCC Lounge
“A blend of Cuban and Central African traditions that is seamless and organic- and infectious.” The Los Angeles Times
Ricardo Lemvo’s innovative blend of Afro-Cuban rhythms and Pan-Africa styles (soukous, Angolan semba and kizomba) are infectious. Lemvo is the embodiment of the Afro-Latin Diaspora which connects back to Mother Africa via the Cuban clave rhythm. Since forming Makina Loca in 1990, Lemvo has refined his craft and vision, performed songs that celebrate life, and inspired audiences to dance away their worries.
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https://events.ucsb.edu/event/a-musical-journey-from-africa-to-the-americas/
Dat Black Mermaid/Healing & Transformation Through Art An Evening with Sharon Bridgforth
MCC Theater
Love is the core of Joy and our struggles for personal and global peace. Sharon Bridgforth will discuss the writing and performance elements that generate and reflect this Love by sharing her own artistic process in the development of her latest work—dat Black Mermaid Man Lady/Performance Installation. She will share video documentation, music, oracle readings and stories from the dat Black Mermaid Man Lady/Performance Installation development process - with the intention of invoking conversations on Living with Resilient Love.
Cup of Culture
I Am Not Your Negro
MCC Theater
In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project. The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and successive assassinations of three of his close friends—Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. In his incendiary new documentary, master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin’s original words and flood of rich archival material. 95 min.
