Thursday, October 12, 2006
Hip Hop Happenings: Events at the Enoch Pratt Free Library
September - October, 2006
HIP-HOP HAPPENINGS is made possible by a FREE FALL BALTIMORE grant from the Creative Baltimore Fund, a program of Mayor Martin O'Malley and the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts.
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Tickets for these FREE programs will be distributed at the door, beginning one hour before each event. Seating is limited.
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Hip-Hop LIVE!, featuring Baltimore's own BOSSMAN and other professional Hip-Hop artists
Saturday, October 14, 2 p.m. Central Library, Wheeler Auditorium
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WRITING AND DANCE WORKSHOPS FOR TEENS (Teens who complete both the writing and dance workshops will receive a certificate for a free recording session at the James McHenry Recreation Center.)
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Express Yourself: Writing Hip-Hop Lyrics
Presented by Gayle Danley, national and international slam poetry champion. For her work as a teacher of creative writing in elementary and secondary schools, Gayle was named the 2006 Young Audiences National Artist of the Year. Registration required.
Wednesday, October 18, 7 p.m.
James McHenry Recreation Center, 911 Hollins St.
Call 410-396-5016 to register.
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Thursday, October 19, 5:30 p.m.
Hamilton Branch
Call 410-396-6088 to register.
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Saturday, October 21, 2 p.m.
Central Library, Student Express
Call 410-396-5484 to register.
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Monday, October 23, 7 p.m.
C. C. Jackson Recreation Center, 4910 Park Heights Ave.
Call 410-396-0949 to register.
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Wednesday, October 25, 7 p.m.
Oliver Recreation Center, 1600 N. Spring St. Call
410-396-4243 to register.
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Thursday, October 26, 5:30 p.m.
Light Street Branch
Call 410-396-1096 to register.
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Monday, October 30, 7 p.m.
Barclay Recreation Center, 300 E. 29th St.
Call 410-396-6073 to register.
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Wednesday, November 1, 4 p.m.
Pennsylvania Avenue Branch
Call 410-396-0399 to register.
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Thursday, November 2, 4:30 p.m.
Cherry Hill Branch
Call 410-396-1168 to register.
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Hip-Hop Dance Workshops for Teens
Presented by the Nu World Art Ensemble. Get into the groove! Learn some of the same hip-hop dance moves used by your favorite artists. Professional instructors will teach you how to move, step, and choreograph a dance routine. Wear loose clothes, and be ready to move! Registration required.
Tuesday, October 10, 4 p.m.
Light Street Branch
Call 410-396-1096 to register.
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Monday, October 16, 7 p.m.
Barclay Recreation Center, 300 E. 29th St.
Call 410-396-6073 to register.
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Tuesday, October 17, 4 p.m.
Cherry Hill Branch
Call 410-396-1168 to register.
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Thursday, October 19, 4 p.m.
Pennsylvania Avenue Branch
Call 410-396-0399 to register.
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Tuesday, October 24, 4 p.m.
Hamilton Branch
Call 410-396-6088 to register.
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Wednesday, October 25, 6 p.m.
Central Library
Call 410-396-5484 to register.
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Wednesday, November 1, 7 p.m.
James McHenry Recreation Center, 911 Hollins St.
Call 410-396-5016 to register.
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Thursday, November 2, 7 p.m.
C.C. Jackson Recreation Center, 4910 Park Heights Ave.
Call 410-396-0949 to register.
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Friday, November 3, 7 p.m.
Oliver Recreation Center, 1600 N. Spring St.
Call 410-396-4243 to register.
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Hip-Hop 101: It's More Than Just Studio Time
Saturday, October 28, 2 p.m.Central Library, Former Maryland Room
Mark Carey of Street Legal Entertainment and other experienced hip-hop professionals will talk about the business practices in urban music and how to avoid the pitfalls.
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Meet the Authors Alan Lawrence Sitomer, author of Hip-Hop Poetry and the Classics and Hip Hop High School.
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Alan Lawrence Sitomer is a novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and award-winning teacher. Alan teaches in an inner-city high school in Los Angeles and also at Loyola Marymount University.
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Friday, October 20, 10:30 a.m.Central Library, Wheeler Auditorium
Friday, October 20, 3:30 p.m.Pennsylvania Avenue Branch
Each teen who attends Alan Sitomer's talks will receive a free copy of Hip-Hop Poetry and the Classics at book signings following his lectures.
Bakari Kitwana, author of The Hip Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African American Culture and Why White Kids Love Hip Hop
Thursday, November 2, 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, Wheeler Auditorium
Bakari Kitwana is the director of Rap Sessions: Community Dialogues on Hip-Hop; the co-founder of the first ever National Hip-Hop Political Convention; and the former executive editor of The Source. He writes a weekly column on hip-hop and youth culture for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. His writings have appeared in the New York Times, Boston Globe, the Nation, and other publications, and he's lectured on hip-hop at colleges and universities across the country.
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Hip-Hop Showcase
Saturday, November 18, 2 p.m.
See what we've learned! Performances by teens who attended the Hip-Hop dance and writing workshops.
Hip Hop Happenings is presented in partnership with Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks, the Maryland Urban Music Alliance, and 92Q.
(illustration by Alex Fine)
