B-The Bridge? Hip Hop Teach In & B-Real Jam

This semester THE B-SERIES in collaboration with Words, Beats & Life, Kuumba Lynx & GIRL ILLA Tactics and The Center for Community Arts Partnerships, with additional support from Mujeres Mutantes & The Port Ministries, will present a 4-day-long Hip Hop Teach-In November 10-13, 2016. B-The Bridge? Teach-In featuring the B-Real Jam with a look at Hip-Hop Culture, Movement and the Academy Columbia College Chicago & Chicago Venues *All events are FREE & OPEN to the public unless otherwise noted *** CLICK LINKS BELOW FOR FULL EVENT SCHEDULE AND DETAILS: [hidden] [hidden] ______________________________________________________________________ Thursday, November 10 @ Film Row Conference Center Verbal Cypher | 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Film Row Conference Center 8th Floor 1104 S Wabash, Chicago IL 60605 All are invited to this community dialogue, commonly known as a “build session” in the Hip-Hop community. ______________________________________________________________________ Friday, November 11 | @ Conaway Center 1104 S Wabash, Chicago IL 60605 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. | This Bridge Called My Block This 3-hour laboratory workshop focuses on liberatory frameworks and techniques and is highly interactive. 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. | Resource Fair (lunch on your own) 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions 1 - Street Art Workshop hosted by Kuumba Lynx @ Room 205 Conaway Center - Dance Hall Queens Workshop hosted by Kuumba Lynx @ 1st Floor Conaway Center - Build your Lens a Filmakers Panel hosted by Kuumba Lynx @ Room 705 Conaway Center - Break Beat Poetry Writing Workshop @ Room 719 Conaway Center 2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Columbia College Presentation: Hip-Hop Minor with short performance by D-Nick and the Microphone Misfitz (1st Floor Conaway Center) 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions 2 - “With Two Worlds In the Mix: DJ Centered Hip Hop Writing” - Todd Craig & “Building Context in Hip Hop Studies” - Tara Betts @ Room 719 Conaway Center - “There’s a message in my words, gotta decode it” - Reading music videos as literature - Paige Pinkston @ Room 709 Conaway Center -Cutting & Remixing the Cypher: A Street Dance Composition - Ephrat Asherie, Teena Marie Custer, MiRi Park @ Room 221 Dance Studio - Faces of Hip-Hop: What Happened to Hip-Hop? From Hip-Hop to hip-hop. with Asia One @ Room 705 Conaway Center - Hip Hop Aesthetics & Organizing: 4 Chicago Artists on Art & Community Building, Young Chicago Authors - Kevin Coval, Nate Marshall, Krista Franklin, E’mon Lauren @ 1st Floor Conaway Center 4:40 p.m. – 5:40 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions 3 - #HipHopEd Beyond the Classroom, Charity Clay @ Room 719 Conaway Center - Peer Multicultural Educators at Illinois Math and Science Academy @ Room 709 Conaway Center - Moncell Durden Movement Based Workshop @ Room 916 Dance Studio - GIRL ILLA Tactics Film Screening and Q&A with El La Katrina & Bgirl Macca @ Room 705 Conaway Center - Power Style Radio Panel with KidJungle & Bravemonk @ 1st Floor Conaway Center 5:40 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. | Dinner Break (Dinner on your own) 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Words, Beats & Life Presents From Sifrs to Cyphers & Keynote by Saud Abdul Khabeer + Short Performance by Ang 13 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. | Everything Remains Raw Film Screening with Moncell "Ill Kozby" Durden @ 1st Floor Conaway Center ______________________________________________________________________ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 THE B-SERIES Presents: B-REAL JAM The Dance Center - 1306 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60618 12pm - 2:00pm: Film Screening | WAVE: A True Story in Hip Hop A documentary about the life story of Tony “Mr. Wave” Wesley, legendary dancer of the New York City Breakers and Beat Street. 12pm – 1:30pm: Remind Workshop | Studio 300 | $15 fee 1:30pm – 3:00pm: Loose Joint Workshop | Studio 300 | $15 fee B-Real Jam | 3 - 8 p.m. | FREE BREAKING JUDGES Remind (Style Elements Crew) Asia One (No Easy Props/MZK) Bravemonk (Phaze II Crosstown Crew) FREESTYLE HIP HOP JUDGES Loose Joint (Elite Force Crew) Remind (Style Elements Crew) Claydoh (Dem Dere) MASTERS OF CEREMONY El La Katrina (Goddistas/GIRL ILLA Tactics) Moncell "III Kozby" Durden (Mop Top) DJ's Illanoiz (Chi-Rock Nation/Power Style) Moz Definite (Chi-Rock Nation/Power Style) Fast$Mike (NinjaChurch) HONORARY HOSTS Wicked (Phaze II Crosstown Crew) LadySol (LadySol Inc./Fiyah Fit) 1v1 Battles with a Twist $300 First Place ($150 each) Final Battle pairs top 2 from each battle category making it a 2v2 Finals ______________________________________________________________________ Sunday, November 13 12 noon–2 p.m. | Asia One Workshop | The Port Ministries | $15 5013 S. Hermitage Ave, Chicago IL 60609 6:00 p.m. | Rose Gold, Chicago Hip-Hop Theater Festival presented by Kuumba Lynx | $16 tickets Kuumba Lynx celebrates their 20th anniversary with an extended fall run of The Chicago Hip Hop Theater Fest's Sound Da Alarm. Grounded in critical pedagogy, original performance aesthetics, and community engagement, Sound Da Alarm will feature Rose Gold w/ Zhalarina Sanders at Green Theatre 2257 N. Lincoln. Purchase tickets here: [hidden] The B-Real Jam is co-curated by Kelsa Robinson, Dance Center lecturer and Venus Fly member; and El La Katrina, GIRL ILLA Tactics, Goddistas Crew member and NINJACHURCH. Additional support is provided by honorary hosts Wicked (Phaze II Crosstown Crew and Phaze II School) and Lady Sol (Lady Sol Inc./FIYAH FIT). More Info below.