I haven't seen this on the listserve yet, but sorry for duplicates.<br><br>Yay Amalia & Kerby!<br><br>xoxo,<br>Ching-In<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername"></b> <<a href="mailto:rickerby@ucr.edu">rickerby@ucr.edu</a>><br>
Date: Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 10:48 PM<br>Subject: <br>To: <br><br><br>CALIFEST 08 COMIN' UP...<br>
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April 30 & May 2, Wednesday & Friday, 8:00P.M<br>
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Califest '08 HIP-HOP THEATRE created and produced by Rickerby Hinds<br>
A two-day celebration of Hip-Hop culture through theatre, dance, music, poetry, spoken word and art.<br>
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Some performances may not be suitable for all audiences.<br>
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April 30, Wednesday, 8:00 P.M.<br>
Borderlandia and the Frontera Explosion<br>
This kick-off event for Califest '08 HIP-HOP THEATRE features the performance poetry of Amalia Alvarez and Mark Gonzales, bursting the boundaries to illuminate love, survival, rebellion, ancestry, and youth culture.<br>
Amalia Alvarez is a UCR graduate student in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts; Mark Gonzalez is a UCR graduate in Liberal Studies.<br>
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May 2, Friday, 8:00 P.M.<br>
The Sixth Vowel by Niki Klaymoon<br>
Story of a hilarious 5th grader with an intuitive connection to the spirit world, but parents and teachers tell her she has a learning disability.<br>
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Boom Bap Meditations by Baba Israel<br>
Follows the journey of Baba Israel from his native New York to his mother's homeland of Australia. Watch this white boy discover Hip Hop Culture.<br>
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Admission: All events are free and open to the public.<br>
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Venue: Theatre Lab, Humanities 411 (located next to the University Theatre on the UCR campus)<br>
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Parking: $5 in Lot 6 (No fee with UC permit)<br>
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Information: (951) 827-3245 <a href="http://www.theatre.ucr.edu" target="_blank">www.theatre.ucr.edu</a><br>
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Califest '08 HIP-HOP THEATRE is co-sponsored by the University of California Institute for Research in the Arts; UCR Center for Ideas and Society; Yolanda Moses, Special Assistant for Excellence and Diversity, Office of the Chancellor/Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost; Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs; and UCR African Students Programs, and the UCR Department of Theatre.<br>
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Rickerby Hinds<br>
Assistant Professor, Playwriting<br>
University of California, Riverside<br>
Department of Theatre<br>
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951.827.3871<br>
951.827.4651-fax<br>
</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>~~~~~<br><a href="http://chingeze.livejournal.com">chingeze.livejournal.com</a>