From the entire staff at NJPAC as well as The Alternate Routes Hip-Hop Festival Curators and Advisory Committee - thank you to all who attended and supported this year's event.
We hope you enjoyed this four day Hip-Hop spectacle - and we look forward to seeing you and your friends next time.
Please feel free to let us know what you thought about the Alternate Routes Hip-Hop Festival.
Peace!
From April 1-4, local, national and international hip hop artists will come together in Newark, NJ for the 2009 Alternate Routes Hip Hop Festival -- four days of panels, performances and presentations by some of the most profound and promising urban artists. The Alternate Routes Hip Hop Festival will focus on artists who are activists and, therefore, committed to the artistic, cultural, economic, educational, political, and social concerns of their communities. We want to reflect how artists react to the issues and conditions of contemporary society. Also, come to have fun at open mics and informal gatherings!
The Alternate Routes Hip-Hop Festival is finally here! Tickets are still available - but act fast. We hope to see you throughout April 1 -4 for: Word Jam, Fresh Status, Hip-Hop Griots, Late Night Open Mic, Hip-Hop Project/Element, and Hip-Hop Fundamentals 101.
When you attend any of our exciting events, we would love to hear about your experiences right here on the NJPAC Hip-Hop Blog. Commenting is quick and easy - and helps us to ascertain what Hip-Hop is really about, for the people.
Thank you, and Enjoy!
Ladies First! Elevating Women in the 21st Century: A Panel and Workshop for Social Entrepreneurs In
celebration of Women’s History Month (March), the Alternate Routes Hip
Hop Festival at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), Rutgers
University Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
and the Hip-Hop Association join forces to present, Ladies First! Elevating Women in a 21st Century: A Panel Discussion and Workshop. Date & Time March 30, 2009 | 5:30pm–8:00pm
Location Rutgers University | Engelhard Hall - Bove Auditorium 190 University Avenue | Newark, NJ 07102
Moderator Martha Diaz - President, Hip-Hop Association/Catherine B. Reynolds Fellow, NYU
Panelists Toni Blackman (Founder, Lyrical Ambassador/ Echoing Green Fellow), Rise Wilson (Founder, The Laundromat Project/ Echoing Green Fellow), and Jamilah B Creekmur (VP of Marketing, Allhiphop.com), Dr. Roxanne Shante (Pioneer MC, Founder, Hip-Hop Ices), and Dawn Lewis, (Founder, Pooka Pure and Simple).
Workshop Facilitators Dr. Jeffrey Robinson
- Assistant Director, The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship &
Economic Development; Assistant Professor of Management & Global
Business Martha Diaz - President, Hip-Hop Association/Catherine B. Reynolds Fellow, NYU
Please reserve your seat at rsvp@hiphopassociation.org for more information call 718.682.2744.
http://business.rutgers.edu/cueed |
| Alternate Routes Hip Hop Festival Kick-Off |
Ladies First! Elevating Women in the 21st Century: A Panel and Workshop for Social Entrepreneurs
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The winner of the theater trophy at the 2004 HBO US Comedy Arts Festival, Will Power weaves funky and fun live beats, rhythm and rhyme, and powerful narratives into unforgettable urban theater. An award-winning pioneer in hip-hop theater, this electrifying actor, rapper, playwright and educator delivers high-octane monologues, songs and spoken word pieces that have taken off-Broadway by storm. "His work combines the complexity of serious drama with the visual and sonic arsenal of MTV," says The New York Times.
Presented in collaboration with the NJPAC Arts Education Department
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1
Word
Jam
4:00pm – 6:00pm • Chase Room
Spoken word •
Youth poetry
Curated by: Ambrose Liu
Hosted by: Big
Mike
Artists: Middle
and High-School students from the Greater Newark Area
FREE
THURSDAY, APRIL 2
Fresh
Status
8:00pm
– 10:30pm • The Chase Room
Emcee battle • Producers’ competition
Curated and hosted by: Black 45
Artists: 8thW1, Brokn English, DJ Priority, Fresh
Daily, O-Solo, Pardon the Stranger, PVD, Sam Scarfo, Tame One and others
ALL SEATS $16
FRIDAY, APRIL 3
Sacred Circle Café: Hip Hop Griots
8:00pm
- 10:30pm • The Chase Room
Spoken word • Urban theater
Curated and hosted by: Purple Haze & Rob Hylton
Artists:
Abiodun Oyewole, Baba Israel, D-Black, D-Cross, Queen Godis, Rahfeal
Gordon, Uninvited
ALL
SEATS $16
Late Nite Open Mic
11:00pm
– 1:00am
Aljira,
a Center for Contemporary Art
591
Broad Street, Downtown Newark
Curated and hosted by: Elijah Brown
Artists:
Devynity, DJ 360 Degreez, Infinite, Rutgaz Poetz, Soulful Jones and
others
FREE
SATURDAY, APRIL 4
Hip Hop:
Project / Element
Curated and hosted by: Audrey “Egypt” Blanc & Natasha Dyer
The Hip Hop Project
11:00pm
– 1:30pm • The Chase Room
Film Screening • Panel Discussion
Panelists: Chris “Kazi” Rolle, Clayton Walton, Robin
“Kheperah” Kearse, Ryan Kelly
FREE
The Other Side of Hip Hop: The Sixth
Element
2:00pm
– 4:30pm • The Chase Room
Film Screening • Panel Discussion
Filmmaker: Dion Ashman
Panelists: Dion Ashman, Ernie Paniccioli, Kangol Kid,
Lin Que
FREE
Hip Hop Fundamentals 101
8:00pm
– 10:30pm • Chase Room
Breaking • Beat Boxing • Turntablism
Curated and hosted by: Andreas Thai-yan
& Max-Jerome
Artists: Conscious, Rob Swift,
John Robinson, KR3TS, Rabbi D
ALL
SEATS $16
Purchase Tickets On-Line Here!
FOR MORE INFORMATION
1-888-GO-NJPAC
or visit us at: www.njpachiphop.org
Finally -- The Alternate Routes Hip-Hop Festival Official Palm Card is Here! Click on the image to see the full-sized version featuring all the events from April 1-4, 2009 with full descriptions and artist line-ups. Please feel free to copy and distribute our palm card on blogs, myspace pages, etc... The Alternate Routes Hip-Hop Festival is for the people by the people! Tickets on sale now! Seats are limited.
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