Public Events
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Wednesday, September 24, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Fred Ho Welcome Reception
Study Pub, Fluno Center (8th floor), 601 University Ave
Join the Arts Institute in welcoming Fred Ho to campus, and for a special live performance by Fred Ho!
RSVP kahewson@wisc.edu or (608) 263-9290.
Wednesday, October 1, 7–9 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Afro Asian Activism and the Avant Garde Aesthetic
Room L140, Chazen Museum of Art, 800 University Ave, (608) 263-2246
Join Fred Ho for a panel featuring faculty and staff from Asian American Studies, the School of Music, the Department of African American Studies, and the Department of Theatre and Drama.
A book-signing of Ho's new book Afro Asia: Revolutionary Political and Cultural Connections Between African Americans and Asian Americans will follow outside the Chazen gift shop.
More information: (608) 263-1755 or pachoy@wisc.edu
Wednesday, October 22
12 p.m. Brown bag lunch forum with Melanie West
4123 H.C. White , Dept. of Afro-Am. Studies, kbflores@wisc.edu
Sponsored by Multicultural Student Coalition. Additional funding from the Office of the Vice-Chancellor of Administration.
4:30 p.m. Melanie West Workshop: Interactive Hip-Hop as a Portal to Math and Science Literacy
TITU ("Hip-Hop Lecture"), Memorial Union, 800 Langdon Street
Sponsored by Arts Institute, Multicultural Student Coalition. Additional funding from the Office of the Vice-Chancellor of Administration.
Melanie L. West is CEO of Tiz Media, a non-profit organization that fuses technology with hip-hop culture, art, performance, writing and hands-on learning to engage and empower young students. She has presented workshops nationally, including the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
More information: (608) 263-1755 or pachoy@wisc.edu
Thursday, November 6, 7 p.m.
Fred Ho Book Signing: "Afro Asia: Revolutionary Political & Cultural Connections Between African Americans and Asian Americans"
Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative, 426 W. Gilman Street
More information: (608) 257-6050 or http://www.rainbowbookstore.org/
Wednesday, November 19, 4 p.m.
Bill Mullen Lecture: Afro Asia: Revolutionary Political and Cultural Connections Between African Americans and Asian Americans
(A discussion with Bill Mullen will directly follow the lecture).
TITU (“Afro/Asia Lecture”), Memorial Union, 800 Langdon Street
Bill Mullen is director of American Studies & English at Purdue University and co-editor with Fred Ho of the book "Afro Asia: Revolutionary Political and Cultural Connections Between African Americans and Asian Americans" just published by Duke University.
Sponsored by Arts Institute, Multicultural Student Coalition, Department of Afro-American Studies. Additional funding from the University Lectures Committee.
More information: (608) 263-1755 or pachoy@wisc.edu
Saturday, November 22, 7:30 p.m.
Fred Ho and the Afro-Asian Music Ensemble:
Revolutionary Earth Music: People and the Planet Before Profit!
Wisconsin Union Theater, 800 Langdon Street, (608) 262-2201
PRESS RELEASE
Fred Ho, visionary Chinese American composer and virtuoso baritone saxophonist, joins his world-class Afro-Asian Music Ensemble in a performance of epic music embedded in a fiercely soulful, swinging, and radical jazz context. The show also features a new performance piece by UW students and a collaborative work with choreographer Peggy Choy of the UW-Madison Dance Program.
Sponsored by Arts Institute and the Asian American Studies Program. Additional funding from Office of the Chancellor and Office of the Vice-Chancellor of Administration.
More information: (608) 263-1755 or pachoy@wisc.edu
December
East High Performance: The Beautiful Revolution: Thievin', Hookin', Beggin', Thinkin'
A performance by Fred Ho's students of work done in his course.
RELATED EVENTS
Friday, November 14, 2008, 7:30pm
When the Real Dragons Fly!
Carnegie Hall, 57th Street and 7th Avenue, New York City.
Fred Ho presents the world premiere of WHEN THE REAL DRAGONS FLY!, a concerto for baritone saxophone and chamber orchestra, commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra.
Tickets: call CarnegieCharge at 212.247.7800 ($38 and $48) or www.carnegiehall.org. The work will be repeated on Sunday, November 16, 2008 at the Annenberg Center for the Arts, the University of Pennsylvania-Philadelphia. Tickets: $22 call 215.898.3900.