OMAI & The UW Arts Institute Presents
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A Lecture and Performance Series on Spoken Word and Hip-Hop featuring Marc Bamuthi Joseph and Friends

Monday events are at the Wisconsin Historical Society, 816 State Street, and are free and open to the public.

Saturday, February 24th
Wisconsin Union Theater - 7 pm
Series Kick-Off: An Evening With Marc Bamuthi Joseph (8:30pm) preceded by Youth Speaks Wisconsin Teen Spoken Word Finals (7pm). Tickets: (608) 262-2201

Monday, February 26 - 7 pm
Rennie Harris, Choreographer of the award winning “Rome and Jewels” and “Facing Mekka”, and Jeff Chang, American Book Award Winner and author of Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation

Saturday, March 3
Great Hall, Wisconsin Union - 8 pm
The First Annual Dancefest, A Benefit For First Wave Scholarships featuring “In Black N’ White”& SambaDá. Tickets: (608) 262-2201

Monday, March 5 - 7 pm
Alix Olson, Queer Spoken Word Artist-Activist

Monday, March 12 - 7 pm
Kamilah Forbes, Executive Producer, Russell Simmons’ HBO Def Poetry Jam

Monday, March 19 - 7 pm
Danny Hoch, Obie Award Winner and co-founder of the Hip-Hop Theater Festival

Monday, March 26 - 7 pm
Dennis Kim, Lead MC of Chicago’s Typical Cats and Mayda del Valle, star of the Tony Award winning “Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry on Broadway”

Monday, April 9 - 7 pm
Lauren Whitehead, Spoken Word Artist

Monday, April 16 - 7 pm
Rafael Casal and Dahlak Brathwaite, Youth Speaks Spoken Word Stars

Thursday, April 26
Music Hall - 8 pm
Omar Sosa and his Afreecanos Quartet, A Benefit For First Wave Scholarships and Isthmus Jazz Series Kick-off.
Tickets: (608) 262-2201

Monday, April 30
Music Hall - 7:30pm
Marc Bamuthi Joseph Farewell Performance with special guest works from his Afro-Am 469 Class, a Benefit for the First Wave Spoken Word and Urban Arts Learning Community
Tickets: (608) 262-2201 or online box office

Pictured at right (L to R, top to bottom):
Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Alix Olson, Rennie Harris, Jeff Chang, Dahlak Brathwaite, SambaDá, Omar Sosa, Kamilah Forbes, Mayda del Valle, Lauren Whitehead, Rafael Casal, Danny Hoch and Dennis Kim.