Agenda set for 2008 "Hip Hop As A Movement Week"

After a successful 2007, the agenda is now set for Hip Hop As A Movement Week 2008 in Madison. The annual Madison event will be April 18-26 with events throughout the University of Wisconsin campus. This year's event starts with "Femme Fresh: Women’s Music Hip Hop Festival." "Femme Fresh" seeks to highlight the role of women in hip hop and this year's performers include Psalm One, Butterscotch, Apani B Fly, Rhythm Queenz, and DJ Garnetta. The official kick-off event will be held on April 19 and features Little Brother, Solillaquists of Sound, and the Fall Guys

The week is end capped with one of the most popular events of the festival "Breakin' the Law" featuring breakdancing crews from around the world. Testament to the success of the event is this year's move from University space to the classy Monona Terrace (last year nearly 2000 attendees crammed into the Memorial Union's Grand Ballroom, view photos and our coverage). In addition to a wide swath of panels and discussions (schedule available below) this year's festival includes the screening of two films: "Bomb It!," a documentary investigating the explosion of graffiti as a guerrilla art form across five continents, and "Break Borders," "a 30 minute documentary spanning Boston, Melbourne, Hong Kong, and Macau, follows several b-boys through their daily lives, practice sessions and fierce b-boy battle competitions."

Schedule below:

April, 18 2008 (8 p.m.) - Femme Fresh: Women’s Music Hip Hop Festival - Memorial Union - Rathskellar
800 Langdon St. - Free

Femme Fresh is a celebration of Women in hip hop music and all areas of the hip hop culture. Featuring Psalm One, Butterscotch, Apani B Fly, Rhythm Queenz, & DJ Garnetta.

April, 19 2008 (2 p.m.) - Bomb It! Film Screening - Memorial Union - Play Circle
800 Langdon St. - Free

April, 19 2008 (7 p.m.) - Kickoff Show with LITTLE BROTHER, Solioquists of Sound, and the Fall Guys - Memorial Union - Terrace
800 Langdon St. - Free

April, 20 2008 (10 a.m.) - Youth Conference - TBD

April, 22 2008 (7 p.m.) - Lights, Camera, Hip Hop: The Jump-Off - Majestic Theater (115 King St.)

April, 23 2008 (12 p.m.) - Hip Hop 101: Remixing Education with Marc Bamuthi Joseph - TBD
- Free

April, 23 2008 (2 p.m.) - Total Chaos: Hip Hop Theatre - On Wisconsin Room/Red Gym
716 Langdon Street - Free

April, 24 2008 (12 p.m.) - Turning the Page: Hip Hop Poetics - On Wisconsin Room/Red Gym
- Free with Dennis Kim, Mayda Del Valle, Staceyann Chin & Kevin Coval

April, 24 2008 (12 p.m.) - Turning the Page: Hip Hop Poetics - On Wisconsin Room/Red Gym - Free with Dennis Kim, Mayda Del Valle, Staceyann Chin & Kevin Coval

April, 24 2008 (2 p.m.) - Keeping it Movin: Issues in Hip Hop Dance - TBD
- Free with Rennie Harris, Popmaster Fabel, Jarius King, Kwikstep, Rokafella & Chris Walker

April, 24 2008 (7 p.m.) - Next Aesthetics: Hip Hop on the Main Stage - Memorial Union Theatre
- $5 students, $15 adults with Bamuthi, Staceyann Chin, Rokafella & Kwikstep, Rennis Harris & First Wave

April, 25 2008 (12 p.m.) - Centering Gender & Sexuality in Hip Hop Studies - Memorial Union/Play Circle
- Free

April, 25 2008 (12 p.m.) - La Escritura En La Pared: Graffiti Workshops - TBD

April, 25 2008 (2 p.m.) - The Future of Hip Hop Studies - TBD - Free with Jeff Chang, Wendy Day, Davey D, Michael Eric Dyson, Craig Werner

April, 25 2008 (6 p.m.) - Breakin the Law: 5inal Sentence - Monona Terrace - Free

April, 26 2008 (12 p.m.) - Urban Dance Workshop with Alienness - TBD

April, 26 2008 (2 p.m.) - Break Borders Film Screening - Memorial Union/Play Circle - Free

Hip Hop As A Movement Week 2008:
Element Fusion--A True Skool Evolution

Erupting as a powerful social movement in the Bronx in the 1970s, Hip Hop has since proven to be dynamic multicultural force crossing socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic borders.

The Multicultural Student Coalition is proud to organize & create a collaborative effort between various campus groups and community members to present Hip Hop As A Movement Week 2008. Building off the success of last year, we plan to take the movement to the next level by showcasing hip hop and its fusion with other musical genres, politics, global movements, the environment, community, art, and academia. This truly dynamic week includes a lineup that presents each of these unique fusions with a variety of discussions, panels, art galleries, spoken word events, films, and concerts.