Stories indexed under: Spoken word

Total: 8

  • Spoken word, hip-hop events on tap for spring, summer April 16, 2008 The Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI) has a robust and exciting lineup of spoken word and hip-hop events planned for the spring and summer.
  • Roundtable features spoken word Dec. 5, 2007 An end-of-semester tradition for many faculty and staff members is attending the December session of University Roundtable. Attendees join colleagues and friends for lunch, listening and learning throughout the year, but in December, the audience is treated to a performance by students, faculty or staff.
  • Photo of Kelsey Van Ert Spoken word scholars aim to transform campus Sept. 30, 2007 They express themselves and how they feel about the world around them through a powerful mechanism: words. And now the students who have embraced urban art, including “spoken word,” are coming together on campus, playing a leadership role in a national movement and sharing their craft with others.
  • Spoken word institute again offered to educators June 4, 2007 This summer, Urban Word NYC and the Hip-Hop Association team with the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Office of Multicultural Initiatives (OMAI) to offer a weeklong program for teachers, educators, community leaders and education students to learn the best practices in hip-hop and spoken word pedagogy.
  • Bamuthi Bamuthi helps UW speak to the hip-hop generation April 25, 2007 Marc Bamuthi Joseph will conclude his arts residency with a farewell performance at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 30, at Music Hall.
  • Jazz, spoken word shows coming to Music Hall April 12, 2007 Jazz and spoken-word performances will heat up Music Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus later this month.
  • ‘Cultural activist’ brings spoken word to campus March 14, 2007 Willie Ney is living proof of the benefits of a multicultural education — an education that includes African-American, African and Central-American sensibilities. Ney’s exposure to unfamiliar people, places, languages and customs ignited a passion for helping to tell the stories of those rarely listened to. As executive director of the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives, he insists, though, that he’s not an academic. “I’m a cultural activist. My job is to serve as a mediator between cultures, for those who are marginalized. I give them a platform to teach about their history and culture. I’m not an authority — I can’t speak about others’ cultures.’”
  • Special ‘Dane Dances!’ to benefit student scholarships Feb. 15, 2007 Dane Dances!, the city's popular summer rooftop dance party, moves inside at 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 3, for a special benefit event in Great Hall in the Memorial Union at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.