2024 – 18th Trinity International Hip Hop Festival:
Thursday – April 4th , 2024
All Day: Artist/Presenter Check In (8am-9pm)
Location: The Underground Coffeehouse, Mather Hall (basement), Trinity College
All Day: Trinity International Hip Hop Festival: Retrospective Gallery ft. Posters of the Trinity International Hip Hop Festival, Mobile Mural titled “Jokkoo Rekk” by graffiti writers Docta (Senegal), Poptart (Hartford) and Airis (Hartford), and photographs documenting Hip Hop in Senegal (Location: Mather Hall, 2nd Floor, Trinity College)
12:15PM-1:30PM: “James Top: My Life” – Lecture by James Top (Harlem, NYC) (Location: Rittenberg Lounge, Trinity College, 200 Summit Street )
2:30PM-5:00PM: Living Hip Hop Interviews conducted by Prof. Markle and The Rapoet
Hip Hop Pioneers Roundtable with James Top, Minister Server, and Paco Pat Ghetto – Open to public – Location: Social Justice Institute, Mather Hall, lower level
4:15PM-5:45PM: Hip Hop Master Class – Hip Hop dance workshop in collaboration with the Theater and Dance Department featuring Tweet Boogie; open to African Dance Class students; Hosted by Professor Rebecca Pappas
6:00PM-9:00PM: Open Recording Arts Studio in Austin Arts Center – sessions will be supervised by a studio engineer; for more info reach out to Aleema (contact sheet)
6:00PM-7:15PM: Breakin’ Master Class – Hip Hop dance workshop in collaboration with the Theater and Dance Department featuring Poptart and Dance Team Members; open to everyone – Location: TC Theater and Dance, 152, Trinity Commons
6:00- 9:00 PM: DJ Showcase Battle- Two DJ’s battle it out to determine who gets to close out party -Location: The Mill, 79 Vernon Street, Hartford CT 06106
8:00 – 11:00PM: Underground Coffeehouse Hangout – come out to listen to Hip Hop, talk with artists and student organizers, etc. (no drinks will be served by the UG during this time) – Celebrate our incredible community partners
Friday – April 5th , 2024
All Day: Artist/Presenter Check In (8am-6pm)
Location: The Underground Coffeehouse, Mather Hall (basement), Trinity College
All Day: Trinity International Hip Hop Festival: Retrospective Gallery ft. Posters of the Trinity International Hip Hop Festival, Mobile mural titled “Jokkoo Rekk” by graffiti writers Docta (Senegal), Poptart (Hartford) and Airis (Hartford), and photographs documenting Hip Hop in Senegal – Location: Mather Hall, 2nd Floor, Trinity College
All Day: Roll Out Rumble Graffiti Battle (No event support needed)
11:30AM-2PM – Living Hip Hop Interviews conducted by Prof. Markle and The RaPoet
Guests: Tang Sauce (Hartford) – Location: Social Justice Institute, Mather Hall, Trinity College
12:00PM-5:00PM: Trinity Library Mural Project featuring Micaela Levesque
Location: Trinity College Library, Lower Level
1:00-3:00PM: Catering for Artists in Terrace Rooms – Chipotle
3:00PM-6:00PM: Open Recording Arts Studio in Austin Arts Center – sessions will be supervised by a studio engineer; for more info reach out to Aleema (contact sheet)
3:30 PM-5 PM: ‘Training Days” Workshop Breakdance – Location: Washington Room
4:00 PM- 5:30 PM: Producer Workshop, Youth 4 Change – Beat Making Workshop hosted by Duck Dodgers
Location: Austin Arts Center Room 104; HMTCA, and other CT students
4:00PM-6:00PM: Dance Auditions
Location: Washington Room, Mather Hall, Trinity College, 200 Summit Street
6:30-8:30PM: Catering for Artists in Terrace Rooms – Cora Cora or Lo Sano
6:00PM-1:00AM: Trinity ‘Til Infinity All Styles & B-Boy/B-Girl Showcase & Battle (Prelims thru Finals) featuring judges Divine Stewart, Bboy Tiger, Bboy ShamGod, P Boogie, BGirl N’Tegrity and Co-Hosted by John “Tang-Sauce” and Nicole “BGirl Trinity.” Music by Asaad “DJ Stealth” – Location: Washington Room, Mather Hall, Trinity College, 200 Summit Street
Saturday – April 6th , 2024
All Day: Artist/Presenter Check In (11am-6pm) – Location: The Underground Coffeehouse
All Day: Trinity International Hip Hop Festival: Retrospective Gallery ft. Posters of the Trinity Internationaal Hip Hop Festival, Mobile Mural titled “Jokkoo Rekk” by graffiti writers Docta (Senegal), Poptart (Hartford) and Airis (Hartford), and photographs documenting Hip Hop in Senegal – Location: Mather Hall, 2nd Floor, Trinity College
All Day: Trinity All Day: Vote the winners of the Roll Out Rumble Graffiti Battle– Judges: Docta, James Top, and Airis – Locations: Gates Quad, Mather Hall, Trinity College, 200 Summit Street
10:00AM-1:00PM: Open Recording Arts Studio in Austin Arts Center – sessions will be supervised by a studio engineer; for more info reach out to Aleema (contact sheet)
11:00AM-12:30PM: G Hip Hop Center Short Film and Panel Discussion
Short Film: “The New Voices of Democracy in Senegal” Panel Discussion: “The Transmission of Civic Engagement to Senegalese Youth through Hip Hop Culture” featuring Malal Almany Talla (Co-founder of G Hip Hop Center) and Papa Aly Gueye, (Co-Founder of G Hip Hop Center), – Location: Cornelia Center, 114 Vernon Street, Trinity College
12:30-1:30: James Top Film Screening and Q&A – Documentary “These Eyes” – Location: Cornelia Center, 114 Vernon Street, Trinity College
1:00-3:00PM: Catering for artists in Terrace Rooms – Chic fil A
1:30-3:00PM –Youth 4 Change Showcase featuring Studio 860 Jr. Company and poetry competition participants with DJ Kiet – Location: Gates Quad, Trinity College, 300 Summit St
2:30-5:00PM: Producer Showcase (Panel and Sampling Battle) Featuring producers Kel-C, and Ms. Madli. Hosted by G. Whiz Location: Music Rehearsal Hall 102, Austin Arts Center, Trinity College
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM- Panel Discussion
3:45- 4:45 PM- Sampling Battle
5:00PM: Real Art Ways Film Screening
Music on Screen: Beats, Rhymes, & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest – Regular admission – $12; RAW Members – $7; Senior & Student Members – $6; Seniors (65+) – $8; Full-time students (with ID) – $8 -Location: 56 Arbor Street, Hartford, CT
5:00-7:30PM: Favorites Showcase – Location: Gates Quad, Mather Hall, Trinity College, 200 Summit Street
7:00PM-9:00PM: Open Recording Arts Studio in Austin Arts Center – sessions will be supervised by a studio engineer; for more info reach out to Aleema (contact sheet)
9:00 – 10:00PM: Underground Coffeehouse Hangout – come out to listen to hip hop , talk with artists and student organizers, etc. (no drinks will be served by the UG during this time)
10:30 PM-2:00AM Main Concert Night featuring Maiya the Don, MC Soffia, Konstancy, Rudeboy Musa, Simon Kouka, Cuee
House DJ and Host Introduce Our Showcase
10:30 PM- 10:45 PM – Introduction/DJ
10:45 PM-11:10 PM – Cuee – Listening Party Winner
11:10PM-11:30PM – Simon Kouka (Senegal)
11:30PM-11:50PM – Konstancy (Palestine)
11:50PM-12:10PM – Rudeboy Musa
12:10-12:40- Maiya the Don (NYC)
12:45 -1:30 MC Soffia (Brazil)
House DJ: Kasey Cortez
Hosted by: Jupiter and Tang Sauce
Location: Washington Room, Mather Hall, Trinity College, 200 Summit Street
6:00-6:30: Hosts and House DJ
6:30-6:45PM: Cuee
6:45-7:00PM: Simon Kouka
7:00-7:30PM: Konstancy
7:30-8:00PM: Rudeboy Musa
8:00-8:30PM: MC Soffia
8:30-9:00PM: Maiya the Don
2023 – 17th Trinity International Hip Hop Festival
2022 – 16th Trinity International Hip Hop Festival
Thursday – March 31st, 2022
All Day: Artist/Presenter Check In
All Day: Trinity International Hip Hop Festival: Retrospective Gallery (Mather Hall, 2nd Floor)
12:15PM-1:30PM: “The 5th Element: Hip Hop and Social Emotional Learning” – Lecture by David Spellmon (UK), author of Just Like Music: Social Emotional Learning Inspired by Hip Hop (Rittenberg Lounge)
4:30PM-6:30PM: Training Days – Series of hip hop dance workshops in collaboration with the Theater and Dance Department featuring Rhythm Nation (Costa Rica) followed by a Q+A with participants. (TC Theater and Dance, 125, Trinity Commons)
6:00PM-6:30PM: Celebrating the Life of Mikey Bankston ‘19: Unveiling of Mural and Vigil with special guest Jsmy Cruz, mother of Mikey. (Exspace Gates Quad, Trinity College. 200 Summit Street)
Friday – April 1st, 2022
All Day: Artist/Presenter Check In: The Underground Coffeehouse, Mather Hall (basement),
All Day: Trinity International Hip Hop Festival: Retrospective Gallery (Mather Hall)
11:00AM-6:00PM: Get Up: Live Graffiti Mural Painting featuring Lisette Correa (Atlanta), Kayla (CT), Airis (CT), Trae Brooks (CT), G.A. Vargas (CT), and Shiro One (Japan).
Location: Art Box Lot, 769 Park Street (Airis, Lisette Correa, and Shiro One)
Location: 931 Broad Street (G.A. Vargas)
Location: 111 Allyn St. (Kaly and Trae Brooks)
1:00PM-4:00PM: “The Fifth Element: Film Screening of La Manplesa” followed by Q+A with Ellie Walton (director), Quique Aviles (produder), Sami Miranda (artist/facilitator), Magee McIlvaine (editor), spoken word performance and creative workshop facilitated by Sami Miranda (McCook Auditorium)
5:00PM-6:30PM: “The 5th Element: Archiving Hip Hop: Theory and Praxis” – Panel discussion featuring Jasmin Agosto (Hartford Hip Hop Collection), Ben Ortiz (Cornell University Hip Hop Collection), Martha Diaz (Universal Hip Hop Museum), Magee McIlvaine (Nomadic Wax). Moderated by Prof. Seth Markle (Trinity College) (Hartford Public Library, Park Branch, 603 Park St., Hartford, CT)
8:00PM-1:00AM: Trinity ‘Til Infinity All Styles & B-Boy/B-Girl Showcase & Battle featuring judges Bgirl Trinity (CT), Bboy Gin (NYC) Bgirl N’Tegretity (CT), P. Boogie (CT), Popkorn (CT), performances by Rhythm Nation (Costa Rica), Elemental (Trinity College), Trick Dynamics and more. Co-Hosted by TangSauce and Machinegun Poptart. Music by DJ Stealth. (Washington Room)
Saturday – April 2nd, 2022
All Day: Artist/Presenter Check (The Underground Coffeehouse)
All Day: Trinity International Hip Hop Festival: Retrospective Gallery (Mather Hall)
10:00AM-1:00PM – “The Fifth Element: Film Screening of La Manplesa” followed by Q+A with Ellie Walton (director)), Quique Aviles (producer), Sami Miranda (artist/facilitator), & Magee McIlvaine (editor) followed by spoken word performance and creative workshop facilitated by Sami Miranda (Hartford Public Library, Park Branch)
11:00AM-6:00PM: Get Up: Live Graffiti Mural Painting featuring Lisette (Atlanta), Kayla (CT), Airis (CT), Trae Brooks (CT), G.A. Vargas (CT), and Shiro One (Japan)
Location: Art Box Lot, 769 Park Street (Airis, Lisette Correa, and Shiro One)
Location: 931 Broad Street (G.A. Vargas)
Location: 111 Allyn St. (Kaly and Trae Brooks)
11:00AM-5:00PM: Get Up: Live Graffiti Exhibition featuring Alex Gonzalez, Ashley Innocent, Kelia Santos, and Ariana Lebron (Gates Quad, Mather Hall)
1:30-3:00PM –Youth4Change Showcase featuring Da Alphabet, Tahijawuan, Magic
Soul Drumline, Hartford’s Proud Drill Drum & Dance Corp., Studio 860 Dance Company,. Hosted by Prynce Eli, DJ: Ch’Varda (Gates Quad)
2:00PM-3:30PM: The Get Down Beat Battle featuring judges Shawn J. Period (NYC), Motif Alumni, Kel-C, and Ms. Madli. Hosted by G. Whiz (Music Rehearsal Hall 102, Austin Arts Center)
3:30PM-5:00PM: Favorites Showcase – A competition for the title of Favorite MC and Favorite Poet. Winner performs on Main Stage at the 17th Trinity International Hip Hop Festival in 2023. Hosted by Khaiim Rapoet
Location: Gates Quad, Mather Hall, Trinity College, 200 Summit Street
5:30PM-7:00PM: “The Fifth Element: Hip-Hop Legacies” – A critical conversation featuring Santiago ’09 (founder, Trinity Chapter of Temple of Hip Hop), Jason Azevedo ’06 (co-founder, Trinity International Hip Hop Festival), Tanzanikia Taylor ’23 (Trinity Chapter of Temple of Hip Hop). Facilitated by Minister Server (Temple of Hip Hop) and Prof. Seth Markle (Trinity College)
Location: Rittenberg Lounge, Mather Hall, Trinity College
7:00PM-8:00PM: Gallery Opening and Reception – ‘Legacy’: Legacy is an exhibition that focuses on capturing and archiving graffiti and street art culture in the state of Connecticut. Covering artwork from the 1980s to the present, it displays the work of 16 Hartford visual artists, including canvas paintings, black book sketches, drawings, and video installations,
Location: 111 Allyn Street
8:00PM-10:00PM: The Get Down DJ Showcase featuring Dj Stealth (Hartford, CT), DJ Kid Hype (Hartford, CT), Noah G (NYC), DJ Dookie (New Britain, CT), and DJ Kennedi (Glastonbury, CT)
Location: Vernon Center (VC Flex Space) Vernon Street,, Trinity College
10:00PM-2:00AM LEGACY Main Concert Night featuring Ric LaFlaree (CT), Hydro (CT), Bocafloja (Mexico), Lost Tribe (CT), and Dave East (Headliner) DJ Host DJ Boo (Philippines/USA). Hosted by: Zee Santiago (NYC).
Location: Washington Room, Mather Hall, Trinity College, 200 Summit Street
Sunday – April 3rd, 2022
All Day: Trinity International Hip Hop Festival: Retrospective Gallery
Location: Mather Hall, 2nd Floor, Trinity College
11:00AM-4:00PM: Get Up Live Free Wall Graffiti Exhibition – open to all artists
Location: Heaven Skatepark (downtown Hartford)
2021 – 15th Trinity International Hip Hop Festival
Friday, April 9:
4:15-5:30 pm: Patricia C. and Charles H. McGill Visiting Assintant Professor in International Studies Lecture “Diaspora Circularities: How Hip Hop and Activism Made an Afro-Brazilian Scholar” by Daniela Gomes, McGill Visiting Assistant Professor of International Studies.
5:30-6:00pm – Intermission – Celebrating 15 years – A Look Back (prerecorded)
6:30-7:30pm Panel: ‘”Developing Resistant Capital in Hip Hop: Stories of Hope and Perseverance” – Featuring Dr. Tasha Iglesias (UC Riverside); Clemente Moreno (aka Bboy Kid Freeze) and Terry Keaton (aka T La Rock)
7:30-8:00pm – Intermission – Best Hip Hop Dance Battles from Past Festivals
8:00pm-10:00pm Trinity till Infinity Dance Showcase
Saturday, April 10:
12:00pm-2:00pm Youth 4 Change Live Workshops
- We will be showcasing the talent of all ages from the Hartford area, providing a look into music production, and giving these local artists exposure in their communities through the festival
- Using zoom 5 breakout rooms feature
6PM-7PM: Panel & Image Slide Show: “Neva Again: Hip Hop Art, Activism and Education in Post-Apartheid South” – Featuring Dr. Quentin Williams (UWC, South Africa); Dr. H. Samy Alim (UCLA, US); Dr. Adam Haupt (UCT, South Africa), Emile XY? (Black Noise/Heal the Hood); Kurt Mlnnaar (B-Boy); Eavesdrop and Blaq Pearl
7:00-8:00pm Favorites Showcase – featuring the rhyming talents of local Hartford hip hop rappers and spoken word artists
8:00-9:00pm:. DJ Showcase featuring DJ Grand Wizard Theodore, DJ Skillz (France), DJ Vekked (Canada), KoFlow (Singapore), DJ Boo (USA/Philippines), DJ Nio (Italy), and DJ Thrifty (Connecticut)
9:00 p.m. – 11:00pm: Main Concert: Featuring D Smoke (Inglewood), Brittany Carter (Chicago), Delta (Australia), Bavubuka All Starz (Uganda), Motilanas Rap (Colombia), Blessings Divine (Connecticut).
Sunday, April 11:
11:00am-12:00pm- Panel: “Build: The Power of Hip Hop Diplomacy in a Divided World” featuring Dr. Mark Katz (University of North Carolina, director of Next Level); Mikal Amin Lee (Cultural Ambassador, American Music Abroad program, NYC); Toni Blackman (First US Hip Hop Ambassador), Fabian “Farbeon” Saucedo (American Voices/Next Level, NYC) (prerecorded)
12:00-1[1] :00pm Youth 4 Change Showcase (prerecorded)
1:00-2:00pm Film Screening: “Bravado Magenta” followed by Q+A with director Bocafloja (Mexico)
2:00pm-3:00pm Producer Showcase featuring G-Whiz, Ms. Madli, Ralphie-O, Kel-C, and 2wo 4our.
3:00pm-4:00pm Graffiti Showcase featuring Kayla, Fernando, Mercury and Basura
Might be less than an hour
2020 – 15th Trinity International Hip Hop Festival (cancelled due to COVID pandemic)
2019 – 14th Trinity International Hip Hop Festival
Thursday, March 28th, 2019
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Keynote: Harry Allen, “Shooting the Enemy: A Life in Pictures with Those That Became Public Enemy”
Location: Terrace Rooms B+C
5:30 pm – 8:30 ppm
Iron Poet Opening
Location: Terrace Rooms B&C
Friday, March 29th, 2019
All Day:
Photo/Art Exhibit feature Shiro-One, Corey Pane, Tuesday, Mr. Massey, Aris, Sest, Suby and Alex Pock
Location: Mather Art Gallery, Mather Hall, 2nd Floor
“Break Out The Boxes” Art Installation by Yuanjie Qian aka K-Ching (Montreal)
9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Artist/presenter check-in
Location: The Underground Coffeehouse
11:30 am – 12:30 Lunch Location: Mather Dining Hall
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Presentation: “First Coast: The Jamaican and wider Caribbean involvement in Hip Hop” featuring The Council (Five Steez, Nomad Carlos, The Sickest Drama and Inztinkz)
Location: Rittenberg Lounge
1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Film Screening: The Revolution Won’t be Televised followed by Q&A with Keur Gui (Senegal)
Location: Rittenberg Lounge
4:00 pm – 5:15 pm
Panel Discussion: Listening While Muslim: Islam’s Impact on Hip Hop Music and Culture with ft. Amirah Sackett, B-Girl Ma-Ma, DJ Man-O-Wax, and The ReMinders
Location: Rittenberg Lounge
7:00 pm – 2:00 am
Dance Exhibition followed by B-Boy/B-Girl Battle (3v3) and All-Styles Battle (4v4) featuring judges Kid Glyde, Sweet Lou, B-Girl Ma-Ma, Flo-Jo, Party Pat, Amirah Sackett and DJ Stealth, DJ Dookie and hosted by Tang Sauce.
Location: Washington Room, 2nd Floor Mather Hall
Saturday, March 30th, 2019
All day:
Photo/Art Exhibit feature Shiro-One, Corey Pane, Tuesday, Mr. Massey, Aris, Sest, Suby and Alex Pock
Location: Mather Art Gallery, Mather Hall, 2nd Floor
“Break Out The Boxes” Art Installation by Yuanjie Qian aka K-Ching
Youth for Change Conference
9:00 am – 10:00 am – Registration/Sign In and DJ Asad Demo and Q+A
Location McCook Auditorium
10:00 am – 11:30 am – Workshops
DJ Demo & Q+A with DJ Man-O-Wax
Location: Hallden/McCook Classroom TBD
Poetry Workshop – The ReMinders
Location: Hallden/McCook Classroom TBD
Youth Organizing Workshop:
Location: Hallden/McCook Classroom TBD
Dance Workshop –B-Girl Ma-Ma & Amirah Sackett
Location: Hallden Dangremond Family Commons
11:45 am – 12:15 pm – Lunch
Location: Mather Dining Hall
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm – DJ Stealth and host Self Suffice (?)
Location: The Cave Patio (Rain Location: McCook Auditorium)
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm – Showcase
Location: Cave Patio (Rain Location: McCook Auditorium)
10: 00 am – 4:00 pm
Artist/presenter check-in
Location: The Underground Coffeehouse
11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Live Graffiti Exhibition with featured artists Shiro One (Japan), Corey Pane, Tuesday, Mr. Massey, Aris, Sest, Suby and Alex Pock
Location: The Gates Quad, in front of Mather Hall
11:00 am – 12:30 pm:
Film Screening: Unstoppable: The Roots of Hip Hop in London followed by Q&A with director Giuseppe Pipitone
Location: Rittenberg Lounge
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
The Favorites Showcase: Hosted by Self-Suffice with DJ Stealth Location: The Cave Patio (Rain Location: McCook Auditorium)
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm:
Presentation: “Africa is Now: Building Communities through Hip Hop in Kenya” with Hustlajay Maumau
Location: Rittenberg Lounge
8:00 pm – 2:00 am (doors open at 7:00 pm)
Hip Hop Concert featuring OSHUN, The ReMinders and Ma-Ma² with DJ Man-O-Wax, Keur Gui and the Waliyanne Band (Senegal), The Council (Jamaica), Hustlajay Maumau (Kenya), Phat A$tronaut, Protegee with DJ Boo and hosted by Versatile Poetic and Social Justis with special guest: Akua Naru.
Location: The Washington Room, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
Sunday, March 31st, 2019
All Day:
Photo/Art Exhibit feature Shiro-One, Corey Pane, Tuesday, Mr. Massey, Aris, Sest, Suby and Alex Pock
Location: Mather Art Gallery, Mather Hall, 2nd Floor
“Break Out The Boxes”
Art Installation by Yuanjie Qian aka K-Ching
Location: Mather Hall Gallery
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Graffiti Mural with Shiro One (Japan)
Location: Unique Hair Salon, 799 Broad Street.
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
DJ and Producer Cypher ft. Tony Crush of Cold Crush Brothers, DJ Boo (Philippines/US), G-Whiz, Miss Madley, and more
Location: Vernon Social
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Iron Poet Closing Championship
Location: Vernon Social
2018 – 13th Trinity International Hip Hop Festival
Thursday, April 5th, 2018
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Iron Poet Opening
Location: Vernon Social
Friday, April 6th, 2018
All Day
Photo/Art Exhibits: Brazilian Graffiti by Marcelo Ment; Lindaluz Carrillo (Hartford); History of the Trinity International Hip Hop Festival by Magee McIlvaine
9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Artist/presenter check-in
Location: The Underground Coffeehouse
11:00 am – 12:15 am
Lecture: “Taking Hip Hop Human Rights to the Root, From Columbus to Cointelpro: Resisting the Invention of Humans Without Rights” with Dr. Jesse Benjamin (Kennesaw State University)
Location: Rittenberg Lounge
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Lecture: “Graffiti: The Written Word of Hip Hop” featuring Lindaluz and Vicktur.
Location: Rittenberg Lounge
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Panel Discussion: “Free Speech, Censorship and Protest” with MC Puos (China), Dana Burton (China) and Emile YX (South Africa) moderated by Dr. Msia Clark (Howard University)
Location: Rittenberg Lounge
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Dance Workshop featuring Angyil
Location: Washington Room, 2nd Floor Mather Hall
7:00 pm – 2:00 am
Dance Exhibition followed by B-Boy/B-Girl Battle (3v3) and All-Styles Battle (4v4) featuring judges Sweet Lu, Whorah, Vega, Tiger, Popkorn, Junnyahh and special guest exhibition Phil Wizard x Lokitio plus Studio 860; hosted by PopTart, music by DJ Stealth and DJ I.D.
Location: Washington Room, 2nd Floor Mather Hall
Saturday, April 7th, 2018
Youth 4 Change Conference
(for registered youth groups only –
please email y4chiphop@gmail.com for info)
9:00 am – 10:00 am – Registration/Sign In
Location Rittenburg Lounge
10:00 am – 11:30 am – Workshops
– Songwriting Workshop – Keysha Freshh (Toronto) (McCook Auditorium)
– Activism/Organizing Youth Workshop – Project South (Atlanta) (Big Halden Space)
– B-boy/B-girl Workshop – Angyil (Kansas City) (Halden 105)
– Hip Hop Dance Workshop – Studio 860 (Hartford) (Alumni Lounge)
11:45 am – 12:15 pm – Lunch
Location: McCook Auditorium
Youth 4 Change Showcase (open to all)
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm – DJ Henny Red (of miss/chief collective)
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm – Showcase featuring Elite Squad of Studio 860, Youthful Expressions, YOUMedia rappers, Hartford Proud Drum & Drill and DJ Henny Red
Location: Cave Patio
All day:
Photo/Art Exhibits: Brazilian Graffiti by Marcelo Ment; Lindaluz Carrillo (Hartford); History of the Trinity International Hip Hop Festival by Magee McIlvaine
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Live Graffiti Exhibition with featured artists Marcelo Ment (Brazil), Lindaluz Carrillo (Hartford), Yuanjie K-Ching Qian (Montreal), Kamil Kucharek (Hartford) and Poptart (Hartford).
Location: The Gates Quad, in front of Mather Hall
(Rain/snow date: Sunday, 12:00-4:00 pm at Vernon Social)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Artist/presenter check-in
Location: The Underground Coffeehouse
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Panel: “The History of Hip Hop Fliers” with Stretch Armstrong and “Prime Minister” Pete Nice moderated by Brian Coleman.
Location: Rittenburg Lounge
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
The Patio Showcase: Hosted by Self-Suffice and Versatile Poetic with DJ Stealth
Location: The Cave Patio
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Lecture: “Hip Hop Censorship and Politics in Cuba” with David Omni and Escuadron Patriota from Cuban Soul Foundation
Location: McCook Auditorium
8:00 pm – 2:00 am (doors open at 7:00 pm)
Hip Hop Concert featuring Noname, Taylor Bennett, Escuadron Patriota (Cuba), David Omni (Cuba), Klein Fortuin (South Africa), Demi Day (NC), Keysha Freshh (Toronto), Five Steez (Jamaica), HacheST (Dominican Republic), Old City (Cabo Verde), Political Animals (CT) with DJ Boo and host Minister Server.
Location: The Washington Room, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
Sunday, April 8th, 2018
All Day
Photo/Art Exhibits: Brazilian Graffiti by Marcelo Ment; Lindaluz Carrillo (Hartford); History of the Trinity International Hip Hop Festival by Magee McIlvaine
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Graffiti exhibition with Marcelo Ment
Location: Heaven Skatepark (downtown Hartford)
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
DJ and Producer Cypher
Location: Vernon Social
4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Iron Poet Closing Championship
Location: Vernon Social
2017 – 12th Trinity International Hip Hop Festival
Thursday, April 6th, 2017
- 9AM – Laura picking up snacks & beverages for green rooms & HQ; Delivering to LVL around 10AM
All Day
Photo Exhibit 1: “Girl Power International Graffiti”
Photo Exhibit 2: “History of Russian Hip Hop” (Da Exit NGO, Russia)
Photo Exhibit 3 “Hartford Hip Hop History” (Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library)
Location: Mather Hall, 2nd Floor
3:30 pm
Final Schedule Review & Check-In with Greg, Laura, Cam & Paola
Location: Laura’s Office (Mather 108)
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Iron Poet Open Mic w/ local percussion duo PUERTOMINICANA
Location: Cleo
All Day
Photo Exhibit 1: “Girl Power International Graffiti”
Photo Exhibit 2: “History of Russian Hip Hop” (Da Exit NGO, Russia)
Photo Exhibit 3 “Hartford Hip Hop History” (Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library)
Location: Mather Hall, 2nd Floor
9:00 am – 6:00 pm Artist/presenter check-in
Location: The Underground Coffeehouse
- Event Needs: No equipment
- Staffing: 1-2 Event Support per shift; No UM needed
- 9-11AM, 11AM-1PM, 1-3PM, 3-5PM, 5-7PM
10:00 am – 10:55 am
Lecture: “Brazilian Graffiti Movements” with Greg Childs (Brandeis University)
Location: Terrace Room B & C
11:00 am – 11:55 am
Panel Discussion: “Independent and Political Hip Hop in Cuba” with the Cuban Soul Foundation
Location: Terrace Room B and C
12:00 pm – 12:55 pm
Lecture: “Hip Hop Loves Foundation” with Rene John Sandy
Location: Terrace Room B and C
1:00 pm – 1:55 pm
Panel Discussion: “Under the Curtain: Russia-USA Hip Hop Exchange” Moderated by Prof. Seth Markle with Self-Suffice, Tang Sauce, Camryn Clarke and B-Boy Tiger.
Location: Rittenberg Lounge
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Panel Discussion: “Russian Hip Hop Culture” with Sergey “Grand PaP” Ivanov, Fedor “Madd Chief” Kurlegev, Daria”D-Boogie” Drobot, Buranov “MC Shoog Ray” Sergey, Yuri “Bboy Gaws” Savelyev and Vlad Radkov.
Location: Rittenberg Lounge
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Keynote: “From the Griot to Hip Hop: The Oral Tradition as Critical Liberatory Praxis in Islamic Black America” AmerAhmed (Univ of Mass – Amherst)
Location: Rittenberg Lounge
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Panel Discussion: “The Builders” with the Bavubuka Foundation
Location: Rittenberg Lounge
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Master Class: Popping with Angyil McNeal (Kansas City)
Location: Washington Room, 2nd Floor Mather Hall
8:00 pm – 2:00 am
Dance Exhibition followed by B-Boy/B-Girl Battle
Location: Washington Room, 2nd Floor Mather Hall
All Day
Photo Exhibit 1: “Girl Power International Graffiti”
Photo Exhibit 2: “History of Russian Hip Hop” (Da Exit NGO, Russia)
Photo Exhibit 3 “Hartford Hip Hop History” (Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library)
Location: Mather Hall, 2nd Floor
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Youth for Change Headquarters
Location: Hallden Hall, Dangremond Family Commons
10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Live Graffiti Exhibition with featured artists Dizy One (India), Komet (India), Behulum (Ethiopia), El Sexto (Cuba) andmore!
Location: The Gates Quad, in front of Mather Hall
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Artist/presenter check-in
Location: The Underground Coffeehouse
10:15 pm – 11:15 pm
Panel Discussion: “10 Years of Temple of Hip Hop at Trinity”; Featuring: Minister Server, Zee Santiago, Molly Bernstien, Jasmin Agosto, and more!
Location: Terrace Room B&C
11:15 pm – 12:15 pm
Lecture: “Women, Music, and Movement” by Project South
Location: Terrace Room B&C
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Town hall discussion: “The New Black – Hip Hop’s revolutionary renaissance” hosted by Mikal Lee
Location: Terrace Room B&C
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Youth Showcase
Location: The Cave Patio
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Next Up!: The Patio Showcase Hosted by Self Suffice the Rapoet
Location: The Cave Patio
3:30-4pm – Premier of “She’s Not a Toy” a short documentary film thesis by Julia Conforti (Trinity, Class of 2016). Thisis a documentary about women graffiti writers in the USA. This short film will be played before the “Girl Powerdocumentary”.
Location: Rittenberg Lounge
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Film Screening: North American premier of Girl Power, a documentary about women graffiti artists around the world.
Location: Rittenberg Lounge
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Panel Discussion: Girl Power International Graffiti with Sany (director Girl Power, Czech Rep), Leny (Czech Republic),Dizy One (India), and more.
Location: Rittenberg Lounge
8:00 pm – 2:00 am
Hip Hop Concert featuring MC Lyte, Siimba Liives Long, Bavubuka Allstarz (Uganda), Escuadron Patriota (Cuba), DJKool Flash (DC), Leadra & the Dream and Marvalyss (Hartford) with DJ Boo and co-hosted by Keysha Freshh(Canada)
Location: The Washington Room, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
Sunday, April 9th, 2017
All Day
Photo Exhibit 1: “Girl Power International Graffiti”
Photo Exhibit 2: “History of Russian Hip Hop” (Da Exit NGO, Russia)
Photo Exhibit 3 “Hartford Hip Hop History” (Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library)
Location: Mather Hall, 2nd Floor
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Open graffiti painting
Location: The Mill
- Event Needs: boards (10+), 8’ table for graffiti, tarps
- Staffing: 1 Event Support & 1 Temple
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
DJ Showcase!
Location: The Mill
4:30 pm – 8:00 pm (doors at 4:30 pm)
Iron Poet Annual Poetry Challenge, featuring poet Siul Hughes & PUERTOMINICANA
Location: The Mill
2016 – 11th Trinity International Hip Hop Festival
All Day
Photo Exhibit: “Bongo Wachata (Tanzania Graffiti): Now and Then”
Location: Mather Hall, 2nd Floor
9:00 am – 10:00 pm
Artist/presenter check-in
Location: The Underground Coffeehouse
9:25 am – 10:50 am
MUSC 133 Blues Women to Nikki Minaj (Woldu)
In–class lecture: “Hallowed be thy Hip-Hop: Rude Girls, B-Girls, Empresses and Fiyah Mumas. Hip-Hop and reggae as a tool to articulate womanhood and spirituality” with Tanya “Muneera” Williams from Poetic Pilgrimage (UK)
Location: Terrace Room B and C
10:50 am – 12:05 pm
SOCL 241: Mass Media + Pop Culture (Williams)
In-class lecture: “Bad Raputation: How corporations and high profile individuals are adversely affecting public perception of hip hop music and culture” with Manny Faces (Journalist / Radio Host / NYC)
Location: Terrace Room B and C
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm (Common Hour)
Panel Discussion: “Who’s World is This?: Hip Hop’s Global Impact on Education and Youth Engagement” moderated by Sina Nitzche (University of Dortmund) with Meredith Schweig (Emory University), Sergey Ivanov (Daexit, Moscow), Claudio McKenzie (Rhythm Nation, Costa Rica), Keysha Freshh (artist/educator, Toronto) (with HIST 332: African Nationalism and Decolonialization (Markle); INTS 344: Global Hip Hop Cultures (Markle); and INTS 255: Hip Hop in Southeast Asia (Ali))
Location: Terrace Room B and C
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Iron Poet presents Poetry Night (performances and open mic)
Location: CLEO (98 Vernon Street)
Friday, April 8, 2016 – Hijabs & Hoodies Day of Solidarity
All Day
Photo Exhibit: “Bongo Wachata (Tanzania Graffiti): Now and Then”
Location: Mather Hall, 2nd Floor
9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Artist/presenter check-in
Location: The Underground Coffeehouse
10:00 am – 10:55 am
“New Calibans: The Intersections of Third Cinema and Resistance Literature from Palestine to Kashmir and Social Change”
Laura McHenry (Carroll College)
Location: Terrace Room B and C
11:00 am – 11:55 am
“Beyond ‘Schizophrenia’: North African Hip Hop, Agency, and the Limits of Activism”
Kendra Salois (American University)
Location: Terrace Room B and C
12:00 pm – 12:55 pm
“The Afrikan Hiphop Caravan”
Mic Crenshaw (Globalfam Etn., Portland, OR)
Location: Terrace Room B and C
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Hijabs & Hoodies Rally – following the 1:00 pm Juma’h prayers, there will be a rally for solidarity including the address “Islam and Hip Hop as a Mode of Resistance and Liberation” by Amer Ahmed (Univ of Mass – Amherst)
Location: Gates Quad
2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
Film Screening: Nana Dijo [Nana Said; Irresolute Radiography of Black Consciousness] with director Bocafloja (Mexico)
Location: Rittenberg Lounge
3:45 pm – 4:40 pm
“The Politics of Provocation, Machismo and Feminism: Some Peculiarities of Turkish Underground Rap in Vienna, Austria”
Barbara Franz (Rider University)
Location: Rittenberg Lounge
4:45 pm – 6:00 pm
Film Screening: Hip Hop Hijabis with Poetic Pilgrimage (UK)
Location: Rittenberg Lounge
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
iHouse Global Discussion
Location: iHouse (106 Vernon Street)
8:00 pm – 2:00 am
Dance Exhibition with Rhythm Nation (Costa Rica), Team 860, SHONDAA, Elemental Movement, The Quirks, Team Lilman; followed by 3v3 B-BOY/B-GIRL BATTLE (judges CROS 1, Onton See, Bboy Keebla) and 2v2 ALLSTYLES BATTLE (judges Angyil Mcneal, Lady Gutta and Popkorn) with DJ Stealth and host Sypher Starks. Special performance by ANOYD) – Register for the battles on site at 8:00 pm.
Location: Washington Room, 2nd Floor Mather Hall
Saturday, April 9, 2016
10:00 am – 3:30 pm
Youth 4 Change Conference (presented by The City of Hartford Youth Services)
10:00 am – 10:30 am – Check In
10:30 am – 10:45 am – Welcome/Overview
10:45 am – 10:55 am – Icebreaker/Opening “Ritual”
11:00 am – 12:00 pm – 1st Workshop Session (7 options)
12:05 pm – 12:35 pm – Lunch
12:40 pm – 1:40 pm – 2nd Workshop Session (7 options)
1:45 pm – 2:45 pm – Youth-led Panel Discussion
2:50 pm – 3:30 pm – Performances & Share / Closing “Ritual” (Patio Showcase extension)
WORKSHOP OPTIONS include:
- Hip Hop Dance w/ Rhythm Nation (Costa Rica)*
- Spoken Word w/ Brave New Voices (D.C.)
- Graffiti Design w/ Claire Cronkhite (Hartford)
- Poetry w/ Versatile Poetiq (Hartford)
- Hip Hop OurStory: Beyond Entertainment w/ Minister Server (Atlanta)
- Freestyling through the History of American Music w/ Maimouna Youssef (Baltimore)
- Conflict Transformation w/ Peace Builders (Hartford)
- Hip Hop as a Form of Activism w/ Patrick “Rico” Williams (Hartford)
- Entrepreneurship, Social Change, & Culture w/ Trudi Lebron, ScriptFlip! (Hartford)
*bilingual Spanish/English workshop
Workshops held in: Terrace Rooms A, B and C; Alumni Lounge; Bishop’s Lounge.
More information about registering a group of youth: youth4change2016.eventbrite.com
Saturday, April 9, 2016 (cont.)
All Day
Photo Exhibit: “Bongo Wachata (Tanzania Graffiti): Now and Then”
Location: Mather Hall, 2nd Floor
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Artist/presenter check-in
Location: The Underground Coffeehouse
10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Live Graffiti Exhibition
Location: The Gates Quad, in front of Mather Hall
11:15 am – 12:30 pm
Living Legends: A Conversation with Prince Paul
hosted by Brian ColemanLocation: Rittenberg Lounge
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
The Patio Showcase, hosted by Self-Suffice
Location: The Cave Patio
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
“Bongo Wachata (Tanzanian Graffiti): Now and Then” discussion with NYC graffiti legend Kool Koor and Tanzanian artist Mejah Mbuya moderated by Seth Markle (Trinity College)
Location: Rittenberg Lounge
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Keynote: “A Black Panther’s Philosophy Forged in Africa”
“Mama C” Charlotte Hill O’Neal
Location: Rittenberg Lounge
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Film Screening: Shake the Dust
Location: Rittenberg Lounge
8:00 pm – 2:00 am
Hip Hop Concert featuring Rakim, Joyner Lucas, Poetic Pilgrimage (UK), Prop Dylan (Sweden), Cosmic Homies (Kenya), Raw-G (Mexico) with DJ Boo and co-hosted by Maimouna Youssef and Tang Sauce.
Location: The Washington Room, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
Sunday, April 10, 2016
All Day
Photo Exhibit: “Bongo Wachata (Tanzania Graffiti): Now and Then”
Location: Mather Hall, 2nd Floor
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
DJ showcase featuring DJ Tony Crush (Cold Crush Brothers) and DJ NEB
Location: Vernon Social
4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Iron Poet Slam Competition featuring Sofia Snow
Location: Vernon Social
2015 – 10th Trinity International Hip Hop Festival
Thursday, April 9th, 2015
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm
Panel Discussion: “Hip Hop and Social Change in Africa” moderated by Seth Markle (Trinity College) with Msia Clark (California State), Mejah Mbuya (Tanzania), Amkoullel (Mali) and Babaluku (Uganda)
Location: Terrace Room B and C
2:55 pm – 4:10 pm
In class lecture: “Music Is Medicine—Hip Hop Therapy for the Bifurcated Soul” with Meryem Saci (Algeria/Canada)
Poverty, natural disaster, and the strife of a long-standing civil war in Algeria forced singer-songwriter and rapper Meryem Saci and her mother to flee the country and move to Canada as refugees in 2000. It was there that Ms. Saci discovered hip hop. The young artist used rap to learn English, and was soon speaking, writing, and performing in the language. It wasn’t long before she had begun to use her music to explore issues of identity that as a young immigrant she had firsthand experience dealing with. In this workshop, Ms. Saci will explore her experiences as a refugee, an artist, and a Arab woman. She will unpack the therapeutic and spiritual benefits that music can provide, pulling examples and lessons from her own history and life story.
Location: Terrace Room B and C
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Performance: Spoken Word
Location: The Mill
Friday, April 10th, 2015
10:00 am – 10:55 pm
“The Travels of a Hip Hop Griot” with Mikal Lee (aka Hired Gun) (NYC)
A look into the cultural impact that hip hop has had over the last decade throughout the world. Hip Hop no longer is the sole creative domain of the United States, and Hired Gun will discuss his experience on four continents, immersing himself, experiencing and participating in the global hip hop culture. This talk will outline and present collaborative work between himself, Brazilian, and African artists, discussing how various communities are utilizing hip hop to amplify their voice within their countries political realm, and empowering youth to make a lasting impact on their communities.
Location: Terrace Room B and C
11:00 pm – 11:55 pm
“Hip Hop Declaration of Peace” with Minister Server (Atlanta)
This Hip Hop Declaration of Peace guides Hip Hop Kulture toward freedom from violence, and establishes advice and protection for the existence and development of the international Hip Hop community. Through the principles of this Hiphop Declaration of Peace we, Hip Hop Kulture, establish a foundation of health, love, awareness, wealth, peace and prosperity for ourselves, our children and their children’s children, forever. For the clarification of Hip Hop’s meaning and purpose, or when the intention of Hip Hop is questioned, or when disputes between parties arise concerning Hip Hop; Hip Hoppas shall have access to the advice of this document, The Hip Hop Declaration of Peace, as guidance, advice and protection.
Location: Terrace Room B and C
1:00 pm – 1:55 pm
“From Oral Traditions to Revolutionary Ambitions” with Omar Offendum (Syria/USA)
Tracing the roots of Hip-Hop culture to ancient oral traditions of indigenous peoples worldwide; and subsequently chronicling its current incarnation from block parties in the Bronx to demonstrations in Damascus.
Location: Terrace Room B and C
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Film Screening: Buenos Ares Rap followed by Q&A with director Diane Ghogomu (via Skype)
Location: LSC Boyer Auditorium
3:30 – 4:30 pm
“Tupac Shakur: Menace or Martyr?” with Frederick-Douglass Knowles II (Three Rivers Community College)
This seminar will examine the controversial life and art of Tupac Amuru Shakur in order to delineate the role of social responsibility in Hip-Hop culture.
Location: Terrace Rooms B and C
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Take Back The Night
Take Back the Night is an event to honor and support survivors of sexual assault, and raise awareness to combat rape-culture on campus. President Berger-Sweeney and Title IX Coordinator Dean Spurlock-Evans will speak on issues related to the incidence and prevention of power-based gender violence on campus. A cappella and dance groups will perform, survivors will give testimony, and we will end the night with hot chocolate and doughnuts. The theme of Take Back the Night, 2015 is “We Are Not Alone.”
7:00 pm – 11:00 pm (doors and registration at 7 pm, battle begins at 8 pm)
B-boy/B-girl Battle (3v3) and Exhibition featuring guest judges Paul Skee (Rockforce Crew/Mighty 4 Worldwide), Crumbs (Style Elements Crew) and Bboy Remind (Style Elements Crew) with host Botswana Dopeskills (Style Elements Crew/Mighty 4).
Location: The Washington Room, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/878418695575973/
11:00 pm – 2:00 am
10th Anniversary Festival Celebration with Amkoullel (Mali), Baba Israel (NYC), Decora (New York), Hired Gun (NYC), Joey Batts and Them (USA), Silek (Italy), Waterflow (Senegal), Farbeon (NYC), Jam No Peanut (DC) with DJ Boo (Philippines/NYC) and hosted by Self Suffice (Hartford)
Location: The Washington Room, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
Saturday, April 11th, 2015
10:00am – 8:00pm
Live Graffiti Exhibition
Location: The Gates Quad, in front of Mather Hall
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Panel Discussion: “Hip Hop: How Far Have We Come?” moderated by Jeff Chang featuring DJ Kool Herc, Bocafloja (Mexico), Hisham Aidi (Columbia Univ.) and Waterflow (Senegal)
Renowned author Jeff Chang and a team of global hip hop experts examine the roots of hip hop – both in the US and worldwide – and trace the evolution of the culture. Examining how hip hop culture has impacted the world for the better and where it’s promised have fallen short.
Location: Rittenberg Lounge
3:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Film Screening: Wild Style followed by Q&A with director Charlie Ahern and hip hop historian Brian Coleman (author of Rakim Told Me and Check the Technique). Includes special debut screening of Ahern’s documentary short about Trinity International Hip Hop Festival 2007!
Location: LSC Boyer Auditorium
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
“Hip Hop and Immigration” with Rebel Diaz (Chile/USA)
Hip Hop is an immigrant culture and wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for immigrants. This workshop looks at the history of Hip Hop up through the present day attacks on immigrants and how people responded in struggle.
Location: Rittenberg Lounge
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
“Sustainable Activism” – a Q&A session with Abiodun Oyewole (of The Last Poets) and Self Suffice.
Since the 1960s, The Last Poets and groups like them have been making a living as artist-activists. This discussion will focus on not just a one day protest, but incorporating changes you can make in your daily work and habits that will sustain your career as an artist-activist.
Location: LSC Boyer Auditorium
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
“Preserving Efforts: Documenting Hip Hop History” with Brian Coleman (historian/author), Ben Ortiz (Cornell’s Hip Hop Archive) and Jeff Chang (Stanford Univ/author)
Location: LSC Boyer Auditorium
8:00 pm – 2:00 am
Hip Hop Concert featuring Oddisee (Sudan/USA), Nomadic Massive (Canada), Chachi (Cape Verde/USA), Omar Offendum (Syria/USA), Bocafloja & The Quilomboarte Collective (Mexico/Dominican Rep/USA), Zero Plastica (Italy), The Reminders (Belgium/Congo/USA), Rebel Diaz (Chile/USA) hosted by Minister Server and Sa-Roc with DJ Boo (Philippines/NYC) and special end of night DJ set by DJ Kool Herc!
Location: The Washington Room, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
Sunday, April 12th, 2015
1:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Iron Poet – Spoken Word Competition and Exhibition featuring Abiodun Oyewole and jessica Care moore
Location: Vernon Social
2014 – 9th Trinity International Hip Hop Festival
Thursday, April 3rd, 2014
8:00am – 10:00pm: Registration
Location: The Underground Coffeehouse, Basement of Mather Hall
8:00am – 4:30pm: In-Class Hip Hop Lecture Series
All lectures are in Terrace Rooms B & C, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
9:25am – 10:40am: SOCL 241: Mass Media and Pop Culture
Lecture: Ben Herson (Amherst College/Nomadic Wax) – “Media Representations of Global Hip Hop”
10:50am – 12:05pm: SOCL 272: Social Movements
Lecture: Chief69 (NYC) – “Hip Hop as a Social Movement”
1:30pm – 2:45 pm: POLS 250: Political Freedom
Lecture: Emile YX (South Africa) – “Hip Hop Activism pre- and post-Apartheid”. Discussion of how Hip Hop was used during Apartheid as an agent for change and how post-Apartheid it is used as a tool for building community.
4:00pm – 6:00pm: Film Screening: Say My Name: Women. Hip Hop. Life.
Location: Washington Room, 2nd Floor Mather Hall
7:00 pm – 8:30pm: Producer’s Showcase
Location: Vernon Social Hall
G-Whiz of True Sound Music Group (Hartford, CT)
8:30pm – 11:30pm: Spoken Word Event
Location: The Mill
Schedule:
Thursday, April 3rd, 2014
8:00am – 10:00pm: Registration
Location: The Underground Coffeehouse, Basement of Mather Hall
8:00am – 4:30pm: In-Class Hip Hop Lecture Series
All lectures are in Terrace Rooms B & C, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
9:25am – 10:40am: SOCL 241: Mass Media and Pop Culture
Lecture: Ben Herson (Amherst College/Nomadic Wax) – “Media Representations of Global Hip Hop”
10:50am – 12:05pm: SOCL 272: Social Movements
Lecture: Chief69 (NYC) – “Hip Hop as a Social Movement”
1:30pm – 2:45 pm: POLS 250: Political Freedom
Lecture: Emile YX (South Africa) – “Hip Hop Activism pre- and post-Apartheid”. Discussion of how Hip Hop was used during Apartheid as an agent for change and how post-Apartheid it is used as a tool for building community.
4:00pm – 6:00pm: Film Screening: Say My Name: Women. Hip Hop. Life.
Location: Washington Room, 2nd Floor Mather Hall
7:00 pm – 8:30pm: Producer’s Showcase
Location: Vernon Social Hall
G-Whiz of True Sound Music Group (Hartford, CT)
8:30pm – 11:30pm: Spoken Word Event
Location: The Mill
Friday, April 5th, 2013
9:00am – 6:00pm: Registration, The Underground Coffeehouse, Basement of Mather Hall
9:00 am- 9:45 am: Minister Server (Temple of Hip Hop, Atlanta) – “How to Use Hip Hop for Empowerment”. Learn practical life-strategies that anyone can use to become empowered through Hip Hop Kulture.
Location: Terrace Rooms B and C, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
10:00am – 10:45am: Bocafloja (Mexico) “Prognosis: Decolonial Poetic Exhale” – presentation from his new book of poetry and essays.
Location: Terrace Rooms B and C, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
11:00am -11:45am: Mikal Amin Lee “Hired Gun” (NYC) – “Hip Hop in the Folk Tradition” — The lecture speaks most directly to the reality that youth have the power to create, to speak, to document, to develop and express story that stands in the face of the hegemonic, and racial forces that seemingly are the juggernaut intent on co-opting or distorting their experience.
Location: Terrace Rooms B and C, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
11:00am – 12:30pm THDN 209: Hip Hop Dance Workshop: Mixing It Up (African Traditional Dance and Breaking) South African B-Boy All Stars teach this dynamic dance workshop that combines traditional South African dances (such as Gumboot, Zulu Traditional, Namastap and Sbugwa) with b-boying and popping.
Location: P Commons Performance Lab
12:00pm – 1:45pm: Film Screening: GangwayBeatz Tour 2013 Barcelona followed by Discussion – Director and youth from the Hip Hop Re:Education Project in Berlin and NYC tour in Spain.
Location: TBD
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm: Hip Hop in Activism featuring Self-Suffice and M. Bernardo McLaughlin – Self Suffice and Bernardo highlight the role of activism in Hip-Hop, and why Hip-Hop has more potential to sustain activism than most other categories of popular music and culture.
Location: Terrace Rooms B and C, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Film Screening: From B-Boys to Being Men with Q&A by Black Noise
Location: TBD
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm: Beatboxing with Cossiga – Dynamic instructional workshop and exhibition about creating beats and sounds with your mouth, led by one of the world’s top beatboxers, Jaro Cossiga, from the BeatBurgerBand of the Czech Republic (2nd in the World Beatboxing Championships)
Location: The Bistro
7:00pm – 10:00pm: Bboy/Bgirl Battle and Exhibition
Location: The Washington Room, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
Featuring Black Noise (South Africa) and Project Soul (South Korea)
2v2 b-boy battle for $500 prize – sign up on site
Saturday, April 6th, 2013
10:00am – 4:00pm: Registration
Location: The Underground Coffeehouse, Basement of Mather Hall
10:00am – 8:00pm Live Graffiti Exhibition
Location: The Gates Quad, in front of Mather Hall
11:00am – 12:30am: Panel Discussion: Hip Hop and Youth Empowerment
Location: Terrace Room B, 2nd Floor Mather Hall
Featuring Emily YX? (Heal the Hood, South Africa), Mikal Lee (Urban Word, NYC), Farbeon (Hip Hop Re:Education Project, NYC), Vox Sambou (La Maison de Jeunes Cote-des-Neiges, Montreal)
Moderated by Ben Herson (Nomadic Wax)
12:00pm – 4:00pm DMC Hartford DJ Battle
Location: Vernon Social Hall
Hosted by DJ Fatfingaz with judges/showcases by DJ Vekked (DMC World Supremacy Champion, Toronto), DJ Cheese (1986 DMC World Champion) and DJ Spictakular (1999 DMC US Finalist from The Allies Crew)
4:15pm – 7:45pm: The Patio Hip Hop Showcase
Location: The Cave Patio, in front of Mather Hall
Host: Self Suffice (Hartford, CT)
Includes local and regional talent rapping, singing and dancing.
7:30pm – 2am: Hip Hop Concert @ The Washington Room, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
Talib Kweli, Black Noise (South Africa), Quilombo’Arte Collective (Mexico/Dominican Rep/USA), Vox Sambou (Haiti/Canada), Shokanti (Cape Verde), Jaro Cossiga (Czech Republic), The Hip Hop Re:Education Project (NYC), Hosted by Native Sun (Mozambique/UK) with DJ Boo
9:00am – 6:00pm: Registration, The Underground Coffeehouse, Basement of Mather Hall
9:00 am- 9:45 am: Minister Server (Temple of Hip Hop, Atlanta) – “How to Use Hip Hop for Empowerment”. Learn practical life-strategies that anyone can use to become empowered through Hip Hop Kulture.
Location: Terrace Rooms B and C, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
10:00am – 10:45am: Bocafloja (Mexico) “Prognosis: Decolonial Poetic Exhale” – presentation from his new book of poetry and essays.
Location: Terrace Rooms B and C, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
11:00am -11:45am: Mikal Amin Lee “Hired Gun” (NYC) – “Hip Hop in the Folk Tradition” — The lecture speaks most directly to the reality that youth have the power to create, to speak, to document, to develop and express story that stands in the face of the hegemonic, and racial forces that seemingly are the juggernaut intent on co-opting or distorting their experience.
Location: Terrace Rooms B and C, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
11:00am – 12:30pm THDN 209: Hip Hop Dance Workshop: Mixing It Up (African Traditional Dance and Breaking) South African B-Boy All Stars teach this dynamic dance workshop that combines traditional South African dances (such as Gumboot, Zulu Traditional, Namastap and Sbugwa) with b-boying and popping.
Location: P Commons Performance Lab
12:00pm – 1:45pm: Film Screening: GangwayBeatz Tour 2013 Barcelona followed by Discussion – Director and youth from the Hip Hop Re:Education Project in Berlin and NYC tour in Spain.
Location: TBD
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm: Hip Hop in Activism featuring Self-Suffice and M. Bernardo McLaughlin – Self Suffice and Bernardo highlight the role of activism in Hip-Hop, and why Hip-Hop has more potential to sustain activism than most other categories of popular music and culture.
Location: Terrace Rooms B and C, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Film Screening: From B-Boys to Being Men with Q&A by Black Noise
Location: TBD
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm: Beatboxing with Cossiga – Dynamic instructional workshop and exhibition about creating beats and sounds with your mouth, led by one of the world’s top beatboxers, Jaro Cossiga, from the BeatBurgerBand of the Czech Republic (2nd in the World Beatboxing Championships)
Location: The Bistro
7:00pm – 10:00pm: Bboy/Bgirl Battle and Exhibition
Location: The Washington Room, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
Featuring Black Noise (South Africa) and Project Soul (South Korea)
2v2 b-boy battle for $500 prize – sign up on site
Saturday, April 6th, 2013
10:00am – 4:00pm: Registration
Location: The Underground Coffeehouse, Basement of Mather Hall
10:00am – 8:00pm Live Graffiti Exhibition
Location: The Gates Quad, in front of Mather Hall
11:00am – 12:30am: Panel Discussion: Hip Hop and Youth Empowerment
Location: Terrace Room B, 2nd Floor Mather Hall
Featuring Emily YX? (Heal the Hood, South Africa), Mikal Lee (Urban Word, NYC), Farbeon (Hip Hop Re:Education Project, NYC), Vox Sambou (La Maison de Jeunes Cote-des-Neiges, Montreal)
Moderated by Ben Herson (Nomadic Wax)
12:00pm – 4:00pm DMC Hartford DJ Battle
Location: Vernon Social Hall
Hosted by DJ Fatfingaz with judges/showcases by DJ Vekked (DMC World Supremacy Champion, Toronto), DJ Cheese (1986 DMC World Champion) and DJ Spictakular (1999 DMC US Finalist from The Allies Crew)
4:15pm – 7:45pm: The Patio Hip Hop Showcase
Location: The Cave Patio, in front of Mather Hall
Host: Self Suffice (Hartford, CT)
Includes local and regional talent rapping, singing and dancing.
7:30pm – 2am: Hip Hop Concert @ The Washington Room, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
Talib Kweli, Black Noise (South Africa), Quilombo’Arte Collective (Mexico/Dominican Rep/USA), Vox Sambou (Haiti/Canada), Shokanti (Cape Verde), Jaro Cossiga (Czech Republic), The Hip Hop Re:Education Project (NYC), Hosted by Native Sun (Mozambique/UK) with DJ Boo
2013 – 8th Trinity International Hip Hop Festival
Thursday, April 4th
12:00pm – 10:00pm: Registration
Location: The Underground Coffeehouse, Basement of Mather Hall
8:00am – 4:30pm: In-Class Hip Hop Lecture Series
8:00am-9:15am: HIST 332: African Nationalism & Decolonization (Markle)
Lecture: Carol O’Connor/Teddy Yo: Hip hop as an Educational Tool in Ethiopia/Ghana
10:50-12:05am – HRST: Intro to Human Rights Studies (Cardenas)
Lecture: Hip Hop and Human Rights in Senegal with Bideew Bou Bess
1:30-2:45: INTS 212: Global Politics (Anderson)
Lecture: Hip Hop Ourstory with Minister Server
Location: TBD
2:55pm – 4:10pm INTS 218 Women, Gender, and Family in the Middle East
Lecture: Transnational Hip-Hop and Arab Youth Politics with Dr. Lara Dotson-Renta
Location: Seabury N217, Seabury Hall, located on the Upper Longwalk
12:15pm – 1:15pm: The Session
T.V. Show with Mandeep Sethi (India), Chromatics (Trinidad), and Bideew Bou Bess (Senegal)
Produced By: Bria Smith and Typhani Payne
Location: Terrace Room B, 2nd floor of Mather Hall
5:00pm – 7:00pm: Film Screening of Mongolian Bling and Talkback with
Director Benj Binks (Australia)
Location: Cinestudio, Clement Chemistry Building off the Lower Longwalk
Moderator: Lauren Knapp, MTV-U Fulbright Recipient in Mongolia
Description of Film: Forget about nomads and monks, it’s hip hop that’s making Mongolia move in the 21st century. Mongolian Bling jumps into the thriving music scene in the capital; Ulaanbaatar, and follows stars as they rap nationwide.
7:00pm – 8:30pm: Spoken Word Workshop with Urban Word NYC
Location: Terrace Room B, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
Facilitator: M.C. K~Swift (United States)
8:45pm – 10:00pm Musicology 101
Location: The Washington Room, 2nd Floor
Producer’s Showcase
Featured Producers: TBD
*Specs Crew will be in the building taking photos.*
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10:00pm – 2:00am: Live Medium
*18+, all minors must be with a parent or guardian*
Location: The Washington Room, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
This will be an evening of spoken word, live painting, and body painting.
Hosts:
Poets:
Cassie Songstress (United States)
Kemet Maroon (United States)
L NuNuu Smith (United States)
Giovanni Quattrochi (United States)
Zulynette “Wonder Woman” Morales (United States)
Qusharia Perry (United States)
Mind Evolution (United States)
Drew Imagination (Guam)
Malcolm Wicks (United States)
Visual Artists:
Corey Pane (United States)
Kev Hernandez (United States)
Martha Dane (United States)
John Moran (United States)
Claire Cronkhite (United States)
Fernando Garcia (United States)
Nard Star (South Africa)
and more.
*Specs Crew will be in the building taking photos.*
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Friday, April 5th
9:00am – 6:00pm: Registration
Location: The Underground Coffeehouse, Basement of Mather Hall
12:00pm – 2:00pm Urban Flea Market
Location: The Washington Room, 2nd floor of Mather Hall
Vendors:
Hartford Denim Company
Nomadic Wax
World Hip Hop Market
Aisha Fukushima
Rock Mikes
Pura Vida Bracelets
GMI Clothing
Underground Coalition
Nora Cupcake Company
Hartford Prints
Mandeep Sethi
Hajila Movement
Dewy Neo
Specs Crew Art and Apparel
Music: The West End Blend (United States)
9:00am – 2:00pm: The Hip Hop Artist Lecture Series
Location: Terrace Rooms B and C
9:00 am- 9:45 am Hip Hop and Ego with Drew Imagination (Guam)
10:00am – 10:45am: RAPtivism with Aisha Fukushima (United States/ Japan)
11:00am -11:45am: Title TBD with Mandeep Sethi (India)
12:00pm – 12:45pm: Identitary Juxtaposition; Notes on the African Heritage in Mexico, Hip
Hop and Counter-Hegemonic Movements in Latin America with BocaFloja (Mexico)
1:00pm – 1:45pm: Title TBD with Las Krudas (Cuba)
2:00pm – 5:00pm Workshops for Artists
Location: Terrace Rooms B and C, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
2:00pm – 2:45pm: The Bankable Artist with Self Suffice, The RapOet (United States)
3:00pm – 3:45pm: Challenges for the Do-It-Yourself Hip-Hop Artist: Overcoming Legal and
Business Obstacles in the Current Music Market Panel and Q & A
with:
Tony Timpano (United States), Entertainment Attorney and Business and
Legal Affairs Executive
Michael Brinkley (United States), Connecticut-based Artist Manager
Edward “Self Service” Hinson (United States), An 18-time Platinum
Producer who has produced for DMX, Ja Rule, Jay-Z, and others.
Orville Hall (United States) Director of Marketing for Adidas/Director of
Marketing for Polo Ground Music
Stephen Josey (United States) Film Producer/Record Producer
4:00pm – 4:45pm: Fundraising for Artists/Activists and Organizations with Mazi Mutafa,
Executive Director of Words, Beats, and Life (United States)
2:30pm – 4:30pm: Film Screening of United States of Africa and Talkback with Director
Yanick Létourneau (Canada)
Location: Cinestudio, Clement Chemistry Building off the Lower Longwalk
Description: United States of Africa follows African hip hop pioneer Didier Awadi as he crafts a new album that shines a light on black revolutionary leaders – from Kwame Nkrumah to Thomas Sankara, from Malcolm X to Cheikh Antah Diop, who fought for the dignity of the African people, and for an independent united Africa. On a sprawling musical journey that takes him to 40 countries, Awadi meets hip hop artists Smokey (Burkina Faso), M-1 from Dead Prez (United States) and Zuluboy (South Africa). The film is a call for Africans of all generations to take a stand, and take control of their continent and their destiny.
5:00pm – 6:45pm: Cinematic Cyphers
Various houses on campus will host dinners that will include short films about hip hop from various regions and discussions about the film. In a nutshell, it will be good cuisine, good cinema, and good conversation.
Options:
Hip Hop in Asia
Location: AASA, 65 Vernon Street, Trinity College
Film(s): Lyrical Empire: Hip Hop in Metro Manila (Philippines)
Untitled the State of Hip Hop in Shanghai (China)
Facilitator: Professor Jeffrey Bayliss and Professor Janet Bauer, Trinity College
Hip Hop in Latin America and the Caribbean
Location: La Eraca, 69 Vernon Street, Trinity College
Film(s): A Short Radiography of Hip Hop in Cuba (Cuba)
Facilitator: Professor Alex Jacky and Professor Eric Galm, Trinity College
Hip Hop in Africa
Location: Umoja, 72 Vernon Street, Trinity College
Film(s): Hip Hop Burkinabé (Burkina Faso)
H-Town Hip Hop (Zimbabwe)
Facilitator: Prof. Seth Markle and the African Development Coalition
Hip Hop in the Middle East
Location: House of Peace, 115 Allen Place, Trinity College
Film(s): Hiphopistan: Representing Locality in a Global City (Turkey)
Facilitator: Professor Zayde Antrim, Trinity College
Sexuality and Hip Hop in North America
Location: Cleo of AX, 98 Vernon Street, Trinity College
Film(s): Hip Hop Homos (United States)
Facilitator: Professor Robert Corber, Trinity College
Hip Hop in Australia
Location: The Mill, 79 Vernon Street, Trinity College
Film(s): Basic Equipment (Australia)
Facilitator: TBD
Hip Hop In Europe
Location: I-House, 104-106 Vernon Street, Trinity College
Film(s): Altered Egos (United Kingdom) and Bronx Berlin Connection 2010 (Germany)
Facilitator: TBD
7:00pm – 10:00pm: Bboy/Bgirl Battle and Exhibition
Location: The Washington Room, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
Judges: TBD
Host: TBD
Exhibitions: TBD
Prize: $500
*Specs Crew will be in the building taking photos.*
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10:00pm-2:00am The Jam @ The Washington Room
*18+, all minors must be with a parent or guardian*
Location: The Washington Room, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
Hosts: Hired Gun (United States) & Tang Sauce (United States)
DJ: DJ Token (United States)
Artists: Aisha Fukushima (United States/Japan), Brown Rice Family (United States/Japan/Nigeria/Haiti/Jamaica/South Africa), Political Animals (United States), Teddy Yo (Ethiopia), Kama (Kenya), Bideew Bou Bess (Senegal)
*Specs Crew will be in the building taking photos.*
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Relay 4 Life Dance-A-Thon Day 1
Saturday, April 6th
10:00am – 8:00pm: Registration
Location: The Underground Coffeehouse, Basement of Mather Hall
9:00am – 3:00pm: Youth 4 Change Conference
Schedule for the Youth 4 Change Conference
9:00am – 9:20am Registration
Location: Washington Room, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
9:20-9:45pm Opening Welcome
Opening Address: Dean Christopher Card, Trinity College
Location: Washington Room, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
10:00am – 10:45am – Workshop Session # 1
Workshop Options:
Hip Hop Dance Workshop with Equilibrium Dance (United States)
Location: Bishop’s Lounge, 1st Floor, Mather Hall
YOUTH ONLY
Hip Hop Theatre with Baba Israel (United States/Australia)
Location: Rittenburg Lounge, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
YOUTH ONLY
Awakening the Creative: Encouraging and Balancing Expression and Freestyle with Drew Imagination (Guam)
Location: Alumni Lounge
YOUTH ONLY
DJ Workshop with DJ Token (United States)
Location: FACES Lounge
YOUTH ONLY
Graffiti Workshop with King Sloane (United States)
Location: Gates Quad
YOUTH ONLY
11:00am-12:30pm – “Women in Hip Hop Around the World” Panel
Location: Terrace Rooms, 2nd floor of Mather Hall
12:30pm-1:15pm Lunch
Location: Mather Hall
1:30pm-2:15pm Workshop Session #2
Hip Hop and Global Youth Movements with Words, Beats, and Life (United States)
Location: Bishop’s Lounge, 1st Floor, Mather Hall
YOUTH ONLY
Hip Hop Theatre with Baba Israel (United States/Australia)
Location: Rittenburg Lounge, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
YOUTH ONLY
The Art of MC’Ing : On and Off Stage with Sotorios Fedeli from Political Animals
Location: Alumni Lounge
YOUTH ONLY
Hip Hop and Youth Activism with the YAYA Network
Location: FACES Lounge
YOUTH ONLY
Graffiti Workshop with King Sloane
Location: Gates Quad
YOUTH ONLY
Hip Hop Dance Workshop with Equilibrium Dance Company (United States)
Location: TBD
YOUTH ONLY
2:20-3:00pm Youth Closing Ceremony/Performances
Location: Cave Patio, In front of Mather Hall
3:00pm – 4:00pm: Youth Attend the DMC Championships
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10:00am – 8:00pm Live Graffiti Exhibition*
Location: The Gates Quad, in front of Mather Hall
* To get spray paint, you must register online. Here is the link: http://grafatthe8thannualhiphopfest.eventbrite.com
11:00am – 12:30am: Panel Discussion: Local as Global: Women in Hip Hop
Location: Terrace Room B, 2nd Floor Mather Hall
Moderator: Dr. Donna-Dale Marcano, Professor of Philosophy at Trinity College
Panelists: Lah Tere, co-founder of Momma’s Hip Hop Kitchen, Las Krudas, a queer, feminist hip hop duo from Cuba, Marcy DePina,DJ, producer, television host, ethnomusicologist, manager, PR guru , Anna Oravcova, Faculty of Social Science at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, Aisha Fukushima, RAPtivism
12:00pm – 4:00pm DMC Hartford DJ Battle
Location: The Washington Room, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
Host: DJ Fatfingaz (United States)
Judges: DJ P-Money (New Zealand) DJ Fatfingaz (United States) and more.
Showcases: DJ P-Money (New Zealand) DJ Precision (United States)
Prizes:1st prize from Rane = A Rane Sixty One Mixer! 1st prize from your promoter: Round Trip Flight & Hotel Accommodations to battle in the 2013 DMC US Finals in NYC.
3:00pm – 4:30pm Panel Discussion: Local as the Global: Hip Hop and Human Rights Through Education
Location: Terrace Room B, 2nd Floor Mather Hall
Moderator: Professor Rod Anderson, and an Amnesty International Trinity College Chapter Member
Panelists: Mandeep Sethi, co-founder of SlumGods in India. Martin Fernando Jakobsen, founder of Turning Tables, Chromatics, hip hop artist from Trinidad, Kama, hip hop artist from Kenya, Bocafloja, activist, artist, academic from Mexico
4:45pm – 7:30pm: The Patio Hip Hop Showcase
Location: The Cave Patio, in front of Mather Hall
Hosts: Self Suffice (Hartford, CT) and Rashad (Memphis, TN)
Artists: HiFadility (Boston, MA) , Swageé (Hartford, CT), Chazz Giovanni (Harlem, NY), Dina Brass (Hartford, CT), Chief 69 (Bronx, NY), Joey Batts (Hartford, CT), Kyle Young (Springfield, MA), Puma Simone (New Haven, CT), Dom McLennon (East Hartford, CT), Lilah (Boston, MA), Autobotz (New Britian, CT), Asylum Lifetime (New Britain, CT), Rockoleone (Windsor, CT) ft DJ Stress (Enfield, CT), Latrell James (Boston, MA), Division X (Bronx, NY), Emaje (Hartford, CT), Prestige (Hartford, CT), KenKenX (Bridgeport, CT), Esseljay (Baltimore, MD), Auda-Mars (East Hartford, CT), The Leftist (Baltimore, MD)
8:00pm – 2:00am: The Local as the Global Main Stage Hip Hop Concert
*18+, all minors must be with a parent or guardian*
Location: The Washington Room, 2nd Floor of Mather Hall
Hosts: Lah Tere (United States) & Baba Israel (United States/Australia)
DJ’s: DJ BuddhaLuvJonz (United States/Laos)
Artists: Eprhyme (United States); Humanist (Burkina Faso/France); Mandeep Sethi (India); Chromatics (Trinidad); The Welfare Poets (United States/Puerto Rico); Las Krudas (Cuba); Rael (Brazil) Headliner: Dead Prez (United States)
*Specs Crew will be in the building taking photos.*
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Relay 4 Life Dance-A-Thon Day 2
Sunday, April 7th
11:00:am – 3:00pm: Networking and Community Service Day
Location: The League of Xtraordinary Youth, 152 Francis Avenue
Youth from the LXY Center
Artists and Participants from the Fest
Community Organizations
11:00am – 12:00pm: Networking Brunch
12:00pm – 3:00pm: Community Service Day
2012 – 7th Trinity International Hip Hop Festival
Thursday, March 29th
12:15 pm – 1:30 pm – Lecture – Byron Hurt, director of “Beyond Beats & Rhymes” speaks regarding misogyny and homophobia in hip hop (Mather Hall, 2nd Floor)
Sponsored by The Women & Gender Resource Action Center (WGRAC) and the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA)
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Spoken Word Poetry event (The Mill)
Hosted by Apkass; with Suheir Hammad, Amir Sulaiman, Ian Kamau, NuNuu Smith, Buddha LuvJonz, Mind Evolution, James Ciano and Australian National Poetry Slam Champion Luka Lesson! Sponsored by the Trinity College English Department
Friday, March 30th
Lecture series at Center for Urban and Global Studies (70 Vernon Street):
9:00 am – 10:00 am – “The History and Aesthetics of Kiswahili Lyricism” with Zavara Mponjika. Born and raised in Dar es Salaam, Zavara Mponjika also known as Rhymson is one of the founding fathers of Kiswahili hip hop in Tanzania.
10:00 am – 11:00 am – “Hip Hop and Global Human Rights” with Native Sun. Native Sun is a London based duo consisting of bilingual rapper Mohammed Yahya, born in Mozambique, South East Africa and singer-song writer Sarina Leah born in London with Caribbean roots
11:00 am – 12:00 pm – “The Diatribes of a Dying Tribe: The Rise of Arab Hip Hop pre 9/11 and Onwards” with The Narcicyst. Narcy was one of the originators of the Arab Hip-Hop movement. He is cited as one of the most credible Arab MCs worldwide and has been at the forefront of the movement internationally as an educator, performer and more recently, a journalist by the name of Narcel X
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm – “Hip Hop and the Oral Tradition” with Ian Kamau. Ian Kamau is an artist, resident of Toronto and son of Trinidadian filmmakers.
1:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Urban Art Display (The Mill)
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm – Hip Hop 101 Dance Master Class (Vernon Social Hall)
With DECAdancetheatre (NYC); Instructor: Taeko Koji
open to all Trinity students, but must pre-register, limited space
Sponsored by the Trinity College Theater and Dance Department
6:00 pm – Delegates Dinner (Washington Room, Mather Hall, 2nd floor)
6:30 pm – Film Screening: Estilo Hip Hop with Q&A from director DJ Laylo (Washington Room, Mather Hall, 2nd floor)
8:00 pm – 11:00 pm – B-Boy/B-Girl Exhibition Battles – (Vernon Social Hall)
featuring DECA Dance Theater (NYC), Urban Artistry (DC), Zulu Bratz 860 (Hartford)
11:00 pm – 2:00 am – The Jam (The Mill)
With DJ Buddha LuvJones (Laos/Bridgeport, CT) spinning pre-concert
the Cornel West theory (DC)
Moonhooch (New York)
Sa-Roc & Sol Messiah (Atlanta)
Apkass (Congo)
hosted by Zee Santiago
Saturday, March 31, 2012
11:00 am – 12:30 pm – Freestyle Rhyming Workshop – Hired Gun (The Cave, Mather Hall, downstairs)
Noon – all day – Graf display with local artists – (location TBA)
Noon to 4 pm – DMC Hartford regional DJ battle presented by Rane and Serato (Washington Room, Mather Hall, 2ndfloor)
Hosted by DJ Fatfingaz (NYC) with special judges/showcase by Total Eclipse (X-Ecutioners), DJ Spictakular (Guatemala/Allies Crew), DJ Nel’Assassin (Portugal/2008 DMC Portugal Champion)
Soundsystem by DJ Pro Lab (Brooklyn – djprolab.com/djgearco.com)
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm – Panel Discussion: “Mixtape of the Global Revolution” – moderated by Vijay Prashad with Sujatha Fernandes, Bakari Kitwana, Seth Markle and The Narcicyst (House of Peace)
9:00 pm – 2:00 am (doors 8:00 pm) – Concert featuring Brother Ali, Shad (Rwanda/Toronto, Canada), Los Rakas (Panama/Bay Area), Sweatshop Union (Vancouver, Canada), Native Sun (Mozambique/London, UK), Guti-Angel (La Dupla) (Portugal), Ian Kamau (Trinidad/Toronto, Canada); hosted by The Narcicyst (Iraq/Montreal, Canada) and Suheir Hammad (Palestine/NYC); featuring DJ Boo and pre-show set by The Last Skeptik (UK)
2011 – 6th Trinity International Hip Hop Festival
Friday, April 1st
In class workshop – Amkoullel (Mali) – African Studies
In class workshop – Amkoullel (Mali) – French
In class lecture/Q&A – Anna Oravcová (Czech) / Cat Young (Scotland) – Women’s Studies
In class Lecture – Omar Offendum – Middle East Studies
Registration – At The Mill or Cultural House
Art/photography exhibit – location possibilities at The Mill, Vernon,
Chapel or other location
5pm – 6 pm
- Panel: “The Healing Power of Hip Hop” with Cenzi, Eekwol (and others maybe Abramz, Amkoullel, Emile YX (South Africa), etc) (@ Vernon?)
6pm – 8:30 pm
- Delegates dinner w/Keynote Speech “Beats, Rhymes &Life: Hip Hop as a Catalyst for Change and Development by T. Thomas Alvarez (@Vernon?)
9pm – ???
- The Jam – small show with local emcees, international DJs (@ The Mill?)
Saturday, April 2nd
10am
- Chess games/tournament (all day)
11am – 5pm
- Workshop: “Shooting Music Videos –Guerilla Style” with Jesse Shipley (new music video with one of our artists)
12pm – 2:00 pm
- Artist Showcase (20 MCs for 5 minutes each)
2:30 pm – 4 pm
- Film Screening: Bouncing Cats w/ Abramz
4pm – 5 pm
- B-boy battle / exhibition USA vs South Africa (Black Noise reps S. Africa, get local/regional b-boys to rep USA, maybe even Puerto Rican locals for 3 way battle)
5pm – 6 pm
- Panel Discussion: “Hip Hop and a New Global Horizon” with Vijay Prashad (poss. Panelists: Melisa Riviere, MAB, Minister Server, Rosa Clemente)
6pm – 8 pm
- Film Screening: Hiplife in Ghana with Q&A with director Eli Jacobs Fantauzzi (sponsored by For One World, ADC, History Dept, INTS)
9pm – 2 am
- Concert ft. Jean Grae (USA/South Africa), Emicida (Brazil), Amkoullel (Mali), Ben Sharpa (South Africa), Eekwol (Canada), Oma Offendum (Syrica/USA), DJ Boo (Philippines/USA)
2010 – 5th Trinity International Hip Hop Festival
Friday, April 9th
2:00pm-5:30pm: Registration and Urban Arts Exhibit @ Gallows Hill
Saturday, April 10th
Morning: International hip hop artists in Trinity language classes.
Afternoon: International hip hop artists in after school programs in Hartford.
9:00pm-1:30am: CONCERT @ Vernon Social Center (114 Vernon Street):
Hosts: Flex Mathews (United States) and Toni Blackman (United States); Performances by: DAM (Palestine); The Reminders (Congo/Belgium/United States); Wagable (Senegal); Shokanti (Cape Verde); Self Suffice (United States);
Open mic freestyle session following hosted by Flex Mathews (United States).
10:00am – 5:00pm: Registration @ Gallows Hill
10:00am – 5:00pm: Urban Art Exhibition @ Gallows Hill
10:00am – 4:00pm: “Block Party” style programming @ The Cave Patio
Graffiti Mural Painting and Graff body painting – featuring local crews
– Product and food vendors
– Live DJs
10:00am – 12:00pm: Film Screening: “Slingshot Hip Hop (Palestine)” followed by Q&A with director Jackie Reem Salloum (United States/Palestine/Syria) and Palestinian hip hop group DAM (Palestine) @ Seabury 217
12:00pm – 1:30 pm: Artist Showcase @ The Cave Patio
Guest emcees from all over the world will throw down 5-minute jams.
10:00am – 3:00pm: Youth 4 Change Conference (middle and high school students) @ Terrace
Workshop Options: Washington Room –must pre-register–
- “Hip Hop, No Pop” with Nomadic Massive (Haiti/Canada/France/Cuba/Algeria/Chile/Barbados/Brazil)
- “Beatboxin’ with Butta Beats” with Nomadic Massive (Haiti/Canada/France/Cuba/Algeria/Chile/Ecuador/Barbados/Brazil)
- “Hip Hop and Poetry Saved My Life” with ReadNex Poetry Squa(Haiti/Colombia/Puerto Rico/United States)
- “Freestylin with Flex” with Flex Mathews (United States)
- “Beatboxin’ with Jaro” with Jaro from Beatburger Band (Czech Republic)
1:30pm – 2:30 pm: Panel Discussion: “Global Moves: Social Change Through Hip Hop”
Moderator: Prof. Vijay Prashad (India); with Gaston “Cenzi” Gabarro (Chile); Marie-Agnes Beau (France); Toni Blackman (United States); Waterflow (Senegal) @ Gallows Hill
3:00pm – 4:00pm: Film Screening: Turn It Loose @ Washington Room (Mather Hall, Trinity)
4:00pm – 7:00pm: International Bboy/Bgirl Battle @ Washington Room (Mather Hall)
8:00pm: International Bboy/Bgirl Battle Final Round @ Vernon Social Center (114 Vernon Street)
9:00pm – 1:30am: CONCERT @ Vernon Social Center
Hosts: Flex Mathews and Toni Blackman; KRS-One (United States); Nomadic Massive (Haiti/Canada/France/Cuba/Algeria/Chile/Ecuador/Barbados/Brazil); Anita Tijoux (Chile); ReadNex Poetry Squad (Haiti/Colombia/Puerto Rico/United States); Flex Mathews (United States); Zee Santiago (United States); and Siete Nueve (Puerto Rico) with DJ Boo (United States/ The Philippines)
2009 – 4th Trinity International Hip Hop Festival
Friday, April 3rd
Poetic Pilgrimage starts off the weekend in the morning appearing in a Trinity classroom with a lecture entitled “Islam, Hip Hop and Gender.”
Angela Steele appears in two classes back to back with “Hip Hop in China: Looking for A Hip Hop Hero.”
The evening starts with the film screening of FangAfrika (West Africa): Voice of the Voiceless in Cinestudio.
Followed by a panel discussion on francophone hip hop in Africa featuring Baye Musa (Senegal), Guillaume Mouille (France), Renaud Lioult (France), Magee McIlvaine (Canada/United States/Kenya/Tanzania/Zambia). Moderator: Ben Herson (United States).
Before performances, Comrade Fatso (Zimbabwe) and Outspoken (Zimbabwe) do a talk “Hip Hop, Politics, and Freedom of Speech in Zimbabwe in another Trinity classroom.
The performance was hosted by Hired Gun (United States) and Princess of Controversy (United States). Artists included: Mr. Reo (Haiti), Game Rebellion (Brooklyn), African Underground All-Stars (Baye Musa (Senegal), Hired Gun (United States) and Self-Suffice (United States).
Freestyle Session/After Party hosted by DJ Craig G from Hot 93.7.
Saturday, April 4th
All day on Saturday we have Graffiti Mural painting and body painting at the Cave Patio.
The Beatburger Band (Czech Republic) does a Beatboxing Workshop with a mixed group of Trinity students and Hartford adults and kids on the Cave Patio.
Hired Gun (United States) hosts a Freestyle Rhyming Workshop.
Followed by a panel discussion about “Stereotypes in Hip Hop” with professors Emily Musil (United States), Gail Woldu (United States), Nicholas Conway (United States).
In the Washington Room, directly after is the screening of Planet B-Boy (France/Japan/South Korea/United States/Germany).
Followed by the Underground Coalition hosted B-Boy/B-Girl Battle with DJ Boo (United States/The Philippines).
Performances by K’naan (Somalia), Comrade Fatso and Chabvondoka (Zimbabwe), Outspoken and The Essence (Zimbabwe), Princess of Controversy (United States), Hired Gun (United States), Blitz the Ambassador (Ghana), Poetic Pilgrimage (United Kingdom), Zee Santiago (United States), BeatBurgerBand (Czech Republic), and Mohammed YahYa (United Kingdom/Mozambique).
Freestyle Session hosted by DJ Boo (United States/The Philippines).
2008 – 3rd Trinity International Hip Hop Festival
Friday, April 4th
1:00pm – 7:00pm: Registration, Gallows Hill Lounge
1:00pm – 3:00pm: Hip Hop History featuring Melissa Noelle Green (United States), at Hartford High School
4:00pm – 5:00pm: Hip Hop Theater featuring Baba Israel (United States/Israel/Australia), in the Washington Room
5:00pm: Opening Remarks: President James F. Jones, Jr. (United States), and Dean Xiangming Chen (China), in the Washington Room
5:30pm: Keynote Speaker: Bakari Kitwana (United States) “Can Hip Hop Make the Transition from Cultural Movement to Political Power?” Washington Room
6:30pm: Dinner, Mather Hall
8:00pm: Performances at the Vernon Social Center
ARTISTS INCLUDE: Baba Israel (Australia/United States/Israel), La Bruja (Puerto Rico), Shokanti with Chachi and crew (Cape Verde), Abyssinian Creole (United States), Self-Suffice (United States), Koba (Philippines), Jahdan (Jamaica) the Senegalese “Super Crew” backed by the Nomadic Wax Band, Eternia (Canada), Blitz the Ambassador (Ghana).
Saturday, April 5
10:00pm: Graffiti Mural Painting and workshop with Trust Your Struggle (United States), Cave Patio
1:00pm: Beat-making Workshop Kemistree & Zaquan (United States), Gallows Hill Lounge
2:00pm: Born in The Bronx: A discussion on the Origins of Hip Hop feat Tony Tone (United States), Grandmaster Caz (United States), Grand Wizzard Theodre (United States), Dj Disco Wiz (United States); Gallows Hill Lounge
3:30pm – 5:30pm: 2 on 2, B-Boy Battle preliminaries hosted by Pop Master Fabel (United States) & DJ Disco Wiz (United States); Gallows Hill Lounge
6:00pm – 7:00pm: Dinner, Mather Hall
7:30pm: 2 on 2, B-Boy Battle Finals; Vernon Social Center
8:00pm – 2:00am: Performances, Vernon Social Center
ARTISTS INCLUDE: Zimbabwe Legit (Zimbabwe/United States), Sam the Kid (Portugal), Y-Love (United States) Pri the Honey Dark & Invincible of the Anomolies (United States), iLL-Literacy (United States/The Philippines), and Rebel Diaz (Chile/Puerto Rico), Eternia (Canada), Blitz the Ambassador (Ghana).
Sunday, April 6
1:00pm: Asians In Hip Hop Panel: iLL-Literacy (United States/The Philippines), Koba (The Philippines), Dj Boo (United States/The Philippines); McCook Auditorium
2:30pm: The Art Of Rhyme workshop with Melissa Noelle Green, Gallows Hill Lounge Afternoon (Exact Time Unknown): “Chill Out Lounge” International DJs and Open Mic
2007 – 2nd Trinity International Hip Hop Festival
Friday, March 30th
James F. Jones, Jr. (United States), Trinity College at 4:30pm:
Film screening: “Beyond Beats and Rhymes (United States),” at Cinestudio
8:00pm-2:00am: Performances* at Vernon Street
Saturday, March 31st
1:00 p.m. Cuban Hip Hop: Desde el Principio (Cuba), film McCook Auditorium
5:30pm: Post-screening discussion/Q&A with filmmaker Byron Hurt (United States) at
Cinestudio
*Friday performers: Gabriel Teodros (Ethiopia), Baba Israel (United States/Israel/Australia), Rebel Diaz (Chile/Puerto Rico), Self Suffice (United States), Eternia (Canada), Omzo (Senegal), Bocafloja (Mexico), Shu (Kenya), La Bruja (Puerto Rico), DJ Boo (United States/The Philippines), and Our Piece of The Pie Fashion Show.
10:30am- 12:00pm: Graffiti Workshop: Trust Your Hustle Crew (United States) at Vernon Social Center
2:30 p.m: “Our Latin Thing: Hip Hop Across the Americas”, lecture in the McCook Auditorium Panelists: Marinieves Alba (United States) of International Hip-Hop Exchange (IHX); Loira Limbal aka DJ Laylo (United States/ Dominican Republic), producer of Estilo Hip-Hop; Ariel Fernandez (Cuba) aka DJ Asho, a DJ and cultural critic from Havana, Cuba; Rodstarz (Chile) of the trio Rebel Diaz, a Chilean MC raised in Chicago and Vanessa Diaz (United States/Cuba), a documentary producer and director of the film Cuban Hip Hop; Desde el Principo.
3:00pm-4:00pm: Break dancing workshop with Underground Coalition (United States) on Vernon Street
4:00pm-6:00pm: Jeff Chang (United States), author of Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-hop, lecture in Gallows Hill Panelists: Vijay Prashad (India), the George and Martha Kellner Chair in South Asian History and Professor of International Studies at Trinity College; Juba Kalamka (United States), a pioneer in the Bay Areas Homo-Hop movement; and Pop Master Fabel (United States), of the Rock Steady crew, and Toni Blackmon (United States), founder of Freestyle Union
8:00pm -2:00am: Performances* on Vernon Street
Sunday, April 1st
1:00pm-3:00pm: Women in Hip Hop, panel discussion in Gallows Hill Moderator: Victoria Hart Glavin (United States), journalist; Panelists: PattyDukes (United States) an Emcee, Actress, Writer & Filmmaker from the South Bronx. Oliva Prendes Riveron (Cuba) who is an Cuban Female MC with Krudas Cubensi. Monifa Bandele (United States), the Executive Director of Change the Game, and Martha Diaz (United States), an educator, organizer and filmmaker with a decade of media production experience.
3:00pm-8:00pm: Trinity Student Forum/Block Party Washington Room
2006 – 1st Trinity International Hip Hop Festival
Friday, April 21st
4:00pm: Opening remarks, with Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez, organizers Magee McIlvaine (Canada/United States/Kenya/Tanzania/Zambia) and Jason Azevedo (United States/Cape Verde) and founder Ben Herson (United States).
5:45pm: Presentation: “U.S. Hip Hop Foundations,” with Brennan Maier (United States) and Nick Conway (United States).
6:00pm: Film: United Nations of Hip Hop (Senegal) directed by Christina Choe (2005)
6:00pm: Hip Hop Photography Exhibit and Open Mic.
7:00pm: Dinner, Graffiti Workshop, Drum Circle.
7:30pm: Candlelight vigil for Darfur, Sudan.
7:45pm: Performances: Liza Garza (United States/Mexico), Yesod Williams (United States), Dola (Tanzania), Baba Israel (United States/Israel/Australia), Silek of Dozhens (Italy), Himalayan Project (India/China), Kwame Dankwa (United States/Ghana), Majesty & Akir (Cuba/United States), El Gambina (South Korea), DJ Boo (Philippines/United States).
Saturday, April 22nd
10:00am: Film: “Inventos: Hip Hop Cubano” (Cuba).
10:00am: Workshop: “World Up!” (Palestinian/Israeli hip hop) with Hartford Boys and Girls
Club. 12:00pm: Lunch.
1:00pm: Presentation: “African Underground: Exploring African Hip- Hop Culture” with Ben Herson (United States)
1:00pm: Presentation: “The International Homo Hip-Hop Scene: Popular Gay & Lesbian Rap Artists Worldwide,” with Robert Urban (United States).
1:00pm: Workshop: B-boying/B-girling (break-dancing).
1:00pm: Workshop: Drumming.
3:00pm: Performances: KG (Kenya), BennChoumy (Haiti), Self Suffice (United States), Anonymous Inc (Puerto Rico), BocaFloja (Mexico), Gokh Bi System (Senegal), Oke (Nigeria/United States), Polo (Italy), Chosan (United Kingdom/Sierra Leone), DJ Boo (Philippines/United States), and Troubadour (United States).
8:00pm: Candlelight vigil for Darfur, Sudan.
8:10pm: Free-Trade Fashion Show for Amnesty International.
8:30pm: Performances: Eli Efi (Brazil), DJ Laylo (United States/Dominican Republic), Krazy Native & Bataka Squad (Uganda), La Bruja (Puerto Rico), Okai (Haiti/United States), Aristadoe (United States/Dominican Republic), Narcy of Euphrates (Iraq/Canada), andWesleyan Spoken Word Artists.
Sunday, April 23rd
9:00am: Breakfast.
10:00am: Film: “Scene Not Heard (United States),” with panelists Meghan Boone (United States), ZETA (United States) and Gwendolyn Hopkins (United States).
12:00pm: Lunch.
12:30pm: Presentation: “France: Women and Hip Hop.”
1:20pm: Panel: “Women in Hip Hop” with Toni Blackman (United States).
3:00pm: Presentation and Film: “Favela Rising (Brazil)”
4:00pm: Presentation: “Black Popular Image and Hip Hop,” with Jared Ball (United States) 4:00pm: Presentation: “Pan African International,” with Chengiah Ragaven (South Africa). 5:00pm: Presentation: “Graffiti in the Age of Terrorism,” with Peter Enestrom (United Kingdom)
6:00pm: Dinner.
6:45pm: Film: “Estilo Hip Hop (Brazil/Chile/Cuba)”