Afro-Ukrainian Hip-Hop; And "Potomac-Dniester" Baltimore, Odesa, Ivano-Frankivsk, And Arlington Sister City Cultural Exchange
MAKE ME A HIP, MAKE ME A HOP - AFRO-AMERICAN MUSIC, AFRICAN MIGRATION AND CLASS IDENTITY IN UKRAINE:
WHAT:
Adriana Helbig, Visiting Assistant Professor of Musicology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, will give a presentation: "'Make Me a Hip, Make Me a Hop:' Afro-American Music, African Migration, and Class Identity in Ukraine"
Helbig analyzes how certain groups use hip-hop to engage interracial and interclass dialogues in Ukraine. In particular, she examines the correlation between the present popularity of hip-hop in the post-socialist sphere and increasingly articulated expressions of racialized class identities in cosmopolitan Ukrainian cities such as Kyiv and Kharkiv. She takes into consideration the significant economic migrations from Africa to Ukraine since the fall of the Soviet Union and identifies hip-hop as a musical form used by local and migrant populations to negotiate understandings of pluralism in a new democratic context. Specifically, she analyzes hip-hop as a process through which articulations of new identities such as "Afro-Ukrainian" are politicized and put into practice.
WHEN:
Tuesday, February 19
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
WHERE:
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20004-3027
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Call: 202-691-4000
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BALTIMORE-ODESSA SISTER CITY COMMITTEE VODKA TASTING:
WHAT:
Come learn about the drink that Ukrainians and Russians call the "Water of Life." Vodka - a clear, colorless, almost odorless unaged liquor made from potatoes, and sometimes from corn, rye, or wheat. Sample different vodkas from around the world, hear why vodka is so popular in Eastern Europe, and learn more about the Baltimore-Odessa [Odesa] Sister City Committee. Vodka tasting will be provided by the company "Mid-Atlantic Beverage Group, LLC."
WHEN:
Friday, February 22
6:00 p.m.
WHERE:
Belvedere Hotel
1023 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
COST:
$5.00 (covers the cost of the lecture and four vodkas to taste)
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Contact Mark or Anna White at 410-337-8965; e-mail: mwhite9136@msn.com
or amwhite7925@gmail.com
*
ARLINGTON, VA - IVANO-FRANKIVSK SISTER-CITY MEETING:
WHAT:
The next meeting of a newly-formed committee will continue exploring the creation of a sister-city relationship between Ivano-Frankivsk and Arlington, Virginia. Both residents and non-residents of Arlington County are welcomed to attend and participate.
The committee is working in cooperation with the broader Arlington Sister City Association (http://www.arlingtonsistercity.org).
Among the near-term projects is an ASCA Tour to Reims, France and Ukraine from June 11-23, 2008, which will include stops in Kyiv, L'viv, and Ivano-Frankivsk.
WHEN:
Saturday, February 23
1:00 pm
WHERE:
Arlington Central Library
1015 North Quincy Street
Arlington, VA 22201
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Contact: Chrystia Sonevytska at xpucmias@yahoo.com
Odesa (above) and Ivano-Frankivsk (middle), Ukraine, Future European Union. Odesa Philharmonic. The Odesa Philharmonic Hall (below) resembles the Doge Palace in Venice, Italy, Present European Union.
[Click on images for enlargement.]
Photo credits: www.mvk.if.ua (Ivano-Frankivsk]and Paganel [Odesa Philharmonic Hall] via Wikipedia. With thanks.
WHAT:
Adriana Helbig, Visiting Assistant Professor of Musicology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, will give a presentation: "'Make Me a Hip, Make Me a Hop:' Afro-American Music, African Migration, and Class Identity in Ukraine"
Helbig analyzes how certain groups use hip-hop to engage interracial and interclass dialogues in Ukraine. In particular, she examines the correlation between the present popularity of hip-hop in the post-socialist sphere and increasingly articulated expressions of racialized class identities in cosmopolitan Ukrainian cities such as Kyiv and Kharkiv. She takes into consideration the significant economic migrations from Africa to Ukraine since the fall of the Soviet Union and identifies hip-hop as a musical form used by local and migrant populations to negotiate understandings of pluralism in a new democratic context. Specifically, she analyzes hip-hop as a process through which articulations of new identities such as "Afro-Ukrainian" are politicized and put into practice.
WHEN:
Tuesday, February 19
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
WHERE:
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20004-3027
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Call: 202-691-4000
*
BALTIMORE-ODESSA SISTER CITY COMMITTEE VODKA TASTING:
WHAT:
Come learn about the drink that Ukrainians and Russians call the "Water of Life." Vodka - a clear, colorless, almost odorless unaged liquor made from potatoes, and sometimes from corn, rye, or wheat. Sample different vodkas from around the world, hear why vodka is so popular in Eastern Europe, and learn more about the Baltimore-Odessa [Odesa] Sister City Committee. Vodka tasting will be provided by the company "Mid-Atlantic Beverage Group, LLC."
WHEN:
Friday, February 22
6:00 p.m.
WHERE:
Belvedere Hotel
1023 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
COST:
$5.00 (covers the cost of the lecture and four vodkas to taste)
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Contact Mark or Anna White at 410-337-8965; e-mail: mwhite9136@msn.com
or amwhite7925@gmail.com
*
ARLINGTON, VA - IVANO-FRANKIVSK SISTER-CITY MEETING:
WHAT:
The next meeting of a newly-formed committee will continue exploring the creation of a sister-city relationship between Ivano-Frankivsk and Arlington, Virginia. Both residents and non-residents of Arlington County are welcomed to attend and participate.
The committee is working in cooperation with the broader Arlington Sister City Association (http://www.arlingtonsistercity.org).
Among the near-term projects is an ASCA Tour to Reims, France and Ukraine from June 11-23, 2008, which will include stops in Kyiv, L'viv, and Ivano-Frankivsk.
WHEN:
Saturday, February 23
1:00 pm
WHERE:
Arlington Central Library
1015 North Quincy Street
Arlington, VA 22201
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Contact: Chrystia Sonevytska at xpucmias@yahoo.com
Odesa (above) and Ivano-Frankivsk (middle), Ukraine, Future European Union. Odesa Philharmonic. The Odesa Philharmonic Hall (below) resembles the Doge Palace in Venice, Italy, Present European Union.
[Click on images for enlargement.]
Photo credits: www.mvk.if.ua (Ivano-Frankivsk]and Paganel [Odesa Philharmonic Hall] via Wikipedia. With thanks.
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