Music’s inclusion in education and higher learning has a long history and spans across places, peoples, and time. One genre of music over the last few decades has seemed to capture mainstream attention and is …
Hip Hop
After the Wave: Dequadray White found his voice as a musician and poet in the First Wave program
First Wave helped Dequadray White (’20) not only to earn a degree from UW–Madison but also to find his voice, figuratively and literally.
Isthmus Jazz Festival to explore the intersection of jazz, hip hop and spoken word
First Wave alum and spokenword artist Zhalarina Sanders will be among the artists contributing to the Isthmus Jazz Festival’s June 9th fusion performers. “Diversity is important to us. When we first started the Greater Madison …
11th Line Breaks Festival is April 11-16
Presented by the UW-Madison’s Division of Diversity, Equity & Achievement and produced by the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI), Line Breaks Festival brings the top new aesthetics in contemporary performance art to the UW-Madison campus …
Just Bust! Every 1st Friday of the Month
Join us for Madison’s longest running all-ages open mic, Just Bust!, every first Friday of the month in the Red Gym On Wisconsin Room (716 Langdon St. 1st Floor) from 9:00pm-11:00pm. There will be community performances, …
JVN Project Continues to Honor the Memory of John ‘Vietnam’ Nguyen with Hip Hop, Love & Learning
Inspired by the life and love of John Vietnam Nguyễn, The JVN Project presents the 4th annual JVN Day Hip Hop Festival: This is Alchemy! This festival provides participants opportunities to engage in the tenets …
Madison emcee takes another big step on latest work
On All.This.Gold, Madison emcee from Chicago Rich Robbins exhibits the ambition typical of a sophomore project with none of the pitfalls. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin’s First Wave program and Chicago’s spoken word scene, …
Hip Hop in the Heartland Training Institute is July 5-11
The 11th Annual Hip Hop in the Heartland Educator and Community Leader Training will be held on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus July 5-11. Each summer, UW-Madison’s Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI) teams up …
Hip-Hop in the Heartland Educators & Community Leaders Training Institute
The annual Hip Hop in the Heartland Educators and Community Leaders Training Institute will be July 6-10 in the UW-Extension Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St., on the UW-Madison campus. Each summer, Urban Word NYC teams …
First Wave Student and Local Talent Standout Record with Run-DMC Legend
Last Saturday was one of those days of local legend: Darryl ‘DMC’ McDaniels found himself coming to Madison to shoot a video at the Allied Boys & Girls Club for the song the two collaborated on …
Passing the Mic 10th Annual Hip-Hop Arts Festival
The Passing the Mic 10th Annual Hip-Hop Arts Festival will be Thursday, Oct. 16, through Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Overture Center’s Promenade Hall, 201 State Street. The free event is open to the public. Passing …
JVN Project: Honoring a Fallen Friend/Artist/Activist
On the morning of August 30th, 2012 we lost John, but his work lives on. Madison Mayor Paul Soglin has taken part in memorializing his legacy and declared August 30th as John Vietnam Nguyễn Day …
8th Annual Educator & Community Leader Training Institute
Each summer, UW-Madison’s Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI) teams up with Urban Word NYC to offer educators and community leaders a weeklong program to learn the best practices in hip hop and spoken word …
International Urban Movement Conference Celebrates 10th Year
A decade of urban dance movement evolution will transpire this week, May 1-5, on the campus where it was founded – the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Urban dance competitors from around the world will converge for …
7th Annual Line Breaks Festival Features New York City Guest Artist DawN Crandell
Performance arts scholars of the First Wave Hip-Hop Theater Ensemble will present their solo, duo and ensemble works as part of the 7th Annual Line Breaks Festival in Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Avenue, from Wednesday, …
OMAI presents Line Breaks Festival at the Overture Center
A major local hip-hop event, the annual Line Breaks Festival, will bring new aesthetics in contemporary performance to the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus and community from Friday, March 16 through Saturday, March 24. The event is …