[Imc-events] Bi-Weekly Event update for Feb 14, 2012

[Alex Cline]

*Hi Everyone,*

*Here are the exciting events you can expect this next month at the IMC!
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Black History Month Film Series: SankofaFeb 14 2012 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm

In honor of Black History Month, the IMC will be hosting a film series
celebrating African-American filmmakers. The first showing will be of the
1993 film Sankofa on Tuesday, February 14th at 6:00 PM. Admission will be
$3, with all proceeds going to IMC.



 Sankofa (1993) <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108041/>

>From Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankofa_%28film%29>:

The story follows Mona, a contemporary
model<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_%28person%29>,
as she is visited by spirits lingering in the Cape Coast
Castle<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Coast_Castle>in
Ghana <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana> and travels to the past, where,
as a house servant named Shola she is constantly abused by her slave
masters. Nunu, an African-born field hand, and Shango, Shola's West
Indian<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Indian>love interest, all
continuously rebel against the slave system. For Nunu
this means direct conflict with her son (whose father is a white man)
benefiting from the system as a head slave. Inspired by Nunu and Shango's
determination to defy the system, Shola finally chooses to fight back
against her masters.


Contact Information
Contact Name:
 Carol Ammons
  Phone Number:
 (217) 344-8820
  Email Address:
 carol.ammons at ucimc.org



Square Dance w/ Eye of the Monkey String Band Feb 16 2012 - 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Come out to the IMC this Thursday night, 7-11PM for an evening of Squares
and Cajun Dancing!

 The Eye of the Monkey Stringband, from Orlando, FL will be in town, with
T-Claw calling, joined the local Corn Stalkers Cajun Band. No experience
necessary, all dances will be taught. $5-10 sliding scale, it is a
fundraiser for SDaS.

Contact Information
Contact Name:
 Julianne Panagacos
  Phone Number:
 914 325 6244
  Email Address:
 julianne.panagacos at gmail.com


CU Collective presents Boreas/Laughboy/TBA

*Feb 19 2012 - 8:00pm - 11:00pm*

Live Show featuring Boreas (black metal from Kansas City, members of Texas
Intsruments/ex Drooling Slits) and new local punk band Laughboy plus one
more band TBA. $5 cover. Hosted by the CU Collective.
Contact Information
Contact Name:
 Greg Clow
  Phone Number:
 217.369.7008
  Email Address:
 gregclow at wpgu.com



Women's Dance Night

*Feb 20 2012 - 8:00pm - 9:30pm*

Every month at The Independent Media Center the huge stage rooms open for
women to gather and dance. No instruction. No wrong. It's that simple and
wonderful.

Free form expression. Great space and a variety of great music. Women only.

Invite all women who you think could use/love/adore this.

... Bring some dollars for the IMC.

Safe space to be yourself. Tired, lay down and rest. Energetic, let it rip.

All movement celebrated.
Contact Information
Contact Name:
 Jan Kalmar
  Phone Number:
 328-2754
  Email Address:
 jankalmarjoy at gmail.com





Black History Month Film Series: "From DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black
Metropolis"

*Feb 21 2012 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm*




In honor of Black History Month, the IMC will be hosting a film series
celebrating African-American filmmakers. The second showing will be the
Emmy-award-winning PBS documentary "From DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black
Metropolis" on Tuesday, February 21st at 6:00 PM. Admission will be $3,
with all proceeds going to IMC.


Contact Information
Contact Name:
 Carol Ammons
  Phone Number:
 (217) 344-8820
  Email Address:
 carol.ammons at gmail.com

New Dynasty

*Feb 24 2012 - 8:30pm - 11:30pm*

New Dynasty (NDOE) will be holding a mini concert show on Feb 24, 2012 at
the UCIMC from 9 PM to 11 PM. Cover is $5 without Student ID, $3 with
Student ID. Hosted by R&K Recording Studio.
Contact Information
Contact Name:
 Khadijah Beymoore
  Phone Number:
 217-418-3998
  Email Address:
 beymoore11 at hotmail.com


UCIMC Second Annual Bluegrass Festival
*Feb 25 2012 - 5:00pm - 10:30pm*

Festival will include four bands.

6:30: Grass Roots Revival

7:15: The King Family Band <http://www.thekingfam.net/>

8:15: The New Heir Bluegrass Band <http://www.newheirbluegrass.org/>

9:15: Black Ridge
Road<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Black-Ridge-Road/123568241069027?sk=app_2405167945>

Jamming space will be available from 4:30-11:00 pm

Admission $10, $7 students, $25 families

Co-Sponsors include C4A, CU Folk and Roots, Americorps

Call 217-493-4654 for more information
Contact Information
Contact Name:
 Ed Hawkes
  Phone Number:
 217-493-4654
  Email Address:
 oltime1 at att.net

Black History Month Film Series - FunkJazz Kafé: DIARY OF A DECADE

*Feb 28 2012 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm*

In honor of Black History Month, the IMC will be hosting a film series
celebrating African-American filmmakers. The third showing will be of the
documentary film “FunkJazz Kafé: DIARY OF A DECADE” on Tuesday, February
28th at 6:00 PM. Admission will be $3, with all proceeds going to IMC.
   *“FunkJazz Kafé: DIARY OF A DECADE”*



 This film is the story of a cultural legend as told by the innovators of
an important, and in some cases overlooked, era in Black culture. Spanning
the late 1980′s through to the early 2000′s, this story goes deep into the
fabric of soul music, it’s definitions, it’s pioneers, it’s offspring, it’s
movements, the challenges with the “mainstream” industry and the evolution
of the FunkJazz Kafé, a music and arts movement born of Atlanta’s diverse
musical heritage. The film covers the decade when Atlanta’s underground
music scene became established on the world stage and a new generation of
soul singers and musicians emerged.

Appearances by:
CORNEL WEST, DICK GREGORY, DALLAS AUSTIN, ERYKAH BADU, CARON WHEELER, LARRY
MIZELL, JOI GILLIAM, GEORGE CLINTON, CEE LO GREEN, JILL SCOTT, ROY AYERS,
JAMIE FOXX, RAPHAEL SAADIQ, LIL’ JOHN ROBERTS, THE CHRONICLE, GOODIE MOB,
DOUG E. FRESH, JANELLE MONAE, MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO, CHUCK D, PROFESSOR
GRIFF, OMAR LYE-FOOK, MC LYTE, TALIB KWELI, COMMON, JAMAL AHMAD, ANTHONY
DAVID, RAY MURRAY, ANDRE 3000, N’DEA DAVENPORT, ALGEBRA, LERONDE WILLIAMS,
KEVIN POWELL, LOOSE ENDS, BILAL, DIONNE FARRIS, VAN HUNT, ERIC ROBERSON,
DONNIE, LADY ALMA, BONE CRUSHER, STICMAN of DEAD PREZ, DJ KEMIT and SPEECH.



 Contact Information
Contact Name:
 Carol Ammons
  Phone Number:
 (217) 344-8820
  Email Address:
 carol.ammons at gmail.com


Andrew MacNamara, Orla Harrington, and Ged Foley Presented by Piper's Hut
Concert Series

*Mar 2 2012 - 8:00pm - 10:30pm*

Tickets $20, $10 students and seniors. http://www.pipers-hut.com



Andrew MacNamara is a native of famously musical Tulla in East Clare. In
his teens he played with Ireland's most renowned traditional dance band the
Tulla Ceili Band and toured with them extensively in Ireland, England, and
the USA. Later he teamed up with the group Skylark touring Ireland, Europe,
and the USA regularly. In 1996 he formed his own band The Lahawns. Andrew
plays his own individual style of traditional Irish music and has the knack
of electrifying audiences. His solo performances and group collaborations
are unique and listeners are never disappointed. In the past few years he
has brought his inimitable magic to audiences in Europe, North America,
Japan and Australia.

Orla Harrington has spent her formative years developing and nurturing two
art-forms, traditional Irish music and dance. From session music and dance
competition to entertainment and folk festivals, she went on to tour with
Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance in 2004 and spent the following three
years touring extensively with the show as a solo violinist and troop
dancer. After returning home, and meeting with influential musician friends
around Ennis and East Clare, Orla began concentrating on the more organic
style of music she grew up with. Orla has traveled and performed with
various other groups such as Rhythm of the Dance and the Merriman Ceili
Band and performed at such international music festivals as Le Grand Bal de
l'Europe in France, Hemlig Festival in Sweden and on Broadway with the
traditional Irish performance group Style. After a lifetime of competing
successfully as an Irish dancer on Munster, All-Ireland and World stages,
Orla graduated as T.C.R.G (Teagascoir, Coimisiun le Rinci Gaelacha) at the
World Ball, held at City West, April 23rd 2011 and is now a registered
Irish dancing teacher with An Coimisiun le Rinci Gaelacha.

Growing up in County Durham in the northeast of England, Ged (Gerard)
absorbed the area's rich tradition of folk song and dance music. It was
there that he learned to play mandolin and Northumbrian Smallpipes (the
bellows-blown bagpipe native to that part of England), and began to develop
his guitar style. At first he teamed up with singer-songwriter Jez Lowe and
toured the British Folk scene. Several years with Scotland's Battlefield
Band followed. He toured with them throughout Europe and North America
before returning home to co-found The House Band with Chris Parkinson. This
saw the start of a long period of recording and touring which has taken him
all over the globe. Alongside his House Band duties, in 1994, Ged was asked
to take over the guitarist's role in Irish super group Patrick Street with
Kevin Burke, Andy Irvine and Jackie Daly. In 2001 he became the accompanist
for the unique trio of fiddlers, The Celtic Fiddle Festival, now consisting
of Kevin Burke, Christian Lemaitre, and Andre Brunet. The year 2002 saw
another significant change in Ged's career when for two years he became
Artistic Director of the Catskills Irish Arts Week based in East Durham NY.
This is a week long teaching festival covering all aspects of Irish
traditional music, dance and arts. In addition to his considerable
instrumental acumen on both guitar and fiddle, Ged is also a fine singer
and a well thought of Record Producer. His teaching credits include guitar
at all of the major teaching festivals in the USA and fiddle at the
acclaimed Feakle Festival in East Clare.
Contact Information
Contact Name:
 Dean Karres
  Phone Number:
 217-493-4654
  Email Address:
 pipers.hut at gmail.com


The Mourning After and Elephant in the Room

*Mar 3 2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm*

An evening of local teenage bands! Come and see the bands The Mourning
After and Elephant in the Room play. $5 Cover.
Contact Information
Contact Name:
 Colin Althaus
  Phone Number:
 217-550-5333
  Email Address:
 colinalthaus at gmail.com



CU Collective Show*Mar 5 2012 - 8:00pm - 11:00pm*

Punk/Pop Punk show featuring Direct Effect (FL), You Blew It (FL - Top
Shelf Records), and 2 locals tba. $5 Cover.
Contact Information
Contact Name:
 Nathan Landolt
  Phone Number:
 618-979-2860
  Email Address:
 Nathan Landolt


Fundraiser and Meet-and-Greet for Dr. Evelyn Underwood*Mar 8 2012 - 5:00pm-
7:00pm*

Family-Friendly event featuring music and children's activities as well as
a meet-and-greet with Dr. Evelyn Underwood, who is running for the
Democratic nomination for Champaign County Circuit Clerk.
Contact Information
Contact Name:
 Margret Miller
  Phone Number:
 2173675812
  Email Address:
 meglovenora at yahoo.com




The Awakening*Mar 10 2012 - 7:00pm - 11:00pm*

Metal show with the bands Isle Nine Asylum, Draxsis, Ode Vinter and Trials
of Treachery. Doors at 7pm, show 8-11. $5 door
Contact Information
Contact Name:
 Kevin Miller
  Phone Number:
 217-778-9089
  Email Address:
 IsleNineAsylum at gmail.com





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Thanks,

Alex Cline
Venue Coordinator
Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
202 S. Broadway #100
Urbana IL, 61801
http://www.ucimc.org
o: 217.344.8820
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