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A Random Ode to Picasso
In an effort to provide myself with some form of cultured cognizance, I began a pseudo-art collection beginning with a few prints I had acquired from the Picasso Museum in Barcelona a few years ago. Today, I’ve got quite a... (Continue reading)
2009 DC Hip-Hop Theater Festival
Today (7/6/2009) marks the beginning of the 9th Annual DC Hip-Hop Theater Festival. The Hip-Hop Theater Festival (HHTF) began in the summer of 2000 in New York and became the first organized event to include the music, dance, history, stories,... (Continue reading)
I Like Spoken Word; You Might Like it too
- Hip-hop fans often say "Spoken Word" is the other style of performed poetry— it's non-rap. However, language arts scholars and non-rap poets say Rap is a sub-category of Spoken Word. No one is right. - The first "open-mics," were... (Continue reading)