Get immersed in Seattle Hip-Hop culture and history through special film screenings, performances, and photography. Participate in a community panel discussion continuing the Town Hall Seattle conversation on the role of Black Lives Matter and the civil rights movement in Hip-Hop.
Schedule of events:
10 am – 5 pm: Check out the documentary 206 Zulu by local film producer Georgio Brown of The Coolout Network. Screenings are in the Prologue Theater on the second floor and start at the top of the hour.
12 pm: Performance by Larry Hawkins (formerly SK)
12:30 pm -2:30 pm: Black Lives Matter in Hip-Hop, Continuing the Conversation
During a January Town Hall event, local activists and artists discussed the gentrification of Seattle Hip-Hop and its effects, the Black Lives Matter Movement in Seattle and the connection between this current movement and the Black Power and Civil Rights movements of the past. This conversation will be continued at the Black History Month Celebration; dialogue will be moderated by K. Wyking Garrett and features panelists Black Stax, Renaissance the Poet, Amir Islam, and Elmer Dixon.
1 pm - 4 pm: Check out DJ Roc Phizzle spinning Hip-Hop in the Walker Gallery for January's Saturday Spin
2:45 pm: Honor 20 years of The Coolout Network during this screening of 206 Zulu with special remarks by Georgio Brown.
3:45 pm: Performance by Porter Ray
Pick up a FREE copy of Fantagraphics Hip Hop Family Tree! Presented in partnership with 50 Next: Seattle Hip-Hop Worldwide.
