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For Immediate Release
August 27 , 2007
legendary rapper chuck d, pulitzer prize winner to headline wesleyan symposium
LINCOLN, Neb. —Chuck D, the legendary rapper and co-founder of music group Public Enemy, will be in Lincoln September 12 to deliver a message about race, rap, reality, and inequality at Nebraska Wesleyan University’s annual Visions & Ventures Symposium.
Public Enemy rose to fame with their explosive debut album in 1987, redefining rap music and the Hip Hop culture. Nearly two decades later, Chuck D continues his success going beyond rap music to discuss topics as diverse as current politics, internet file-sharing, and the health of the music industry. He most recently became a major proponent of, and spokesperson for, the sharing of music on the internet.
The Hip Hop pioneer’s lecture, “Race, Rap, and Reality,” will begin at 8 p.m. in O’Donnell Auditorium, located at 50th Street and Huntington Avenue in Lincoln. Chuck D joins a list speakers scheduled for the two-day symposium titled “The Politics of the Arts.”
The symposium’s other headliner will include Suzan-Lori Parks, the first African American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for the Broadway hit, “Topdog/Underdog.” She is currently writing her next novel and “Ray Charles Live,” a musical based on the life of Ray Charles.
Other symposium speakers include Gregg Bordowitz, Associate Professor of Film, Video, and New Media, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago; W.J.T. Mitchell, Professor of English and Art History, University of Chicago; and Pat Graney, Founder, Pat Graney Dance Company.
Chuck D’s lecture will be preceded with a performance by the Chiara Quartet, who was recently named the Blodgett Artists-in-Residence at Harvard University in addition to their ongoing artist residency at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
All events will be held in O’Donnell Auditorium and are free and open to the public.
The following is a detailed Visions & Ventures schedule of events:
Tuesday, September 11
- 9 p.m., Videos, “Fast Trip, Long Drop” and “Habit” by Gregg Bordowitz, Associate Professor of Film, Video, and New Media, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Olin B Lecture Hall. Free and open to the public.
Wednesday, September 12
- 7 p.m., Chiara String Quartet performance, O’Donnell Auditorium.
- 8 p.m., Chuck D, Founding member of Public Enemy, “Race, Rap and Reality,” O’Donnell Auditorium.
Thursday, September 13
- 9 a.m., Gregg Bordowitz, Associate Professor of Film, Video, and New Media, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, “Sentiment, Belief, and Medium,” O’Donnell Auditorium.
- 10:30 a.m., W.J.T. Mitchell, Professor of English and Art History, University of Chicago, “Cloning Terror: The War of Images, 9/11 to Abu Ghraib,” O’Donnell Auditorium.
- 3 p.m., Pat Graney, Founder of Pat Graney Dance Company, “The Prison Project: Art as Transformative Learning for Incarcerated Women,” O’Donnell Auditorium.
- 7 p.m., Suzan-Lori Parks, Pulitzer Prize-winning Playwright for the Broadway hit “Topdog/Underdog,” “An Evening with Suzan-Lori Parks,” O’Donnell Auditorium.
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