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  • January 30, 2012
    Feb 25 & 26: openFrameworks presents Initiate + Discotech in Detroit




    Technology can be used to transform communities, empower people and create innovative works of art. This week long event series will explore how open source technology can be used to do that work within Detroit. This program features members of openFrameworks which is hosting their annual worldwide developers conference in Detroit.

    openFrameworks is an open source C++ toolkit designed to assist the creative process by providing a simple and intuitive framework for experimentation. 


    INITIATE

    Initiate will explore creative uses of primarily open source technology and open source approaches to creating art and social change. Join us for short presentations and open dialogue featuring local, national and international artists, technologists and community organizers.

    Saturday, February 25th | 5pm - 9:30pm
    Museum of Contemporary Art
    4454 Woodward Ave.

    Featuring members of openFrameworks.

    DISCOTECH

    Discotech (Discovering Technology) is a multimedia mobile neighborhood workshop fair. Participants will learn more about the impact and possibilities of technology within our communities and take part in interactive, multimedia workshops. This will include  a workshop introduction to openFrameworks,  a cross-platform C++ library for creative coding. It will be a chance to experiment with building new systems for interaction that move away from the screen and into physical space.

    Sunday, February 26th | 1:30pm - 4:30pm
    Mt. Elliot Makerspace
    Church of the Messiah
    231 E. Grand Blvd.


    Featuring openFrameworks in partnership with EMERGENCE Media, rootoftwo, Artserve Michigan, Allied Media Projects, Work Department, MOCAD, and the Detroit Digital Justice Coalition.

    For more info email info[at]emergencemedia[dot]org.
  • January 10, 2012
    Feb 3: Born in Flames (Invincible, Tamar-kali, Jean Grae) in Paris, France at Sons D'Hiver Festival


    Born in Flames at Sons D'hiver Festival

    The Born in Flames Tour bridges the worlds of hip hop and rock, and spotlights women who represent the best of both worlds, bringing together two crucibles of creativity—Brooklyn and Detroit. Featured artists Invincible, Tamar-kali, and Jean Grae are all highly-respected in their individual scenes, and their ever-growing fan bases will continue to elevate them into cult status well into the future. The name of the tour, Born in Flames, speaks to the pressure these artists feel from from a world that’s often at odds with their very existence, be it black/woman/queer/punk, etc.

    Friday, February 3rd

    164 Boulevard Gallieni | Map
    Fontenay-sous-Bois, France 94120

    Click here for more information about this event. 

  • December 19, 2011
    Dec 31: Invincible, Tunde Olaniran, Mother Cyborg, DJ Mike Medow, DJ Disapproval at Trumbullplex in Detroit



    Y2K12 New Year's Eve - "It's Not Over Yet!"

    December 31st

    Trumbullplex
    4210 Trumbull
    Detroit, MI 48208
    All Ages | $10

    10pm - 4am

    Featuring

    Invincible
    Tunde Olaniran
    Mother Cyborg
    DJ Mike Medow
    DJ Disapproval

  • December 10, 2011
    Jan 15: Invincible, Waajeed, and DJ Rimarkable at Detroit Deluxxe in New York City


    Post-Industrial Soundtrack: Exploring the Global Impact of Detroit’s Musical Landscape &     Detroit Deluxxe
     
    EMERGENCE presents this event as a culmination of the Detroit Summer exhibit at the Queens Museum, and the main exhibit, "Detroit Disassembled," with a performance by Detroit artists. 

    Sunday, January 15
     
    Queens Museum of Art
    New York City Building
    Flushing Meadows Corona Park
    Queens, NY 11368-3398

    3:00pm - 9:00pm 

    Featuring:

    Invincible
    Waajeed
    DJ Rimarkable

    Beyond the automobile, one of Detroit’s greatest contribution to global culture is musical innovation. The unique and challenging social and political context of Detroit has produced artists with a high degree of integrity, musical perfectionism, and groundbreaking technique.

    This event will explore how Detroit’s music innovations have evolved side-by-side with and advanced the city’s movements for social transformation. They will also present about Detroit DJs and their role in amplifying and preserving the city’s musical legacy, from Motown, to Rock, Funk, Techno, Hip-Hop and beyond.

     
  • November 30, 2011
    Dec 10: Invincible, Grace Lee Boggs, Meg Wheatley, Adrienne Maree Brown and more at Cass Community Commons in Detroit




    Reimagining Organizing Movements Leadership

    REFLECT on the ways we approach the work of transforming ourselves, Detroit, and the world

    ENGAGE in conversation about networks, webs new forms of organization and leadership, drawing lessons from quantum physics, emergence, and other complex science theories

    REDEFINE change from critical mass to critical connections,from growing our economy to growing our souls, from representative democracy to participatory self-governing communities 

    CONNECT communities working for change within Detroit to one another, and to communities around the world

    Grace Lee Boggs (author of The Next American Revolution)
    Meg Wheatley (author of Leadership and the New Science and Walk Out Walk On)
    Invincible (Emergence Media, Detroit Future Youth)
    Jenny Lee (Allied Media Projects)

    Followed by a community dialogue facilitated by Adrienne Maree Brown


    Detroit Future Youth Gathering

    Furniture Factory
    4126 Third
    5-9pm

    Featuring:
    Detroit Future Youth members

    RSVP required to youth[at]detroitfuture[dot]org 
     

    Complex Movements (excerpts from the work in progress) 

    Featuring: 
    Invincible + Waajeed
    Wesley Taylor
    Adrienne Maree Brown
    Diana Nucera

    At the Cass Community Commons/UU church 
    4605 Cass Avenue.

    Youth and youth organizers - please RSVP to youth@DetroitFutureMedia.org     

    This is an inclusive event.

  • November 17, 2011
    Dec 3: Invincible and more at the International House in Chicago



    Reclaim the Power!
    A screening & discussion of youth activism past, present & future

    Saturday, December 3
    International House | Map
    1414 E. 59th St. | Doors 1:00pm
    Free | Open to the public

    Featuring
    The Black Power Mixtape, 1967-1975
    Discussions with former Illinois Black Panther Party members, current youth activists, and artists

    Concert featuring:
    Invincible
    BBU
    Dayna Lynn
    Jasiri X
    Rhymefest
    DJ RTC

    Co-sponsored by Black Panther Party Illinois Chapter History Project, Black Youth Project, Chicago Freedom School, International House Global Voices Series, Neighborhood Writing Alliance, Project NIA

    Persons with a disability who believe they may need assistance, contact Jessica Sparks at CSRPC in advance at (773) 702-8063

  • November 9, 2011
    Nov 11, 18, 19: Emergence Presents Cranbrook Museum of Art Grand Opening



    Friday. November 11 | 8-11pm
    Monica Blaire
    Invincible
    The Rarities
    DJ Mike Medow

    Friday, November 18 | 8-11pm
    jessica care moore
    DJ Mel Wonder
    The Foundation All Stars 

    Saturday, November 19 | 8-11pm 
    14KT
    Miz Korona
    Tunde Olariran

    No Object is an Island will open on 11/11/11. It is the first of many exhibitions that will build on Cranbrook Art Museum's mission to bridge visual art and design, scholarship and accessibility, tradition and innovation in its prorgrams.

    Cranbrook Art Museum
    39221 Woodward Avenue, Box 801
    Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48303

    All events are free and all ages 

  • October 21, 2011
    Nov 9: Invincible, DAM, and more at The Loft in Atlanta



    Hip Hop for Palestine

    November 9, 2011
    The Loft
    1374 W. Peachtree St., Atlanta | Doors 8:00pm 

    Featuring:
    DAM
    Invincible
    Khaki Mustafa
    DJ 4th Wurld

    Hosted by Fort Knox

    Invited Speakers:
    Jesse Benjamin (Kennesaw State Univ.)
    Minister Server     (Temple of Hip Hop)
    Kalonji Jama Changa     (FTP Movement)

    With performances in solidarity by: 

    J-Live
    Rasheeda Ali
    Sa-Roc/Sol Messiah
    Ras Kofi
    Methuzulah
    Khalifa Ali

    More Info | Tickets 

  • October 13, 2011
    Oct 15: Invincible, Immortal Technique, DJ Johnny Juice, and more at Columbia University in New York City

    Freedom for Palestine: A Benefit Concert for the Student Solidarity Movement

    October 15, 2011
    The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial & Education Center
    3940 Broadway, New York City | Doors 9:00pm

    Featuring:
    Invincible
    DJ Johnny Juice (Public Enemy)
    Khaled M
    Mazzi (SOUL PURPOSE)
    Mark Gonzales
    Marcel Cartier
    Tahani Salah
    Columbia Dabka Troupe
    Special Guest Appearance by Immortal Technique

    Hosted by Harrabic Tubman (Existence is Resistance)

    Tickets - $20 Advance/$25 Door (Free for Conference attendees)

    All proceeds will be donated to support the work of Students for Justice in Palestine 

  • September 23, 2011
    Oct 1: Invincible, Tamar-kali, and Jean Grae at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY

    October 1st, 2011
    Cornell University
    Ithaca, New York

    Swartz Performing Arts Center
    430 College Ave.
    Doors at 6:30pm (Panel at 7:00pm | Concert at 9:00pm) 

    Join Invincible, Tamar-kali, and Jean Grae - together known as the Born in Flames tour - as they embark on the campus of Cornell University in New York.  This multi-dimensional event will feature a panel discussion, From Precious II Colored Girls: The Black Image in the American Mind, composed of the three artists, Joan Morgan, Carlito Rodriguez and Mark Anthony-Neal, facilitated by Bakari Kitwana of Rap Sessions.  Following the panel will be a live concert by the three artists.