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2012 Festival Schedule

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Campus and Community

  Justin S. Morrill
Performing Arts Center
Test Kitchen The Commons Smithsonian U
11:00 Univ. of Hawai‘i's Hula Halau UNUKUPUKUPU UC Davis Olive Oil The Land-grant Tradition: Research, Learning and Engagement Oral History, Folklore and Community
 
 
 
  The Beauty, Bounty and Benefits of Beer
 
  The Next 150 Years: Campus of the Future
 
12:00 W. Virginia Univ. Steel Band Univ. of Hawai‘I Traditional Cooking Renewable Energy Through the Biomass Crop Assistance Program
 
 
 
  Building on Tradition: First Time Students in Family Field Adventures in Mite Biology
 
 
 
1:00 Univ. of Hawai‘i's Tuahine Troupe Michigan State Cooking from the Garden Design and Extension at Iowa State University
 
  Opening Doors: Veteran's Oral Histories, University and Community
 
  Field Adventures in Mite Biology
 
 
 
2:00 Guernsey Brothers Mississippi Hills Regional Cooking Research into Action: Design Research into Action The Beauty, Bounty and Benefits of Beer
 
 
 
  The Future of Water
 
  Reinventing Agriculture: Gardens and Healthy Communities
 
3:00 U.T.-Pan Am Mariachi Aztlán Vermont Maple Syrup Community Visioning
 
 
 
  Transforming Communities: Rural and Urban Aquatic Invasive Species
 
 
 
4:00 Univ. of Hawai‘i's Hula Halau UNUKUPUKUPU and Tuahine Troupe Food as Medicine Across Cultures Renewable Energy Through the Biomass Crop Assistance Program
 
  Lifelong Learning: Young Learners
 
  Universities as Living Labs for Sustainability
 
 
 
5:00 Sustainable Solutions: Sustainability by Design Aquatic Invasive Species
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
American Sign Language-interpreted program American Sign Language-interpreted program
Audio loop installed Audio loop installed at Justin S. Morrill Performing Arts Center, Test Kitchen, Smithsonian University, and The Commons

Citified

  Panorama Room
On the Mall
Good Hope & Naylor Corner Douglass Hall
11:00 Step Dance: The Taratibu Youth Association Master-Griot Storyteller Baba-C Ongoing Activities
 
 
 
 
 
  Hip-Hop: Head Roc Creativity Workshop
 
12:00
 
 
 
  Go-Go: Cold Hearted Band African Heritage Dancers & Drummers Tattoo Art: Charles "Coco" Bayron
 
 
 
1:00
 
 
 
  Hip-Hop: Christylez Bacon Master-Griot Storyteller Baba-C & Melani N. Douglass Art Workshop: Jay Coleman
 
 
 
2:00
 
 
 
  Hip-Hop: Head Roc Tattoo Art: Charles "Coco" Bayron Stained Glass: Melani N. Douglass
 
 
 
3:00
 
 
 
  Go-Go: Cold Hearted Dance Workshop: Taratibu Youth Association Art Workshop: Jay Coleman
 
 
 
4:00
 
 
 
  African Heritage Dancers & Drummers Hip-Hop: Christylez Bacon Ongoing Activities
 
 
 
5:00
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
American Sign Language-interpreted program American Sign Language-interpreted program
Audio loop installed Audio loop installed at Panorama Room On the Mall and Good Hope & Naylor Corner

Creativity and Crisis

  Red Hot Giving Voice Kids Create!
11:00 The NAMES Performers: Call My Name History of The Quilt and The NAMES Project Foundation Quilt Yo-Yo Mania
 
 
 
 
 
  A Play by the Children of the Good Shepherd Home Positive Living Ongoing Activities
 
12:00
 
 
 
  The NAMES Performers Celebrate the Design Industry Global Voices Doll Making
 
 
 
1:00
 
  Spoken Word Stories from The Quilt Ongoing Activities
 
 
 
 
 
2:00 The NAMES Performers: Stories from The Quilt Material Culture in a Digital Age Make Your Own Mini Quilt
 
 
 
 
 
  A Play by the Children of the Good Shepherd Home Healing Arts and Care Giving Ongoing Activities
 
3:00
 
 
 
  Spoken Word Daughters of Dorcas & Sons Quilterss and Panel Makers
 
 
 
4:00
 
  The NAMES Performers Celebrate the Music Industry The Last One Theater Workshop
 
 
 
 
 
5:00 Arts and Advocacy Conversation HIV/AIDS Through Spoken Word Ongoing Activities
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
American Sign Language-interpreted program American Sign Language-interpreted program
Audio loop installed Audio loop installed at Red Hot and Giving Voice


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