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Artistic Resistance: Responding to Islamophobia and Wars on/of Terror
4:00 pm-4:30 pm Pre-Conference Closing
Intersection V: Main ConferenceFriday, April 4From 8:00 am Registration - UMass Campus Center 2:30 pm-4:30 pm Artist Workshop for early arrivals:The Performance of Biography with Djola Branner 5:00 pm-7:00 pm Buffet Dinner & Opening Ceremonies. Welcome & Conference overview Opening Keynote: Ngugi wa Mirii, founder/director, Zimbabwe Association of Community Theatre 8:00 pm Project 2050: The Love in Revolution - Bowker Auditorium
Saturday, April 5 6:30 am-8:30 am Open Space for Movement & Meditation 8:00 am-9:30 am Breakfast / Coffee / Registration - UMass Campus Center 9:30 am-11:30 am Breakout Sessions: Hip Hop Histories & Resistance Voices from the Battlefront of Cultural Equity Creating Performance with Refugee Communities Artist Workshop: Performance Poetry with Roger Bonair-Agard 11:30 am-1:30 pm Lunch and Keynote Address Bilingual Keynote: Jesusa Rodriguez, performance artist, director & social activist from Mexico City 2:00 pm-3:30 pm Solo Artists: Community/One - Bowker Auditorium Host: Kristina Wong • Jose Torres Tama, Cone of Uncertainty • D'Lo, Ramble-ations • Jerry Quickley, Un-Embedded • Lenelle Moïse, Womb-Words, Thirsting • This performance is open to the public. Reserve tickets at www.umass.edu/fac/tickets or call 800-999-UMASS (800-999-8627) 3:45 pm-5:45 pm Breakout Sessions: From Activist Art to Cultural Organizing Youth Dialogue on Arts, Activism & Media Artist Workshop: Hip Hop Dance with Millicent Johnnie Open Studio: Rehearsal of The Hungry Woman with playwright Cherrie Moraga - 5:45 pm-7:45 pm Dinner (on your own) 8:00 pm Suheir Hammad: breaking letter(s) - Bowker Auditorium This performance is open to the public. Reserve tickets at www.umass.edu/fac/tickets or call 800-999-UMASS (800-999-8627) 10:00 pm-12:30 am Late Night Open Mic hosted by Regie Cabico and DJ Dance Party
Sunday, April 6 6:30 am-8:30 am Open Space for Movement & Meditation 8:30 am-9:30 am Breakfast Roundtable Discussion: Art and Democracy Project & Voices from the Battlefront of Cultural Equity 9:30 am-11:30 am Breakout Sessions Artists at the Social Forums: Local, National & Global breaking letter(s) Dialogue: Artistic Praxis Project 2050 Meets Youth Speaks: a Youth-only Artistic Workshop Artist Workshop: Singing Your Soul with Mildred Ruiz 12:00 pm-2:00 pm Lunch & Closing Keynote Art Burst by Project 2050 & Youth Speaks Keynote speech: Rhodessa Jones, author, performer & co-founder/director of Cultural Odyssey Performance Company
REGISTER ONLINE at www.regonline.com/Intersection2008 The official website for Conference Info is www.newworldtheater.org/Intersection-Conference.htm New WORLD Theater, University of Massachusetts
HOTEL/TRAVEL/GROUND - download pdf version hereINTERSECTION V - New WORLD TheaterOnce you get in the Amherst area, please CHECK-IN/REGISTER for the Conference at Fine Arts Center Atrium Lobby, Haigis Mall, University of Massachusetts Amherst. For Campus Map, visit website at http://www.umass.edu HOTEL ACCOMODATIONSPlease refer to INTERSECTION V: NEW WORLD THEATER CONFERENCE when you make your reservation. Make your hotel arrangements soon! The hotels will hold rooms for a limited time only! PLEASE NOTE: There will be shuttle buses leaving from each hotel for the Conference site starting the morning of FRIDAY, APRIL 4. Please check with the hotel desk when you check in. Hampshire Hospitality Group: 413-586-1211 They manage a block of local hotels including: EconoLodge, Route 9 Hadley - 413-582-7077 Quality Inn - 413-584-9816 Norwottuck Hadley Inn - 413-587-9866
AIRPORT SHUTTLE to/from Amherst. MA. Reservations required! There is an AMTRAK station in Amherst, arriving on a very limited schedule from Penn Station. The next closest station, which also has more regular arrivals is SPRINGFIELD, MA. Valley Transporter provides a shuttle from Amtrak to Amherst. (see Local Transportation section for their contact info.) Visit Amtrak.com or call 1-800-USA-RAIL (1-800-872-7245) PETER BAN BUS LINE travels to Amherst, MA. www.peterpanbus.com LOCAL TRANSPORTATIONCelebrity Cab - within Amherst 413-253-7330 rmadds@aol.com Valley Transporter Serves Bradley Airport, Springfield Amtrak station
UMass Amherst is located approximately 90 miles from Boston and 175 miles from New York City. To Campus from the South. Via I-91 North, Exit 19 in Northampton. From the exit ramp, turn right onto Route 9 and go approximately 4.5 miles to Route 116 North (left turn at the lights) 1 mile to UMass exit. Via I-91 North, Exit 24 in Deerfield. At the stop sign at the top of the ramp turn right onto Routes 5 and 10, and immediately turn right again at the traffic lights onto Route 116 South. Continue 8 miles to the UMass exit. To Campus from the North. Via I-91 South, Exit 25 in Deerfield. At the end of the ramp turn left and follow the road to the intersection. Turn right onto Routes 5 & 10 South. Go 1 mile, then turn left onto Route 116 South. Follow for 8 miles to the UMass exit. Via I-93 South. Follow I-93 to I-495 South. Follow to Route 2 West. Continue on Route 2 to exit 16 (Belchertown/Amherst). Follow Route 202 for about 15 miles to blinking light at Route 9 and 116 Amherst exit (Pelham). Turn right and follow for 7 miles to Amherst center. Follow signs to UMass. To Campus from the East via Route 2. Via Route 2 West to exit 16 (Belchertown/Amherst). From Route 2 take Route 202 South for about 15 miles to a blinking yellow light at Amherst Road. (You will see signs "to Rt 9 and Rt 116"). Turn right and follow Amherst Road (becomes Pelham Road after about 4 miles) for 7 miles to Amherst center. Follow signs to UMass. To Campus from the West via Route 2. Via Route 2 East. Follow Route 2 east to Greenfield/I-91 exit. Follow I-91 south to exit 25 in Deerfield. At the end of the ramp turn left and follow the road to the intersection. Turn right onto Routes 5 & 10 South. Go 1 mile, then turn left onto Route 116 South. Follow for 8 miles to the UMass exit. To Campus from the East or West via I-90 (Massachusetts Turnpike) Exit 8 (Palmer). Follow Route 32 South to Palmer, take Route 20 West to Route 181 North into Belchertown, and then Route 9 West to Amherst. Follow signs to UMass. Mass Pike Via Exit 7 (Ludlow). Follow Route 21 North to U.S. 202 North to Route 9 West to Amherst center. Follow signs to UMass. Mass Pike Via Exit 5 (Chicopee). Follow Route 33 North to Route 116 North to Amherst center. Turn left at the light into Route 9 West. Follow signs to UMass. Mass Pike Via Exit 4 (W. Springfield). Follow I-91 North to exit 19. From the exit ramp, turn right onto Route 9 and go approximately 4.5 miles to Route 116 North (left turn at the lights) 1 mile to UMass exit.
You can access these Driving Directions at: http://www.umass.edu/umhome/visit_campus/directions.html
Remember, Conference CHECK-IN/REGISTRATION is at Fine Arts Center Atrium Lobby, Haigis Mall, Univ. of MA. |
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