New York's DJ Ripley (Dutty Artz/SuryaDub), who is a professor of Media Culture & Communication at New York University, will be visiting Halifax to speak at a panel entitled "Dancing In The Margins: Exclusion and Capitalism in Performative Arts." Joining her will be Phanuel Antwi (Saint Mary's University, English Dept.) and Ardath Whynacht (Doctoral Candidate, Concordia University Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture).  The panel will be moderated by the Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group's Alia Saied.  The event will then be followed by a dance party where Ripley can showcase her prodigious skills as a DJ, along with locals DJ Regalia and dj dreams come true.  Generous support for this event has been provided by the Dalhousie Feminist Legal Association and the NSCAD Queer Collective.

 

This event will take place Friday March 15th, at Menz Bar (2182 Gottingen Street), with the panel at 9 pm and dance party at 11 pm.  Cost is free to the panel and $8 to the dance party.  More of DJ Ripley's writings can be found here.