SAVING HIP-HOP

A RARE one-off seminar with US Hip-hop Legend KRS ONE

PURE::Social present KRS ONE, the powerful & insightful Hip Hop speaker for a one –off community focused event. Hosting a rare evening seminar, the original Hip-hop “Teacha” will explore the balance of negative & positive elements within Hip hop as a music & as a culture. Dispelling some of the urban & political myths that blame the degradation of urban street culture on Hip Hop music, KRS ONE will be answering questions about his views on Hip Hop exclusively to the community & fans.

Since 2001 KRS ONE has been promoting theHip Hop Declaration of Peace & teaching its principles to all interested Hip Hop followers. KRS ONE speaks about reaching the higher self by exploring Hip Hop not just as a rhyme, dance or an art skill but as a life-skill capable of increasing one's own self-worth & raising up a Community.

In a community of many Ills, KRS ONE urges the move towards "peace, love, unity & fun" teaching the international Hip Hop community to become the changes that they would like to see on their own streets & for artists to think of their own selves beyond entertainment & more as the fabric of a community life.

With a range of nine elements of society, Hip Hop is capable of being lived as a sustainable lifestyle, which is capable of raising families & producing peace on the streets.

Proceeds go towards raising the awareness of positive Hip-hop as a cultural movement in UK.

KRS Speaks at Saving Hip-Hop,  being held on Wednesday 18 July, at Stratford Circus, Theatre Square, Stratford, London E15 1BX. 7pm. Adm: £12.50 - 20 Adv, conc £10 NUS/JSA. Info: events@puresocial.co.uk / 0208 816 7702 / 07944 214 692 / 07852 213 759

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Daily Workshops

WAI MAORI MUSIC FROM NEW ZEALAND
Wai will perform their traditional Maori vocal harmonies and will demonstrate the use of poi, an elaborate body percussion technique. Visitors will also be able to make their own poi in a drop in workshop. Venue: Somerset House Strand, London WC2R 0RN. (Getting there - tube: Embankment, Charing Cross, Holborn).11am – 12.15pm, 3pm – 4.15pm. Performances daily: 1pm – 2pm, 6pm – 6.45pm. Adm: Free. Info: www.somersethousesummer.org.uk

VAYU NAIDU COMPANY
Vayu Naidu Company, the only UK-based performing arts company dedicated to promoting Storytelling Theatre, will lead a journey to uncover the many treasures and objects in the Gilbert Collection. Venue: Somerset House Strand, London WC2R 0RN. (Getting there - tube: Embankment, Charing Cross, Holborn).11.30am – 12.15pm, 1pm – 1.45pm, 3pm – 3.45pm, 4.30pm – 5pm. Adm: Free. Info: www.somersethousesummer.org.uk

THE WHACKY WINDBAGS
Professor Jake and the Whacky Windbags will invite visitors to explore ways of making music with the Honky Tonk Windy Plonky noise machine designed by Jake Rodrigues and Nik Ramage. Venue: Somerset House Strand, London WC2R 0RN. (Getting there - tube: Embankment, Charing Cross, Holborn).11am – 1pm, 2pm – 4pm, 4.30pm – 6pm. Adm: Free. Info: www.somersethousesummer.org.uk

SHRINES
Artist Dinah Kelly will lead visitors in the transformation of the Somerset House Learning Centre into a sparkling Indian paradise. Venue: Somerset House Strand, London WC2R 0RN. (Getting there - tube: Embankment, Charing Cross, Holborn).11am – 12.30pm, 1.30pm – 3pm, 4pm – 5.30pm. Adm: Free. Info: www.somersethousesummer.org.uk

ULTRA VIOLET MOBILES
Visitors will be able to explore the magical possibilities of ultraviolet light with artist Jonathan Huxley, and to add to the glowing colour mobile. Venue: Somerset House Strand, London WC2R 0RN. (Getting there - tube: Embankment, Charing Cross, Holborn). 11am – 1.15pm, 2.30pm – 5pm. Adm: Free. Info: www.somersethousesummer.org.uk