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Opening Reception: Urban Design and the Next Generation
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The Throwdown at Mama Calizo's Voice Factory
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UC Santa Cruz! Performance + workshop
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Comedy by hR + Jay Pugao, Gossip Lounge in San Mateo!
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"Aliso In Workerland" at the Hip-Hop Theatre Fest in Berkeley

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headRush combines popular theatre and  Spoken Word Comedy to create a unique rush of psycho-político satire that ignites critical dialogue and social action. Made up of Oakland CA-based educators/writers/performers, headRush makes complex issues accessible and relevant to diverse audiences through dramatic multi-media storytelling and interactive workshops.  Since their debut in 2003, headRush has maintained a strong performance record, bringing hard-hitting, original productions to schools, universities, conferences, cultural centers, theatres and public spaces throughout California and beyond.

NEWS & REVIEWS

Youth Action Coalition

(This is a project we recently worked on at Montalvo Arts.  headRush was hired to curate and facilitate the project...)

Teens present vision of San Jose's future

THEY WANT TO HAVE THEIR SAY AS CITY UPDATES GENERAL PLAN
By Patty Fisher
Mercury News
Article Launched: 06/27/2008 01:36:19 AM PDT

(Foreground) Youth Action Coalition student Citlaly Negrete, 16, of San Jose,... (Maria J. Avila)

What would downtown San Jose look like if a bunch of creative kids designed it from scratch?  Click here to read more...

La Carpa del FeoLive from AVALANCHA CULTURAL/ Cultural Avalanche in Oakland

Arnoldo García • Saturday, May 17, 2008

The Avalancha Cultural de la Carpa del FEO (Fandango in East Oakland) was organized by the dynamic trio of headRush (Rosa Gonzalez, Luis Xago Juarez, Simon Hanukai... Read on and See Photos


Headrush throws down a political gauntlet
Justin Hughes, Jan 24, 2008

Left to Right: 
Luis "Xago" Juarez

Rosa González
Simón Hanukai

Bay Area group Headrush combines Chicano culture, hip-hop, progressive politics and spoken-word poetry to create an explosive live experience.                                                                                    Read more...


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