(HIPHOP FORUM) The great Jake One, brilliant Kev Brown, inspirational Vitamin D, and emerging Bean One will be part of this open forum, In the Mix, on the art that is king in the land of hiphop: producing beats. There will be a question/answer session, and live performances on beat machines and software. (The War Room, 722 E Pike St, 328-7666. 5 pm, free, all ages.)

Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory...