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SUMMARY:Maker's Bazaar & Craft Market
DESCRIPTION:Come one! Come all!\nWe at the South Asia Institute are thrilled to announce our next community event: The Maker’s Bazaar and Craft Market! This Market is open to all. To apply\, please fill out the Google Form attached below!\nApplications are due by February 18 at 5 PM CST.\n\n\nPlease spread the word! All information will be available on the form in the link here: http://ow.ly/1sG050MNFIT
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/makers-bazaar-craft-market/
LOCATION:South Asia Institute\, 1925 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, 60616\, United States
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SUMMARY:Testimonies on Paper: Art & Poetry of South Asian Women
DESCRIPTION:South Asia Institute brings together art and poetry by South Asian women to create a space for alternative narratives of femininity and identity.
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/testimonies-on-paper-art-poetry-of-south-asian-women/
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SUMMARY:Conversations at SAI: At the Intersection of Faith\, Culture and Music
DESCRIPTION:AT THE INTERSECTION OF FAITH\, CULTURE AND MUSIC\nis a conversation between Sonny (Artistic Director of Riyaaz Qawwali) and Aaron Cohen (award-winning Chicago music writer) exploring the role of faith\, spirituality and heritage through musical expression. \nSonny is the Artistic Director of Riyaaz Qawwali\, the only Qawwali ensemble in the US. A Qawwal with over 29 years of classical music training\, he has spent half of that time devoted to understanding and growing awareness of qawwali. He grew up learning from his family and went on to receive classical music training. \nAaron Cohen is the author of “Move on Up: Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural Power” (University of Chicago Press)\, which looks at the social and musical changes that shaped R&B in Chicago during the 1960s and 1970s. Cohen teaches humanities at City Colleges of Chicago and is an award winning music writer. (Chicago Tribune\, DownBeat\, Washington Post\, The Nation\, NPR and Chicago Reader.)
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/conversations-at-sai-at-the-intersection-of-faith-culture-and-music/
LOCATION:South Asia Institute\, 1925 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, 60616\, United States
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SUMMARY:Journey Chicago: Navigating Borders: A Creative Collaboration
DESCRIPTION:This event is part of Journey Chicago\, the Chicago Cultural Alliance’s annual citywide festival of cross-cultural events. \nSouth Asia and Korea share a common history of being divided by an arbitrary line that gave rise to new nations\, India and Pakistan and North and South Korea. This year is the 75th. anniversary of the Partition of British India and the current exhibition at South Asia Institute revolves around the aftermath of the event. The collaborative program that will be presented by SAI and KCCOC will highlight the experiences of the people of the two nations with talks by South Asian and Korean academicians: Dr. Hardeep Dhillon and Dr. Ji-Yeon Yuh\, followed by a musical collaboration by South Asian and Korean musicians: Sandeep Bharadwaj\, Woosung Jung\, Suwan Choi\, Chansoo Lee\, Yun Sil Jang\, Deokhwan Kim. Food from South Asia and Korea will be served. Attendees will have access to the exhibition at SAI following the event.
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/journey-chicago-navigating-borders-a-creative-collaboration/
LOCATION:South Asia Institute\, 1925 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, 60616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alliance Events,Music, Film, and Theater,Talks and Gatherings
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SUMMARY:Dipika Mukherjee: Dialect of Distant Harbors Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Dipika Mukherjee: Dialect of Distant Harbors Book Launch \n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\n\nSouth Asia Institute Presents \nDipika Mukherjee: Dialect of Distant Harbors Book Launch\nSaturday\, October 15\, 2022 \nDipika Mukherjee\nDipika Mukherjee moved to Chicago from Shanghai in 2012 and spends a lot of time at the neighborhood Harold Washington Public Library. She is the author of the novels Shambala Junction and Ode to Broken Things\, and the story collection\, Rules of Desire. Her writing is included in The Best Small Fictions 2019 and appears in World Literature Today\, Asia Literary Review\, Del Sol Review\, Chicago Quarterly Review\, Newsweek\, Los Angeles Review of Books\, Hemispheres and Orion. She teaches at the Graham School at University of Chicago and at StoryStudio Chicago. \nDialect of Distant Harbors (Available for Purchase at Event)\nDipika Mukherjee \nUS/UK Publication Date: October 4\, 2022 \nPaper $18.00 • 112 p. • 6 x 9 • 978-1-933880-93-8 \nThis poetry collection explores themes of home\, grieving\, and kinship. \nWith wonder\, empathy\, and even rage\, Dialect of Distant Harbors summons a shared humanity to examine issues of illness and family. Dipika Mukherjee’s poems redefine belonging and migration in a misogynistic and racist world. “A grievous vastness to this world\,” she writes\, “beyond human experience.” \nAs the world recovers from a global pandemic and the failure of modern government\, these poems are incantations to our connections to the human family—whether in Asia\, Europe\, or the United States. Dialect of Distant Harbors focuses on what is most resilient in ourselves and our communities.
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/dipika-mukherjee-dialect-of-distant-harbors-book-launch/
LOCATION:South Asia Institute\, 1925 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, 60616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talks and Gatherings
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: Manto
DESCRIPTION:Manto is a 2018 Indian biographical drama film based on the life of the prominent Urdu author Saadat Hasan Manto. \n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\n\nManto \nManto is a 2018 Indian biographical film based on the life of the prominent author Saadat Hasan Manto\, written and directed by Nandita Das. Manto is based on the 1940s post-Independence period of India. The film stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui in the title character of Indo-Pakistani\, author and writer Saadat Hasan Manto. Tahir Raj Bhasin plays the 1940s Bollywood superstar Shyam Chadda\, Manto’s friend\, confidant\, and inspiration for a number of stories. Rasika Dugal plays the role of Manto’s wife\, Safia. \nRini Bhattacharya Mehta \nRini Bhattacharya Mehta is the author of Unruly Cinema:History\, Politics\, and Bollywood and Indian Her research looks at the complex series of events that allowed the entire Indian film industry to defy attempts to control\, reform\, and refine it in the twentieth century and beyond. \nRini Bhattacharya Mehta is an Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies Program in Comparative and World Literature University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests include Nationalism and Religion\, British Colonization of India\, Colonial Modernities\, Postcolonial and Postglobal India\, Indian Cinema and Media\, Postcolonial and Postglobal Modernities
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/film-screening-manto/
LOCATION:South Asia Institute\, 1925 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, 60616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music, Film, and Theater
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SUMMARY:Cultural Connections: East Meets Middle East
DESCRIPTION:East Meets Middle East (EMME) is a musical collective across continents celebrating the rich traditions of the Middle East and South Asia. \n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\n\n**Limited Seating Capacity. ** Early Ticket Purchase Recommended. \nWhat happens when Indian sarod and tabla meet Middle Eastern oud and darbuka? \nEast Meets Middle East (EMME) is a musical collective across continents celebrating the rich traditions of the Middle East and South Asia. From Kolkata\, India\, Subrata Bhattacharya (tabla) and Abhisek Lahiri (sarod) collaborate with Ronnie Malley (oud) and George Lawler (percussion) in Chicago\, IL to create a cross-cultural palette of improvisations and original compositions. The group transcends boundaries creating musical dialogue by fluidly moving through raga and maqam\, tala and iqa\, the music theories and rhythms found in South Asia\, the Middle East\, and North Africa. \nEMME brings together related string instruments such as the Middle Eastern oud and the Indian sarod\, and percussion instruments like the Indian tabla and Middle Eastern darbuka and riq. The group’s message is to inform people\, through music\, about the similarities and distinctions between Middle Eastern and South Asian cultures\, which are all too often mistaken for each other in media\, politics\, and Western society. \nTheir debut album is a result of a live rehearsal from a first time encounter between these artists. The recording and collaboration highlight how arts can be an accessible means to foster more understanding about these cultures. \nPresented by South Asia Institute with Intercultural Music Production
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/cultural-connections-east-meets-middle-east/
LOCATION:South Asia Institute\, 1925 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, 60616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music, Film, and Theater
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SUMMARY:Ragamala: The Annual\, All-Night Celebration of Indian Classical Music: World Music Festival Chicago
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, September 30 – Saturday\, October 1\, 2022\nRagamala: A Celebration of Indian Classical Music – Celebrating 10 Years!\nChicago Cultural Center\, Preston Bradley Hall\n78 E. Washington St.\, 3rd Flr\,\nChicago\, IL 60602\n6pm-8am\nAll Ages\, Free!\nPresented by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events in collaboration with South Asia Institute\, South Asia Classical Music Society of Chicago and People of Rhythm Productions.\n6:00-7:15pm – Purbayan Chatterjee\, sitar\, Rakesh Chaurasia\, bansuri\, Ojas Adhiya\, tabla\n7:45-9pm – Roopa Mahadevan\, vocal\, Sruti Sarathy\, violin\, Rohan Krishnamurthy\, mridangam\n9:30-10:45pm – Anupama Bhagwat\, sitar\, Amit Kavthekar\, tabla\n11:15pm-12:30am – Indrajit Banerjee: sitar\, Rupak Kulkarni\, bansuri\, Hindole Majumdar\, tabla\n1-2:15am – Mysore Manjunath\, violin\, Mysore Nagaraj\, violin\, Patri Satishkumar\, mridangam\, Giridhar Udupa\, ghatam\n2:45-4am – Suhail Yusuf: sarangi\, Amit Kavthekar\, tabla\n4:30-5:45am – V.K. “Flute” Raman\, flute & Rohan Krishnamurthy\, mridangam\n6:15am-7:30am – Manik Khan\, sarod\, Hindole Majumdar\, tabla\n\nFREE & OPEN TO ALL\n\nFriday\, September 30 at 6:00 pm until Saturday\, October 1 at 8:00 am\n\nhttps://www.chicago.gov/…/world_music_festival2.html
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/ragamala-the-annual-all-night-celebration-of-indian-classical-music-world-music-festival-chicago/
LOCATION:Chicago Cultural Center\, 78 E Washington St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60602\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural Festivals and Fairs,Music, Film, and Theater
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SUMMARY:Heart of Afghanistan X Qais Essar
DESCRIPTION:360-degree view of Afghan culture through music\, poetry\, art and cultural heritage. \n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\n\nSouth Asia Institute Presents \nHEART OF AFGHANISTAN X QAIS ESSAR\nSaturday\, September 24\, 2022 \nSeated \nFree\nThe Heart of Afghanistan features four brilliant Afghan musicians: famed singer and Afghan TV star Ahmad Fanoos on vocals & harmonium\, his sons Elham Fanoos on piano and Mehran Fanoos on violin\, and Hamid Habibzada on tabla. Unable to perform inside Afghanistan today\, the group carries the flame of Afghanistan’s rich and complex musical heritage\, from its early history to the modern era. Included in the program will be traditional ghazals based on the Sufi-inspired poetry of Rumi (who was born in Afghanistan)\, Afghan folk music\, and the iconic hits of legendary singer Ahmad Zahir. \nQais Essar\nQais Essar is an Afghan-American musician\, based in Phoenix\, Arizona. A rabab player and songwriter\, he is most noted for the song “The Crown Sleeps” from the film The Breadwinner\, which won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Song at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018. He co-wrote the song with Joshua Hill\, a bandmate in the now defunct band Qosmonauts. \n*Limited Seating Capacity. *Early Ticket Purchase Highly Recommended \nPresented by South Asia Institute with Old Town School of Folk Music and funded through Doris Duke Foundation
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/heart-of-afghanistan-x-qais-essar/
LOCATION:South Asia Institute\, 1925 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, 60616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music, Film, and Theater,Talks and Gatherings
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SUMMARY:FREEDOM FESTIVAL - DAY 02
DESCRIPTION:FREEDOM FESTIVAL DAY 02 \nCelebrating 75 Years of Independence with TWO days of very special music and dance performances. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Unbearable Memories\, Unspeakable Histories: The Partitition Anti-Memorial Project \nDay 02 LINE UP \n1PM: Zeshan B: Chicago-based\, multi-instrumentalist soul\, opera\, gospel\, and ghazal singer\, who is also a songwriter and recording artist \n2PM: DJ Ase Wonder: Pakistani-born\, Chicago-based cultural producer\, community organizer\, interdisciplinary artist\, and disc jockey (Opening and playing during intermissions) \n3PM: Ishti Dance: Chicago-based\, classically trained\, contemporary Indian dancers and choreographers. \n4PM: Jina Brass Band Featuring Members of Funkadesi: Jina Brass Band\, Chicago’s first Indian baraat dhol and brass band in their first collaboration with Chicago-based bhangra\, Bollywood\, folk\, reggae\, funk\, and Afro-Caribbean band\, Funkadesi.
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/freedom-festival-day-02/
LOCATION:South Asia Institute\, 1925 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, 60616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cultural Festivals and Fairs,Dance,Member Events,Music, Film, and Theater
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SUMMARY:FREEDOM FESTIVAL - DAY 1
DESCRIPTION:FREEDOM FESTIVAL: Celebrating 75 Years of Independence I Day 01 \nCelebrating 75 Years of Independence with TWO days of very special music and dance performances. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Unbearable Memories\, Unspeakable Histories: The Partitition Anti-Memorial Project \n\n\n\n\n\nDAY 01 LINEUP: \n1PM: DJ Spin Cycle: \nAnkur Malhotra: Delhi and Midwest-based record label owner and disc jockey (Playing during intermissions) \n2PM: Riyaaz Qawwali: \nUSA-based\, Pakistani Qawwali music ensemble \n3PM: Soham Dance Space \n4PM: Karsh Kale & Fareed Haque Project featuring special guests Priya Darshini\, Max ZT\, and surprise guests \nUSA/India-based percussionist\, composer\, DJ\, and producer\, Karsh Kale collaborates with Pakistani Chilean Chicagoan\, Fareed Haque\, noted jazz guitarist\, composer\, and music professor. Joined by special guests Grammy-nominated vocalist Priya Darshini and dulcimer wizard and House of Waters band leader\, Max ZT. \nTHIS IS A FREE EVENT\, REGISTRATION REQUIRED \nPresented in conjunction with South Asia Institute’s current exhibition “Unbearable Memories\, Unspeakable Histories: Partition Anti-Memorial Project”
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/freedom-festival-day-1/
LOCATION:South Asia Institute\, 1925 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, 60616\, United States
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SUMMARY:Exhibition: “Unbearable Memories\, Unspeakable Histories”: Partition Anti-Memorial Project
DESCRIPTION:Through experiential art installations “Unbearable Memories\, Unspeakable Histories” investigates the Partition of India in 1947. \n\n\n\n\n\nThis year marks 75 years since the Partition of India in 1947\, which created Pakistan\, and eventually\, Bangladesh in 1971. Pritika Chowdhry’s experiential art installations are temporary ‘anti-memorials’ to the Partition. \nOften described as the Holocaust of South Asia\, the Partition triggered the largest migration in human history with over 20 million people displaced\, approximately 2 million killed and over 300\,000 women were abducted in the communal violence that ensued. \nThe exhibition addresses the many facets of the Partition from a counter-memory perspective through experiential art installations. The title alludes to the painful and silenced narratives that have been elided from mainstream discourses of the Partition. \nWhen a memory is unbearable\, how does one memorialize it? And when a history is unspeakable\, how does one talk about it? The exhibition’s title\, “Unbearable Memories\, Unspeakable Histories” alludes to the painful and silenced narratives that have been excluded from mainstream discourses of the Partition. \n\n_______________ \nARTIST LED TOURS AT 1PM EVERY OTHER SATURDAY! \nSep 3 and 17 | Oct 01\, 15 and 29 | Nov 12 | Dec 10
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/exhibition-unbearable-memories-unspeakable-histories-partition-anti-memorial-project/
LOCATION:South Asia Institute\, 1925 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, 60616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions and Gallery Events,Member Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220730T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220730T193000
DTSTAMP:20260417T074358
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SUMMARY:Funkadesi: "An Intimate Evening of Songs and Stories”
DESCRIPTION:A special evening of music and conversation with Chicago’s celebrated musical supergroup\, Funkadesi. Known for their own high-energy blend of music that ranges from South Asian classical\, folk and film melodies to West African\, Caribbean\, Latin\, Brazilian and Reggae blended with American Funk and Soul music. They will perform an intimate “unplugged” acoustic set of rarely performed music from their 25-year repertoire and debut new original material. They will also be sharing the story of their long musical journey\, their creative process\, and their inner workings.
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/funkadesi-an-intimate-evening-of-songs-and-stories/
LOCATION:South Asia Institute\, 1925 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, 60616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member Events,Music, Film, and Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220716T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220716T180000
DTSTAMP:20260417T074358
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SUMMARY:Reading Poetry to Read Ourselves: A celebration of Ghalib’s Poetry with Dr. Azra Raza
DESCRIPTION:Renowned physician\, scientist\, and author\, Dr. Azra Raza\, recites a selection of Mirza Ghalib’s powerful poetry. She translates and interprets the powerful lyrics in her very distinctive style that has endeared to her audiences all over the US and overseas.
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/reading-poetry-to-read-ourselves-a-celebration-of-ghalibs-poetry-with-dr-azra-raza/
LOCATION:South Asia Institute\, 1925 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, 60616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member Events,Talks and Gatherings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220611T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220611T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T074358
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220510T170825Z
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SUMMARY:UNVEILED: A solo performance presented by Rohina Malik
DESCRIPTION:UNVEILED: A solo performance presented by Rohina Malik.\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\nAward-winning Chicago-based playwright\, actress\, and artist\, Rohina Malik performs her critically acclaimed one-woman show portraying four different veiled Asian women who share their lived experiences after 9/11.
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/unveiled-a-solo-performance-presented-by-rohina-malik/
LOCATION:South Asia Institute\, 1925 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, 60616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music, Film, and Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220521T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220521T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T074358
CREATED:20220426T143651Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220426T143717Z
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SUMMARY:Bengali Spiritual Songs by Ochin Pakhi
DESCRIPTION:An evening celebrating the folk music from West Bengal and Bangladesh\, presented by Ochin Pakhi\, a young\, fun-loving\, enthusiastic\, and spiritually inclined ensemble of Chicago-based musicians. Accompanied by traditional instruments\, the group will be performing songs and poems of the Nobel laureate\, poet\, and philosopher\, Rabindranath Tagore; Bengali philosopher\, mystic\, songwriter\, social reformer\, and thinker Fakir Lalon Shah; the national poet of Bangladesh Kaji Nazrul Islam\, as well as traditional folk songs of Bengal and several of their own compositions. \n\n\n1925 S Michigan Ave. Chicago IL 60616 \nSAI is wheelchair accessible. \nParking is available around South Asia Institute\, with metered and free street parking in the neighborhood. \n\nTicket includes entrance to SAI exhibitions.
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/bengali-spiritual-songs-by-ochin-pakhi/
LOCATION:South Asia Institute\, 1925 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, 60616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music, Film, and Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220409T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220409T143000
DTSTAMP:20260417T074358
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220318T042750Z
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SUMMARY:Amin Gulgee Performance: “Kiss of the Spider Woman”
DESCRIPTION:The South Asia Institute will host Amin Gulgee Performance “Kiss of the Spider Woman”.\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\nThis will be a collaborative performance work with 13-17 participants which will take place over a period of 77 minutes. The approach will be cross-disciplinary as Gulgee will engage actors\, dancers\, visual artists and musicians to work with him. This will be an experiential event and the audience will navigate through the space as the performances simultaneously occur around them. All the senses will be engaged in this journey of touch\, sight\, hearing\, smell and taste. Through these senses information is sent to the brain to help us understand the world around us. Installations and projections will be employed emotively. This will be an act of collective dreaming. As Yoko Ono famously said: “A dream you dream alone is only a dream; a dream you dream together is a reality.”
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/amin-gulgee-performance-kiss-of-the-spider-woman/
LOCATION:South Asia Institute\, 1925 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, 60616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions and Gallery Events,Member Events,Music, Film, and Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220305T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220305T120000
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: Ravi and Anoushka Shankar Live in Bangalore
DESCRIPTION:Film Screening and Discussion\nAbout this event\n**Please note that this is an in-person event** \nRavi and Anoushka Shankar Live in Bangalore (2012. 2hr.24min) On February 7\, 2012\, two months before his 92nd birthday\, Ravi Shankar performed with his daughter Anoushka at the sold-out Bangaluru Palace Grounds in Bangalore\, India. With a set including Raga Yaman Kalyan\, Raga Tilak Shyam\, Raga Khamaj\, and Folk medley\, they played for over three hours to the delight of an enthralled audience. Captured here on DVD and CD is the final and breathtaking Indian concert performance of the man who brought the cultural riches of the East to the West. Playing alongside Anoushka – dubbed by BBC Music Magazine a “star performer”—the unique father-daughter relationship serves to reinforce Ravi’s innate dedication and belief in the joy and hard work which are essential to creative expression. \n1925 S Michigan Ave. Chicago IL 60616 \nSAI is wheelchair accessible. \n*Proof of vaccination and masks are required by all attendees* \nParking is available around South Asia Institute\, metered\, and free street parking in the neighborhood.
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/film-screening-ravi-and-anoushka-shankar-live-in-bangalore/
LOCATION:South Asia Institute\, 1925 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, 60616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music, Film, and Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220219T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220219T120000
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SUMMARY:Online Author Talk: Oliver Craske\, Indian Sun: The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar
DESCRIPTION:BOOK EVENT WITH OLIVER CRASKE – AUTHOR OF THE TELL ALL RAVI SHANKAR BIOGRAPHY\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\nOnline: Conversation with “Indian Sun: The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar” Biographer and author Oliver Craske with Chicago based music writer Aaron Cohen \nIn his recent book “Indian Sun: The Life and Music of Ravi Shankar” (2020)\, London-based writer Oliver Craske presents readers with the first full portrait of the legendary Ravi Shankar\, a musician who influenced—and continues to influence—countless artists. In his book\, Craske describes the captivating\, restless workaholic-from his lonely and traumatic childhood in Varanasi to his youthful stardom in his brother’s dance troupe\, from his intensive study of the sitar to his revival of India’s national music scene. Craske has also authored “Rock Faces: The World’s Top Rock’n’Roll Photographers and Their Greatest Images\,” a survey of leading music photographers\, many of whom are featured in South Asia Institute’s exhibition\, Ravi Shankar: Ragamala to Rockstar. Craske\, who contributed much of the exhibition’s text\, will be in conversation with award winning Chicago music writer Aaron Cohen (Chicago Tribune\, DownBeat\, Washington Post\, The Nation\, NPR).
URL:https://www.chicagoculturalalliance.org/event/online-author-talk-oliver-craske-indian-sun-the-life-and-music-of-ravi-shankar/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Music, Film, and Theater,Online Events,Talks and Gatherings
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