Name: SAI Music And Movement Series: Faraway Ghost & Sunken Cages feat. Amirah Sackett
Start: 2024-11-08T19:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-11-08T21:00:00+00:00
Location: 1925 South Michigan AveChicago, IL 60616

September 2024
Ruhani Raag: Ustad Naseeruddin Saami Live At South Asia Institute

Featured September 13, 2024 @ 7:00 pm

1925 South Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, 60616 1925 South Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, 60616, Chicago, Illinois, IL, United States

The South Asia Institute is excited to announce a special live concert featuring the renowned Ustad Naseeruddin Saami on Friday, September 13, at 7:00 pm. This extraordinary event will highlight a distinctive performance of Khayal-influenced Qawwali, led by Ustad Saami, a celebrated maestro of classical music. Joining him on stage will be the Saami Brothers, […]
Chicago South Asian Film Festival Opening Night

Featured September 20, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 11:30 pm

AMC River East 21 322 East Illinois StreetChicago, IL, 60611United States AMC River East 21 322 East Illinois StreetChicago, IL, 60611United States (map), Chicago, IL, United States

The Chicago South Asian Film Festival is one of the largest multicultural events in the heartland of America held annually in downtown Chicago, celebrating diversity through the art of cinema. The 15th Annual Chicago South Asian Film Festival is set to commence with an exciting opening night. Attendees can look forward to a glamorous red carpet […]
Ragamala: An All Night Celebration of South Asian Classical Music

Featured September 20, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - September 21, 2024 @ 8:00 am

Chicago Cultural Center Chicago Cultural Center, Preston Bradley Hall, 78 E. Washington Street, 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL 60602

Ragamala Chicago, the 12th annual, all-night concert featuring eight performing ensembles and featured artists starting at 6PM until 8AM under the world’s largest Tiffany Dome at the Chicago Cultural Center’s Preston Bradley Hall. A rare opportunity to experience South Asian classical ragas which are meant for specific times throughout the day and night. Ragamala showcases […]
Exhibition Tour with Tulika Ladsariya, Zafar Malik, and Shaurya Kumar

September 21, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

1925 South Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, 60616 1925 South Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, 60616, Chicago, Illinois, IL, United States

Join artists Tulika Ladsariya, Zafar Malik, and Shaurya Kumar as they lead a special tour of the exhibition "What is Seen and Unseen: Mapping South Asian American Art" on Saturday, September 21 from 2-4 pm. Come hear them talk about their work, their artistic explorations, and their own stories of working as artists in Chicago. […]
October 2024
Chicago’s First South Asian Festival Showcase

Featured October 5, 2024 @ 9:30 am - 5:00 pm

2936 N Southport Ave

Chicago’s 1st South Asian Festival Showcase is an event curated to represent the Chicagoland South Asian community across social justice, dance, fashion, film, and music. The Chicago South Asian Festival Showcase aims to bring together the South Asian community across the diaspora while inviting members of all communities and lived experiences to experience the stories […]
Elevate! Cohort 2024

Featured October 10, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Childcare Business Program is designed to provide business insight to established childcare entrepreneurs for home and center-based businesses. Elevate program participants will follow a process to grow their business, develop a marketing strategy, learn operational best practices, and sound methods for managing their childcare business financials. During this cohort you will learn how to grow […]
Suitcase Stories: An Immigrant’s Journey of Losing One Home and Finding Two

Featured October 10, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - October 24, 2024 @ 6:30 pm

Jitesh will perform his solo storytelling show, “Suitcase Stories: An Immigrant’s Journey of Losing One Home and Finding Two,” at The Second City (230 W. North Ave, Chicago, IL) on November 10th and November 24th at 6:30pm. Its premiere in 2023 was enthusiastically well-received by audiences at the Steppenwolf Theatre and is looking forward to another exciting run. ABOUT […]
The Ladder by Chicago Innovation

Featured October 16, 2024

Chicago Innovation is thrilled to announce that applications are now open for our 7th cohort of The Ladder, Chicago Innovation’s dynamic mentoring program designed to support Black and Latine professionals. This next cohort will run from January to June 2025. Don’t miss your chance to be paired with an amazing mentor who will help you […]
Garba/Dandiya

Featured October 18, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Garba/Dandiya This participatory performance brings people in the Devon Avenue community together through a celebratory dance performance with the Mandala Ensemble. This participatory event brings people in the Devon Avenue community together through a celebratory dance performance with the Mandala Ensemble. After simple lessons to learn the dance, Mandala invites participants to dance the night […]
Translating South Asia: An evening in Chicago

Featured October 29, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

South Asia Institute (1925 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60616)

Join International Booker Prize winning translator Daisy Rockwell, JCB Prize winning Malayalam translator Jayasree Kalathil, and others read from their translations from Bangla, Hindi, Malayalam, Panjabi, Sinhala, Tamil, and more. South Asian Literature in Translation (SALT) and the South Asia Institute (SAI) are thrilled to host this first-of-its-kind event in Chicago to celebrate the literary richness of […]
November 2024
2024 Finding Light Through the Darkness Diwali Fundraiser

Featured November 7, 2024

Recess at City Hall (838 W Kinzie St, Chicago, IL 60642)

On Thursday, November 7th, Brown Man Therapy (BMT) hosts its second annual Diwali fundraiser, Finding Light Through the Darkness, focused on advancing mental health awareness within the South Asian community. Following last year’s sold-out event, this year’s fundraiser will take place in a larger venue and feature an award ceremony recognizing mental health champions […]
SAI Music And Movement Series: Faraway Ghost & Sunken Cages feat. Amirah Sackett

Featured November 8, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

1925 South Michigan AveChicago, IL 60616

Indian-born Ravish Momin (aka Sunken Cages) accompanies Iranian multi-instrumentalist Kamyar Arsani (aka Faraway Ghost)’s vocals and daf (frame-drum) with a masterful blend of electronic and acoustic percussion, including live-looping via his unique drum-loop performance system. The ensemble's international tour coincides with a new release on the global-music label from France, Akuphone Records. For their […]

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