SALAAM! Thanksgiving Benefit Bash Hosted by:
Tickets (Limited Seating and NO Standing
Allowed!):
featuring: Emcees: D'Lo and Atul Singh
Spanish Harlem's, if not the World's, Funniest Bangladeshi whom you all know from films (American Desi), TV (BET, MTV, PBS) and the stage ("Curry Power"), the one and only, Aladdin. Who's That Girl? Her one-woman show, "PUSHED," is the journey to discover, create and claim an Indian American identity through story-telling and music. Comedienne extraordinare - Vijai Nathan. A preview from Shaun Singh Productions upcoming Off-Broadway dance theater show, "Rang: Shades of my Soul" (December 2001 at the Lucille Lortel Theater) with Jacqueline Zamora performing a Jazz/Funk & Modern dance piece to a song from "Fiza". Vidur Kapur's comedic "Indian, Gay and Fucking Fabulous" is about surviving the isolation of growing up gay in India in the 70s and finally finding identity within a South Asian gay community in the US. Mohan Kulasingam aka Puck electrifies the stage with excerpts from "In The Name of Shiva." "Mrs. Claus's X-tra Special Holiday Special" by Fairy Tail Productions - This Holiday Season, All That Glitters is Snow! Priya Ayyar performs a theatrical bit from James Lecesne's "MUM" about how we come to know a person and how we can identify their essence which lies somewhere between their secrets and the evidence. Sunita Mukhi's "The Cold Fish" - What's a woman to do when her lover is as cold as fish? A sensuous tale freely adapted by Sunita S. Mukhi from Isabel Allende's "Aphrodite". One of the founders of the global rock band TAJ and music producer for KushWorld Productions, Rizwan Mirza will perform a track acoustically from TAJ's CD `Rock OM' entitled "Letting You Live Is Killing Me." J.T. - Guess who? Special performance by a special guest... a New York journalist whose byline you probably know... but did you know he's also a musician and poet... (yes indeed, Jeet Thayil) Sarveshwari G. Asnani (Sarvi) presents her original poem (both in Hindi and then translated in English) about the 'importance of duality' in the manifest universe. Al Qamar Music & Dance Ensemble dancers Adnil Ramos, Nyota Nayo, Arianna Tiye, and Zeina al Qamar provide some Middle Eastern flavor by taking you on a journey through traditional folkloric dances as well as some extremely creative departures from the typical. Babu aka Balaji Nagaraj does his rendition of a love song from the Bollywood movie, 'Dhadkan'. Maryann Jacob gives a tribute to Agha Shahid Ali, this year's National Book Award Poetry Finalist. And surprise guests (whom I cannot mention otherwise there would be no surprise!)
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