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SALAAM 3rd Mondays
presents
Hear My Heritage
reflecting on Asian Heritage Month

Kayhan Irani at SALAAM Theatre's 2003 Booth at CAPA's 24th Annual Asian Heritage Festival.

With special guest Master of Ceremonies,
DJ REKHA
of Basement Bhangra and Bollywood Disco fame!!!
click here for the One Year Anniversary of Bollywood Disco.

This month's event features:

"Where Are All The Nice Indian Boys?"
performed by Vijai Nathan as "Little Vee" -
a desiliscious rapper quite new to the hip-hop scene
Vijai can be seen on 20/20 (May 23rd)

Aileen Cho and Rich Kiamco - Members of Peeling wiill showcase their fabulous selves and talk about the upcoming Café Peeling - 3rd Tuesdays.  Peeling is a pan-Asian, community-based performing arts collective. Their mission is to use the performing arts as a vehicle for Asian Americans to explore their individual stories, community building, leadership, producing & directing skills, and social activism through creative workshops, trainings, staged productions, readings, and related activities.   Autobiography is their common departure point into the realities of race, gender, class, ethnicity, religion, age, sexuality, and similar politics facing Asian Americans today.

Visual artist, Monikhaa creating a live painting performance
to accompany our various artists.

Tahani Salah, spoken word artist:
This incredible 16 year old Palestinian-American performance artist from Brooklyn will heat up the room with her fiery words.

Our monthly Tunefulness musical segment with Anjali Asokan
This inspiring musical theatre and cabaret talent from the Windy City will close the evening with her beautiful voice sharing some favorite songs.

Our monthly Community Corner
And your SALAAM Theatre Hostess, Geeta Citygirl.

Traditional Q&A and reception with wine, soda and Indian appetizers to follow.

SALAAM Theatre
16 West 32nd Street - 10th floor
Between Fifth Avenue and Broadway
Manhattan, NYC, 10001

Admission (includes one raffle ticket):
$5 minimum donation
$10 suggested donation
$15 appreciated donation

Click here to buy your tickets online (fast and easy)
online ticketing powered by Sulekha New York

Reservations RECOMMENDED:
Phone: 212.330.8097
Email: rsvp@SALAAMtheatre.org

Raffle prizes:
Complimentary eyebrow shaping session (valued at $20).
Courtesy of SHOBHA Threading (SoHo).

Official Basement Bhangra T-Shirt (valued at $15)
Complimentary Admission for 2 to Bollywood Disco (valued at $20)

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SALAAM is a not-for-profit professional multidisciplinary theatre company celebrating South Asian American artistic excellence through creative risk-taking and experimentation that challenges all boundaries, connects all peoples and links all the arts in the spirit of progressive solidarity.

Geeta Citygirl, Artistic Director
Puja Lalmalani, Creative Associate
SALAAM Theatre (South Asian League of Artists in AMerica)
http://www.SALAAMtheatre.org