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Monday, November 17, 2003 - 7:00 PM

SALAAM 3rd Mondays
presents
Truths and Myth
why we give thanks in November...
featuring theatre, dance, film & comedy including

ROOM JHOOM JHOOM
Featuring dancer, Ishrat Hoque (Rakhi)
An Iranian folklore of kings and hunting, princess playing in the woods and knights on white horses. Dance styles: Kathak and Bharatnatayam.  Ishrat trained at the Bangladesh Academy of Fine Arts in Bangladesh and recently won 1st place for folk dance at the Naya Andaz & FIA dance competitions.  Bangali Song by Runa Laila.

METRONOME
A new original piece about the ambivalence of being Asian American in contemporary society.
written and performed by
Robert Abid and Tana Sarntinoranont
Metronome is a depiction of the contemporary voice of Asian-American youth and their shifting emotional quest to find peace within themselves and within the often clashing worlds in which they live.

SPORTS
A new story written and performed by Mohan Sikka
What's a sissy boy doing playing football & riding his sy-kill when he should be making tea & pakoras with the girls? Find out what brought about this sad state of affairs.

Award-winning playwright, Manjula Padmanabhan's
HIDDEN FIRES (monologue one)
with actor, Laksh Singh
directed by Geeta Citygirl
A man confesses that he has 'stamped out' countless 'hidden fires' - human lives that are less than human to him, merely faceless threats to his own security - and then finds himself on the receiving end of the same ruthless treatment.  Taken from a series of five, powerful, hard-hitting monologues in the the playwright tackles head-on issues of violence, intolerance of others, narrow concepts of community and nation, each with a twist that lifts it into the realm of real drama.

Our monthly Tunefulness musical segment
with the one and only
Jungli - Tasneem A. Nanji
http://www.junglimusic.com
Jungli was most recently seen at Joe's Pub, Coda and SOB's.  She shared her soothing music at our 'That Takes Ovaries' event at The Culture Project in July 2003.  That was just a taste of her incredible talent.  Be sure to bring some extra funds to purchase her ep, THE WAR IN ME -- special price for SALAAM 3rd Mondays attendees!!!

Our monthly Community Corner with folks from Not in Our Name
and the Blue Triangle Network

and your Hostess, Geeta Citygirl.

Traditional Q&A and reception with complimentary wine, soda, gourmet cheeses (for those of you doing the low-carb thang) and Indian hors d'oeuvres from MINAR Indian Restaurant to follow the performances and Monthly Raffle Drawing Showcase* scroll down for this month's prize!!!

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

Admission (nobody is turned away due to lack of funds)
$10 suggested, $15 appreciated, $5 minimum

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

*Monthly Raffle Drawing Showcase PRIZES:

PRIZE ONE: Two Pairs of Tix to the FIRST ever
NYC DJ performance of Nitin Sawhney
on the Black Mahal UrbanGroove Fall 2003 Tour
Information & TICKETS $15
http://www.urbangroove.com/blackmahal
Wednesday, November 19, 2003: 10pm - 4am
Buddha Lounge (Part of Anju)
36 East 20th Street (Btwn Park and Broadway)
New York, NY, 10003

PRIZE TWO: Autographed copy of Vishnu Sharma’s play, THE GROUND ZERO.  Visiting from Canada, Professor Sharma is our honored guest so be sure to give him a warm NYC welcome!  He’ll be happy to personalize your prize as well.

PRIZE THREE: Complimentary Admission for two to
DJ REKHA's Pre-Thanksgiving Basement Bhangra event.
Wednesday, November 26th -- Thanksgiving Eve
Performing Live NYC's own Dhol Collective
DJs Rekha & Phil Money
Doors open at 7PM. $12 in advance only, $15 at the door.
Free mojitos from 7-8, Dance lesson at 8PM
http://www.basementbhangra.com
S.O.B.s is at 7th Avenue (Varick Street) and West Houston St.

The title of this month's salon TRUTHS AND MYTH was inspired by an introduction to a Thanksgiving Essay "Teaching About Thanksgiving" written by Chuck Larsen (Tacoma, WA - September, 1986).  Chuck Larsen knows of what he speaks. As a public school teacher, a historian, and an American of Indian (Native/Indigenous) heritage, Larsen has always had a difficult time teaching about the Thanksgiving holiday.

"I propose that there may be a good deal that many of us do not know about our Thanksgiving holiday and also about the 'First Thanksgiving' story," says Chuck Larsen in the introduction to Teaching About Thanksgiving. "I also propose that what most of us have learned about the Pilgrims and the Indians who were at the first Thanksgiving at Plymouth Plantation is only part of the truth.  When you build a lesson on only half of the information, then you are not teaching the whole truth."