today delicious posole soup, storytelling, gallery and exhibits, and bracing performances by bill crouse and his dancers at the Native American Winter Arts Festival, Ganondagan, along with ammi abbu
December 7, 2019
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Category Archives: art
December 2, 2019
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Road to Olana
Walter Launt Palmer (1854–1932), Road to Olana, 1888. Water and gouache on paper, 13¼ x 17¼ inches.
November 30, 2019
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Poem by Saadi Shirazi
An 800 year-old poem by Saadi Shirazi translated by Kaveh Akbar
November 28, 2019
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old photographs
found these wonderful old #wedding #photographs at an #antique shop here in #napoli will make some #art out of them
November 26, 2019
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Excellent screening of A Thin Wall in London
brilliant screening of #AThinWall, a #film about the #1947 #partition of british #india, at #harrowauditorium @uniwestminster #londonit was organized by #tonguesonfire the wonderful team behind the @ukasianfilmfestival great attendance and interview by rosie thomas, and so lovely to do the first screening ever with my co-producer and friend Surbhi Dewan
November 26, 2019
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Händel – Ah! Mio cor
this is a different concert but here is karina gauvin performing ‘ah! mio cor.’
November 25, 2019
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barbican concert: a baroque ensemble
i have to write about yesterday evening. amra and i decided to attend a #barbican #concert, by a canadian period-instrument, #baroque #ensemble: ‘#tafelmusik: love and betrayal.’ it moved seamlessly from dynamic instrumental works by #handel and #vivaldi to #opera. the absolutely astonishing canadian #soprano @karina_gauvin stunned with such moving performances … Continue reading
November 22, 2019
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a bridge between you and everything
this past weekend i had the chance to see ‘a bridge between you and everything: an exhibition of iranian women artists’ curated by shirin neshat at @thehighlinenine in #nyc
November 21, 2019
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memmi, fanon and sansour
today we discussed albert #memmi and franz #fanon’s work and then used that context for larissa sansour’s ‘nation estate’ – a short film we watched and discussed with our special guest muna najib #palestine #honorsprogram @stjohnfishercollege @rochesterny
November 20, 2019
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A Thin Wall in London
dear friends, Surbhi and i will be in london to lead a discussion after this screening of ‘a thin wall.’ pls join us on nov 26th at the University of Westminster. pls register here.
November 18, 2019
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Lil Buck’s art
Memphis-born jookin’ dancer Lil Buck twists and turns past masterpieces by Picasso and Matisse. Lil Buck with Icons Of Modern Art from NOWNESS on Vimeo.
November 17, 2019
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power strip at lincoln center theater
at the clair tow theater @lctheater to see sylvia khoury’s ‘power strip.’ my second play by khoury. also saw ‘against the hillside’ with the fabulous rajesh bose.
November 16, 2019
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high line nine in nyc
View this post on Instagram at @thehighlinenine in #nyc #newyorkcity #newyork A post shared by mara ahmed (@mara__ahmed) on Nov 16, 2019 at 1:02pm PST
November 10, 2019
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This Heirloom – seven years ago
7 years ago, ‘This Heirloom” had its first showing at The Little Theatre. Since then it’s had a wonderful opening at the Colacino Gallery, Nazareth College, it was shipped all the way to California and exhibited at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, it was part … Continue reading
November 5, 2019
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talk about ‘this heirloom’ during current seen walking tour
amanda chestnut and i will be talking about my art series ‘this heirloom’ when folx drop in at the Douglass Auditorium at 36 King St. join this ‘current seen’ walking tour on friday!