Arnold Rampersad, National Humanities Medal recipient and MacArthur Fellow, presents “African American Poetry: Past, Present, and Future,” the Texas Institute for Literary and Textual Studies (TILTS) Poetics Lecture in honor of Thomas Cable. When: September 15, 2011 Time: 7:00pm Where: 300 West 21st Street Austin, TX 78712 For more info click here.

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The 2011 West Coast Eisteddfod: Welsh Festival of Arts which celebrates Welsh identity and cultural expression takes place at the Barnsdall Art Park, 4800 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, California from September 23 to 25. A free outdoor festival on Saturday and Sunday includes Welsh food and drink, traditional and contemporary music, lectures, crafts, classes including Welsh language instruction, a Celtic marketplace, demonstrations in rugby, Welsh Corgis, genealogy, storytelling, a Welsh Mythology and Legend Art Show featuring over 30 artists, a Welsh-American traveling exhibit, and tours of the Hollyhock House created by Welsh-American Frank Lloyd Wright. The opening ceremony is on Friday September 23 on the Barnsdall grounds and the Theatre from 6pm to 9:30pm with performances by Paul Ch ...

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Click HERE to RSVP for the Sept. 29, 2011 Arab American Book Award Ceremony at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, D.C. Admission is FREE but seating is limited and RSVPs are required; business attire suggested. Winners Fiction Loom: a Novel by Thérèse Soukar Chehade The Evelyn Shakir Non-Fiction Award Arab Americans in Toledo: Cultural Assimilation and Community Involvement edited by Samir Abu-Absi Poetry Tocqueville by Khaled Mattawa Children/Young Adult Saving Sky by Diane Stanley Honorable Mentions Non-Fiction Barefoot in Baghdad by Manal M. Omar Poetry This Isa Nice Neighborhood by Farid Matuk Children/Young Adult Time to Pray by Maha Addasi, illustrated by Ned Gannon Lifetime Achievement Ameen Rihani (posthumously)   When: Sept. 29, ...

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On October 4th, the Talea Ensemble will present their first big concert of the season featuring Pierre Boulez’s classic Le marteau sans maître and Georges Aperghis’ wild, Triangle Carré. Pierre Boulez’s Le marteau sans maître (The Hammer Without a Master, 1955) is the work that established the composer’s reputation as a leading figure of the European postwar avant-garde. René Char’s surrealist poetry, like that of Mallarmé’s that Boulez went on to set in future years, serves as the bridge between the worlds of Boulez’s arcane, severe harmonic vocabulary and the cool sensuality of his instrumental writing. Georges Aperghis’ Triangle Carré (1989), written three decades later, takes an entirely different approach to exoticism. The friction of culture and timbre are primary areas of explorati ...

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Say You Heard My Echo is an evening-length spoken word poetry theater project that juxtaposes fictional narratives of three Asian American women in NYC a decade after 9/11. Their struggles with survivorship and faith prompt them to call on three female religious icons (Mary Magdalene, Guan Yin, and Aisha) for solace and answers as they come of age in a world impacted by war. Rendered with humor and humanity, SAY YOU HEARD MY ECHO questions what remains sacred in times of war while unearthing intersections between feminism, Asian Pacific Islander American identity, and religious freedom. The event is presented on the main stage of the historic Flushing Town Hall in Queens, across from where the Flushing Remonstrance was signed more than 450 years ago, a fundamental document in establishing ...

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With a bold and revolutionary sound, classical Persian singer Mamak Khadem shares the universal message of peace and understanding through the poetry of Rumi and Sohrab Sepehri. Joined by an ensemble of musicians well-versed in traditions from east and west, Khadem’s A Window to Color explores our sacred, natural world. This unified communal experience begins with personal reflection and concludes with group participation, calling upon the sacred Persian traditions of meditation, chant and call-and-response. Born in Iran, Khadem began singing at an early age. Although she was part of the Children’s Choir for National Radio and Television of Iran, it wasn’t until after the Iranian Revolution and her emigration to the U.S. that her passion for singing flourished. Since then, she ...

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Ornament of the World The Legacy of Tolerance in the Music of Medieval Spain Ornament of the World celebrates the spiritual flowering of song tradition throughout Medieval Spain. Soprano trio Voxfire and Arabic ensemble Kan Zaman join together to evoke the sensuous poetry of Arabic ring-songs and Christian troubadours; the religious fervor of Spanish cantigas; and the wistful and plaintive longing of Jewish Sephardic romances. With luminous vocals, a tender oud, Turkish clarinets, and traditional percussion, the serpentine melodies and rhythmic energy of the songs’ Arabic roots serve as a reminder of the lively exchange that occurred among the Muslim, Jewish and Christian communities of this culturally rich period. Celebrated West-Coast trio Voxfire is highly regarded for their interpretat ...

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Judith Sloan’s Yo Miss! Teaching Inside the Cultural Divide  Thursday, Friday, Saturday, November 3, 4, 5, at 7 PM and Sunday November 6 at 3 PM   Nuyorican Poets Café 236 East 3rd Street Between Ave B & C, NYC Tix: $20 general $15 students/seniors/groups 212-780-9386 http://www.nuyorican.org/ What happens when a performing artist survives a near-fatal car accident and collides with the oncoming traffic of Hip Hop culture? In Yo Miss! actress/writer Judith  Sloan remixes stories from twenty years of reporting on and teaching immigrant/refugee teenagers and incarcerated youth as they grapple with the cataclysmic global events that shaped them. Through poetry, vivid character portrayals and music, she brings their tales to life along with her own stories reveali ...

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Munni Begum Live In Concert!!! An Evening of Geet & Ghazals. When: Sunday, NOV 13, 2011 Time: 7:00PM Where: Edison Hotel 3050,Woodbridge Ave, Edison, NJ 08837 Ticket: $35, $50, $100 Buy Ticket Hosted by: Musik Waves Phone: 732-277-6687  

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Due to numerous requests the audience! Conqueror of female hearts Mihaylov with a new program, “Open your heart I am!”Mihaylov – Russian singer, writer of poetry and music, one of the most popular Russian singers and gastroliruemyh. In 1997, in St. Petersburg, the first album Stas Mikhailov, “Candle,” as well known as one of the songs on this album, which became the singer’s trademark.His songs are filled with lyricism and warmth and profound philosophical meaning, affect the most secret corners of the human soul. Even when Stas sings in the great hall, it feels as if he performs songs exclusively for you. ” In 2009, Stas receives two awards – “Radio Shanson” it’s called “Artist of the Year”, and for the song ...

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