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B L O O D L I N E S : Women writing in times of war
html> Navarasa Presents
B L O O D L I N E S
W o m e n w r i t i n g i n t i m e s o f w a r
A Workshop led by Prof. Rajini Srikanth
accomapnied by a singing workshop with Brian Rawson
Sunday, February 23rd at 11am
Zeitgeist Gallery
1353 Cambridge St. Inman Sq.
Cambridge, MA
69 Bus from Harvard Gate
PHONE: 617.876.6060
co-sponsored by SMUJP
(Somerville / Medford United for Justice with Peace)
This is the first of the two workshops.
All are welcome. Workshops are free!!!
As part of the 5th year anniversary
Women's Day and Women's History Month
celebration Navarasa Dance
Theater is hosting two workshops that
are educative and entertaining
leading up to the final performance
"When Earth Sings" Dance Theater by Aparna Sindhoor
The performance is on March 14 and 15 at 8pm
at Tower Auditorium of Mass Art, 621 Huntington
Avenue, Boston.
Rajini Srikanth teaches in the English department
and Asian American Studies program at the University
of Massachusetts Boston. Her works include
CONTOURS OF THE HEART: SOUTH ASIANS MAP NORTH AMERICA,
a co-edited anthology of fiction, poetry, essays,
and photography by South Asians in North America,
and A PART, YET APART: SOUTH ASIANS IN ASIAN AMERICA,
a multidisciplinary collection of essays that
explore the conflicted position of South Asians
within the category of "Asian America." Her
teaching and scholarship attempt to connect
literature to sociocultural and political urgencies.
Brian Rawson performs original songs and covers
in English and Spanish using guitar, voice, and
harmonica. He brings music to multicultural activist
work, performing for labor, health, and disarmament
conferences in places such as Montreal, Nairobi,
and San Salvador. In the US he has performed in
farmers markets (Cambridge, Somerville),
"Peace Sing Outs!" (Cambridge), and
The Great Labor Arts Exchange (Washington DC).
With Aparna Sindhoor, Brian has performed
as musician for Agua, Water, Thaneer,
as Narrator for The Hunt and The Incident and After,
and Co-director and actor in Visa: It's Nowhere
You Want to Be.
The second workshop "Coolie Odysseys"
is on Friday Feb. 28th at 7pm With
Gautam Premnath and Aparna Sindhoor
Contact Navarasa for more information:
navarasa@navarasa.org or 617-776-7939
www.navarasa.org
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