Saturday, November 11, 2023

2:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.

FREE w/ RSVP

South Asia Institute, 1925 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60616

The Shades of Blue, all building open house programs are featured in conjunction with the South Asia Institute’s current “Indigo: The Blue Gold” art exhibition by Shelly Jyoti which is focused on and is themed around the history associated with the blue dye derived from the indigo plant that has touched many communities across the world. Through this series of free performances and events, the South Asia Institute (SAI) looks to help highlight, educate, and celebrate the roots and journeys of Chicago blues, jazz and world music and South Asian performing arts and share the parallel stories of the color blue dye and Indigo plant’s own journey.

For our final edition, we have following artists performances:

Timothy 'Solomon' Bowser (Dance)

Sonny Singh Band (Punjabi Folk Pop, Jazz Fusion)

Falsa (Sufi Chamber Music)

Vareesha Khan (Poetry)

From Here (Film Screening) (2020, 89 min. Germany, USA) Directed by Christina Antonakos-Wallace. From Here is a hopeful story of Tania, Sonny, Miman, and Akim - artists and activists based in Berlin and New York whose lives and futures hang in the balance of immigration and integration debates.

Join us for an adventurous day filled with songs, music, dance, poetry and film.

All Shades of Blues events are FREE and open to all.

*The Shades of Blues series is supported by a grant from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.