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Best-selling author Shilpa Agarwal (“Haunting Bombay”) and author Natashia Deon explore how the lives of mothers and daughters are impacted by the violent politics of men, including the Partition of India and American slavery.
In FADE TO INFINITY Agarwal and Deon spin a story of love, betrayal, and survival to an original score composed by Juhi Bansal. Musical accompaniment by Juhi Bansal on piano and Anand Dika on tablas.
Shilpa Agarwal
Shilpa Agarwal is the author of the bestselling novel Haunting Bombay, a literary ghost story set in India and a winner of the First Words Literary Prize.
Born in Mumbai to a family uprooted by India’s Independence movement and subsequent Partition in 1947, Shilpa’s early writings explored how colonialism and the chaos of dislocation shaped human interaction.
Her current writing is informed by glimpses into moments of alienation and awakening, especially during geographic and metaphoric crossings: east meets west, centers meet the peripheries, the living meet the dead. She writes to call up the haunting utterances of the excluded, to excavate fragmentary memories that edge consciousness, and to imagine a more nuanced narrative of history.
ArtWallah 2010: Afterlife
North America’s decade-old, internationally renowned arts festival of the South Asian diaspora will present the freshest Cultural-Art-Collision on June 18th to 20th 2010 at the venerable Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica.
Co-presented by The South Asian Artists Collective and Highways, the tenth anniversary festival celebrates the theme of “Afterlife” with a presentation of original artist collaborations and multi-disciplinary performance – and an engaging children’s program for families.
Tickets are now available online at www.highwaysperformance.org or via the Highways box office at 310-315-1459.
EVENT GUIDE
Festival date: June 18-20, 2010
Venue: Highways Performance Space
Location: 1651 18th Street, Santa Monica (at 18th Street Art Center one block North of Olympic)
Box Office Reservations: 310-315-1459
Purchase Tickets Online: www.highwaysperformance.org
Show Times: Fri. + Sat. 8:30pm, Sun. 7:00pm
Children’s Program: Sun. 1-4pm
Program: music, film, dance, theater, stand-up comedy, readings, exhibit gallery, childrens’ workshops
Tickets: $20 evening show ($15 students/seniors); $10 children’s program (ages 6+)
Official Website: artwallah.southasianartists.org