Desispotting: May Roundup
A few events to check out in May:
Eboo Patel @ Columbia College Chicago
Tuesday, May 4 @ 3:00pm
Patel, founder and director of the Chicago-based Interfaith Youth Core (and a former RA in my totally awesome college dorm), discusses his memoir Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation.
The Gundecha Brothers @ Old Town School of Folk Music
Wednesday, May 5 @ 8:30pm
The Gundechas are billed as the premier practitioners of Dhrupad, the oldest style of Hindustani classical music.
Farhan Noorani @ Indo-American Center
Friday, May 7 @ 3:00pm
Writer Noorani discusses and signs copy of his new novel Mea Culpa.
Jhumpa Lahiri @ University of Chicago
Monday, May 10 @ 7:30pm
Lahiri has been tapped to be the 2010 Kestnbaum Writer-in-Residence at the University of Chicago. She’ll read from her work and sit for an interview with book critic Donna Seaman.
Sapna Kumar @ Women & Children First
Saturday, May 15 @ 7:30pm
Chicagoan (and Friend of SAPAC) Kumar performs her stand-up comedy as part of WCF’s Sappho’s Salon: A Provocative Night of Lesbian Diversions.
Raman Sukumar @ University of Chicago
Monday, May 17 @ 6:00pm
Ecologist Sukumar presents a lecture titled “The Cultural History of the Asian Elephant.” “Using literary sources and artistic representation of elephants in painting and sculpture, the talk traces the changing paradigms in the elephant-human relationship through history, and provides possible ecological explanations for the same.”
Revathi @ Jane Addams Hull-House Museum ADDED 5/12
Tuesday, May 18 @ 12:00pm
Association for India’s Development (AID) Fellow Revathi, a science teacher turned farmer activist based in Tamil Nadu, joins Hull-House Museum’s weekly Rethinking Soup event to discuss the growing organic farming movement in India, and how members of the Indian community in Chicago are playing a small part through a local chapter of AID.
Subcontinental Drift South Asian Open Mic @ Ethiopian Diamond II ADDED 5/19
Thursday, May 20 @ 7:00pm
Artists come out for an open mic event that celebrates the South Asian community. Invited performers include comedy, spoken word, music, and dance.
Muhammad Yunus @ Hilton Chicago
Friday, May 21 @ 11:30am
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs hosts the founder of Grameen Bank and 2006 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for a lecture and signing of his new book Building Social Business.
Voxtrot @ Lincoln Hall
Friday, May 21 @ 10:00pm
This show by the Austin, TX band fronted by vocalist Ramesh Srivastava is significant because it’s their last in Chicago–they’re taking an indefinite leave of absence to explore other opportunities.
Farhan Noorani @ Chicago Cultural Center [PDF]
Thursday, May 27 @ 5:30pm
Noorani discusses and signs his first novel Mea Culpa for an evening hosted by the Chicago-Lahore Sister Cities Committee.
Raja Krishnamoorthi @ Hub51 ADDED 5/19
Thursday, May 21 @ 6:00pm
The former IL Deputy Treasurer and former candidate for IL Comptroller discusses his experience running for statewide office during an Asian Pacific American Heritage Month reception hosted by Democratic Leadership for the 21st Century.
