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Dear India Currents, I penned a thoughtful article on BLM to celebrate Feb as Black History Month. This is an honest attempt to contribute through Indian Classical dance to the movement. Many asked me to write about this for a long time. February is the ideal time. We need to understand Black history, and learning more about systemic racism is essential as our country faces backlash to civil rights activists such as the George Floyd protests. We should know Black History Month and how to celebrate it appropriately. The second week of February coincides with Frederick Douglass’s birthdays, a...

ARTS Amy Seiwert's Imagery "More Love Now" is a new improvisational event with Imagery artist Shania Rasmussen, trumpeter Darren Johnston, and visual artist and poet Adrian Arias. Feb 14, 4pm PT, Free. https://www.facebook.com/events/2938679926376373/ Ballet22 Premiere of a new dance film by Joshua Stanton with the Oakland dance company. $10 and up. Feb. 12-14. https://www.ballet22.com Bechtel Fest 8 Chicago's Broken Nose Theatre company presents a series of online plays; the annual festival of new short plays features an ensemble of femme, female-identifying, non-binary, trans and queer act...

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Credit Owsley Stanley Foundation Sometimes a single song can make an entire show. In this case it's an article from NPR on Sarod master Ali Akbar Khan and tabla master Zakir Hussain and a live album recorded in 1970 by the legendary Owlsey “Bear” Stanley. So for this session of Bridging the Gap I’m extending the journey further into Indian Classical music and artists related to this single recording.