FREE // Steiner Auditorium

The Indian Cultural Society presents Grammy-winning musicians, guitarist Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and Tabla master Pandit Subhen Chatterjee. 

Art activities for children are available during the concert! The art activities for children are FREE, but space is limited and pre-registration for the art activities only is required by Thursday, April 11. Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . 

NO REGISTRATION is required for the concert itself. Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

FREE // STEINER AUDITORIUM // Seats available on a first-come, first-serve basis

Artist, activist, and urban-planner Theaster Gates will perform with The Black Monks of Mississippi, an ensemble of musicians who employ a variety of musical traditions, which range from spirituals, blues, gospel and Buddhist and Zen chants. The performance will connect with the 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church using as inspiration media coverage of the incident, as well as archival materials of the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement.

For 'Tis So Sweet or I Need Sugar Lawd, Gates will imagine a set of musical encounters that examine the relationship between human desire, public ecstasy and artistic practice. With musical support from the Black Monks of Mississippi, Gates will share new stories from the north, old stories from the east, and nearly audible fragments from the eternal. This body of work will be recorded live and will be the basis for Gates' most recent performative endeavor "Songs From the Storefront.”

For more information on this performance and the rest of the Art Speaks: 50 Years Forward series, please click here.