Thursday March 13th - Tuesday April 15, 2008

Please join us and our new Artist in Residence, Robin Sukhadia, for a month of programming centered around tabla, the traditional drums of north India. Performances, film screenings, interactive workshops, lessons, cooking classes, and listening sessions will be offered to contextualize this amazing instrument.

Featuring Special Guest Artists: Delhi2Dublin, David Trasoff, Walter Kitundu, Ajay Kapur, Ameet Mehta, Sheela Bringi, Hands On-Semble, CalArts Tabla Ensemble, Rajen Sukhadia, Saroj Sukhadia, Santiago Heredia, Mike Robbins, Leena Pendharker, Nandita Kumar and more.

Sponsored in part by Project Ahimsa.

All tabla classes are $5 per session, and most other events are free. Tuesday tabla classes are focused on Beginners, and Thursday sessions encourage attendance by returning students who want to learn more about the instrument — you can sign up for as many sessions as you’d like by RSVPing for the dates you want to join us.

Please check back for more details, and feel free to contact us at machine@machineproject.com with any questions.

SCHEDULE of EVENTS

3/13 $5 Beginning Tabla Class 5 - 7PM (RSVP here) (more info)

3/14 Delhi to Dublin 7PM FREE Show (more info)

3/15 David Trasoff (sarode) + Leonice Shinneman (tabla) FREE Concert/Demonstration 2PM (more info)

3/16 Film Screening: Satyajit Rai’s Pathar Panchali + World of Apu 4PM

3/18 $5 Raga & Tala Class with Rajen Sukhadia (vocal) / Beginning Tabla Class 5 - 7PM (RSVP here) (more info)

3/20 FREE Listening Session: Bollywood Film Music with Rajen Sukhadia 7PM (RSVP here)

3/21 FREE Bollywood Film Music: RD Burman & More; Videos + Performances + History with Rajen Sukhadia 7PM

3/22 Cooking Workshop: Daal 101 featuring Saroj Sukhadia 10 AM (Registration details to come!)
Devotional Music Concert featuring Sheela Bringi 7PM

3/23 Henna Workshop with Saroj Sukhadia 1PM (Registration details to come! Meanwhile, RSVP here)
FREE Film Screening: Mughal E Azaam 4PM

3/25 $5 Beginning Tabla Class 5 - 7PM (RSVP here) (more info)

3/26 Hands On’Semble FREE Show with Randy Gloss, Austin Wrinkle and Andrew Grueschow 7PM

3/27 $5 Intermediate Tabla Class 5 - 7PM (RSVP here) (more info)

3/28 FREE Listening Session: Talvin Singh + the Asian Underground 5PM

3/30 FREE Film Screening: Maqbool 4PM

3/31 Srinivas Reddy (sitar) & Sameer Gupta (tabla) FREE Performance 7PM

4/1 $5 Beginning Tabla Class 5 - 7PM (RSVP here) (more info)

4/3 Ajay Kapur: Robotics + Tabla/Sitar, FREE Presentation 5 - 7PM

4/4 FREE Improv Music Nite 7PM

4/5 FREE Evening of Tabla Performances 7PM
Rob Elston & John Wash - Tabla Duet
Robin Sukhadia - Tabla Solo Performance
with Mike Robbins Lahara

4/6 FREE Film Screening: South Asian Diaspora Sound & Image 5PM
featuring works by Leena Pendharker, Nandita Kumar, Qasim Naqvi and more

4/8 $5 Beginning Tabla Class 5 - 7PM (RSVP here) (more info)

4/10 Walter Kitundu + $5 Tabla Conduction Class 5PM (RSVP here) (more info)

4/11 FIELD: Kitundu + Sukhadia FREE Concert 7PM

4/12 Walter Kitundu
Instrument Invention Workshop 10AM - 2PM (Registration details to come!)
TablaCentric Closing Party - 10PM
featuring DJ Disko AM and live art by Santiago Heredia

4/13 FREE Film Screening: India Footage 2PM

4/15 FREE Student Showcase Concert 5PM

About Robin Sukhadia