'Race and Representation in Chicago Theater' Conversations Begin at Victory Gardens Theater
by Kelsey Denette - January 31, 2013 Victory Gardens Theater, The League of Chicago Theatres, Silk Road Rising and Lifeline Theatre are collaborating on a new conversation series, Race and Representation in Chicago Theater, that will discuss the issues of race and representation in Chicago's theater community. The series, featuring pan...
About Face and Silk Road Presents BRAHMAN/I: A ONE-HIJRA STAND UP COMEDY SHOW, Now thru 4/27
by BWW News Desk - March 27, 2014 About Face Theatre and Silk Road Rising are pleased to present the Chicago premiere of Brahman/i: A One-Hijra Stand Up Comedy Show, by Aditi Brennan Kapil, directed by AFT Artistic Director Andrew Volkoff. This bold, comic exploration of cultural and gender identity plays today, March 27 - April 27,...
The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Sarasota Introduces Aerial Silk Massage
by Robert Diamond - October 14, 2013 The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Sarasota is raising the bar or rather, the aerial circus silks with a new, first-of-its-kind massage....
Two World Premieres to Debut at Silk Road Rising in 2012
by BWW News Desk - April 04, 2012 Silk Road Rising co-founders, Artistic Director Jamil Khoury and Executive Director Malik Gillani, have announced two world premiere productions for 2012, Jamil Khoury's Re-Spiced: A Silk Road Cabaret and Adriana Sevahn Nichols' Night Over Erzinga....
ACE to Honor Editors Richard Marks, Larry Silk with Lifetime Achievement Awards
by Tyler Peterson - February 08, 2013 American Cinema Editors (ACE) will honor veteran editors Richard Marks, A.C.E. and Larry Silk, A.C.E. with the organization's prestigious Lifetime Career Achievement Award at the 63rd Annual ACE Eddie Awards on February 16, 2013 in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel....
Silk Road Rising Opens NIGHT OVER ERZINGA World Premiere Tonight, 10/13
by BWW News Desk - October 13, 2012 Silk Road Rising is set to present the World Premiere of Night Over Erzinga, written by Adriana Sevahn Nichols and directed by Lisa Portes. Night Over Erzinga runs now through November 11, 2012, in Pierce Hall at The Historic Chicago Temple Building, 77 W. Washington St, Chicago. Press opening is to...
The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma Set for Carnegie Hall, 10/16
by BWW News Desk - September 09, 2013 On Wednesday, October 16 at 8:00 p.m., in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma returns to Carnegie Hall to celebrate the 15th anniversary of The Silk Road Project-an initiative aimed at promoting innovation and cross-cultural understanding through performance and t...
Silk Road Rising Will Premiere Rajiv Joseph's THE LAKE EFFECT
by Kelsey Denette - March 19, 2013 Silk Road Rising Artistic Director Jamil Khoury and Executive Director Malik Gillani have announced the World Premiere of The Lake Effect, written by Rajiv Joseph, directed by Timothy Douglas. The Lake Effect runs April 23 - May 26, 2013, in Pierce Hall at The Historic Chicago Temple Building, 77 W....
Silk Road Rising to Present World Premiere of RE-SPICED: A SILK ROAD CABARET, 4/4-5/6
by Harmony Wheeler - February 21, 2012 Silk Road Rising to present the World Premiere of Re-Spiced: A Silk Road Cabaret, song and narrative selection by Jamil Khoury, directed by Steve Scott, musical direction by Ryan Brewster, and choreographed by Brenda Didier. Re-Spiced runs April 4 - May 6, 2012, in Pierce Hall at The Historic Chicag...
Bethel Church Senior Leader Releases LOVING OUR KIDS ON PURPOSE
by Christina Mancuso - September 05, 2013 Destiny Image is pleased to announce the newly, redesigned version of author, Danny Silk's, classic book, 'Loving Our Kids on Purpose.'...
Silk Road Rising to Present RITUALS OF SIGNS AND TRANSFORMATIONS Staged Readings, 3/8-9
by BWW News Desk - February 04, 2014 Silk Road Rising to present three staged readings of Rituals of Signs and Transformations, written by Saadallah Wannous, translated from Arabic into English by Nada Saab and Robert Myers, and directed by Sahar Assaf, on March 8 and 9, 2014....
The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma Set for Carnegie Hall Tonight
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2013 Tonight, Wednesday, October 16 at 8:00 p.m., in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma returns to Carnegie Hall to celebrate the 15th anniversary of The Silk Road Project-an initiative aimed at promoting innovation and cross-cultural understanding through performance...
Asia Society to Host NEW SOUNDS FROM IRAN Concert, 11/16
by Tyler Peterson - November 06, 2013 Asia Society continues its fall series "New Sounds from Iran" with a performance by Kayhan Kalhor, a master of classical Kurdish and Persian music, three time Grammy-Award nominated, and an original member of the Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble. The internationally acclaimed virtuoso performs his own ...
Mona Mansour Receives 2014 Middle East America Distinguished Playwright Award
by BWW News Desk - March 19, 2014 Silk Road Rising, Golden Thread Productions, and Lark Play Development Center are proud to announce that Mona Mansour, author of Urge for Going, The Hour of Feeling and The Way West, has been chosen to receive the 2014 Middle East America Distinguished Playwright Award. Honorable mentions went to pl...
'RUDOLPH,' VICTORIA'S SECRET FASHION SHOW & More Among CBS' Holiday Programming
by Tyler Peterson - November 18, 2013 CBS's holiday programming, which kicks-off with RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER, will also include music specials, perennial holiday favorites and holiday-themed episodes of NCIS, CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, THE BIG BANG THEORY, TWO AND A HALF MEN, THE MILLERS and HAWAII FIVE-0....
VIDEO: Sneak Peek - Syfy's BITTEN & LOST GIRL
by Caryn Robbins - January 31, 2014 Below check out clips for Syfy's supernatural line-up on Monday nights, featuring Bitten and Lost Girl. In addition to sneak peeks, you'll see behind-the-scenes content and cast interviews....
Silk Road Rising Presents RITUALS OF SIGNS AND TRANSFORMATIONS Staged Readings This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2014 Silk Road Rising to present three staged readings of Rituals of Signs and Transformations, written by Saadallah Wannous, translated from Arabic into English by Nada Saab and Robert Myers, and directed by Sahar Assaf, this weekend, March 8 and 9, 2014....
Threads of Silk: A Gala to Benefit Silk Road Rising Held 11/5
by BWW News Desk - November 05, 2011 The Board of Directors of Silk Road Rising and Honorary Gala Chair David Henry Hwang invite the public to attend Threads of Silk: A Gala to Benefit Silk Road Rising....
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 2/24- SILK STOCKINGS
by Nicole Rosky - February 24, 2014 Today in 1955, Silk Stockings opened at the Imperial Theatre, where it ran for 478 performances. Silk Stockings is a musical with a book by George S. Kaufman, Leueen MacGrath, and Abe Burrows and music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The musical is loosely based on the Melchior Lengyel story Ninotchka a...
About Face and Silk Road to Present BRAHMAN/I: A ONE-HIJRA STAND UP COMEDY SHOW, 3/27-4/27
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2014 About Face Theatre and Silk Road Rising are pleased to present the Chicago premiere of Brahman/i: A One-Hijra Stand Up Comedy Show, by Aditi Brennan Kapil, directed by AFT Artistic Director Andrew Volkoff. This bold, comic exploration of cultural and gender identity plays March 27 - April 27, 2014 a...
Silk Road Rising Releases NOT QUITE WHITE Documentary
by Kelsey Denette - February 29, 2012 Silk Road Rising's Not Quite White: Arabs, Slavs, and the Contours of Contested Whiteness (24 min., 8 sec.), directed by Jamil Khoury and Stephen Combs, explores the complicated relationship of Arab and Slavic immigrants to American notions of whiteness. To view the documentary, CLICK HERE....
PAULUS to Play Silk Road Rising, 11/7-12/15
by BWW News Desk - August 15, 2013 Silk Road Rising co-founders, Artistic Director Jamil Khoury and Executive Director Malik Gillani, present the World Premiere of Motti Lerner's Paulus. All performances will be presented in the company's venue in Pierce Hall at The Historic Chicago Temple Building at 77 W. Washington St. in Chicago....
Silk Road Rising to Stage Midwest Premiere of Jonas Hassen Khemiri's INVASION!, 7/30-9/1
by Tyler Peterson - June 20, 2013 Silk Road Rising Artistic Director Jamil Khoury and Executive Director Malik Gillani are proud to announce the Midwest Premiere of Invasion!, written by Jonas Hassen Khemiri, translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles, directed by Anna C. Bahow. Invasion! runs July 30 - September 1, 2013, in Pierce Hall a...
The Silk Road Ensemble ft. Yo-Yo Ma Releases A PLAYLIST WITHOUT BORDERS Today
by BWW News Desk - September 24, 2013 The Silk Road Project has been on a mission to promote innovation and cross-cultural understanding through the arts for the last 15 years. The newest chapter comes with the Sony Masterworks release of the new album A Playlist Without Borders from the Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma today, September...
LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER to Broadcast New York Philharmonic's Opening Gala Concert, 12/31; Audra McDonald to Host
by Tyler Peterson - September 23, 2013 Live From Lincoln Center will ring in the new year with a special broadcast of the New York Philharmonic's Opening Gala concert from Avery Fisher Hall featuring Music Director Alan Gilbert and special guest cello soloist Yo-Yo Ma. The Opening Gala concert, to be taped on September 25, will feature ... |
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