Spend your afternoon at the Opera Center and experience a cultural festival to celebrate Afghan history, culture, and arts. This is an open event and you can come anytime from 1:00–5:30 PM on Saturday, February 11, 2023. Presentations and performances will be ongoing!
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RSVPs are encouraged but not required. This is a free event.
Jashin Schedule
| 1:00 PM–4:00 PM |
Exhibition of rescued artworks by ArtLords
Craft sale and display by Refugee Artisan Initiative
Community Mural co-creation facilitated by ArtLords artists |
Hanauer Lobby |
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Craft sale and display by Refugee Artisan Initiative |
Hanauer Lobby |
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Community Mural co-creation facilitated by ArtLords artists |
Hanauer Lobby |
| 1:15 PM |
Presentation: “Afghan Cinema Today” by director Roya Sadat
Co-presented by Tasveer |
Tagney Jones Hall |
| 2:00 PM |
Poetry reading by Shogofa Amini
Documentary: “Symphony of Courage” (Voice of America, 2021)
The story of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music and Zohra Orchestra, Afghanistan’s first all-female ensemble
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Tagney Jones Hall |
| 3:00 PM |
Poetry reading by Shogofa Amini
Unveiling of Embroidery Project created by local Afghan women in partnership with Refugee Artisan Initiative
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Tagney Jones Hall |
| 3:30 PM |
Presentation by ArtLords co-founder Kabir Mokamel |
Tagney Jones Hall |
| 4:00 PM |
Poetry reading by Shogofa Amini
Concert: “The Rubab: Afghanistan’s National Instrument” by Ustad Homayoun Sakhi and Deep Singh |
Tagney Jones Hall |
| 5:00 PM |
Post-Show Q&A featuring Ustad Homayoun Sakhi and Deep Singh |
Tagney Jones Hall |
| 5:30 PM |
Event End |
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