The Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire is bringing some extraordinary people to our region this month. You can begin your education in Pakistani life, culture, religion, music and art Tuesday night, October 4, at the Conway Library. Educator, designer, artist, urban advocate and author Samina Quraeshi will be giving a free illustrated talk at 7 PM entitled “Exploring Sacred Spaces: Journeys with the Sufis of the Indus Valley.” You can read more about this talk below the break.
Finish your two weeks of exposure with the rare opportunity to hear nine Pakistani musicians play a range of traditional music, from mystical singing (above) to tabla drumming (below), on Saturday, October 22 at 7:30 PM at Lloyd Auditorium, Kennett High School, North Conway. If you’ve never heard the tabla, that alone is reason to come, and the beauty of the singing will give you shivers.
In between are more opportunities on both the humanities and musical end of the spectrum (a world music jam night!). Click the links to find out more, or read down through the press release copied below.