Slow Food UW ft. Sri Vamsi Matta

The Crossing, 1127 University Ave.
@ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
https://slowfood-uw.org/

Join Slow Food UW and Sri Vamsi Matta for a cafe meal service at The Crossing on Wednesday, April 17th at 12:00 p.m. The menu includes: Mains: Godavari Style Coconut Rice (vegan, GF) Sides: Potato …

Can a Song Be a Revolution?

Sri Vamsi Matta
Play Circle Theater, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St, Madison, WI 53703
@ 7:30 pm

  Can a song be a revolution? Gaddar is a poet, singer, performer, intellectual, a creative mind associated with people’s resistance movements in India and most importantly he is a revolutionary! But to many peoples …

Everyday Alchemy

Lathrop Hall, Room B101
@ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
https://uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2uz6Uc4mJULOkXs

A theatre workshop exploring identity through everyday objects and interpersonal relationships. We will be using embodying exercises, improv theatre techniques, theatre exercises in this 2 hour workshop understanding identity. This will be helpful for art …

Come Eat With Me

Sri Vamsi Matta
The Rumpus Room, 15 Brodhead St, Mazomanie, WI
@ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
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Come Eat With Me is an interactive performance piece by Sri Vamsi Matta which explores the relationship between caste and food and culminates in sharing a meal together. Cooking a nostalgic chicken curry dish with …

The Poetics of the People’s Movement: From Paul Robeson to Gaddar

Afsar Mohammad and Sri Vamsi Matta
Rm 1418, Van Hise 1220 Linden Dr, Madison, WI 53706
@ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Talk by Afsar Mohammad, followed by a discussion moderated by Sri Vamsi Matta Focusing on the contemporary relevance of solidarity networks among the various people’s movements, this talk debates how different global and local cultural …

Just Bust! Artistic Workshop

MYArts (1055 E. Mifflin Street)
@ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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The Just Bust! Artistic Workshop is a free public artistic workshop that happens every first Saturday of the month. This October, Sri Vamsi Matta is the featured artist.

Just Bust! Open Mic Series

Wisconsin Historical Society (816 State Street)
@ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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Join the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives for Madison’s longest running all-ages open mic, Just Bust! every first Friday at the Wisconsin Historical Society. This October, Sri Vamsi Matta is the featured artist.

“The Blue Line” Workshop at YWCA Racial Justice Summit

Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center (1 John Nolan Drive)
@ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
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Participants in this session will join facilitator Sri Vamsi Matta in drama/theatre methods, movement practices, art therapy, and dialogue surrounding mental health, equity, and social justice. What are the things that make you feel like you don’t and do belong? Who are the people who make you feel like you don’t and do belong? How do we create bridges between these spaces to lead to belonging? The takeaway, Vamsi hopes, is to create dialogues around the intersection of social identity and mental health.