Welcome to the Midwest's Only
South Asian Literary Festival!
www.desilit.org/kriti.html
DesiLit is delighted to announce the 2007 Kriti Festival, to be held in Chicago April 26-29, 2007. Mark your calendars!
Kriti will be a four-day event celebrating South Asian and diaspora literature, with panel discussions, performances, readings, music and song, storytelling for kids, and much more!
At our 2005 festival we had 30 visiting writers, editors and agents, and huge fun -- for more info on that festival, take a look at our archive .
Guest of Honor: Anita Desai
Anita Desai , award-winning Indian novelist, short-listed for the Booker Prize three times. Author of Fasting, Feasting; Baumgartner's Bombay; Clear Light of Day; and In Custody, which was made into a Merchant/Ivory film starring Shashi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, and Om Puri. (Her daughter, Kiran Desai, recently won the 2006 Booker Prize.)
Register for the festival today!
Advance prices:
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All-Weekend Festival Pass (Thurs-Sun): $60 ($30 student/senior)
Friday Day Pass: $30 ($20 student/senior)
Saturday Day Pass: $35 ($25 student/senior)
Voices of Resistance 6 only (Friday evening): $8
Click here to register today!
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We're also offering passes on a sliding scale. If you can't afford the full price, please email [email protected] and ask for a discount.
UIC & Roosevelt Univ. students, staff, and faculty admitted FREE to most events, but you need to pre-register!
For full details, see our registration page .
Schedule
Preliminary Full Festival Schedule (.doc file, 40K)
Panel Topics & Descriptions (.doc file, 40K)
Thursday, April 26 (Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Ave.)
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5:00-5:30pm: Opening reception
5:30-8:00pm: Rapid-fire reading by attending panelists
(free and open to the public)
Friday, April 27 (UIC Student Center, 750 S. Halsted)
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10:00am: Registration opens, Writing workshop
11:00am-5:00pm: Panels, readings, film screenings
5:00-5:30pm: Anita Desai reception
5:30-6:30pm: Anita Desai Keynote Speech
7:00-9:30pm: Voices of Resistance 6
(presented in collaboration with SAPAC ) 9:30pm-1:30am: Funkadesi show at Fitzgerald's
(separate cover charge)
Saturday, April 28 (UIC Student Center, 750 S. Halsted)
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9:00am: Registration opens, Writing workshop
10:00am-7:00pm: Panels, readings, film screenings, art show
11:30am-12:30pm: Anita Desai reading & signing
5:00-6:30pm: Rasaka Theatre performance
(Desi Women of the Diaspora) 8:00-10:00pm: Open Mic hosted by Yesha Naik, Film screening
Sunday, April 29 (UIC Student Center, 750 S. Halsted)
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9:00am: Registration opens, Writing workshop
10:00am-3:00pm: Panels, readings, film screenings
2:00-4:00pm: Maahaul Indian classical music concert
at Hull House Museum, 800 S. Halsted ( details here )
Film Screenings
Sancharram ("The Journey")
2004 | 107 mins
Director: Ligy Pullapally
Kiran is mortified by her growing lesbian desire for the effervescent Delilah, in an idyllic Indian village where arranged marriage is the only acceptable form of coupling. Winner of the Chicago Award for Best Film (40th Chicago International Film Festival). Malayalam with English subtitles.
Plus many more presented in partnership with
3rd I Chicago
Sponsors
Major Sponsors:
UIC Asian American Resource and Cultural Center
Roosevelt University MFA Program in Creative Writing
Thanks for support from:
3rd I Chicago
Columbia College MFA Program in Creative Writing
Northwestern University English Department
Rasaka Theatre Company
Roosevelt University Women’s and Gender Studies Program
South Asian Progressive Action Collective
Learn all about the festival at
www.desilit.org/kriti.html
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