Ancestors of Sara Pajunen and Teija Niku lived within hours of each other in western Finland – speaking the same language, playing the same music, living the same culture. In the late 19th-century, Pajunen’s ancestors emigrated to northern Minnesota; Niku’s family...
Lotus Blossoms World Bazaar School Day featured performer, Friday, April 1 Sylvester Makobi has performed with the Kenyan Boys Choir for many years, and sang with them at President Obama’s first inauguration. He recorded as a soloist in three of the choir’s albums,...
Lotus Blossoms Residency: April 4-8, 2016 Kuniko Yamamoto enchants audiences of every age with dramatic storytelling using myths and fables from ancient and modern Japan, spiced with social revelations to educate and amuse. Kuniko uses traditional Japanese music,...
Lotus Blossoms Residency: March 21-24, 2016 Consummate musicians and storytellers, Kim & Reggie Harris are a mini festival of diversity. Combining traditional African-American spirituals and freedom songs with original folk, they sing of life, love, the quest for...
Lotus Blossoms Residency: March 21-25, 2016 Seán Cleland is an Irish fiddle player, music teacher, producer, and executive director of the Irish Music School of Chicago. Seán grew up on the North side of Chicago in an Irish-American household. Both of Seán's...
If you’ve gotten into zydeco music, or felt its influence, or watched the world celebrate this great aspect of Louisiana culture over the past 30+ years, it’s likely been because of Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural, Jr. No other zydeco artist has come close to selling as...
Enjoy a lively demonstration of Ceili (group) and solo Irish dance at Lotus in the Park! The goal of the Ryan Academy of Irish Dance is to pass on the rich traditions and beautiful culture of Ireland to a new generation of artists through music and dance, and to...
Mabuhay! Philippine Cultural Community (PCC) is a non-profit cultural and educational organization whose mission is to share and engage the community in the Philippine culture through education, partnership, participation, and active involvement. Inspired by the Lotus...
Indiana will celebrate its 200th birthday in 2016. As part of the statewide Bicentennial Celebration, the Traditional Arts Indiana traveling exhibit “Indiana Folk Art: 200 Years of Tradition and Innovation” celebrates Indiana’s rich culture and heritage by...
Grey Larsen, Dillon Bustin, Janne Henshaw, Nan McEntire, and Mark Feddersen — all of whom knew Hoosier musician and songwriter Lotus Dickey (1911-1989) — will lead a workshop in which you’ll learn some of Lotus’s best songs. The Lotus World Music and Arts Festival was...