First Thursday Featuring Red Baraat

Indiana Memorial Union 900 E 7th St, Bloomington, United States

Experience Holi on the Bloomington campus with color, dancing, food, and live music from Red Baraat, the riveting Brooklyn-based octet NPR has dubbed “the best party band in years."

Free

Kardemimmit Public Performance: Meadowood Retirement Community

Meadowwood Retirement Community 2455 N Tamarack Trail, Bloomington, IN, United States

Enjoy the women of Kardemimmit as they sing and play the Finnish national instrument – the kantele, which is similar to a zither or dulcimer.

Free

WFHB Firehouse Session: Victor Gama

WFHB Firehouse Sessions 91.3 FM Bloomington

Thursday, March 22   |  4:00-4:20 pm  |  WFHB 92.3 Listen live on WFHB starting at 4:00pm, for a 20-minute session with our Lotus Blossoms artist Victor Gama. The in-studio broadcast is part of the WFHB Firehouse Sessions series. Can’t tune in?  Catch up with the session later on WFHB’s website – more info here. Victor Gama […]

Free

Victor Gama: Pieces for Acrux and Toha

Buskirk-Chumley Theater 114 E. Kirkwood, Bloomington, United States

Victor Gama is an Angolan composer, musicologist, performer, and designer of contemporary musical instruments for new music.   As a composer, his process begins with the creation of an entirely new instrument, one whose design is steeped in symbolic meaning.

Free

Kardemimmit Public Performance: Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital

Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital 720 Eskenazi Ave., Indianapolis, IN, United States

Enjoy the women of Kardemimmit as they sing and play the Finnish national instrument – the kantele, which is similar to a zither or dulcimer.

Free

Dance of Hope Public Performance: Monroe County Public Library

Monroe County Public Library 303 E. Kirkwood, Bloomington, United States

Dance of Hope strives to restore dignity and self-confidence to Ugandan children through teaching life skills, music, and the arts. The group of children, aged 12 to 18 years old, delivers a rich cultural experience packed with passionate rhythms, sensational sounds, and exhilaratingly colorful choreography.

Free

Dance of Hope Public Performance: Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital

Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital 720 Eskenazi Ave., Indianapolis, IN, United States

Dance of Hope strives to restore dignity and self-confidence to Ugandan children through teaching life skills, music, and the arts. The group of children, aged 12 to 18 years old, delivers a rich cultural experience packed with passionate rhythms, sensational sounds, and exhilaratingly colorful choreography.

Free

WFHB Firehouse Session: Giri & Uma Peters

WFHB Firehouse Sessions 91.3 FM Bloomington

Monday, April 2   |  4:00-4:20 pm  |  WFHB 92.3 A 2017 Lotus World Music & Arts Festival fan favorite, Giri & Uma Peters broadcast their second in-studio session live during WFHB's Firehouse Session in as many years during the duo's 2018 Lotus Blossoms visit.  Catch their live performance on WFHB from 4:00-4:20 p.m. Can’t tune […]

Free

Radha Lakshmi: Public Mandala Demonstration, SGIS

Hamilton Lugar School of Global & International Studies 355 N. Jordan Ave., Bloomington, IN

Watch Lotus Blossoms artist Radha Lakshmi create a stunning, large-scale mandala (kolam) in the main Atrium of the School of Global and International Studies building!  This work of art, based on traditions from Southern India, will come to life over a 3-hour demonstration -- stop by to see the progress, or stay for the entire creative process.

Free

Evie Ladin & Keith Terry: Lotus Blossoms House Concert

Innovative musicians/dancers with a quirky neo-trad soul, Oakland, California-based Evie Ladin & Keith Terry throw down original folk songs and deep interpretations of old songs, with the kinetic thrill of percussive dance.  Please join us for an intimate house concert during their Lotus Blossoms residency!

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Radha Lakshmi: Community Workshop, Vibe Yoga: “Creating Sacred Spaces with Mandalas & Kolams”

Vibe Yoga Studio 1705 N. College Ave., Bloomington, United States

Join us for a 'Mandalams' workshop with Lotus Blossoms artist Radha Lakshmi. We will create Mandalams—the combination of a mandala and kolam—using stencils, rice flour, sand, and flower petals. Participants will receive all instructions and materials needed to partake in this creative process focused on mindfulness. No art experience is required.

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Giri & Uma Peters: First Thursday/India Remixed

IU Showalter Arts Plaza 1211 E 7th St, Bloomington, IN, United States

Hear Lotus Blossoms artists Giri & Uma Peters on-stage at April's First Thursday event on the IU campus, part of the spring India Remixed Festival! 

Free