boston progress radio

Boston Progress Arts Collective presents another awesome East Meets Words Open Mic event. Get yourself down to 934 Massachusetts Avenue next Friday 8pm. It’s gonna to be hot. It’s gonna to stop raining, the sun is gonna shine and the words are gonna be fire. This month’s feature is BROWNSTAR!

Formed in 2007 BROWNSTAR is a two-man spoken-word duo bursting forth from the pens and dreams of emcee-poet-performers PUSHKAR NORTH STAR SHARMA and SATHYA SOUTH STAR SRIDHARAN. Grown in the Heartland of America but Flavored with the Masala of the Motherland, BROWNSTAR shouts what often goes unheard, giving BROWN a voice and song— presenting a fresh perspective and exploring the contradictions, complexities, and epiphanies of South-Asian identities.

Utilizing original performance pieces, BROWNSTAR walks the tightrope of hyphenation, their stage show ignites a conversation about South-Asia and its diaspora, exploring everything from Kal Penn to Rushdie to the legacy of Gandhiji and the contemporary politics of The-Louisiana-Governor-Formerly-Known-As-Piyush. BROWNSTAR reveals their unique perspective while asking those timeless, human questions about our world, our galaxy, and our universe.

If that last line doesn’t get you to the open mic, I don’t know what will. The meaning of life will be answered once and for all.

Last 5 posts by eugene

• Asian American Raffi: Where are you? - January 13th, 2010
• Recap: East Meets Words, Jan 2010 - January 12th, 2010
• East Meets Words Featuring Fatimah Asghar and Jamilla Woods - November 11th, 2009
• Hip-Hop Values from Oliver Wang - October 29th, 2009
• AARW 30th Anniversary Banquet - October 27th, 2009

Tags: Open Mic.