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| IAAC's Upcoming Grand Anniversary Gala in NYC! |
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| Singer/songwriter/composer Paul Williams and jazz piano icon and composer Kenny Ascher will reunite on stage to recreate their award-wining musical magic for the Indo-American Art Council’s (IAAC) 15th anniversary gala on Thursday, November 21 from 7 to 11p.m. at the Angel Oresanz Foundation for the Performing Arts (172 Norfolk Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan). |
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IAAC will commemorate 15 years of educating and exposing NYC
audiences to literary, performing, visual and folk arts from the Indian
subcontinent. “It may be surprising to find Kenny and I performing at an Indian gala, but it just goes to prove that music is universal and does not
discriminate by race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status,” said Williams,
who has been at the receiving end of Academy, Golden Globe and Grammy awards, with his most recent work being featured on current pop sensation Daft Punk's Random Access Memories. |
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The secular, non-profit, volunteer-driven arts organization has achieved scores of noteworthy milestones in the decade and a half of its existence. IAAC is the first and only Indian Arts Council in the United States representing all of the artistic disciplines, including theatre, dance, music,
film, folk arts and literature. The IAAC pioneered the first annual Indian
theatre, film, dance and playwright festivals in the country, as well as an
annual travelling exhibition of contemporary Indian art. The IAAC’s programs attract packed audiences and amazing media coverage – ethnic, mainstream and international outlets such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, BBC, Variety, New York Daily News, NY1, CNN IBN, and Huffington Post, just to name a few. |
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The emcee for the IAAC’s 15th anniversary gala will be actor/comedian Aasif Mandvi (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart). A fashion show, organized by Exclusively.In, will showcase the work of Indian designer Manish Arora from Paris Fashion Week. World-renowned author
Salman Rushdie, culinary expert Madhur Jaffrey, and director Mira Nair will also be part of the evening’s star-studded line-up. |
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| Tables at the gala range in value from $5,000 to $25,000, and
individual tickets are available for $500. For more information and to purchase your advance tickets, please visit . |
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