It’s that time of year again and we want to make sure that you don’t miss any of the fabulous events happening all around NYC in June. Below is our Sholay Pride 2010 Calendar where you can find the latest details on the pride marches, film screenings, talks and our 7th annual Desilicious Pride bash. So, don’t let this month slip by and make sure you enjoy all that NYC
Posted: June 3rd, 2010
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Mark your calendars for our biggest and hottest party of the year! We’re taking the party back to BB King to kick off Pride weekend with a pinkalicious good time. Desilicious: Hot Pink Pride! Friday, June 25th BB King 243 West 42nd Street Btwn 7th and 8th Ave 18+/21 to Drink Tickets are $20 at the door. Purchase LIMITED $15 tickets here. Bolly House Mix by Ashu Rai and DJ
Posted: June 2nd, 2010
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On Saturday, June 5th, the Tribeca Performing Arts Center presents the Parijat Desai Dance Company, as they present two new works in development: Songs To Live For and Make Space. Songs To Live For, a dance theater work based on Hindustani vocal music, explores the profound longing evoked by this thumri and khayal in particular. Responding to the quality of the music—its spacious vocals and rhythmic punctuations—Desai draws on released
Posted: May 19th, 2010
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Ishita Srivastava’s Desigirls! has been picking up more press and was featured last week on After Ellen. The documentary on queer desi girls (and featuring Sholay’s own Ashu Rai) will also be shown in Delhi at the end of this month. Kudos to Ishita for making a much-needed and fab film!
Posted: May 15th, 2010
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The Film Society of Lincoln Center (FSLC), in collaboration with IAAC and the Indian Consulate, presents Social Dramas and Shimmering Spectacles: Muslim Cultures of Bombay Cinema from May 19-27, 2010. The series, curated by Richard Allen and Ira Bhaskar, displays the extraordinary richness of Bombay cinema by highlighting classic films that showcase Muslim themes, performance idioms, and lyric traditions. Check out classics like Pakeezah and Mughal-e-Azam as well as modern
Posted: May 14th, 2010
/ read moreThe queer south-asian dance party desilicious celebrates nine years of bolly good fun. Generally when one thinks of Indian women, the first thing that comes to mind is a midriff-bearing Bollywood heroine. That’s all thanks to our awesomely representative global entertainment market.Maybe you think of a shampoo ad or Apu’s wife from The Simpsons. Each representation places the Indian woman in some skewed, heteronormative context. But what about all the Indian
Posted: May 13th, 2010
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Check out a special screening of DESIGIRLS!, presented by NYU Cinema Studies ithis Friday, May 7th at 7pm. Directed by Ishita Srivastava, who recently completed her Masters degree in Cinema Studies from New York Unioversity’s Tisch School of the Arts, the short documentary highlights NYC’s South Asian lesbian community. It focuses on three characters: ‘A’ who might never be able to open up to her family about her lesbian identity;
Posted: May 4th, 2010
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Our favorite (and the most beautiful) actress in Bollywood today, Sushmita Sen, makes us love her even more, which we didn’t think was possible. The lovely former Ms. Universe was spotted out on the town with her second adopted baby, Alisah Sen, who is just too cute for words. And, when asked about Ricky Martin’s recent revelation, her response: “All the time I have known him, I’ve been so proud
Posted: May 1st, 2010
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Don't miss our next party on Aug 19th, 2023 at Cobble Fish