After final yr’s roaring success, Diwali Storytelling in Austin is coming again this fall. This yr, we’re joined by a number of fantastic artists and creatives to host Diwali tales for all households. We shall be on the Austin Public Library and BeeCave Library on November 2nd. The programming at every location is a bit totally different, so please select primarily based on what makes you most excited!
Diwali: The competition of lights and information at Austin Public Library
Date: November 2, 11am-1pm
The occasion will embrace, a storytelling session (Hanuman and Jatayu’s tales), writing prompts, coloring and mindfulness actions, a Kathak dance efficiency. Youngsters’s journal, Bento shall be showcased and accessible on the occasion. All those that have preordered will get their copies with particular prizes!
We will even have a number of questions answered by native writers. All households can take pleasure in free ice-creams from our native India-inspired Lotus Creamery. We will even have a bit of popup by Batwa Boutique.
Listed here are particulars of all our creatives on the upcoming occasion at Austin Public Library’s Hampton Department:
Dancers: We’re partnering with Kathak Rhythms, a dance institute in Texas whose college students shall be performing a routine on the occasion!
Tara Kashyap is at present a sophomore at McNeil Excessive Faculty. She started her kathak journey on the age of 5 in Austin and is at present working in direction of her Visharad completion.
Shriya Kulkarni first began studying Kathak on the younger age of 8. She is a senior is McNeil Excessive Faculty.
Srija Lahiri started her Kathak journey when she was 8 years outdated in Seattle, Washington. Srija accomplished her Visharad Purna in 2021, and is now instructing newbie Kathak college students in Austin. She is at present a junior on the College of Texas at Austin.
Writers:
Neha Shah: is the founding father of communications app Kaboo and a kids’s author of the Buckley sequence. She is predicated in Austin.
Krupa Gedia: Krupa Gedia is a Montessori (AMI) information and mentor and dedicates her time to crafting enriching studying experiences by means of her workshops and writing. She can be an authorized Ayurveda Wellness Coach, a kids’s yoga educator. Her debut e-book for kids and younger adults is ready to launch this fall.
Upasna Kakroo: is the founder and CEO of Peerbagh and the author of Loal (Gulshan ’24) and 4 books for kids.
Shivani Bakshi: is the author of Ok for Kulfi for kids
Aditi Karvekar: is a pupil reporter for Peerbagh and a highschool pupil at West Lake Highschool.
Host:Emcee Solanki is an expert emcee, an authorized occasion supervisor with expertise in anchoring Telugu, Hindi, English occasions.
This program is supported by Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the Nationwide Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or suggestions expressed on this program don’t essentially characterize these of the Nationwide Endowment for the Humanities or Humanities Texas.
We do have one other Diwali occasion as properly. That is for households within the metropolis of Bee Cave and shut by areas.
Diwali Storytelling at BeeCave Library
Date: November 2, 3-4pm
We shall be sharing a Diwali storytelling session (that includes Jatayu and Ravan’s Misplaced Boon) with households. Youngsters’s journal, Bento shall be accessible for households. Anybody who preorders will be capable of get it with little items!
Hope to see you at one in all our occasions quickly!