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Revolutionary Love Tour with Valarie Kaur and Friends
Sunday, October 13, 2024, 6:00–8:00 p.m.
Location: Transformer Station
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About The Event
Join visionary civil rights leader, lawyer, award-winning filmmaker, educator, and innovator Valarie Kaur in an immersive experience of storytelling, music, song, ancestral wisdom, and community building. We invite you into a space for soulful introspection, deep listening, and courageous action. Each stop on the tour uplifts local leaders, artists, and advocates who catalyze hope, so that you leave with the tools needed to lead with love and courage in your daily life.
At the heart of every event, Valarie and fellow artists tell stories of how their ancestors survived seemingly apocalyptic times. Together, using lessons from Valarie’s acclaimed books See No Stranger and Sage Warrior and her recent children’s book World of Wonder, we explore how each of us can walk the path of love, healing, and justice. The performance features raag-based kirtan by celebrated Sikh women artists Jasvir Kaur Rababan and Dr. Nirinjan Kaur Khalsa and renowned trumpeter and artist Sonny Singh performing from his new album Sage Warrior (2024), accompanied by Qais Essar or Shahjehan Khan. The group also performs original songs composed specifically for the Revolutionary Love Movement by Ani DiFranco. Special guests at every stop will be announced soon.
The tour displays artwork by Keerat Kaur, Cynthia Alonso, and Shepard Fairey.
This event is free but registration is required using this Eventbrite page.
About Valarie Kaur
Valarie Kaur is a daughter of Panjabi Sikh farmers from California. She earned degrees at Stanford University, Harvard Divinity School, and Yale Law School and holds several honorary doctorates. Her campaign and speeches have inspired millions globally and ignited a movement to reclaim love as a force for justice. The question she poses is a mantra for people fighting for change: “The future is dark: is this the darkness of the tomb, or the darkness of the womb?”
More information about Valarie Kaur can be found on her website.
The views expressed by performers during this event are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Sponsors
The 2023–24 Performing Arts Series is sponsored by the Musart Society. This program is made possible in part by the Ernest L. and Louise M. Gartner Fund, the P. J. McMyler Musical Endowment Fund, and the Anton and Rose Zverina Music Fund.
The Cleveland Museum of Art is funded in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
Performing arts programs are supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.
