Fall artists series presented by UH Mānoa’s Outreach College

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Outreach College announces its Fall 2014 UH Presents series of artists.

• Emel Mathlouthi
  Free public lecture: Thursday, October 2, 5 p.m. at UH Mānoa Crawford 105
  Performance: Friday, October 3, 7:30 p.m. at UH Mānoa Orvis Auditorium
  Singer, songwriter, composer and guitarist Emel Mathlouthi has been called the “voice of the Arab Spring.” Her song, “Kelmti Horra” (my word is free) became an anthem for the Arab Spring revolutionaries. She draws comparisons to Joan Baez and the Lebanese diva Fairouz. Her lyrical style is infused with powerful rock, oriental and trip-hop influences.
• Luis Valdez
  Free public lecture: Thursday, October 16, 6:30 p.m. at UH Mānoa Orvis Auditorium
  Luis Valdez is a noted playwright, director and filmmaker and founder of El Teatro Campesino. He is director of Zoot Suite and La Bamba. Presented in association with UH Mānoa Colleges of Arts and Sciences, and the Department of Languages and Literatures of Europe and the Americas.
• Indian Ink Theatre Company: The Guru of Chai
  Performance: Monday, October 20 at 7:30 p.m. at UH Mānoa Orvis Auditorium
  Indian Ink Theatre Company, one of New Zealand’s most successful theatre companies, presents this outrageously funny and heartbreakingly beautiful romantic thriller. Prepare to be enlightened as the contradictions of modern India with its iPhones and ancient gods come alive in this story of a poor chaiwallah (tea seller). His life is changed forever when a young girl is abandoned at a busy railway station and brings the place to a standstill with the beauty of her singing.

For more information, visit the Outreach College website.