Turkey and the Arab Spring

November 24th, 2011

UPCOMING  FUNDRAISER  EVENT

Turkish American Women’s Scholarship Fund

Proudly Presents

Turkey and the Arab Spring

by Joseph Yackley*

Date: Sunday, December 4th 2011

Time: 5:00-7:00 PM

Place: Naperville Woman’s Club

14 South Washington Street, Naperville, IL 60540-5475

For directions and mapplease click here

Free parking behind the building and on W. Van Burren Avenue, opposite side of the street

Suggested donation: $25 adults and $15 students

Appetizers, soft drinks and wine will be served

RSVP by December 1, 2011 to TAWSF at info@tawsf.org

Turkish American Women’s Scholarship Fund is a not-for-profit 501c3 organization dedicated to the college education of women in Turkey since 1989 (Tax Exempt ID 36-3795606).   All proceeds from this event will benefit TAWSF.

To download and print the event brochure please click here.

* Joe Yackley is a Senior Editor with the Oxford Business Group and a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. Yackley received his B.A. from Northwestern University and his M.A. from the University of Chicago. In a decade of resident consultancy, research, and journalism in Europe and the Middle East, Joe has written for a variety of newspapers, magazines, and wire services in English, Turkish, and German. He returned last year from six months each in Egypt and Turkey as a Fulbright Scholar. Joe has also held fellowships from the Robert Bosch Foundation, the State Department, and the International Center for Journalists. He teaches a course at the University of Chicago on Political Economy of the Middle East and is a co-author of Risk Rules: How Local Politics Threaten the Global Economy (Agate, 2011). Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the end of the program.

Category: Future Events.

A Bouquet of Jasmine (Bir Demet Yasemen)

September 30th, 2011
TURKISH AMERICAN WOMEN SCHOLARSHIP FUND
proudly presents
A Bouquet of Jasmine (Bir Demet Yasemen)
Turkish American Cultural Alliance (TACA), Old Town School of Folk Music, and Turkish American Women Scholarship Fund (TAWSF) proudly present a benefit concert featuring Turkish classical and folk music performed by TACA Turkish Classical Music Choir and Music Ensemble with Lamajamal and guest clarinetist Jim Stoynoff.

Date &Time:
Saturday, October 1, 2011

7:00 pm: Pre-concert reception (complimentary appetizers and cash bar with Turkish beer and wine)
7:30 pm: Doors open
8:00-10:00 pm: Concert

Raffle Drawing

Prizes include a free Turkish Airlines ticket to Turkey…

Location:
Old Town School Gary and Laura Maurer Concert Hall, 4544 N. Lincoln Ave. Chicago IL 60625
Tickets:
$25 General Public / $23 Old Town School Members / $21 Seniors & Kids under 12

Tickets can be purchased at Old Town School Box Office or online at oldtownschool.tix.com

Directions: https://www.oldtownschool.org/aboutus/directions.html
Parking: Lots across the street or metered street parking ($1.5 per hour)

ABOUT MUSICIANS

TACA Turkish Classical Music Choir was founded in 2007 to preserve and promote Turkish culture through the universal language of music. The group performed in many venues throughout Chicago and the Midwest, including Chicago Turkish Festival.  Turkish culture is unique in the world in that it has influenced and been influenced in return by cultures and civilizations from China to Vienna and from Russian steps to North Africa for over a millennium.  Turkish music, with its variety of instruments and broad musical  repertoire, reflects this unparalleled cultural richness and diversity, and remains mostly shaped by its deep roots in Middle East, Anatolia and Balkans, the cradle of many civilizations for at least twelve thousand years.
Lamajamal (www.lamajamal.com), formed in 2004 by five creative musicians takes the music of our global ancestors and turns it inside out creating something fresh and innovative yet true to its roots. Their sound is a unique blend of Balkan, Roma, Arabic, and North African dance music. Their exciting live performances feature Middle Eastern vocals, serpentine clarinet melodies, exotic instruments, and infectious dance beats. The band performed at various local venues including Chicago World Music Fest, Chicago Turkish Festival, Milwaukee’s Global Union fest, Chicago Arabesque Festival, Chicago Cultural Center, as well as CBS morning news.
Amazingly talented Macedonian-American clarinetist Jim Stoynoff is a native Chicagoan who began studying the clarinet in 1962.  He specialized in the research, preservation and performance of Greek Folk Music, with particular emphasis on the regional folk clarinet styles of Epiros, Macedonia, Central Greece and Turkey.  Since 1965 Jim has performed regularly at major functions within the Greek and Turkish communities, performed with the Chicago Immigrant Orchestra, appeared with various groups throughout the US, performed annually at events sponsored by the Chicago Cultural Center, and made appearances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for the opening of the Chicago World Music Festival as well as the Yoyo Ma’s SilkRoad residency.

Category: News.

Turkish American Women’s Scholarship Fund

September 30th, 2011
Turkish American Women’s Scholarship Fund is a not-for-profit organization
dedicated to college education of women in Turkey since1989 (Tax exempt ID 36-3795606)
For questions please email us at info@tawsf.org
Thank you for your patience while our website is being updated.

Category: Uncategorized.