SAVING OUR STORIES: Benefit Luncheon (Remembrance Festival 2025), 16 August | Event in Berkeley | AllEvents

SAVING OUR STORIES: Benefit Luncheon (Remembrance Festival 2025)

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Sat, 16 Aug, 2025 at 01:00 pm

2 hours

Viks Chaat

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Sat, 16 Aug, 2025 at 01:00 pm to 03:00 pm (GMT-07:00)

Viks Chaat

2390 Fourth Street, Berkeley, United States

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SAVING OUR STORIES: Benefit Luncheon (Remembrance Festival 2025)
Join us for an exquisitely curated folksy lunch featuring South Asian folk dances and music, while supporting critical oral history work ♥

About this Event

Join us for an exquisitely curated folksy lunch, as we gather to celebrate the act of storytelling and preserving human memories for posterity. Berkeley-based professional performers have prepared a special folk dance for this event, while Noor Lodhi and Zoe Viccaji will be performing an acoustic sufi set. Catering by Vik's Chaat.

Stay for the Remembrance Festival and explore an exhibition of local Partition-era stories and other remembrance curations from The 1947 Partition Archive.

This lunch is a part of the Remembrance Festival and serves as a fundraiser for time-critical oral history work The 1947 Partition Archive does. Community storytelling work is made possible entirely by compassionate and generous humans like you.


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More to explore at the REMEMBRANCE FESTIVAL

Day 1 - August 14

1:00 PM - 6:00 PM Exhibition



Day 2 - August 15

1:00 PM - 6:00 PM Exhibition

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM - A transcendent musical performance by sufi-folk-pop ensemble, featuring Zoe Viccaji, Noor Lodhi, Manesh Judge, Mike Overtone and Asim Wali.



Day 3 - August 16

11:00 AM - 7:00 PM Exhibition

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Glimpse into The 1947 Partition Archive. Archivists and oral historians from The 1947 Partition Archive showcase our work, and screen fascinating glimpses from our oral history collections. 10,000 Memories book signing.

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Benefit Luncheon (feature event). Join us for an exquisitely curated folksy lunch, as we gather to celebrate the act of storytelling and preserving human memories for posterity.

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Bollywood Dance Lesson

4:00 PM onward - Old Songs Karaoke Sing Along



Day 4 - August 17

Make Sunday a day of learning!

11:00 AM - 11:50 PM - DISCOVERING MY GENEALOGY WORKSHOP (50 min) - Learn how to explore your personal genealogy and discover your family history with Dr. Stewart Traiman.

12:00 - 12:50 PM - FAMILY ORAL HISTORY WORKSHOP (50 min) - Learn techniques for recording oral history interviews of elders in your family or community.

12:00 PM & 1:00 PM - LIQUID POUR MEETS WARLI TRIBAL ART WORKSHOP (50 min each) - Join artists Sarabjit Singh and Lalima Srivastava for a vibrant, immersive workshop where contemporary abstract techniques meet ancient storytelling.In this session, participants will explore liquid pour art—a dynamic, meditative process of pouring, tilting, and blending paints to create fluid, dreamlike compositions.

2:00 PM - 2:50 PM - ARCHIVING AND PRESERVING MY FAMILY HISTORY WORKSHOP (50 min) - Learn techniques for documenting, organizing and preserving your family history for posterity.

3:00 PM - 3:50 PM - JEWELRY MAKING WORKSHOP (50 min) - Make and take home a necklace or a pair of earrings. Learn how to use wire, tools and beads to craft your own jewelry. All materials and tools are provided. Beginners and advanced jewelers are welcome. By Ariana Conner.

4:00 PM - 5:50 PM - TRADITIONAL HENNA BODY ART WORKSHOP (1 hr 50 min) - In this two hour workshop, you'll learn the ins and outs of creating beautiful traditional South Asian henna body art designs.



CLICK FOR TICKETS TO ALL EVENTS AT THE REMEMBRANCE FESTIVAL


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Tickets for SAVING OUR STORIES: Benefit Luncheon (Remembrance Festival 2025) can be booked here.

Ticket type Ticket price
FREE Festival Day Pass Free
Saving Stories Luncheon (TABLE SEATING) 110 USD
Saving Stories Luncheon (ROW SEATING) 78 USD
Childcare 34 USD
Signed copy of 10,000 Memories (book) 61 USD
Donation Free
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SAVING OUR STORIES: Benefit Luncheon (Remembrance Festival 2025), 16 August | Event in Berkeley | AllEvents
SAVING OUR STORIES: Benefit Luncheon (Remembrance Festival 2025)
Sat, 16 Aug, 2025 at 01:00 pm
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