Center Stage Pakistan ensembles from Hyderabad and Karachi, Pakistan tour the U.S. this spring. Join us for performances and activities from Derry, NH, to Houston, TX. Performances at the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage are live streamed. Bookmark the Center Stage Events page, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter for the most up to date news.  SANAM MARVI March 23-April 18Vocal warrior for tolerance, spirituality, and peacePerformances at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, Storrs, CT; Celebrity Series & World Music/CRASHarts, Cambridge, MA; Indo-American Association, Houston, TX; Asia Society and Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, NY; Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, GA; Carolina Performing Arts, Chapel Hill, NC; University Musical Society, Ann Arbor, MI; the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, Washington, DC. Full event details here. SOUNDS OF KOLACHI March 24-April 16Super group creates a sonic highway from ragas to the bluesPerformances at Tropicalia and the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, Washington, DC; Carolina Performing Arts, Chapel Hill, NC; Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, GA; Buckman Performing Arts Center, Memphis, TN; Pinkerton Academy, Derry, NH; Joe's Pub, New York, NY. Full event details here.  Center Stage is a public diplomacy initiative of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts in cooperation with the U.S. Regional Arts organizations, with support from the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art. Center Stage Pakistan is made possible by the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, and the Henry Luce Foundation. General management is provided by Lisa Booth Management, Inc.

Sanam Marvi photo by Kohi Marri, Sounds of Kolachi photo by Usman Dadi