About this Event
Friday, April 25, 2025
Doors Open: 7:00pm
Show: 7:30pm
Location:
The Anchor
645 Grant Street SE
Atlanta, GA 30312
Come to the main entrance on Georgia Avenue. There is free street parking on the streets surrounding the Anchor.
The Anchor is a historic church building and is not currently up to ADA standards. To enter the sanctuary, it is necessary to go up a short flight of stairs. If you travel by wheelchair, or need aid navigating stairs, please let us know in advance and we can make a plan together to assist you.
Tickets:
Pay What You Can (Suggested Donation: $25)
Children Under 18: Free
No one will be turned away for lack of funds!
Program Description:
“Remembering” is more than a concert—it’s a journey through the heart of the immigrant experience, woven together with evocative music and poignant storytelling. Acclaimed vocalist Meena Malik and masterful cellist Aristides Rivas bring their personal stories to life, blending song and narrative in a deeply moving exploration of memory, identity, and transformation. Through their artistry, they invite the audience to feel, reflect, and connect with the universal themes of home, belonging, and change.
The program was ignited from a simple question from their son, "what is an immigrant?" In the process of sharing these memories, the artists strive to answer deeper questions related to sense of belonging; traditions and cultural practices that were brought from their home countries of Japan and Venezuela; experiencing and navigating grief; the healing power of music; and what is at stake if these memories are lost.
Biography:
Meena Malik is a musician, arts consultant, mediator and coach, who is known as a mover and shaker re-defining what conversations around equity in the arts look like. Meena has performed with Opera Providence, MassOpera, Boston Opera Collaborative, New England Orchestra among others. She was a founding member and performer with Voci Angelica Trio, an international band that created a musical fusion of world folk and classical music, for 14 years. With Voci Angelica, Meena toured to the USA’s East Coast, Midwest and Southern regions, Canada, Japan, and South Korea. An alumna of the artEquity National Facilitator Training, a member of the Emergent Strategy Ideation Institute Facilitation Cohort and a Senior Associate at The Aspire Group, Meena is actively engaged in a national community of practice for anti-oppression work in the arts. For more information, visit www.meenamalik.com
A unique mix of talents, Grammy nominated cellist Aristides Rivas embodies a rich culture from South America and combines it with a western European repertoire to delight audiences. The exquisite balance of sounds, storytelling, and sometimes flavors, invites you to a new experience of live concerts. Rivas’ multi-style career has brought him to share the stage with world renown artists such as latin jazz legend Paquito D’Rivera, Yo-Yo Ma, and jazz virtuosic guitarist Julian Lage. He has performed at a wide range of international music venues and festivals such as Caramoor Music Festival, Tanglewood, Carnegie Hall, Newport and Montreal Jazz Festivals, the Barbican in England, Sejong Center in South Korea, and Teatro Colon in Argentina, among many others. Rivas serves as a cello faculty at California Baptist University. For more information, visit www.aristidesrivas.com
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
645 Grant St SE, 645 Grant Street Southeast, Atlanta, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 28.52
