Join us for an Opening Reception for My Name is Palestine: Echoes from The Palestinian Museum’s Online Exhibit أنا إسمي شعب فلسطين “Ana Ismi Shab Falastin," on Saturday, May 2 at 6:00 PM at Southern Exposure.

The opening reception will feature a performance by Spite of Darkness, Detroit-based quartet led by Palestinian-American composer Mike Khoury. 

MIKE KHOURY’S SPITE OF DARKNESS consists of two drummers and two violinists. They perform the compositions of Palestinian-American composer/performer Mike Khoury. The group consists of Mike Khoury on violin, Indira Edwards on violin, Ben Hall on drums, and Ali Allen Colding on drums. Khoury's compositions draw upon folk forms at the intersection of modern composition and free jazz. Khoury's musical background includes work with choreographer/performer Leyya Tawil, a duet with Ben Hall, The Redford Symphony Orchestra as well as the Entropy String Quartet. Indira Edwards is proficient on the violin as well as viola and a composer in their own right. Edwards performs as a soloist, with the group Dick Texas, and is also a member of the Entropy String Quartet. Ben Hall is a producer, composer, and performer with recording and performance credits with Joe Morris, Ken Vandermark, and Don Dietrich, and he leads the groups Oceanic Beloved as well as Field Kitchen. Ali Allen Colding is a mainstay of Detroit drumming with credits that include Sam Sanders, Dorothy Ashby, and James Blood Ulmer. Together, they are Spite of Darkness.