Come on in. Have a seat. Donations are on a sliding scale, from $10 to $20.
There’s no TV or kitchen, just a nice young sarode player in the center of the room. Tabla player too. Oh, and don’t forget Gautam, who runs the show.
We spent our Friday night at the Sangati Center, located at 22nd and Shotwell in San Francisco’s Mission District. We sat down, we listened to classical Indian music, and we let our minds wander.
A small gathering of ten to fifteen people sat around us. Anupam Shobhakar played sarode and Bubai played tabla. A white lady waved her hands and arms along with the music — a little too emphatically, if you ask me.
Two hours later, it was over. We stumbled back into the street.
We will return.
