Riksha Magazine

06/16/2026

06/16/2026

The Dragon Boat Race is happening this Saturday! 🐉🚣‍♀️

Come join us at Ping Tom Memorial Park for a fun day of races, performances, and community celebration in Chinatown.

📅 This Saturday, June 20
⏰ 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
📍 Ping Tom Memorial Park

Bring your family and friends — we’ll see you there!

06/14/2026

06/14/2026

✨Round Robin Improv Session Part 1 ✨

📅 July 12th | 6pm
📍iO Theater (1501 N Kingsbury St Ave)
🎟️ $20 Link in bio

Featuring musicians: Siddharth Devarajan, mridangam; Rahul Sharma, bass, sitar (Funkadesi); Lucia Thomas, violin (Ochin Pakhi); Krissy Bergmark, tabla (Sprig of That); Sonny Patel, bansuri flute (Do The Needful); w/ Special Guest Dancer Raji Venkat.

🌟 Sonny Patel (.is.sonny)🌟

Sonny has performed alongside Rev. Father M.P. George (Director of the Shruti School of Liturgical Music in Kottayam, Kerala, India), the Akshaya Music Academy in Chicago, the South Asian Music Ensemble of the University of Chicago, and Randall Jamrock. Sonny also plays Hindi filmi music from the golden era, in a surf-punk Bollywood cover band called, Do The Needful. Sonny has performed at venues such as Harvard University, Old Town School of Folk Music, The Logan Center for the Arts, UChicago’s The International House and Rockefeller Chapel, Mandel Hall, The Hideout, Empty Bottle, Subterranean, Chicagoland temples, among others and has performed at festivals including World Music Festival Chicago and Chicago’s World Dumpling Festival. Sonny is also an accomplished competitive debate coach, and currently directs Chicago Debates, bringing high caliber extra-curricular activities to students of Chicago Public Schools. He has also served on the Harvard Debate Council. Sonny received his medical doctorate from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Outside of music, Sonny enjoys gardening and hiking with his dog.

06/11/2026

Chicago’s Stir Friday Night in NYC!

ASIANS FROM ACROSS THE STATES UNITE!!!

SCNY

FREE

06/09/2026

Join us for the third Toyoakimoto Recital on June 27! Led by the 4th and 5th generation of the Toyoakimoto house, come support our current members who are working to carry on the traditions of ozashiki shamisen in Chicago.

At the AIRMW Hub
4875 N Elston Ave. Chicago
Saturday, June 27 @ 1pm

airmw.org/calendar

06/09/2026

06/09/2026