Gaza Mutual Aid Variety Show!

Kick back for an evening of live music, comedy, and entertainment, all for a great cause! All proceeds will be donated to Bilal and Maryam, two young siblings living in Gaza.

Emcee Christian Aldana is a queer, Filipinx, artist, educator and community organizer based in Chicago. Though they have a soft spot for the Midwest, part of them will always be in South East Asia (Cebu and Saigon) where they grew up. They are the author of The Water We Swim In (Sampaguita Press, 2023)

**Featured Artists**

Suhaib Qasim is a 25-year old stand-up and sketch comedian based in Chicago. Suhaib started his comedy career as an improv performer and sketch writer at the Second City Chicago, graduating from the program in 2023. He now co-produces and hosts the Odd Mix Comedy Show and has been featured on showcases at the Lincoln Lodge, Broadway Comedy Club, St Marks Comedy Club, and West Side Comedy Club. Suhaib can be seen performing standup all over the Chicagoland area, as well as with his sketch group Off Pink Floyd, whose videos have garnered over 1M views on TikTok and Instagram.

Faayani Aboma Mijani is front-person of Chicago-based psych/jazz fusion band monoculture and organizer with the Chicago Alliance against racist and political repression.

The Nest (Michele Thomas, Emmy Bean, Stacy Rene Erenberg) is an emerging voice studio, and are known for their sweet vocal improvisations.

Lo Mutuc is the author of Oh the Moon and You Can't K*ll Me Twice, provides the voice of Ruby from the animated Cartoon Network series Steven Universe, and speaks cursive fluently.

Host or Publisher Call & Response Books