by Crossroads Indy | Jun 10, 2020 | Coffee Night, Events, Turkish Cuisine
On Feb 8th, 2020, coffee night was about Turkish Breakfast, better known as ‘kahvaltı’ (kah-VAHL’-tuh). We decided to have it early in the morning for the first time in coffee night history. You can’t look at Turkish cuisine without looking at...
by Crossroads Indy | Jun 10, 2020 | Coffee Night, Events
Coffee Night on December 13th, 2019, was about the “Sacred Instrument” better known as Ney. As soon as guests arrived a lively presentation all about the Ney was shown. Afterwards everyone attended a live Ney concert from a Ney master (Neyzen). Finally, we...
by crossroads | Nov 16, 2019 | Coffee Night, Events
Coffee Night on October 11th was about the Turkish Art of Marbling or better known as Ebru. As soon as guests arrived a presentation about Marbling was shown. Afterwards a demonstration of Marbling was done by a local guest artist. Everyone who wanted to try Ebru for...
by Crossroads Indy | Apr 29, 2018 | Coffee Night, Community Involvement, Cooking Class, Henna Nights, Turkish Cuisine, Turkish Food & Craft Night
On Friday, April 27th 2018, we organized our Annual Crossroads Community Festival. The festival included Turkish cuisine, Turkish Tea and Coffee, Baklava, Calligraphy, Ebru-Water Marbling, Handcrafts. Also volunteers from Niagara Foundation, Islamic Society of...
by Crossroads Indy | Apr 11, 2018 | Coffee Night
On March 23rd 2018, Crossroads Community Center organized a “Dance of Love” to remember Rumi. Farsan recited several of Rumi’s poems in original Persian and their English versions. MaryAnn Fadae talked about Semah- Dance of love. Onder Secen...
by Crossroads Indy | Mar 4, 2018 | Coffee Night
Sira Night was an extraordinary experience for most of us. We came together to eat traditional Turkish food, listen to live Turkish Folk music. Sira Night is a traditional event from Sanliurfa, Turkey. Originally it started as a gathering where friends and neighbors...
