Youth Film Showcase: Cultures of Peace New Asia Cinema Saturday, November 14 Amherst Cinema Arts Center   11:00 am Please join us for the 3rd Annual Youth Film Showcase: Cultures of Peace with films by local youth celebrating peace, social justice, cultural diversity, and environmental issues!

Cambodia Remembered Angkor Dance Troupe & Monkey Dance Film Sunday, November 15 Bowker Auditorium   3:00 pm $20, $15; Five College/GCC/STCC students/17 & under $15 Join us for a celebration of Cambodian-American youth with a showing of the award-winning film, Monkey Dance, and a cultural performance by the Angkor Dance Troupe of Lowell, MA.

Film: Munyurangabo/Liberation Day New Asia Cinema Wednesday, November 18 School of Management Rm. 137   7:00 pm Free and open to the public. A postgenocidal story of friendship of two Rwandan young men from different tribal backgrounds by Korean-American filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung.

The Art of the Samurai A Bus Tour to the Special Exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum, NYC Saturday, November 21 Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC    Includes bus and exhibit fee: $60; Five College/GCC/STCC students/17 & under $50 Tour New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art and see the first comprehensive exhibition devoted to the Arts of the Samurai.

Special Event: The Adventures of Prince Achmed New Asia Cinema Wednesday, December 2 School of Management, Room 137   7:00 pm Free and open to the public. New Asia Cinema 2009 concludes with a screening of a classic silent Indian movie with a brand new score.

Gamelan Galak Tika & Ensemble Robot in Concert Traditional Balinese Gamelan & MIT Lab Artists Friday, March 5 Bowker Auditorium   8:00 pm $20, $15; Five College/GCC/STCC students/17 & under $15 Humans, computers and robots join forces to present a musical hybrid of Western and traditional Balinese music. This is an Angel Ticket event

Zakir Hussain presents Masters of Percussion Saturday, March 27 Concert Hall   8:00 pm $35, 25, 15; FC/GCC students/ 17 & under $15 A percussionists' paradise presented by Zakir Hussain and company via various percussion instruments, the stringed sitar, and the sarangi in both folk and classical music.

Kenichi Ebina & Dancers: New Moves Thursday, April 8 Concert Hall   7:30 pm $25,$ 20,$15; Five College/GCC/STCC students/17 & under $15 Kenichi Ebina fuses freestyle hip hop with poppin', lockin', mime, house, jazz, contemporary, and ethnic dance styles, as well as martial arts, comedy, and visual illusion. This is an Angel Ticket event

Spirit and Soul: Nalini Nadkarni The Queen of Forest Canopy Research Tuesday, April 27 Bowker Auditorium   7:30 pm Free Nalini Nadkarni has been called “the queen of forest canopy research,” a field that relates directly to three of the most pressing environmental issues of our time: the maintenance of biodiversity, the stability of world climate, and the sustainability of forests.

Discover Turkey Tour June 2010 A Special Escorted Tour Friday, June 18 - Monday, June 28