Film: Vanaja New Asia Cinema Wednesday, September 9 School of Management Rm. 137   7:00 pm Free and open to the public. In Rajnesh Domalpalli’s debut feature, Vanaja, a lower-caste teenage girl in Southern India, aspires to be a dancer.

Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul Bus Tour to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Saturday, September 12 Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC    $70 per person before August 15; $85 after Join us for this exciting trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC and discover Afghanistans's unique role as a center for both the reception of diverse cultural elements and the creation of original styles of art.

Film: Citizen Dog New Asia Cinema Wednesday, September 16 School of Management Rm. 137   7:00 pm Free and open to the public. In director Wisit Sasanatieng's film, red motorcycle helmets rain down from the sky, grandmas are reincarnated as geckos and a mountain of plastic bottles dominates the Bangkok skyline.

Film: Flower in the Pocket New Asia Cinema Wednesday, September 23 School of Management Rm. 137   7:00 pm Free and open to the public. Filmmaker Liew Seng Tat presents a quirkily endearing story of a preoccupied single father and his two little boys, their tomboy friend, and a stray puppy.

Film: 881 New Asia Cinema Wednesday, September 30 School of Management Rm. 137   7:00 pm Free and open to the public. Singapore’s enfant terrible filmmaker Royston Tan delighted Singaporean audiences with this box-office record-breaking getai musical/comedy/melodrama.

Film: Half-Moon New Asia Cinema Wednesday, October 7 School of Management Rm. 137   7:00 pm Free and open to the public. A musician travels with his sons from Iranian to Iraqi Kurdistan to perform a concert for the first time in thirty-seven years.

Film: Times and Winds New Asia Cinema Wednesday, October 14 School of Management Rm. 137   7:00 pm Free and open to the public. Reha Erdem’s exquisitely coming of age tale takes place in a rural Muslim mountain village.

Spirit & Soul: Healing in Tibetan Buddhism Awakening to Happiness: Cultivating Compassion Friday, October 16 - Sunday, October 18 Florence Civic Center, Park Street, Florence    $20 per session; students and seniors: $10 per session Day of the event: $25 & $12 WMASS Tibetan Association members: sliding scale of $5 to $10 per session This series of workshops will offer practical Tibetan Buddhist techniques for experiencing joy in daily life: Analysis, Meditation, Deity Yoga & Mantra.

Happiness Through Cultivating Compassion Spirit & Soul: Healing in Tibetan Buddhism Friday, October 16 Florence Civic Center, Park Street, Florence   from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm $20 per session; students and seniors: $10 per session; Day of the event: $25 & $12 WMASS Tibetan Association members: sliding scale of $5 to $10 per session The first of four sessions in the second Healing in Tibetan Buddhism series. Open to all, regardless of prior initiation or practice.

Healing Through Compassion: Exchange of Self and Others Spirit & Soul: Healing in Tibetan Buddhism Saturday, October 17 Florence Civic Center, Park Street, Florence   from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm $20 per session; students and seniors: $10 per session; Day of the event: $25 & $12 WMASS Tibetan Association members: sliding scale of $5 to $10 per session The second of four sessions in the second Healing in Tibetan Buddhism series. Open to all, regardless of prior initiation or practice.

Mantra in Deity Yoga Practice Spirit & Soul: Healing in Tibetan Buddhism Saturday, October 17 Florence Civic Center, Park Street, Florence   from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm $20 per session; students and seniors: $10 per session; Day of the event: $25 & $12 WMASS Tibetan Association members: sliding scale of $5 to $10 per session A Conversation about Experience and Scientific Basis with Khen Rinpoche, David Gardiner and Phuntsog Wangmo

Avalokitesvara Blessing & Practice Spirit & Soul: Healing in Tibetan Buddhism Sunday, October 18 Florence Civic Center, Park Street, Florence   from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm $20 per session; students and seniors: $10 per session; Day of the event: $25 & $12 WMASS Tibetan Association members: sliding scale of $5 to $10 per session The fourth of four sessions in the second Healing in Tibetan Buddhism series. Open to all, regardless of prior initiation or practice.

Film: Om Shanti Om Special Bollywood Screening Sunday, October 18 Amherst Cinema Arts Center   1:00 pm Tickets available at Amherst Cinema Arts Center: Adults $7.50; Students with valid ID $6.50 New Asia Cinema and Amherst Cinema Arts Center present a special Bollywood Extravaganza!

Film: Afghan Star New Asia Cinema Wednesday, October 21 School of Management Rm. 137   7:00 pm Free and open to the public. This new documentary by British filmmaker and journalist Havana Marking explores the phenomenon of the pop idol TV show “Afghan Star” in Kabul.

Raga and Tala: Sitarist Mita Nag and Pandit Samir Chatterjee on Tabla Saturday, October 24 Bowker Auditorium   8:00 pm $20, $15; Five College/GCC/STCC students/17 & under $15 The gentle but powerful sitarist Mita Nag and virtuoso tabla player Samir Chatterjee join forces to bring Indian tradition to UMass.

Rumi: Poetic Readings by Peter Rogen with Music by Amir Vahab Sunday, October 25 First Church, Northampton   3:00 pm $20; Five College/GCC/STCC students/17 & under $15 Listen to ardent Rumi devotee Peter Rogen and internationally recognized musician/singer Amir Vahab recite the loving spiritual poetry of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi.

Film: Anime Forever! Anime and Cosplay Event Wednesday, October 28 School of Management Rm. 137   7:00 pm Free and open to the public. An interactive anime screening and cosplay event.

Bollywood Masala Kehkashaan: Live Band Saturday, November 7 Concert Hall   8:00 pm $25, $20, $15; Five College/GCC/STCC students/17 & under $10 Groove to the music of Washington DC’s hottest Bollywood band, Kehkashaan with a repertoire that ranges from oldies to current sizzling hits from popular Hindi movies.

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.

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.

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.