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September  

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.

October  

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.

November  

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.

March  

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.

April  

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.

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