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 /  New York

Spring into Norouz

Saturday 7 Mar 2009
7 - 10 a.m.
Spring has sprung at Asia Society! Norouz is the biggest festival of the Persian New Year and marks the beginning of spring.
Film
 /  New York

Feature Film Screening: "Let the Wind Blow" Directed by Partho Sen Gupta/India/2004/93 min.

Wednesday 4 Mar 2009
2 - 3:45 p.m.
At the height of nuclear tensions between India and Pakistan, Arjun and his best friend, Chabia, weigh their options for the future against the reality of life on the streets of Mumbai.
Panel Discussion
 /  New York

The Voice and Spirituality Panel

Sunday 22 Feb 2009
10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
On the theme of "The Voice and Spirituality." Participants include Italian actress/director Pamela Villoresi, Tibetan singer Yungchen Lhamo, Professor Giacomella Orofino (Tibetan Literature, Oriental University of Naples).
Performance
 /  New York

Sacred Sounds of Tibet: Yungchen Lhamo

Saturday 21 Feb 2009
3 - 5 p.m.
Yungchen Lhamo is the leading Tibetan vocalist on the world stage. Grounded in spirituality, her music is often described as 'beautifully evocative,' 'mesmerizing,' and 'transcendent.'
Caption: Bottle. China, Jiangxi Province. Qing period, Yongzheng era, 1723–1735. Porcelain painted with overglaze enamels (Jingdezhen ware). H. 13 1/2 x Diam. 8 3/4 in. (34.3 x 22.2 cm). Asia Society, New York: Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Co
Lecture
 /  New York

Sherman Lee Lecture (1)

Wednesday 18 Feb 2009
2 - 3:30 p.m.
Director, scholar, curator, and advisor, Sherman E. Lee cast an important light on the field of Asian art.
Performance
 /  New York

City of Paper-Yin Mei Dance Company

Monday 12 Jan 2009
Experience a moving performance that merges personal history, contemporary dance, and visual art.
Performance
 /  New York

NEW SOUNDS/TRADITIONAL KOREA

Sunday 11 Jan 2009
1:30 - 6 p.m.
Korean music can be deeply soulful and pulsatingly exuberant.
Meet the Author
 /  New York

Amitav Ghosh Sea of Poppies

Monday 15 Dec 2008
2 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Join novelist Amitav Ghosh (The Glass Palace and the Hungry Tide) and scholar, cultural critic Kwame Anthony Appiah, Princeton University (Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers) for an insightful discussion on Sea of Poppies.
Film
 /  New York

Feature Film:The Fish Fall in Love/Mahiha Ashegh Mishavand (2006/96 min/Persian) Directed by Ali Raffi

Tuesday 2 Dec 2008
2 - 4 p.m.
When Atieh's former lover Aziz re-appears after a 20-year absence, he tries to close her popular restaurant.
Yun (Liu Yi )
Film
 /  New York

Feature Film: Dam Street (2005/93 min/Mandarin) Directed by Li Yu

Friday 21 Nov 2008
2 - 3:30 p.m.
In the early'1980s, Xiao Yun'a sixteen year'old girl living in small riverside town'discovers she is pregnant.
Film
 /  New York

Film Screening: Santouri/Dariush Mehrjui/2007/106 min/35mm

Thursday 13 Nov 2008
2 - 4 p.m.
Celebrated Iranian filmmaker Dariush Mehrjui (The Cow, The Pear Tree) will premier his latest film Santouri.
Film
 /  New York

Feature Film Screening-"Bose: The Forgotten Hero" (2005/208 minutes, Hindi and English, with subtitles, India, dir. Shyam Benegal)

Sunday 9 Nov 2008
8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
US PREMIERE Still shrouded in controversy and mystery, the gripping story of Indian national hero "Netaji" Subhas Chandra Bose (played by Sachin Khedekar) gets an epic treatment from veteran director Shyam Benegal.
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