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March/April 2011
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International Groups of the Triangle
Language and Culture in the News
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My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.

~ Desmond Tutu ~

Greetings!    

 

As we remove our winter layers and welcome another glorious North Carolina spring, I hope this issue of International Focus News finds you well and safe. Especially to our Japanese friends, our most sincere best wishes in this difficult time - you are in our hearts and thoughts!

 

I hope to see you at some of the wonderful international events around the Triangle over the next couple of months, and please don't forget to vote for the International Festival as best cultural event in the Metro Bravo Awards.

 

Happy Spring from all of us here at International Focus!


Sincerely,

Clodagh Bastian
Executive Director

 

 International Groups of the Triangle

 

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The American Turkish Association of North Carolina (ATA-NC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting awareness of Turkish culture and sharing Turkish heritage throughout the state of North Carolina. Read the full interview about the group's work and its members here.

 

ATA-NC Website 

Turkey Info 

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Language and Culture in the News


 

China Bans Animal Circuses 

China has banned animal circuses and warned its zoos they must stop abusing animals or face closure.


Hotel Made Entirely Of Rubbish Has Opened In Madrid

The walls of the Beach Garbage Hotel are covered with detritus deposited by the tide in Europe, waste found at dumps and items bought at flea markets.

 

Google Translate A Step Toward Universal Translator

The Google Translate app for Android devices makes it possible to carry out a spoken, in-person conversation and have the phone translate both sides.

 

India Looks to Ban Lavish Weddings to Feed Poor

India is considering a policy to help tackle a domestic food crisis: rein in lavish wedding parties of the rich.


Resources
 

United Planet's global network places volunteers in tailored programs in 40 countries to foster cross-cultural understanding and address shared challenges.

 

From the bustle of Times Square and action on the Vegas Strip to sunrise over London's Big Ben, or a beautiful sunset in St. Thomas, explore the planet through EarthCam's LIVE webcams.

 

Newseum daily displays the front pages of more than 800 newspapers worldwide.

 

BrainyQuote lists quotations by nationality and source from A to Z.

 

Tripadvisor features over 45 million travel reviews and opinions.

 

Support the International Festival of Raleigh by voting it Best Cultural Event in the Metro Bravo Awards!

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Metro Magazine >People and Places >Cultural Event  

 

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Upcoming International Events


Learn more about the international events being held in the Triangle in the next two months:

 

 

Fairs/Festivals/Celebrations

 

24th Annual Carolina Indian Circle Powwow - March 19

Chapel Hill, NC

 

Music, Song and Dance from Scotland - March 20

Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary 

 

Baisakhi Mela 2011- Punjabi Spring Festival - April 2

Koka Booth Amphitheater, Cary


NC State Powwow - April 2

Raleigh, NC

 

13th Annual Lebanese Festival - April 9, 10

State Fairgrounds, Raleigh 

 

World Beer Festival - April 9

Moore Square, Raleigh

 

Third Annual Nazim Hikmet Poetry Festival - April 17

Page Walker Arts and History Center, Cary

 

Heritage India Festival - April 23

Hindu Society Cultural Hall, Morrisville

 

Idread Visions Earth Day Reggae Fest - April 23

Lincoln Theatre, Raleigh

 

Grecian Festival - April 29 - May1

East Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill

 

NC Dance Day - April 30

Locations TBA   

 

 

Exhibits

 

Petra Barth: Photographs of the Caribbean and the Americas - through May 1

Duke University Special Collections Gallery, Durham

 

Jaume Plensa: Glueckauf? ongoing

Nasher Museum of Art, Durham

 

Taiwan Sublime - Photography - Feb. 22 - March 22

Town Hall Gallery, Cary

 

Living Kibera: the exploration of work, play, home, dream and self in a slum of Nairobi - March 17 - July 15

Fedex Global Education Center, Chapel Hill


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Film

  

7th Annual Middle East Film Festival - March 16 - April 7

NCSU Erdahl Cloyd Theater Hall, Raleigh


Full Frame Documentary Film Festival - April 14-17

Durham

 

 

Theater  

 

The Andersen Project - Ex Machina - March 17, 18

Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill

 

The Shape of the Table - April 7-24

Burning Coal Theatre, Raleigh 

 

 

Performances

 

Carmen- Ballet - March 24 through April 10

AJ Fletcher Opera Theater, Raleigh 

 

Music from the British Isles - March 23

Stewart Theatre, Raleigh

 

Japanese Storytelling with Magical Mask, Mime, and Music - Kids -March 24 - The Arts Center, Carrboro

 

Charanga Dance Concert - March 26

Kenan Rehearsal Hall, Chapel Hill

 

The High Kings - irish Folk Music - March 27

The Clayton Center, Clayton

 

Marino Formenti: Kurtag's Ghosts - Piano - March 27

Reynolds Industries Theater, Durham 

 

Nederlands Dans Theater - March 29, 30

Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill

 

Woyzock on the Highveld - Puppet Theater - April 1, 2

Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill

 

Laura Izibor - Concert - April 2

The Carolina Theatre, Durham

 

St. Petersburg Philharmonic - April 2

Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill

 

Musical Destinations - April 7

NC Symphony - Memorial Hall, Raleigh 

 

Carnatic Vocal Concert: Priya Sisters - April 10   
Indian Classical
Music and Dance Society, Raleigh   

 

Yanni in Concert - April 12

Durham Performing Arts Center 

 

Beijing Dance/Lei Dong Tian Xia - April 12, 13

Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill   

 

Emeline Michel - Haitian Song - April 16

Stewart Theatre, Raleigh

 

Golden Dragon Acrobats - April 16

Smithfield

 

Fiesta Mexicana - Kids - April 8, 9

The Arts Center, Carrboro

 

Tony Allen's Afrobeat Orchestra - April 19

Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill

 

Hindustani Concert:Pandit Sanjeev Abhyankar

- April 23 

Indian Classical Music and Dance Society, Raleigh

 

Venice Baroque Orchestra - April 27

Page Auditorium, Durham 

   

Faust - Opera - April 28-30

Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh

 

Guillermo Klein Y Los Guachos - April 29

Reynolds Industries Theater, Durham   

 

Indonesian Dance Concert - April 30

Hill Hall Auditorium, Chapel Hill 

  

 

Conferences / Workshops / Interactive

  

Irish Music Sessions- Sundays
TirNaNog, Raleigh

 

Free English as a Second Language Classes- ongoing  

City of Raleigh

 

2011 Weil Lecture on American Citizenship: Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf - March 16

UNC, Chapel Hill

 

Heels in the Field: Global Health Discussion Series - March 18, April 15

Fedex Global Education Center, Chapel Hill

 

Global American South Conference - March 19

Fedex Global Education Center, Chapel Hill 

 

African Diaspora Lecture: Amina Salum Ali, African Union Ambassador - March 23

Sonja Haynes Center for Black Culture and History

 
   
Hispanic Educational Summit - March 25

McKimmon Center, Raleigh

 

Toward a Moral Consensus Against Torture - Conference - March 25

Duke Human Rights Center, Durham

 

An Afternoon with Wiseawa Szymborska -1996 Nobel Laureate in Literature - March 26

UNC, Chapel Hill 

 

Around the World Series: Mexico - April 2

Greystone Community Center, Raleigh

 

Taste the World with Learning Together - April 3

Irregardless Cafe, Raleigh
 

 

World In Motion Dance: Benefit Workshop for New Orleans' 9th Ward - April 9

World in Motion, Morrisville  

 

Turkish Cooking Class - April 10
Turkish House, Cary
 

El Foro Latino 2011 Conference - April 22, 23

Greenville Convention Center, Greenville

 

Visual Culture and Identity-Narratives in the Making of Modern India - Workshop - April 29, 30

UNC, Chapel Hill & NCSU, Raleigh  

 

50th Anniversary Peace Corps Exposition - April 30

Raleigh Convention Center

  

About International Focus

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