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February/March 2012

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The Great Human Race
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"I am a part of all that I have met"

~Lord Tennyson~   

 


Greetings! 

 

We're a month into the new year in the western hemisphere, and the Year of the Dragon has just begun in the east. Happy New Year!  I hope 2012 brings you and yours health, prosperity, and happiness!

chinese dragon

As always, please enjoy the news and resources from around the world in this issue of International Focus as well as the calendar of upcoming international events.

We will be walking in the Great Human Race on March 24 to raise funds for the International Festival and our wonderful multicultural communities. Please be sure to join us for a fun time and to support multicultural diversity in the Triangle!!

I look forward to seeing you at the Great Human Race!

Very best wishes,

 

Clodagh Bastian

Executive Director

 

 


Help build the International Festival and keep it accessible to all!!

 

We are participating in the Great Human Race on March 24 to raise funds for the International Festival. The race is a morning of music, free food and fun put on by the Volunteer Center paradeof Durham that allows nonprofits in the Triangle to come together, fundraise, and reach out to the community. The event features a competitive 5k run, a community walk, and a nonprofit marketplace. International Focus and representatives of our Ethnic Groups will be walking to support our multicultural communities, and we hope you will join us!

 

YOU can help in 3 different ways: 

 

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Australia Passes Plain-Packaging Cigarette Law

Tobacco companies vow to challenge legislation in the high court after senate approves ban on brand logos on packets.

From "Untouchable" to CEO, Businesses Break Down Caste Barriers in India

Many of India's 170 million Dalits still live as outcasts. Some of these so-called "untouchables," however, have turned to entrepreneurship as a way out of poverty and social isolation. 

 

Cracking Da Vinci's Code On Tree Growth

Leonardo da Vinci certainly had an eye for detail - and a brain to match. Among his many musings was a theory that a tree's branches grow in mathematical proportion to the diameter of its trunk. A French researcher now says he has the math to prove Da Vinci was right.


How To Catch A Chinese Millionaire

In Beijing, women take classes to learn how to charm wealthy men. Millionaires go crazy for participants, who pay over 2,000 euros for the course. A worthwhile investment all around?

 



Resources

 

With Duolingo you can learn a language for free and simultaneously translate the Web.

 

See National Geographic's Best Travel Pictures of 2011.

 

Use the Wenzani app to search for tips on good restaurants and sightseeing recommendations in a particular area from other social network users

 

Digital Dialects features free online games for learning languages from Afrikaans to Zazaki.    

     

 

Carlota Santana

 

Upcoming 

International 

Events

 

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

 

     

Festivals/Celebrations/Special Events

 

Wake County Black History Month Celebration

Feb. 4- Wake County Commons, Raleigh 

 

Taiwanese Association of America Lunar New Year Festival

Feb. 5 - Panther Creek High School, Cary

 

Valentine's Day Dance, Raleigh Scottish Country Dancers, Kirk of Kildaire

Feb. TBA - Cary

 

Celebration of African American History

Throughout February - Cary

 

Triangle Lebanese Association's Valentine's Day Gala

Feb. 11 - Marriott Raleigh Crabtree Valley   

 

The Swiss Club Annual Fondue & Meeting

Feb. 18 �- St Francis School, Raleigh

 

Ekal Charity Concert

Feb. 25 - Morrisville

 

Triangle Sons of Italy: Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser

Mar. 10 - O'Charley's Restaurant, Cary

   

Raleigh St. Patrick's Day Parade

Mar.17 -Raleigh

 

25th Annual Carolina Indian Circle Powwow

Mar.17 - Fetzer Gym - UNC, Chapel Hill

 

NC State Powwow 

Mar. 24 - Raleigh

 

 

Exhibits

 

Textiles of Exile

Jan.19-May19- Gregg Museum of Art & Design, NC State

 

El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You about Africa

Mar.18-Jul. 29- NC Museum of Art, Raleigh 

 

 

Film

 

Reel Revolutions: "Neither Allah Nor Master"

Feb.1 - Duke Bryan Center Griffith Film Theater, Durham

 

Eisenstein Retrospective:"October"

Feb.6- Duke Bryan Center Griffith Film Theater, Durham

 

Experimental Short Films from the 49th Ann Arbor Festival

Feb.7 - Duke Bryan Center Griffith Film Theater, Durham

 

Cine East Series: "When China Met Africa"

Feb.9 - Duke White Lecture Hall, Durham

 

 La Peau Douce (The Soft Skin) 

Feb. 10� -North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh

 

German Film Series: The Treasure of Silver Lake

Feb. 2, 23- UNC Undergraduate Library, Chapel Hill 

 

Masculin F�minin

Feb. 24 - North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh

 

Acts of Witness- Poetic Portraits of a Revolution

Mar. 6-11, 19, 20 -The Arts Center, Carrboro

 

 

Theatre

  

African Folktales

Feb.9 - The Arts Center, Carrboro   

 

Molly Daughter

Feb. 10 - 26- The Justice Theater Project, Raleigh

 

Les Miserables 

Feb. 14-19� - Progress Energy Center, Raleigh

 

Cuentos- Tales from the LatinoWorld 

Mar. 8 - The Arts Center, Carrboro

   

 

Dance/Musical Performances

 

The Magnolia Klezmer Band

Feb. 4 - The Cave, Chapel Hill

 

Shen Yun Performing Arts

Feb. 7-8 - Memorial Auditorium Raleigh

 

The Duhks

Feb. 10 - Fletcher Opera Theatre, Raleigh

 

Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana

Feb. 11 - Page Auditorium, Durham

 

Carolina Ballet: Balanchine Rarities

Feb. 16-19 - Progress Energy Center for Performing Arts, Raleigh

 

NC Symphony: Dvorak and America

Feb. 17 - Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh

 

Ladysmith Black Mambazo  

Feb. 18 -The Clayton Center, Clayton

 

Virsa Punjab Da Bhangra Dance Competition

Feb. 25 - Fletcher Hall Carolina Theater, Durham

 

Celtic Woman

Mar. 2 - Progress Energy Center, Raleigh

 

Vienna's Boys Choir

Mar. 8 - Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary

 

Sagapool

Mar. 16 - Stewart Theater, Raleigh

 

Lunasa with Leyla McCalla 

Mar. 23 -The Arts Center, Carrboro

 

NC Symphony: ESPANA

Mar. 25 - Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill

 

 

Conferences/Workshops/Participatory

 

Free ESL Classes

Various dates, Raleigh

  

Asian/Pacific Studies Institute Spring 2012 Speaker Series

Feb. 1 - Duke University

 

Middle East Seminar: Empire in Egypt

Feb. 2 - Duke University

 

Kaffeestunde: German Conversation 

Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23- UNC Chapel Hill

 

Russkaya Popoika: Russian Tea Hour 

Feb. 3, 10, 17, 23 - UNC Chapel Hill

 

Indian Cooking

Feb. 14-28, and Mar. 13-27 -The Century Center, Carrboro

 

A Taste of Turkish Fare

Feb. 23 - A Southern Season, Chapel Hill

 

International Affairs Council: Academic WorldQuest

Feb. 25- William Peace University, Raleigh

 

Ethnic Vegetarian Cooking

Mar.1- Apr. 5 -The Century Center, Carrboro

 

Salsa-Latin Dance

Mar. 1-Apr. 5 - The Arts Center, Carrboro

 

Beginner-Intermediate Tribal Fusion Belly dance 

Mar. 1 -Apr.16 - The Arts Center, Carrboro

 

Sister Cities of the Triangle: Citizen Diplomacy Summit 2012

Mar.15 - Cary Arts Center  

 

The Global Village: A Writer's Conference

Mar. 17- NC State University, Raleigh  

 

Bhangra Dance

Mar. 20 - May 8 -The Arts Center, Carrboro

  

Cary Indoor Dancing and Piping Competitions

Mar. 24 - Resurrection Lutheran Church, Cary

  

Mar. 25- Cary

 


About International Focus

International Focus, Inc. is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization with the mission to support North Carolina's international communities and promote American ideals through cross-cultural communication, education, understanding, and the celebration of culture, arts, and cuisine from around the world.

 

International Focus strives to be a resource for international and native North Carolinians through information, outreach, and its annual celebration of multiculturalism, the International Festival of Raleigh.


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