upcoming NYC indo events

tacita

those in the NY metro area, or who plan to visit soon, may wish to note the following upcoming events:

September 12, 6 - 8:30pm
An Evening with author Saira Rao
Saira Rao will speak on her new book, Chambermaid
Tamarind Art Gallery 142 East 39th street,
(between lex and 3rd Ave)
more info: contact Aseem Chhabra at chhabs@aol.com
lots of good stuff at tamarind generally:http://www.tamarindart.com/

Monday, 9/17, 6-9 pm
Discussion: The Elephant, The Tiger, and the Cell Phone: India, the Emerging 21st Century Power
Asia Society and Museum, 8th Floor, 725 Park Avenue, New York
Cost: Member $15, Non-member $20, Student/NGO/Academics $15
more info: http://asiasociety.org/events/calend...=0&key words=

through September 15
Colors, a summer group exhibition
Sundaram Tagore Gallery, 547 W. 27th St
www.sundaramtagore.com

November 7-11
Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival
http://www.iaac.us/seventh_film_fest...07/tickets.htm
ticketsgo on sale october 1
i attended some screenings last year--great annual event

just heard about a new film venue:
Imaginasian Theater - Vanaja, which is now showing only at village cinemas, will open there next weekend
the link doesn't seem to be working, but the theater is on E. 59th street

at the MET:
Special Exhibition
Reinstallation of the South Asia Galleries
Gandhara, Mathura, Andhra and Gupta Sculpture
Opened August 10, 2007
Florence and Herbert Irving Galleries for the Arts of South and Southeast Asia, 2nd floor
These galleries explore the South Asian emergence of Buddhist and Hindu sculptural traditions between the 2nd century B.C. and the 8th century A.D. More than 160 works from the permanent collections are juxtaposed to trace the range of stylistic and iconographic developments in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India during a period that witnessed great ideological ferment and international exchange. The recently published volume The Art of Gandhara in The Metropolitan Museum of Art addresses much of this early production.

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nvik16

It's free for students and senior citizens . Pretty good actually .



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tacita

thanks for posting about the newark exhibit! i hadn't included it because new yorkers tend to be loathe to acknowledge that life, much less culturally rich life, exists beyond the city.

but it actually looks pretty easy to get to and appears to be well worth the trek, and then some:

* Train
From Penn Station - The Newark Light Rail connects Broad Street Station to Penn Station. Take the Light Rail to the Washington Park stop on Broad Street. The Museum is located across the Park on Washington Street. The Light Rail operates every 10 minutes during rush hour, every 15 minutes during non-peak hours and every 30 minutes on weekends and major holidays.

* Bus
NJ Transit buses go to Newark Penn Station.
From Newark Penn Station- Transit Bus #'s 11, 28, 29, 44 & 72.
From Broad St. Station - #13 or #27 to Broad St./Washington Pl. (Walk 2 blocks along park to Museum).

PeakXV

The Rubin Museum of Art has always got a pertinent exhibit to South Asia and/or the Himalya either happening or "on deck". Unfortunately (for some reason) the RMANYC.ORG site always crashes my computer upon entry, so can't confirm their latest exhibits and schedule.

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wonderwomanusa

Janice, have you seen Vanaja? It opens here next week.

tacita

i was hoping to go later today or this evening, with a belly full of bhel puri, which i'm going to try my hand at myself.

i may have an experience much like your soup, though.

tacita

oh yes, thanks, peak! loads of goodies there, the south asian international film festival among them in a few weeks; films to be announced.

(where are all the new yorkers...at the rubin, perhaps?)

nvik16

*snorts* yeah nycers have that problem but I did visit that museum and its pretty good not the old stuff . These are very new and I can relate pretty well to those pics. It's not a trek newark is 32 mins from 33 rd street and 22 mins from WTC by PATH . Pity they don't have express trains in jersey .

tacita

i'm jokingly ethnocentrist, of course, but if it's outside of manhattan it is, by definition, a trek!

another event:

diwali, at the south street seaport, sunday, october 14, from noon 'til 8 pm, when there will be fireworks.

mention here, with a few additional links.

and here's a good summary and some photos of the event a few years back.