Asian Studies Special Events

FALL 2012

Asian Studies Program Annual Picnic

Date: Saturday, September 8, 2012.
Time: 1:00 - 4:00 pm.
Location: Ellicott Creek Park "Casino", Tonawanda, N.Y.

Come join us for our annual Asian Studies Program Picnic on September 8th. Feel free to bring a dish to share with everyone.

SPRING 2012

13th Annual Sister Cities Dinner

Date: Friday, May 11

Time: 6:00-9:00 pm

Location: Saint Anthony’s Church, 160 Court Street, Buffalo

Cost: $25

Among Buffalo’s sister cities, Asia is represented by Buffalo’s very first sister city (Kanazawa, Japan) and some of its newest (Bursa, Turkey; Changzhou, China; and Yeongcheon, South Korea). This annual banquet celebrates all of Buffalo’s 19 sister city relationships with great food, music, and performances by a number of Buffalo’s strong ethnic communities. Cash bar opens at 6:00; dinner begins at 7:00. Click here for an invitation and RSVP information.

For more information, contact Rebecca Reilly at 716-795-2672 or reilly.rebecca38@gmail.com.

Triveni Cultural and Music Performances

Odissi by Shibani Patnaik

Date: Saturday, May 5th

Time: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Location: Center for the Arts Drama Theatre, UB North Campus

Cost: Students $10; General $15

Saṃsāra is the soul’s journey through the cycle of birth, death and reincarnation. Shibani explores the concept of Saṃsāra and themes related to the flow of life in her presentation. While Shibani is deeply rooted in tradition, she provides a unique perspective in her individualistic style without sacrificing the core essence of classical Odissi dance. Odissi is an Indian classical dance form, dating back to the 2nd century BC. Odissi is well known for its lyricism, grace and strong footwork. Click here for a poster of the event.

Wedding Album - A Play by Girish Karnad

Play will be performed in English, as translated from Kannada by the playwright

Date: Saturday, May 19th

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Location: Slee Concert Hall, UB North Campus

Cost: Students $10; General $15

Wedding Album, the latest play written by renowned playwright Girish Karnad, is a hilarious and moving spectacle that is deeply revelatory about the India that we live in today. The central characters of this play portray the modern, middle-class, Indian family: a daughter who lives in Australia with her husband and children, a son who is a media professional, a younger daughter who is willing to marry a 'suitable' boy from the US whom she has never met, a doting mother, an ageing father rapidly losing his authority, and a loyal cook.

Strings Attached - A Violin Veena Duo

Date: Friday, June 1

Time: 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Location: Baird Recital Hall, UB North Campus

Cost: Students $10; General $15

Strings Attached is a collaborative production, of two of the very innovative, expressive and exciting artists of Carnatic music. Violin Kumaresh an integral part of the Ganesh Kumaresh duo, is a performer, composer, and teacher of distinction; teams up with Veenai Jayanthi, who is a world-class performer, composer and teacher as well. The duo, both musically and in life, converse (Samvada), through their instruments creating imagery from the most profound to the most endearing.

This concert is Co-Sponsored by Saint Thyagarajah Music Society of Western NY

For tickets and more information about Triveni events, contact Arvind, mb19@buffalo.edu or visit http://www.triveni.org