
September 24, 2011
Urbana, Illinois
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Rabindranath
Tagore
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Twenty-Third Annual Tagore Festival Saturday, September 24, 2011, 5:30-10:00 pm Location: Channing Murray Foundation, 1209 W. Oregon Street, Urbana All events are open to the public and free of charge except for the dinner. |
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| 5:30 pm: | Reception |
| 6:00 pm: | Invocation Prof. Hans H. Hock, University of Illinois |
| 6:15 pm | Cultural Program (Performance based on Tagore's Music and Poetry) Featuring members of the Urbana-Champaign Community |
| 7:00 pm: | Catered Dinner |
| 7:55-8:00 pm | Elizabeth Hager Regional Coordinator, Organ/Tissue Donation Program, IL Secretary of State Office |
| 8:00 pm | Keynote Speech. The Lonely Road: Rabindranath Tagore and Visual Modernism Keya Ganguly Professor of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Minnesota |
| 9:15 pm | Rabindrasangeet Performance |
Cultural Events as part of the Tagore Sesquicentennial Celebration |
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| Indian Dance Creations | |
| Date/Time: | March 13, 2011, 6:00 pm |
| Location: | Foellinger Auditorium, campus of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL |
| Cost: | Free, open to the public |
| Artists: | Tanusree Shankar Dance Company |
| Description: | Indian in origin and spirit, modern in presentation, universal and timeless in appeal |
| Sponsors: | Channing Murray Foundation; Consulate General of India, Chicago; East Central Illinois Bengali Association; Office of the Chancellor; Office of the Vice Chancellor for Public Engagement; Office of the Associate Provost for International Affairs |
| Symposium | Life and Legacy of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) |
| Date/Time: | Friday, April 15, 2011 9:30 am - 3:30 pm |
| Description: | Panel on Rabindranath Tagore and His Spirituality Panel on Rabindranath Tagore's Political Vision |
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September 20, 2011
Graphic arts by Manideepa Sengupta