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The Twenty-Third Annual Tagore Festival

September 24, 2011
Urbana, Illinois

 

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Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore
1861-1941

 

 

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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.

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
$15 for adults; $12 for students; $10 for children (6-12 years)
Contacts for dinner reservations.
Please make reservations with payment by September 15. Make checks payable to ‘Tagore Festival.’ The dinner is a Tagore Festival highlight and is often sold out. It will be a professionally catered dinner with appetizer, rice and bread, five courses, and dessert.
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
Debojoy Chanda, University of Illinois

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Cultural Events as part of the Tagore Sesquicentennial Celebration

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
Professors Brian Hatcher and Rajeshwari Pandharipande

Panel on Rabindranath Tagore's Political Vision
Professors Blair Kling and Rajmohan Gandhi

Symposium poster

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Contacts

Tagore Festival Poster

Tagore Festival poster 2011

Visit previous Tagore Festivals

History

A short history of the Tagore Festival

Directions

Directions to the Channing-Murray Foundation

Sponsors

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September 20, 2011

Graphic arts by Manideepa Sengupta