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Since 1998: Exhibits, Performances and
Productions
| January
21 - February 15, 2004 |
MELA:
A SOUTH ASIAN FESTIVAL, Baruch Performing Center, 25th Street and Lexington Avenue - Entrance
on
25th Street, NYC |
| November
25, 2003 |
Satya
Paul Collection
Fashion show & sale of haute couture Indian designs
Sundaram Tagore Gallery, 137 Greene St. (bet.Prince & Houston),
NYC.
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| November
24, 2003 |
India
Dreaming
Daryl Roth Theatre 2, 103E 15th St., NYC.
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| November
18, 2003 |
Madhur
Jaffrey's "From Curries to Kebabs". Book launch, signing
and sale.
Sundaram Tagore Gallery, 137 Greene St., NYC.
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| November
12 - 15, 2003 |
IAAC Theatre
Festival: The Indian Diaspora.
Rehearsed staged readings of plays by Playwrights from the Indian
diaspora.
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| November
7 - 12, 2003 |
The
IAAC Film Festival: Indian Diaspora Films In Westchester Nov 7 -
12, 2003, is being screened in part at the Jacob Film Center, Pleasantville,
NY
For details Click on:
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| November
5 - 9, 2003 |
IAAC
Film Festival: The Indian Diaspora.
Feature films from the Indian diaspora.
Opening Night
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| September
10, 2003 |
Brunch
& Fashion Presentation of the Escada
Fall 2003 Collection by Neiman Marcus, White Plains to benefit
IAAC. |
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June 17, 2003
August 15,2003
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"Life, Love and EBITDA"
The Epic Theatre Center In Association With The Indo-American
Arts Council and The Rising Circle Theatre Company and SALAAM
Theatre Presents A Staged Reading of: Anuvab Pal's Life, Love
and EBITDA Directed by: Shilarna Stokes Featuring: Carolyn Ladd,
Sakina Jaffrey, Geeta Citygirl, Gita Reddy, Tirlok Malik, Sunita
Mukhi, Poorna Jagannathan, Brett Epstein and Andy Brown.
Tom Stoppard's "Indian Ink"
directed by Ashok Sinha 7 pm Play - The Walker Space, 46 Walker
Steet, NYC 10 pm Gala Benefit Reception - Sundaram Tagore Gallery,
137 Greene Street, NYC
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| March,
2003 |
Salman
Rushdie's "MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN"
A Royal Shakespeare Company dramatization by Salman Rushdie,
Simon Reade, Tim Supple presented by Columbia University, University
Musical Society and the University of Michigan
Conversation with Salman Rushdie: Q&A with the audience
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January,
2003
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Colors
of India Festival
A celebration of The Contemporary Arts of India - a collaborative
effort of the Indo-American Arts Center and the Rye Arts Center.
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Nov 13 - 16, 2002
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The
2002 Indian Diaspora Playwrights Festival
Staged Readings of Four
New Plays
| Dolly
Dhingra's UNSUITABLE
GIRLS
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| Sarovar
Banka's THE MORAL IMPLICATIONS
OF TIME TRAVEL |
| Sourabh
Chatterjee's THAKUR'S
NOSTALGIA |
| Alladin
Ullah's THE HALLAL BROTHERS
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| Nov 6 -10, 2002 |
IAAC
Film Festival: The Indian Diaspora.
Clearview
Cinema, 239East 59th Street, New York.
All screenings were followed by discussions between the filmmaker
& a moderator as well as Q&A with the audience.
Films included
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| Oct 30, 2002 |
A Dramatic Reading from Vijay
Tendulkar's "Kamla" by Vijay Tendulkar
Sundaram Tagore Gallery, 137 Greene St, Houston, NYC
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| May 21, 2002 |
Staged Reading of Shashi Tharoor's
"Riot" by Shabana Azmi, Shashi Tharoor, Madhur Jaffrey
and Tunku Vardarajan.
Adapted & Directed by Michael Johnson Chase.
Followed by an Open discussion of the Babri Masjid/Ram Janmabhoomi
controversy moderated by Aroon Shivdasani.
6:30-8:30 pm. WPI, Swayduck Auditorium, NYC.
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| April 23, 2002 |
Gala Benefit Premiere of Ismail Merchant's "The
Mystic Masseur", Paris Cinema, NYC.
For American India Foundation Fund for literacy in India. Guest
of Honour President Bill Clinton.
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| Nov 8-11, 2001 |
IAAC & Lark Theatre Festival: The
Indian Diaspora,
Lark Theatre, 56th & 8th Ave, NYC.
Staged Readings of three new plays
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| Nov 4-8, 2001 |
IAAC
Film Festival: The Indian Diaspora.
Loews , Lincoln Square, NYC.
All screenings were followed by discussions between the filmmaker
& a moderator as well as Q&A with the audience.
Films included
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| Sep 7, 2001 |
Faces
of Tomorrow: Children of India - photography by Diana
Barnett.
Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NYC.
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| May 18, 2001 |
India:
A Chosen Destiny. Photographic exhibition by Giles Khan
at the Consulate of India, NYC.
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| April 2001 |
India Trip: Town Meetings in Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore,
Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Delhi to connect with the Indian Arts Community
, build a rapport for the IAAC, and explain our presence and its
significance to the Indian and Indian-American arts world. Travelled
with The Battery Dance Company who performed in every city.
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| April 3rd, 2001 |
Mira Kamdar: Motiba's
Tatoos.
Book reading and signing in cooperation with SAJA at Maharaja
Restaurant, NYC.
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| February 16th, 2001 |
IAAC Gujarat Earthquake
Relief Dinner at the Radisson Hotel, NYC.
Artwork donated by Indian-American artists, Auction conducted
by Christies, Guest speaker: President Clinton.
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| September, 2000 |
Evening with
Gerson da Cunha: reading and book signing of his book of Poems "So
Far". |
| August, 2000 |
Screening of
Kaizad Gustad's film "Bombay
Boys" at the Roone Arledge Auditorium, Columbia university,
NYC
Postscreening chat with Kaizad Gustad and NY film & TV's Muriel
Peters.
Evening with playwright Vijay Tendulkar: Playreadings from
his plays followed by an interview with Editor of Earth Times, Pranay
Gupte at Dialectica Art Gallery, Soho.
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| July, 2000 |
Festival of
Indian Theatre at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center,
NYC.
Mahesh Dattani's "Dance
Like A Man" July 14-26; and "On
a Muggy Night in Mumbai" July 27- Aug 2.
Post-performance chat moderated by Shashi Tharoor, United Nations
on July 19th with director & cast of "Dance like A Man"
and a second chat on July 26th moderated by Wynn Handman, American
Place Theatre
Preperformance chat on July 22nd with playwrite Mahesh Dattani
and Sunita Mukhi, Asia Society.
Preperformance chat on July 31st with playwrite Vijay Tendulkar
and Tisa Chang, Pan-Asian Theatre.
Post-performance chat moderated by Aasif Mandvi, Actor on August
2nd wilh director & cast of On a Muggy Night in Mumbai.
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| December, 1999 |
"Shakti
- A Dance Concert" with the Kathak Dance Ensemble at the
Ames Auditorium. The Lighthouse, NYC. |
| October, 1999 |
Perspectives
of Gandhi:
Shyam Benegal's film "Making
of the Mahatma";
Feroz Khan's play "Mahatma
vs Gandhi"
Pradeep Dalvi's play "Nathuram
Godse: an experience"
Columbia University Panel Discussion on Perspectives Of Gandhi.
Film and plays followed by open discussions with director/cast and
audience. |
| May, 1999 |
Celebration of Asha Putli's
new album "The New Beat
of Nostalgia"
Hosteb by the IAAC, Ismail Merchant, James Ivory, Cy Coleman,
Lionel Hampton, Ved Mehta at a cocktail reception at Dawat Haute
Cuisine, 210 East 58th Street, New York.
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| May, 1999 |
"Masters
of Indian Music" concert with the World Music Institute,
featuring Bala Murali Krishna, Pandit Jasraj, Zakir Hussein at the
Town Hall, NYC. |
| March, 1999 |
Mallika
Sarabhai's dance performance of "Devi:
The Mother Godess" at theSmithsonian National Museum of
the American Indian, NYC. |
| January, 1999 |
Screening of
"Godmother" at the Asia
Society, NYC followed by a discussion with lead actress Shabana
Azmi and NY Times India Desk Chief Steven Wiesman. |
| November, 1998 |
"Chandralekha
Dance Co" at Brooklyn Academy of Music, NYC: a limited number
of tickets made available to young dancers |
| November, 1998 |
"Passport
to Contemporary Indian Art" Open studio visits to New York
based Contemporary Indian artists followed by dinner with the artists
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| October, 1998 |
Screening of
"Earth" at the Manhattan Twin
Theatre, 59th Street, NYC followed by a discussion with filmmaker
Deepa Mehta, author Babsi Sidhwa and actor Rahul Khanna. |
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