A Blaze of Colors at the Wang Center, Stony Brook University

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These next two weeks at the Wang mirror the blaze of colors that autumn brings.  You MUST be part of it!

1. MOURNING BY EIKO & KOMA, AND TAN
Saturday October, 6 2007 8PM, Theatre

MOURNING is a performance by three idiosyncratic spirits who are grieving not only for man's cruelty to man, but remorseful for the pain that humans have inflicted upon the earth and all of its living beings. Combining the dance of MacArthur Genius Awardees  EIKO AND KOMA with the music of avant-garde pianist  MARGARET LENG TAN, MOURNING explores images of dislocation, death, mourning, cleansing, and purification.

EIKO & KOMA originally studied under Kazuo Ohno and Tatsumi Hijikata the founders of Butoh dance in Japan, before coming to New York in 1976. Butoh, an unconventional dance form founded in post-World War II Japan, seeks to connect unconscious emotions to interpretive dance, transcending traditional boundaries and methods in modern dance. Singapore born MARGARET LENG TAN, the first professional toy piano virtuoso, is also the first woman to earn a doctorate from Julliard. Her preferences run to compositions that challenge and defy the normal conventions of the piano and she has appeared on PBS and featured at Carnegie Hall.

Through a sharing of their independent aesthetics,  TAN and EIKO & KOMA fuse their music and dance into MOURNING, a new groundbreaking performance commissioned by New York’s Japan Society in celebration of the Society’s Centennial Celebration occurring this year.  The Wang Center is honored to preview this rivetting work for our audiences!

Co-sponsored with the Japan Center at Stony Brook.

Reservations highly recommended!

 Saturday, October 6th, 8:00pm

Tickets for this event are: $10 for students and seniors, $15 for general admission, $25 for VIP tickets

To Reserve Tickets: Email wangc...@stonybrook.edu or call (631) 632-4400

2. THE SEA IS WATCHING
Thursday, September 27, 1pm Wang Theater

Based on famed Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's last screenplay, Kei
Kumai delves into the complex class and sexual dynamics of 19th century
Japan. Centered on a brothel in a Japanese village where the ruling and
common classes mingle. In this brothel, Fusanosuke, a disgraced samurai,
seeks refuge from authorities after he injured a more powerful samurai.
Oshin, a young and naïve prostitute with a heart of gold, falls in love
with Fusanosuke against the advice of older and wiser prostitutes, leading
to disastrous results.
(Directed by Kei Kumai, 2002, 119 min., Japanese, English subtitles)

Remarks by Thora Wagner.

Co-sponsored with Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and the Japan
Center at Stony Brook

3. September 29: Karan Singh - Part of the President's Lecture Series co-sponsored with the Center for India Studies

THE FOUR PILLARS OF LEARNING: EDUCATION FOR THE GLOBAL SOCIETY

Catapulted into political life at the age of 18 in 1949, Dr. Karan Singh was appointed regent and served as head of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir for the next 18 years. In 1967, he became the youngest person ever to become a central cabinet minister in India when he was inducted as a member of the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Dr. Singh was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Udhampur Parliamentary Constituency in Jammu and Kashmir and won re-election in 1971, 1977, and 1980. Dr. Singh's autobiography is titled Prophet of Indian Nationalism. Co-sponsored by the Center for India Studies. Reception to follow in the Wang Center Lobby.

Saturday, September 29, 2007, 4:00 pm

4. HERSTORY'S WRITER'S WORKSHOP: 11TH ANNIVERSARY BENEFIT READING AND
GALA BUFFET
Sunday, September 30th, 2007
12:30; Charles B. Wang Center of Stony Brook University, $60.00; $25
for students

Enjoy writings from:

Herstory members old and new
Escriben/Latinas Write, second issue
Voices, premiere issue from Herstory Inside Suffolk County's Correctional
Facilities
See Herstory documentary excerpts
Special preview of our Prison Photography Show.
Walk among the Chinese Zodiac Fountains.
Indulge in cuisine from India, China and Japan.

For more information call 631-725-4697 or visit
http://www.herstorywriters.org/anniversa.html

BSPG Lecture Series. Dowload flier: http://ws.cc.stonybrook.edu/sb/wang/Meditation.pdf

5. MINDFULNESS by Sensai Issai Chizen

Mindfulness is probably the most frequently used word, both by and about Buddhists, when describing our practice. Dozens, if not hundreds of books dealing with increasing one's spirituality or just having a more fulfilling life use it as a buzz word as well. And yet, strictly speaking, it is almost never used correctly. So what is it? Despite constant misuse, it turns out mindfulness is critically important. And it can be learned. Learn how! Ven. Issai Chizen Denton Sensei is a Dharma successor of Ven. Mitsunen Kosho Nordstrom Roshi and a lineage holder in both Soto and Rinzai schools of Zen. He has been studying Buddhism for nearly 40 years. In addition to being the head priest and resident teacher at Wagyo-ji Zen Temple in Oceanside of Long Island NY, he is also the Executive Director and Head of liturgy and training at Zenshin Temple in Yonkers, NY, and vice-abbot of Kugei-in in Melbourne, FL. Lecture is free for all; donations welcomed! RSVP: e-mail Sheila at asrive...@yahoo.com  or Hai-Dee at haid...@yahoo.com.

Thursday October 4, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, Wang Center, Room 301

6. GANDHI IN THE 21ST CENTURY by Ambassador Alan Nazareth

Monday, October 8, 2pm, Room 301

Presented by the Center for India Studies

The 21st century has opened on a horrendous terrorist
note. Gandhi foresaw and sought to counter the
terrorist threat "by offering the revolutionary
something infinitely superior" viz "the gospel of love
in place of that of hate".Subsequently he proved the
far greater potency of "Satyagraha" compared to
militant nationalisms and religious extremisms as also
its efficacy in countering both.        
                                             
Gandhi affirmed "Peace will come where Truth is
pursued and Truth implies Justice". More than a ‘war
on terror’ what is needed is a war on untruth,
injustice, oppression and war itself. With the
emergence of "assymetric warfare" and proliferation of
WMDs, non violent conflict resolution is now an
imperative need.

The present terrorism and ecological crises threaten
all life globally .Each of us has the opportuntiy and
duty to be involved in the struggle to save our
planet.


Since retirement from the Indian Foreign Service,
in 1994, after a distinguished 35 year career,  Mr.
Nazareth has been been lecturing extensively within
India and abroad. He is a founder and Managing
Trustee of Sarvodaya International Trust, which
promotes integrity in public life, non violence,
communal harmony and peace. It has nine regional
chapters in India and an international support base.
His widely acclaimed book Gandhi’s Outstanding
Leadership was published in 2006.
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For more information on these and other Asian/American programs please
call 631-632-4400 or e-mail wangc...@stonybrook.edu or visit our
website:http://www.sunysb.edu/sb/wang/events.shtml

Sunita S. Mukhi, Ph.D.
Director of Asian and Asian American Programs
Charles B. Wang Center
Suite 302
Stony Brook University
4040 SUNY
Stony Brook, NY 11794-4040
PH: 631-632-6353
Fax: 631-632-9503
www.stonybrook.edu/wang


Sunita S. Mukhi, Ph.D.
Director of Asian and Asian American Programs
Charles B. Wang Center
Suite 302
Stony Brook University
4040 SUNY
Stony Brook, NY 11794-4040
PH: 631-632-6353
Fax: 631-632-9503
www.stonybrook.edu/wang