Upcoming Events
Rabi-Sashtriya: A Musical Celebration of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore.
FREE. October 23, 6:30pm.
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pitt campus.
For more details, see the event web page at
http://www.music.pitt.edu/events/rabi-sashtriya-musical-celebration-110920
A still from Sthaniya Sambaad, used with permission.
Sthaniya Sambaad
Spring in the Colony
Directed by Arjun Gourisaria and Moinak Biswas (India (Bengali), 2009)
Winner of the Best Feature Film Award at the New York Indian Film Festival, 2011
Friday, November 11, 2011 in Lawrence Hall 105 at 7 p.m.
Filmmaker Moinak Biswas will be present to introduce the film.
Reviews and information on the film at
http://sthaniya.wordpress.com/ and http://www.sthaniyasambaad.com/
For further information, contact neepamajumdar@gmail.com
Past Events
A Filipino Debut
This event showcases an aspect of Filipino culture that not everyone may know about. A debut is a coming-out event for women who turn eighteen years old. Often a cotillion of dancers presents a choreographed formal dance together with the celebrant. In this event, the organization will also be serving Filipino food. Everyone is invited to come in semi-formal attire. The event closes with a night long dance following the presentations. Open to all University students, faculty and staff, as well as the larger Pittsburgh community.William Pitt Union Ballroom
March 20th 9PM to 12 MN (or later if possible)
CONTACT: Filipino Students Association – pittfsa@gmail.com or Erica Silva (FSA Vice President email at ens20@pitt.edu or contact at 412-251-8656)
Bollywood and Indian Films Film Series
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
For more information, contact Neepa Majumdar - 412-624-5578 neepamajumdar@gmail.com
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5
Film--Bollywood and Indian Films Film Series
6:30 p.m.
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
This today's film:
Om Shanti Om (Farah Khan, 2007, Hindi, 162 mins.)
Refreshments will be served at 6:30 p.m.
Film showing at 7:00 p.m.
http://www.uiowa.edu/~incinema/Om%20Shanti%20Om.html
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6
Bollywood and Indian Films Film Series
7:00 p.m.
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
Today's film:
Kaagaz Ke Phool / Paper Flowers (Guru Dutt, Hindi, 1959, 153 mins.)
http://www.uiowa.edu/~incinema/kaagaz.html
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12
Bollywood and Indian Films Film Series
7:00 p.m.
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
Today's films:
Bioscopewallah (Prashant Kadam, 2006, 12 mins.)
http://visualcultures.com/
Prakash Travelling Cinema (Megha B. Lakhani, 2007, 14 mins.) online
http://bioscopic.wordpress.com/2007/08/26/prakash-travelling-cinema/
Ekti Nadir Naam / The Name of a River (Anup Singh, 2001, Bengali, 90 mins.)
http://filmstore.bfi.org.uk/acatalog/info_67.html
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13
Bollywood and Indian Films Film Series
7:00 p.m.
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
Today's film:
Herbert (Suman Mukhopadhyay, 2006, Bengali, 144 mins.)
Anustup Basu, Executive Producer of the film and Assistant Professor of English and Cinema Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will introduce the film.
http://www.sumanmukhopadhyay.com/html/herbert.asp
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19
Bollywood and Indian Films Film Series
7:00 p.m.
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
Today's film:
Akaler Sandhane / In Search of Famine (Mrinal Sen, 1980, Bengali, 115 mins.)
http://www.upperstall.com/films/1980/akaler-sandhaney
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20
Film--Bollywood and Indian Films Film Series
7:00 p.m.
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
Today's film:
Rangeela / Colorful (Ram Gopal Varma, 1995, Hindi, 175 mins.)
http://www.uiowa.edu/~incinema/rangeela.html
November 1, 2009 - INPAC-sponsored Fieldtrip to the SV Temple in Penn Hills, PA
The students attending the course on Religion in India (RelgSt 1500/Hist 1757) are going on a field trip to Sri Venkateshwara Hindu Temple, in Penn Hills, PA . The trip is an important component of the course enabling students to observe and have the the rituals of the local Hindu community explained by the temple priest. This trip is supported by INPAC.
November 14th, 2009 - Chhandayan presents a Very Special Concert of Indian Music
at the Public Health auditorium, Univ. of Pittsburgh.
6:30 p.m.
The main artists are renowned vocalist Sandip Ghosh from India with Pt. Samir Chatterjee on tabla.
An additional attraction will be a vocal and instrumental duet in the fist hour, in which two musicians from Pittsburgh (Nidrita and Asish Sinha) will join two musicians from the Washington DC area (Soumya Chakraborty and Debu Nayak). Please mark your calendar and come to the show to make it a success !
Tickets free for Pitt students, staff, and faculty. Contact Andrew Weintraub for more information (anwein@pitt.edu). Co-sponsored by Chhandayan, the University of Pittsburgh, and the Asian Studies Center (INPAC).
Please click here to view the event flyer:ChhandyanPresents Flyer - PDF
INDIAN MUSIC CONCERTS—FALL 2009
Presented by Chhandayan
www.tabla.org
November 14th
6.30 p.m.
Graduate School of Public Health building auditorium, first floor
Nidrita Mitra Sinha - Vocal
Soumya Chakraborty - Sarod
Debu Nayak - Tabla
Asish Sinha - Tabla
Sandip Ghosh - vocal
Samir Chatterjee - Tabla
Dipanjan Das - Harmonium
Tickets : $12 adults, $8 students with ID
Co-sponsord by the Department of Music and the Asian Studies Center
November 22, 2008 - CHHANDAYAN presents a vocal recital of classical and semi classical (Thumri) music by Smt Mitali Banerjee Bhawmik, Pandit Samir Chatterjee and Sri Dipanjan Das
The concert will feature Ms. Mitali Banerjee Bhawmik, a very brilliant singer of North Indian classical and semi-classical styles. She will be accompanied on Tabla by Pandit Samir Chatterjee, one of the most profound performers and teachers of Indian music. Sri Dipanjan Das will join them on the Harmonium. There will also be a short Tabla solo by Mr. Ashis Suresh Yeri, one of Pt. Chatterjee's students from the University of Pittsburgh.
Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008
Admission: $15.00 general admission, $10 students (with ID) and youth 8-18
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, University of Pittsburgh
Sponsored by: Indo-Pacific Council and the University of Pittsburgh Dept. of Music
For a complete list of current and upcoming Asia-related events, please visit the Asian Studies Center calendar of events.
October 10-12, 2008 - CONFERENCE: Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia
Home to approximately one-fifth of the world¹s Muslim population, Indonesia and Malaysia are often overlooked or misrepresented in media discourses about Islam. Ideas, sounds, images, gestures, and meanings about Islam abound in contemporary popular cultural forms including film, music, television, radio, comics, fashion, magazines, and cyberculture. By focusing on popular culture, we will emphasize the dynamic, contested, and performative nature of Islam in contemporary Indonesia and Malaysia. View the conference web site.
Special events included a screening of the film Gubra (Anxiety) and a concert by Indonesia dangdut superstars Rhoma Irama and Soneta, as well as Pittsburgh's own Dangdut Cowboys!
October 9, 2008 - Asia Over Lunch Lecture Series: "International Cooperation on Counter-Terrorism: A Comparative Case Study of Indonesia and Saudi Arabia"
A lecture by A.S.M. Ali Ashraf (PhD Candidate, GSPIA)
October 2, 2008 - Celebrating Gandhi: The Man and His Teachings
In celebration of Mahatma Gandhi's birthday, a non-denominational candlelight prayer vigil was held outside Heinz Chapel, followed by a lecture by David Cortright, president of the Fourth Freedom Forum and research fellow at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of Gandhi and Beyond: Nonviolence in an Age of Terrorism (Paradigm, 2006). For more information, please see the event page or download the event flyer (JPG).
April 20, 2008 - CHHANDAYAN presents a sitar recital by “The First Lady of Sitar,” Smt Joya Biswas
One of the most acclaimed Sitar players from India, Smt. Joya Biswas is a disciple of the legendary Maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, and represent. View the event flyer.
Date: Sunday, April 20, 2008
Admission: $20.00 general admission, $10 students (with ID) and youth 8-18
Time: 4:00 pm
Location: Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, University of Pittsburgh
Sponsored by: Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
April 11-12, 2008 - University Gamelan Ensemble Concert
Gamelan, the traditional musical ensemble of Indonesia, consists of mainly tuned gongs and gong-chime instruments. The
University of Pittsburgh gamelan group is composed of students as well as community members.
Date: Friday, April 11, and Saturday, April 12, 2008
Admission: Pitt students free with ID, general admission $10.00, student/seniors $5.00
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Bellefield Hall Auditorium, University of Pittsburgh
Sponsored by: Music Department
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March 30, 2008 - CHHANDAYAN presents Darbari
A unique style of Indian classical music, this concert will be given by an ensemble including Pandit Ramesh Mishra on the Sarangi, Steve Gorn on the Bansuri, Pandit Samir Chatterjee on the Tabla, and Allyn Miner on the Sitar. View the event flyer.
Date: Sunday, March 30, 2008
Admission: $25.00 general admission, $10 students (with ID) and youth ages 8-18
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, University of Pittsburgh
Sponsored by: Pennsylvania Council on the Arts