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November 19-24, 2004 Slovenian Film,
Art, Music and Literature Festival. Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th
Avenue. The Northwest Film Forum and Scala House Press (Seattle) announce
State of Art, a festival of recent film, music, art and literature from
Slovenia. Sixteen of Slovenia's most outstanding new feature films,
documentaries, and short subjects will be screened. For additional
information, about these events, including films, screening times and
locations, see
http://www.nwfilmforum.org/slovenia/film.htm.
November 21, 2004 1:00 pm
Community Ties: Memories of Japantown. A free public program at Town
Hall will commemorate Seattle's historical Nihonmachi (Japantown). The
program will honor the close-knit, vibrant immigrant community that was
shattered by the World War II mass incarceration of Japanese Americans. It
will feature video interviews with former residents of Japantown, and a
talk by Steve Fugita and Marilyn Fernandez, authors of Altered Lives,
Enduring Community: Japanese Americans Remember Their World War II
Incarceration. Presented by Denshō: The Japanese American Legacy Project,
the program is supported by the City of Seattle Department of
Neighborhoods and the Seattle Peoples Fund. The Wing Luke Asian Museum is
co-sponsor. Town Hall is located at 1119 Eighth Avenue. More information
is available at www.densho.org,
206-320-0095 or info@densho.org.
November 21, 2004 3:00 pm Leonard Gershe's play, "Butterflies are Free."
performed by The Youth Drama Theatre of Vladivostok from Vladivostok,
Russia. At the Russian Cultural Center, 704 19th Ave. E., on Capitol Hill.
Tickets will be sold at the door - $18, $15 (senior citizens). The
performances will be in Russian, with an English interpreter. For more
information call Vladimir at (206) 706-7483 or Rena at (206) 228-1053.
Also November 26, 2004 7:30 pm.
November 22, 2004 7:00 pm
Alleviating Global Poverty: The Role of the United Nations (Lecture/Q&A)
Seattle Art Museum (100 University St, Seattle) Ambassador Anwarul
Chowdhury, UN Under-Secretary General and High Representative for Least
Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island
Developing States Cost: $5 Members & Students, $10 General Public.
Sponsors: World Affairs Council, Pacific Northwest Advisors. More Info:
See
World Affairs Council Calendar Item.
December 1, 2004 3:45 – 6:45 pm
Top 10 Things to Know about China Today (NCTA Preview Night)
Bellevue High School Library
10416 SE Wolverine Way Bellevue, WA 98004 Cost: $15 (includes 3 clock
hours, resources, and a light buffet dinner). Please register online or
call 206-441-5910 before November 29. See
World Affairs Council Calendar Item.
December 2, 2004 11:00 am - 1:30 pm
World Citizen Banquet
The World Affairs Council Board of Trustees cordially invites you to
join us in celebration at the 14th Annual World Citizen Awards Banquet.
The 2004 World Citizen Award will be awarded to Governor Gary Locke. The
Banquet will gather Council members, representatives from local
international organizations, civic and business community members, as well
as area students and teachers to recognize Governor Locke as an exemplar
of global citizenship in Washington state. The 2004 World Educator, Wendy
Ewbank of the Seattle Girls' School, will also be honored, along with the
winners of the 2004 World Citizen Essay Contest.
See
World Affairs Calendar Item.
December 6, 2004 at 7:00 pm (doors
opening at 6:30) "Understanding Israeli Strategy: A Palestinian
Perspective" Kane Hall (room 220) at the University of Washington.
Michael Tarazi, a Palestinian-American lawyer and legal advisor to the
Negotiations Affairs Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization,
provides legal advice to the Negotiations Affairs Department on a wide
array of permanent status issues such as refugees, Israeli settlements and
Jerusalem. This event is presented by the Palestine Solidarity
Committee--Seattle and Voices of Palestine and co-sponsored by the Middle
East Center, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University
of Washington, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee--Seattle,
the Arab Student Union (UW), Friends of Sabeel--Western Washington
Chapter, the Muslim Student Association (UW), and the Palestine Concerns
Group at Saint Mark's Cathedral. For more information: (206) 633-1086,
www.palestineinformation.org.
/The Middle East Center's sponsorship of this event does not imply that
the Center endorses the content of the event.
December 8, 2004 3 to 7:30 p.m.
Holiday Alternative Gift Market
an interactive holiday fair offering the opportunity to learn about and
support sustainable development projects around the globe through
donations in honor of your loved ones and friends. Part of the Fall
Lecture Series on Global Issues and Perspectives presented Antioch
University Seattle Center for Creative Change. See:
http://www.antiochsea.edu.
February 17-20, 2005 The
International Studies School Association (ISSA) Fourth Annual Conference
in Denver, Colorado Denver Marriott South.
It's not just for Social Studies and it's not just for teachers. The 2005
conference is for teachers of all disciplines -- the Sciences, Languages,
Mathematics, Physical Education, Humanities, and Business -- as well as
school and district administrators. For more information, contact Mark
Montgomery mmontgom@du.edu.
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2201 S. Gaylord St. | Denver | CO | 80208
(303) 871-3106 or 1-800-967-2847 | FAX: (303)871-2456
March 4, 2005 9th
World Languages Day at UW
High School Students and Teachers: Learn about World Languages at
the University of Washington.
For more information, see
http://www.outreach.washington.edu/k12/wld.asp.
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