Every spring, the Tibetan refugee community in Ithaca celebrates its culture and history. This year Cornell is joining the celebration with "Tibet Weeks," a series of events through Saturday, April 19.
The Cornell East Asia Program and Students for a Free Tibet have scheduled Tibetan-related films, guest speakers and family-oriented events. The program is designed to celebrate Tibetan culture, while educating the public on the continuing political and social concerns of the Tibetan community here and abroad.
Among the highlights of Tibet Weeks is a public talk by Palden Gyatso, a Tibetan monk and well-known human rights activist who spent 33 years in Chinese prisons. Gyatso, 64, will discuss his experiences and those of other Tibetans Wednesday, April 16, at 7 p.m. in Anabel Taylor Hall auditorium. A Tibetan puppet show, "The Gift of the Naga King," will be performed at the Robert Purcell Community Center on campus Saturday, April 19, at 10 a.m. The talks and the show are free and open to the public.
In addition, three screenings of the documentary film "Tibet: The Cry of the Snow Lion," chronicling the current situation in Tibet, will be shown by at Willard Straight Theatre on Saturday, April 12, at 7:15 p.m., on Sunday, April 13, at 4:30 p.m. and on Tuesday, April 15, at 7:15 p.m. For ticket information, contact Cornell Cinema at 255-3522 or view this Web site: http://cinema.cornell.edu.
For a complete listing of Tibet Weeks events, visit the Web site http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/eastasia/news/index.asp?id=427 or contact David Patt, East Asia Program outreach coordinator, at dp228@cornell.edu or 255-8366.
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